Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-27
Public Health Asso'n
To Take Over Sale Of
1925 Christmas Seals

1OAO A1II1OG11lCt0 RNCsA0
The Gardiner Public Health Associa-
tion, through it's animation with the
Maine Public Health Association has
the exclusive right Of sale Of Christ
mas seals in Gardner and its vicin-
ity which oomnfences today. Twenty
percent OF the proceeds OF the sale
Is. paid to tha-etate association leav-
Ting so percent for our local uses ev-
cry dollar Of which goes directly into
health work with ne'-cestss or deddc-
lions.
The Gardiner Public Health Asso-
citation combines in it's organization
representatives Of all the puhliG"eerv-
ice agencies in Gardiner. such as the
city government, the Board Of Trade,
the Merchants Association. the pub
lie health officer the school physician,
the city physician, the inspector of
milk, the superintendent of schools.
the District Nurse Association, the
Red Cross and representatives of
Farmingdale, Randolph and South Gar
diner. 1t put on recently two sue
cessful clinics held at the Shrine
Club and runs the dental and baby
clinics, besides what is perhaps the
most important work of all-the sup
port (jointly with the Red CROSSE of
our school nurse, MISS Calvin, the
value of whose work with our chill
dren Is beyond all price.
For nearly 20 years America has
bought the CHEEKY little Christmas
Health Seals" Last year more than
A45e. 100000 of these health seals were
sold in the United States. The seals
are sold by leading men and women
in every community in the nation
from Maine to California. 1t is re-
ported in the sale this year more
than half million Of public spirited
men and women are working as vol
unteers in the sale; $500 of them are
in Maine.
Money derived from the sale of
these little health seals Is used TO
fight the causes of preventable dis
eases and to promote health and hap
.piaess throughout the land. Used in
the nationwide war against tubercu-
losis the money from these seals has
been so successful that statistics is
about 10000 lives per year, lives
that would have been lost through tu-
bereulosis If the former death : rate
had not been checked and reduced.
Maine is proud of the fact that the
state now has the lowest tuberculosis
death rate east of cthe Mississippi
river, and south of the Great Lakes.
This demonstrates the volume of the
work that has been done in the past.
But the fight is only partly won. 1t
is estimated that there are yet nearly
4 600, 600 persons-in the United tSates
who now have tuberculosis and who
are fighting for their lives in an ef-
fort to regain their health. There
are thousands of these persons living
in Maine, some of them probably not
far from us.
| In Maine; funds from the sale OF
these little Christmas Health Seals
are used to employ public shealth
nurses who visit the homes of the
sick, and do all that they can to
make them well again. They also
work to the end that many cases OF
sickness. and suffering are prevented
Through education Hundreds OF cas-
| es are examined each year at the tu-
berc,ilosis clinics held in Maine un-
tder the auspices of the Maine Public
Health Association with the help OF
local societies and committees
Through these clinics many cases OF
beginning tuberculosis are discovered
while there is yet time to save lives
Public spirited Maine. doctors give
their time. talent, and service to this
great work without cent of COM
pensation.
All told nearly 100000 Maine boys
and girls have been helped to train
themselves in daily health habits
through the help OF money derived
| from the sales of these CHEEKY little
stickers for hea1th-50,000 Of them
were so trained during the past
school year. This is health education
or prevention before the disease de-
velops thus saving. untold expense In
meeting the cost involved after the
disease has obtained a foothold.
Every man and woman in this COM
munity canh ave a part in this life
saving work. One of these seals
costs only one cent. Everyone can
help-some. Some of US can heir
much. II each OF us VIII buy all the
seals we can and then If we put them
on our December letters and on our
Christmas packages the message will
be spread to others in other COM
munities. Each seal Is a CHEEKY
Christmas greeting in itself. It is
attractive. It bears the Christmas
candles in the holiday colors. And
best of all-it Is known throughout
the land as the symbol of our, public