Graham guardian., 1919-11-14
NOVEMBER Id, 1919
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS

President Andrew klmball has
just returned from Phoenix
where he has been attending the
first setting up conference previ
Gus to the annual drive for the
sale of Red Cross Christmas
Seals. He reports an excellent
meeting, well attended and has
returned home with enthusiasm
and a determination that Graham
county will do it's part. Mr..
Kimball is county chairman fol
the drive which is to be held De,
cember 1st to 10th. Owing tc
the absence of the State Cam
paign Chairman, Colonel Epes
Randolph, of Tucson, Governor
Campbell, Honorary Chairman oI
the Arizona Anti-Tub berculosis
Association. under whose direc-
tion the campaign is to be held,
presided.
The funds derived from the
sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals
will be devoted this year as in ali
previous years, to the work for
the prevention of tuberculosis.
The fact that one person dies
every three minutes was pointed
out by Governor Campbell in his
opening address as a concrete
evidence of the need of an active
campaign work among people
whose business brings them to a
country, which, by its climate,
attracts the tuberculous.
Dir. Allen Williams, of Phoenix.
one of the originators of the Ari-
zona Anti-Tuberculosis Associa-
tion, gave the county chairmen
some of the history of the growth
of the work of the association ur
to the coming of Miss Carol Wal.
ton, the present executive secre.
tary. Miss Walton followed with
history of the development Of
the plans for public health work
during the past two years and
outlined the proposed plans for
future work. While the work
performed by the association in
the past two years has been large
ly educational and setting up
public sentiment to activity in
public health movements, many
concrete examples of the results
were shown, particularly along
the line of child welfare and pub
lie health nursing.
1t was especially impressed up
on the visitors by Miss Walton
that, while the name of the asso-
citation referred only to tubercu-
losis work, the real work of the
organization is in all public health
lines, for it is impossible to seq
regate and handle this problem
without reference to others.
G. Stanley Wood, State Cam
paign Director, gave the plans
for the organization and gave
many hints on methods to secure
the best results in the campaign.
While the amount that is aimed
at this year is somewhat higher
than in previous years, due large
ly to the fact that the previous
work of the association has en-
phasized the need Of active pre-.
ventive work at once; SIS, 000
is the amount assigned to the
State to be raised, and compared
with the problem is but pit,
tance.
John Tombs, Regional Secre.
tary for the Southwest and rep,
resentative of the National AS.
sociation, gave the national as.
pect and inspired the workers t.
use their best efforts in the sale
of the seals, as well as securing
donations to the cause.
This is a right-at-home problem
not to be compared with the fur
nishing of food and fuel to ;
people many thousands of miles
away, for the money is to b
spent where it is raised. Arizon,
has one of the greatest tubercu
losis and public health problems
that exists anywhere, not alon,
endangering the general publ,
but the children and the mex
generation. Arizona is blessed
with a wonderful climate whicl