The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-05-29
DIR. Webb Made Temporary
Head of Organization to fight
Social Diseases.

the Road" at the Jones Theater last
Sunday. the Canon City Social Health
Association was organized at the Y.
NJ. c. A. at O'Clock Monday after
noon. The organization is in line
with nationwide movement tor a.
cleaner physical manhood and woman
hood. and Is n part of a campaign be-
ing carried on Colorado by the state
board OF health. The association was
formed at the instance. and under the
direction OF Mrs. Noble OF Denver.
representing the state board of health.
and II similar in all respects to the
social health associations of Denver.
Colorado Springs. Pueblo. Boulder.
Grand Junction and other cities.
A dozen or more men and women
were at the meeting Monday afternoon
and the matter they had under consid-
GRAFTON was frankly and earnestly dis
cussed from all standpoints. On mo-
tion Il was decided that the directing
body OF the association should consist
of Is representative men and women
OF the community. and the following
declaration was adopted as setting
forth its aims and ambitions: The
purpose OF this association shall be TO
reach all OF the people of Canon City
with a few simple facts concerning
sex reproduction and heredity. which
the welfare OF society demands that
all people should know. and to com
bat venerea; diseases by every other
effective means
Or. f. c. Webb was unanimously
elected Temporary chairman of the as
sociation with power to appoint a
s nominating committee OF three mem-
bers to cooperate with him In recon-
mendiug the personnel of the execu-
tive committee OF the association Mrs.
AnnA-H. Burgess was elected As per-
smarent secretary
II Is the desire and intention OF the
association that its executive com
miitee shall be composed OF public
spirited men and women of the hirh
est citizenship who are willing to
give some of their time 10 looking
after the physical weli-beinE OF the
boys and girls OF the community. DR..
C. W. Wilkinson. city health officer.
has been attached to the association
in an advisory way. The executive
committee will be divided into two
semiindependent bodies. ALTHOUGH
both working for the attainment of n
common end. One Of them will be
an educational committee and the
other a iaw-enforcement COMMITTEE
These viii be appointed BY the ne--
n;Snert president OF the association
who win be elected later.
I, viii be the duty OF the inw-er-
forcement committee. r-~ong other
things. to see that the staf''tes Of Col
orado in relation TO tae Sc ting os pat
ent nosirums TO those ar'' tod With
vsnerea, diseases are faithf-''y con-
piled with. and thar all such -fflictei
persons shall register themselves with
the local health officer. representing
the state board OF health. The educa-
tionai committee will make a cam
paisu Of the city and leave literature
designed TO exp'asn the effects Of so
cial diseases on body and mipd In all
homes In which there are boys and
girls.
The last Congress voted si.0oo.o0o
to he divided among the several states
OF the Union according TO population
to fight venereal diseases. From this
annropriafion Colorado got $4,000. a
like amount for the same purpose was
set aside hv t,e last Legislature of
Colorado. THIS pla-es $4,000 at the
disposal OF the state hoard Of health
TO be spent this year In frhting vene-
real diseases and their effects. With
this amount Of money In i's hands for
law-enforcement the state board OF
health exuects to accomplish a great
deal OF effective work. Heretofore II
has been largely optional with city
and COUNTY health authorities whether
they reported to the state board Of
health or not. Hereafter thev viii be
compelled tn do 80 under penaltv Of
hne. or imprisonment. or both, at the
discretion Of the court.
The campaign on social diseases is
one OF the outErnwtha Of the war and
Is being vigorously conducted III some
OF the states with splendid results.
notably IN Oregon and Minnesota,
whore its ravaKes have been mini
mixed BY concerted action Of the pub-
lie health authorities and community
welfare ORGANIZATIONS.
The Canon City association Il plan-
ming 70 give q public exhibition Of
picturGs. on pIacards.; taken BY the
War Department Il the time Of the
passage Of the selective draft law
which show The awfusness Of the ef-
fscte 0f vei6feaI dlreases, In the lobby
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