The Sidney herald., 1957-10-31
Annual American
Cancer Society
Training School

framing school
The 10th annual trainin
school and the 18th annual bust
ness meeting of members Of tn
American Cancer Society, Mon
tana Division, was held at Butte
on October ii and IL, 1857.
meeting of the board of director
was held Sunday, October 18th
All of the meetings were hel'
in the Treasure Room of the Fin
len Hotel, the delegates wer'
also housed at the Finlen hotel
Mrs. Walter Bauman, Mrs. II
V. Ross and Mr.. and Mrs. B. Hub
ley drove by car to the training
school. Mrs. Ben HUXLEY is the
county president of the Richlanc
County Division of the American
Cancer Society. The delegates lefl
from Sidney Thursday morning
and arrived home late Sunday
night. Registration included dele
gates from all of the counties IN
the state of Montana.
There many Informative posters
and displays, the service display
table Of Silver Bow county with
supplies available to cancer pa
tients and statistics of service IN
their county were especially IN
teresting. DR.. Eichwald, from the
Deanconess Hospital in Great
Falls, flew in by plane, an x
hibit Of live white and black
mice which are being used for
cancer research in the laborator-
les in the hospital at Great Falls.
These two colors of mice are
being injected with live cancer
cells and are being closely watch
ed as to gynetical traits and their
reaction to environment. The
black mice prove to be more sus-
ceptible to cancer and yield more
readily to chemicals producing
cancer. The white mice resist
ANGER and chemicals producing
cancer and respond better to
treatment. A microscope with a
slide containing live cancer cells
was set up to show the differ
ence between the appearance OF
normal and cencer cells. DR..
Eichwald said that coal tar
has been proven TO cause lancer
in mice and rabbits. Three OF the
black mice were in different
of cancer, two of the black
mice had been exposed TO x-ray
and were showing signs Of aging.
Their coats which had been black
gray and would get grayer
as time progressed. This was one
Of the most educational displays
the training school.
On Friday morning the general
session was opened with the We'll
come by DR.. H. H. James, presi-
dent. Montana Division. Mr. {.
A. Morrill,, executive director,
Montana Division, was in charge
of all of the sessions. Two new
cancer films were viewed by the
delegates, Time and Two Wo-
men, and The Other City" An
inspiring contribution was pre-
scented by Joe Sullivan and two
of his students, Ben Gordon ana
Charles Draper, on reaching
Techniques for Laryngectomees.
Mr.. Sullivan, a rehabllltateo
.aryngectomee, founded a school
Butte for these persons and
las dedicated himself to rehablll-
.ating persons who have had this
ype of surgery. Their presenta-
ion made everyone feel very
humble and grateful in their
presence to see their courage to
ind their place again in society
and be able to live and work as
any normal person. Two panels
given, n Thursday on
Home Nursing with Clare 4.
Richmond, ASC National R. ~.
representative, Wava Dixon, di-
Of nursing service, State
Department Of Health, DR.. M. A.
Sold, Mrs. Evans R. N, Mrs.
Kathryn kaufman, L. P. n. and
Mrs. Ray NJ. Ball, Silver Bow
Unit. The other panel was given
IN Saturday morning on County
Organization and Program with:
Organization by Mrs. Casper
3renden, President, Daniels Co..;
Education, Mrs. Ben Hubley,
President, Richland Co.; Cam
Mrs. Marie V. Cool, chair
nan Carbon County; Service,
Mrs. Ann Harris, president, JEFF
.erson county; Records, Mrs. T..
/. Reeder, Weep, Silver Bow
An awards banquet was held
saturday evening at which awards
we're given to those persons hav-
ng worked with the American
Society for 10, 10 and
70 years.
DR.. C. T. R. Fahlund, Great
Falls surgeon, was elected presi-
lent Of the Montana Division,
American Cancer Society, Sun
al the groups closing meet
ng.
He succeeds DR.. H. H. James
f Butte, president, the past two
ears, who declined renomina-
ion.
Reelected were Mrs. Donald
;reen, Kalispell, vice president;
Glenn Rye, Billings, treasurer;
nd Ted Delaney, Missoula, Sec
etary.
Directors elected were Walter
filler, Great Falls; Mrs. Austin
,roadhurst, Chester; Mrs. Z. H..