The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-01-29
SEND MONEY
FOR T.B. SEALS
IN AT ONCE
Many Residents Have Not
Yet Paid for T.B. Seals Re-
ceived Before Christmas;
Reply Soon

!; Some people in Benton count!
no doubt would be surprised i
told that they are adding to thu
difficulties of the Benton County
/ tuberculosis Association, said Mrs
j j. r. Ayers, who had charge OF thu
sale Of seals for Benton county
this year, in an article written last
week for this paper. She continues
i These persons have not acknowl.
edged the Christmas seals mailed
to them shortly. after Thanksgiv.
ing. If they do not at once pay
| for the seals sent them or for as
many as they can, or acknowledge
the letter containing the seals
they not only increase the work Of
the tuberculosis society but also
!, the expense.
Added expense is involved be-
cause it is customary to send a
Ifollow-up letter to persons who
have not replied. This will be done
shortly where returns have not
been made. We believe the failure
to act is due in many cases to an
oversight. Now is the time for all
persons who have not replied to
the appeal of the Christmas seal
to act. This will enable the society
to do more to better health condi-
tons which means more lives saw
ed.
Some of the activities which
will be carried on with Christmas
seal funds next year are health
education, child health, industrial
health, case finding and treatment,
home visiting of the tuberculosis,
free health clinics, relief for the
needy, school nursing service and
many other activities of great
value to the health of the people
of Benton county. All this is made
possible only by the sale of Christ
mas seals.
The work of the association is
so broad and it's needs to those
that assurance is given to those
who have not yet responded that
their money can and will be spent
to the advantage of the commun-
ity as a whole.
The neat little Health Greet
ing 1880" will still be good in
1881. In fact, thousands of people
throughout the land use them on
envelopes for many months, and
each one as brightly represents
its message of hygiene and good
cheer.
Although labeled with this
year, the Christmas seals are in
fact tineless, as the work which
they help to do is priceless.
Amid the hustle of Christmas it
is a very easy thing for anyone
to forget to pay for the packet of
seals which he received, but each
packet is important to the work,
and those who have received them
should either. return them or pay
for them.
The phrase "Red Cross Seals"
is a misnomer, according to a
joint statement issued by the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association
and the American Red Cross. The
proper term is christmas Seals"
or Health Christmas Seals" The
seal is no longer sold by the Red
Cross; and has not had any con-
nection with the Red Cross since
1919. 1t is manufactured by the
National tuberculosis Association,
distributed by the state tuberculo-
sis association and sold by county
and city Christmas seal commit
tees and health organizations.
The seal since 1919 has borne
the design of the double-barred
cross 1.-THE Lorraine -cross) which
is the official emblem of the in
ternational crusade against tuber-
culosis. The returns from the seal
sale have been very satisfactory
and much credit is due the work
ers in the various parts of the
county for their response and eff
ficient help when asked to help.
Through the press wish to pub
licly thank all who contributed to
the success of the 1880 sale. We
believe that the publicity given
this organization by the Kenne-
wick Courier-Reporter has played
an invaluable part in keeping the
public informed as to the work of
our society and that it has aided
materially our recent campaign.