Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-11-18
Geauga Seeks
US. Title in
Xmas Seals

GEAUGA COUNTY has led
Ohio for II consecutive years
in per capita Christmas seal
sales. This year Geauga coun-
ty residents have chance to
focus the eyes of the entire ma
tion on the records made of
mail sale returns for the first
three days of the seal e
campaign, according to Glen A.
Rynearson, county chairman.
ART LINKLETTER, national
ly famed radio and television
star announced today m e
city or town in the Unite d
States will receive a reward for
its efforts in the sale of Christ
mas seals. Linkletter, joining
with the National tuberculosis
Association and Warner Bros
Pictures, will make an award,
as a Yule gift, the world pre-
miere of "The Silver Chalice"
to a local Christmas seal drive
showing the greatest mail sale
in proportion to population dur
ing the first three days of the
campaign.
Mr.. RyneaISon stated tn t
the Geauga county TB and
Health Association has made
application with national a n d
state headquarters to be includ-
ed in this project. The TB Of
flee will tabulate their m |
sales at midnight November
oath and telegraph results to
the National tuberculosis AS :
Sociation. He urges everyone
interested in helping the tuber-
culoSiS program in G e a u G a
county to help win this honor
in leading the nation for the
highest returns by mailing their
contributions as soon as they
receive their Christmas letter.
Warner Bros. is making ar
rangements to transport to the
selected premiere town the full
trappings of a Hollywood first
night, including a contingent of
screen stars. Linkletter plans to
personally deliver the print of
THE Silver Chalice" to t h e
premiere and tc serve as host.
CHRISTMAS SEALS will
reach the homes of many &C.
auga county residents for the
official opening date of Novem-
ber %. This is everyone's op-
portunity to share in the coun-
try wide voluntary fight a.
gainst tuberculosis, states Glen
A. RynearSon, county chairman.
Through the efforts of a !
Township and Village mail sale
chairmen and CO chairmen,
Geauga county has for the last
IL years led the State in per
capita Christmas seal q / e S.
Again this year these volun-
teers have prepared Christmas
seal letters from their mailing
lists. Mr.. Rynearson urges any
one wishing to purchase seals,
who didn't receive them through
the mail, to contact the &C.
auga county TB and Health As
sociation's office at Chardon-
phone 5-4811.
In addition to the intense eff
forts of the mail sale chair
men, a special school seal sale
program will be carried on un-
der the able leadership of Mrs.
Thora Bican and Carl Brink
man of Charoon, chairman of
the Industrial Committee W i'll
contact industries in the coun-
ty.
Among the efforts being put
forth by many other organiza-
tions in the campaign, D O. n
Tewksbury Scoutmaster OF
Chardon Troop No. 80 and his
scouts have joined the group of
volunteers in launching the an
nual Christmas seal sale in
Geauga county. This Boy Scout
Troop, sponsored by the Char
don Methodist church, viii /
demonstrate their outstanding
civic interest by distributing
Christmas seal posters in Char
don Village.
This quota of 1O500 is a little
higher than that of last
year, said MT. Ryne a r
son. However, with the increase
in population in the county and
the continued generous support
of the Associations program, it
is hoped that the Christmas seal
sales will not only exceed the
goal, but will establish an even
higher per capita" record to
maintain Geauga's first place
position in the State.
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