The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-07
N. c. Clubwomen Sponsoring
Cancer Control Campaign This Month

that Mrs. George E. Marshall, a
former federation president, and
now commander of the North Car
DINA Division of the Field Army
will hold regional meetings in
March and get the workers lined
up for the April drive.
This year the goal will be to
far exceed the peak total made
last year in the annual drives
when North Carolina raised $103,-
374 and only three Southern states
went ahead of her-Georgia, Loui-
siana and Texas. OF this amount
$42, 459 went to the American Can
Ger Society for research and edu-
cational work, and $50,76O was
spent in the state for admins.
tration, campaign and educational
program, special county projects
and special state projects. An s18,.
900 balance is in the treasury.
In submitting this report to Mrs.
Karl Bishopric, president of the
federation, Mrs. Marshall wrote:
Mrs. H. B. Richie, regional com
mander, has assured us that the
North Carolina Federation has had
a greater part in the development
of the State program than any
other State Federation.
Mrs. Marshall has called at.
tention to the Tenth Anniversary
edition of The Field Army News,
published by the American Cancer
Society, and its full report of the
part played by the General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs in In
itiating the educational program OF
the Society and in sponsoring the
first enlistment campaigns.
1t was in 1888 that DR.. George
H. Bigelow and DR.. Clarence c.
Little, representing the society at
a meeting of the General FEEDER
atoms advisory board on public
health and child welfare, present
ed a definite cancer educational
program. This program was ap-
proved by the advisory board and
the following January it was ac-
cepted by the executive commit
tee as the Cancer Control program
OF the division of public health.
1.-The interest and response on the
part Of the clubwomen was i'm
mediate, and enthusiastic, the re-
port says, land marked progress
was evidenced during the next two
years in making the individual
woman as well as the community
conscious that cancer was both
preventable and curable." Encour-
aged by this advance, the society
enlarged its program of lay edu-
cation and last year saw the
American public approve it's eff
forts by giving over four million
dollars as against its former larg-
est contribution of 100000 - thus
establishing a "beachhead for an
about attack on cancer"
The North Carolina Federation
not only gives hearty endorsement
to the six point progressive pro-
gram adopted by the cancer COM
mittee of the State Medical Socis-
ty OF North Carolina and the ex-
ecutive committee of the FIELD
Army at meeting in Durham last
fall, but it is gratified that DUAL.
fled physician is to be made di.
rector of the program working
from the State Health department,
as soon as one can be secured
His salary vii. be paid from the
Field Army funds and he will be-
gin at once to put into operation
the six point program.
Mrs. W. T. Bost and Mrs. Doak
represented the federation at
meeting of the special committee
on recruitment of student nurses
IT the North Carolina League of
Education, held in Ra-
elgh last week. Mrs. Bishopric
vas i'll Asheville attending meet
ng OF the federation's committee
IN revision of the constitution and
'ould not attend. Mrs. Bost, for
he Health division of the Public
department of the feder-
ltion, assured the committee that
'lubWomen will be asked to assist
n recruiting nurses to meet the
present desperate situation the
hospitals face with reference to
student nurses. Hardly hospital
n the State has an entering class
for September, and yet the need
Or nurses for the civilian popu-
alton has never been so acute.
Information on the situation will
re sent to the clubs and it IS ex-
ected that they VIII responc to
his opportunity to help recruit
nurses for post war needs with
The same enthusiasm thew worked |