Arizona republican., 1920-12-07
RAISE Sl,100 AT CHRISTMAS SEAL
 SALE FIRST DAY
Four Teams From Kiwanis Club Bring In More Than $1,000-Women Preside At Five Booths In Good Cause

Approximately SLIGO was realized health bonds and Christmas seals in the city campaign which was officially launched yesterday. The greater part of this sum was obtained through the efforts of the Kiwanis club which sent out four working teams to canvass the city. At the close of the day yester- day they reported $1OO0 cash in hand Seals and health bonds sold at the booths established at Goldwater's, Kor- ricks and the Hotel Adams totaled s10o, making the entire amount obtained yesterday $1.100.
 Leaders of the campaign attributed 1 this liberal response on the opening day of the drive to the fact that every cent realized from the sale of the health
 bonds and Christmas seals will be de-
 voted to assisting tubercular patients of Maricopa county, establishing a per manent free clinic and public health nursing association, providing summer
 vacation camps for sick children and otherwise waging the fight against the
 white plague in Maricopa county. All
 workers are volunteers and every cent
 IO lIlt 1uilu WILL OS SpS4A'
 in remedying local conditions.
 1000 Children in Danger
 A recent survey of Phoenix disclosed
 the fact that there are more than 1,00C children living in close association witt active cases of tuberculosis. In many : cases the income of the family i' needed to care for a sick member ant . the children suffer as a consequence It is to families of this kind that tn
 nurses of the Maricopa County Anti Tuberculosis society devote their ener 5 gies and through their efforts the sui { serings and mental woe of hundreds o , Maricopa county people are relieved. 7 As a typical example of the work be 2 ing done daily by this society the fol lowing case is cited:
 A father walked into the office 0 [ the society last month. a babe in hi " arms and two little tots, aged 4 and years. beside him. He explained tha , his wife had just died, a victim 0
 tuberculosis, and expressed the fea : that the children had become infected \ An examination proved that his fear f were well founded. The social servic nurse of the society took the family i charge. providing milk and eggs an N finding a volunteer caretaker to loo after the children while the father wa at work Arrangements were finall made for the father to return with hi children to a farm in his home stat N Wisconsin. Recent letters from thi man express his heartfelt gratitude \ the people of Phoenix for their kindnes and consideration.
 At Booths Today
 A purchaser of q health bond is CT titled to sufficient Christmas seals answer all holiday purposes. I'll health bonds are in denomination \ ranging from S10 to $100. Seals are Q sale for a penny each.
 Those in charge of booths where tf
 seals and bonds may be purchased tC day are: Council of Jewish Wome \ postoffice: Madison Improvement clu \ Central and Washington streets; Won
 ans club, Goldwater's; Ladies' M \ church, Korricks'; Miss Priscilla Wi \ son, Hotel Adams. These booths " \ be open from II o'clock q. m. until 5: \ o'clock D. m. Arrangements have be-
 made for the following members of tl \ Woman's club to preside at the Col @ water booth: Tuesday, Mrs. w. F. Tu - ney. Mrs. Charles DeSales Wheele - Wednesday, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. J.
 Young; Thursday. Mrs. II. r. Warn'
 Mrs. H. H. Smith; Friday. Mrs Alt
 Stoner Miss Bertha Grave: Saturds
 Mrs T.. A. Folsom, Mrs. c. C. Ely.