Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1919-11-13
STRONG LINEUP FOR
SALE OF XMAS SEALS
$4,000 ls GOAL OF CAMPAIGN
FROM DECEMBER TO 10
Nlnety-one Per Cent Of Money to St J
In State for Public Health Work
--Pankey is State Chairman.

with the coming OF DecefuDeT IL Oic
of the most complete sets OF machinery
ever erected In the state of New
Mexico will be set into motion TO raise
100000 for public health work within
this state. Headed by Heut.-Gov. Il. F.
Pankey, state chairman of the drive,
there IS force of twenty-nine county
chairmen, 1900 precinct ehairmeh and
several thousand workers ready to
make thorough canvas to secure the
money necessary to carry out broad
program of health protection during
the year Of 1920.
The chief medium for raising the
money will be the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals. These tiny emblems
Of holiday cheer have been sold in New
Mexico for the past eight years This
year, the New Mexico Public Health
Association, state agent for the seals,
hopes to achieve sale which is
greater than all the other years COM
bined. Seven million seals are being
prepared at state headquarters in AL
buquerque for distribution over New
Mexico These are to be sold at
cent apiece, "a penny's worth Of pre-
vention and cure"
Money Stays In State,
In addition to being the greatest sale
in the history of The state, the 1919
campaign is notable in that 81 per cent
of the money raised will remain within
the state, the remainder going to de-
fray administrative purposes and to
assist the National tuberculosis Asso-
citation in its vigorous warfare against
tuberculosis in all parts Of the country
The health program which the asso-
citation has outlined consists first Of
the employment of six public health
nurses who would be available for
demonstrations of home care of the
sick and would he able to direct all
nursing work during an endemic, such
6sStlie inflnonze nur hsi<a ak IF last win.
ter. They would also direct surveys
to find the health assets Of the state.
They could he mobilized at any point
to meet n localized epidemic One
would be a specialist in school work
and would be In charge of the Modern
Health Crusade which is financed en-
tirely by the association. Another
would be detailed to follow up New
Mexico soldiers. sailors and marines
who were discharged or rejected from
the service for physical defects.
Lecturers On Broad Program.
The employment of two full-time lee
turers Is included in the broad pro-
gram. One would work principally in
Spanish-speaking communities and
would give lectures in Spanish with il
lustrationS to show methods Of safe
guarding health. The other would lee
ture only in English. Provision is
made for educational work, for the
distribution of suitable literature in all
/ necessary languages and for financing
the Modern Health Crusade. The por.
tion Of money which will be spent for
administrative salaries is eight per
cent of the total, much below the usual
figure In work OF this kind.
The drive is to open December !
and continue ten days. Special serv,
ices in a number of churches on Sun
day, November 30, will signalize the
launching of the campaign. Slides in
motion picture theaters throughout the
state will show the progress Of the
Christmas seal sale over New Mexico