The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-30
tuberculosis
Seals viii Be
In Mail Today
Sale to Aid Fight Against
Disease in Territory
Of Alaska

today and tomorrow md IN their
mail boxes envelopes containing
sheets of tuberculosis Christmas
Seals, which have been distributed
by the Alaska tuberculosis Asso-
citation, E. M Policy, President.
In fact, so many bundles of en-
velopes have been left for cancel
lation that postal employees might
we'll hace felt they were living
Iagain the hectic days OF November
liz. WREN the Alaska Commemo-
ratiye stamp went On sale. Every
envelope contains one hundred
Christmas Seals. which the Tuber-
culosis Association hopes every
adult in Juneau will use generously
on letters and pacgages between
now and Christmas
For we do want those who buy
them to use them" Mrs. J. G.
Thomas, assistant seal sale chair
man stated today. They should be
used just like any other Christmas
seal, and persons receiving letters
or packages bearing them will be
reminded in this way to send in
their own remittances. We want
every adult person in Juneau to
participate in this work, which is so
vitality important to the health of
the people of the Territory"
Envelopes. already stamped, are
included with each sheet of seals,
addressed to Guy McNaughton,
Treasurer of the Alaska Tubercu-
losis Association. A check or a 81
bill put in the envelope and sent
to Mr.. McNaughton means that the
person SO contributing is back Of
the work of the association, and the
accumulation of dollars SO received
means that just that much more
can be done toward checking the
spread of the disease in Alaska.
The mailing of the seals to the
people of Juneau concludes the
work of the Christmas Seal COM
mittee for this year Starting out
early in the fall, it has covered ev-
cry community in the Territory with
the Christmas Seals. 1t is possible,
Mrs. Thomas states, that few
applications have been made. If SO,
the person receiving more than one
sheet of the seals, may return the
extras to the Alaska tuberculosis
Association.
AS a further inducement for buy
ing the seals, attractive posters will
this week be placed in all downtown
business houses, this work being
done by the Boy Scouts. Help in
folding and filling envelopes has
been given by the different patrols
Of the Girl Scouts, many of the
girls earning their badges for COM
munity service in this manner. 9th
er volunteer committees have work
ed at addressing envelopes, placing
stamps on them and generally
assisting with the Territory wide
distribution of the seals. Mrs.
Thomas points out that almost ev-
cry organization in town has lent
its assistance in one way or anoth-
err.
That there has been a greatly in
creased interest in the seal sale is
apparent from the fact that sew
eral towns have already doubled the
amount of last years sales, and still
are pushing the distribution. Both
Skagway and Haines have sent down
to headquarters in Juneau for as
many seals as were first consigned
to them; Wrangell has completed
the largest sale in its history and
a radiogram from Ketchikan last
week asked that several hundred
more sheets of the seals be sent
there for distribution.
If Juneau goes over the top as
well as the committee confidently
expects, there is every reason to
expect that this years sale will
far surpass that OF all previous years
Mrs. Thomas stated.
And, of course, that is just
what we want to happen she add
ed. With the groundwork SO we'll
laid in previous years, there is no
reason why we should not see much
greater impetus this year than ever
before"