The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15

Juneau hit the jack pot when virtually 100 percent of the citizens of this area who were registered, tock advantage of the free chest lX-ray offered during the past three weeks by the Territorial Department of Health in it's local tuberculosis mass x-ray survey program. A total of 4.935 persons of the estimated 5000 registered has been X-rayed when the survey clinics closed shop" at II o'clock this morning.
 Health officials said they are highly pleased with the survey and they are most complimentary in their praise of Juneau, Thane and the Glacier Highway for their re- sponse to the opportunity afforded them for a free chest X-ray.
 The survey was sponsored by the Gastineau Channel Health Council, the Juneau Public Health Center and the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso- citation. Clinics were held in the so- cial rooms of the Methodist Church. Use of the rooms was made available for the survey by the Methodist 1. Church, as it's contribution to the program; and the Kiwanis Club ot Juneau provided the operating util- ities.
 ] The survey program was arranged < by Miss Lois Jund, administrative director and tuberculosis health education consultant for the health t department. Dr. D. J. McMinimy, tuberculosis consultant for the de- i partment was physician in charge, assisted by Lee Kerr, technician, and James Fennel
 The Juneau Woman's Club un- dertook the difficult task of spon- soring the. canvassing of the area to register individuals for an X-ray, and local service organizations, and individual citizens formed commit tees to make out the individual ap- pointment cards and to assist in conducting the clinics. All workers were volunteers.
 Deeply Grateful
 "The Health Department and the sponsors of the survey are deeply grateful to the citizens of the Ju- neau area, who so generously gave their time to make the survey such a success said Dr. McMinimy. 'We wish to thank each individual and organization for their time and eff fort to this community project.
 The X-ray survey program was brought before the public by radio talks, newspaper publicity, window and theatre displays and civic or gani2ation announcements, by the Gastineau Channel Health Council. ! Members of the Health Council in 1 charge were: President George Dan- ner, Dorothy Manthey, American I Legion Auxiliary, chairman; Bess Winn, Alaska Tuberculosis Asso- citation. radio publicity: Dorothy Pegues, Soroptimist Club, newspaper publicity; Lieut.. Newbould, Salva- tion Army, location; Mrs. Burrass Smith, Martha Society volunteer workers.
 Appreciation
 The health department and the health council expressed apprecia-. tion to the following: Methodist Church, Station KINY, Kiwanis Club of Juneau, the Daily Alaska Empire, the Alaska Press, Boy Scouts, Alaska Electric Light & Power Company, Home Beautiful, B. M. Behrends Go, 2Oth Century Market Capitol Theatre, 10th Gen. tury Theatre.
 Radio speakers Gov. Ernest Gruening, Mayor w. E. Hendrickson, Dr. c. c. Carter, city health officer; Mrs Thelma Engstrom, Miss Lois Jund, Dr. J. O. Rude, member of the Board of the Alaska Tuberculosis Associations. Rev Walter A. Sobo- Jeff, pastor Memorial Presbyterian Church, Erwin H. Hill, Central La bor Council; Bess A. Vim, Execu- tive Secretary, Alaska Tuberculosis Association; Don Foster, superin- tendent Alaska Native Service; the Rev Samuel McPhetres, rector Episcopal Church; the Rev. Joseph l McElmeel, S. J., Catholic Church; /; pr. Donald J. McMinimy, and Fran ces Worobec, representing Douglas.
 Mrs. Burrass Smith, chairman of the volunteer workers, whose execu- tive management was an important factor in the efficient manner in which the clinics were conducted; the Juneau Woman's Club and Mrs. E. P. Chester and Mrs. George Play don, chairman of its canvassing committees, whose tireless efforts were responsible for the large regis l tration.