The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-05
Cherry Designates April
As Cancer ControlMonth
N. e. Sorosis Club Will
Sponsor Fund Drive
In Wilmington

RALEIGH, April 4.-Governor
R. Gregg Cherry called upon all
citizens of the state to support
the humanitarian work of the
North Carolina Division of the
Field Army of the American Can
Ger Society in a proclamation
making April cancer control month
in North Carolina.
Governor Cherry issued his
proclamation today and read il
on a program broadcast over ever
radio station in the state.
The radio broadcast opened with
a talk by Mrs. George E. Marshall,
of Mount Airy, commander of the
North Carolina Division. The chief
executive was introduced by John
Kerr, Jr., OF Warrenton, state
campaign chairman for the 1916
drive in which $167, $3.50 is being
sought in North Carolina for the
fight on cancer.
Proclamation
The proclamation issued by
Governor Cherry is as follows:
WHEREAS, cancer is the most
feared Of all diseases and its con-
troll is a great public health prob
lem which the Congress Of the
United States has recognized in a
special act by designating the
month Of April as Cancer Control
Month, and the General Assembly
Of the State of North Carolina
has, by similar action, 10 designat-
ed the month OF April, and
WHEREAS, cancer killed eO7,-
900 American citizens on the home
frsnt between Pearl Harbor and
w Day - more than twice as
many as were slain on the battle
fronts by our Japanese and Ger
man enemies, and
WHEREAS, cancer deaths in
1945 in North Carolina reached
the au-time high total Of 2,421,
and
WHEREAS, cancer takes its
greatest toll among those who are
at the height Of their usefulness
to themselves, their families, and
their communities, but spares no
age, not even the little child nor
the very old, and
WHEREAS, from one-third to
one-haH Of all cancer deaths are
needless, even if no other medical
discovery Is ever made about this
disease, and
WHEREAS, eo-ordinated and
adequately financed research of,
fers hope of ultimately conquering
cancer, and
WHEREAS, the fight on cancer
in North Carolina is being con-
Quoted by the North Carolina
Division of the Field Army of the
American Cancer Society, of
which Mrs. George E. Marshall,
of Mount Airy, is Commander,
and the Hon. John Kerr, Jr., OF
Warrenton, is State Campaign
Chairman, and
WHEREAS, this about fight
on our Number One Enemy de-
serves the full support Of every
citizen in our state,
'NOW, THEREFORE, by vir-
ture of my authority as Governor
of the State Of North Carolina, l
do hereby proclaim and declare
the month of April as Cancer
Control Month in North Carolina,
and call upon all citizens of the
state to lend every possible sup
port to this humanitarian move
ment in the interest of public
health and the conservation of
human life.
lin WITNESS WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the State
of North Carolina to be affixed at
Raleigh this third day of April
in the year of our Lord. One
Thousand Nine Hundred and
Forty-six."
The cancer control fund cam
paign in New Hanover county
will be sponsored by the North
Carolina Sorosis club with Mrs,
A. R. Willis and Mrs. G. B. Snipes,
co-chairmen, and Mrs. James R.
Chasten, treasurer. The co-chair-
men expect to complete their
campaign organization with a few
days.