HAVE
YCU BOUGHT YOUR CHRISTMAS SEALS ?
The annual sale of tuberculosis seals is
off to a good start.' ^e make no guess as
to the final outcome. This year thcro will
be no sales to construction camps. ,To.the
Army, with its daily decreasing numbers,
the S' le will be limited. 'On the other
hand, the Navy and U.S. Coast‘Guard myy
purchase more than heretofore, kn encour
aging fact is apparent, i"laskans. them
selves are making larger individual dona
tions. so by the low of averages, the
sale Tifay perhaps;hold its own.
Of greater importance than the 1945 sale,
is the program that is being carried out
with the receipts from last year’s sale.
It takes careful planning and more work
than you would think to inaugurate and
motivate a program beneficial to the Ter
ritory as a whole.
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Holdover projects are raking progress.
Pamphlets are being distributed. Tuberculin
testing is going on in all the schools,
while at the same time contacts, suspects
d active cases are closely watched. Our
lachrome slides which tell the story of
e home nursing of tuberculosis should
je completed and copies finished during
the coming winter.
The fact that, we•have one sanatorium in
operation at Skagwa'y and' may saon have
a second institution in Sewai^J greatly en
larges our field of work. The hospitals
cost so much to recondition and operate
that the authorities cannot afford"to put
much money into the morale-builder, rohab
t—___J
ilitation. So the Association has been
privileged to help alohg these lines. A
radio with loud speaker system has been
installed at Skagway. Complementing this,
the Association, has purchased a record at
tachment and a well-selected assortment of
records. Another gift is a movie projecto '
and screen. Mso contributed are books;’
magazine subscriptions; art goods, yarns,
beads and other materials that will keep
the patients pleasantly occupied.
The Association wishes to carry ou.t the
same program in the remaining Alaskan hos;-'
pitals housing tuberculosis patients, but
so far only four hospitals have 'bdon •
iheafd from. The Association is willing
to supply text books.where there arc
teachers and no available funds. In Juneau,
Ordwey’s donated a number of enlarged
scenic views and- a friend gave lessons
in photo-tinting to ward patients,
Thb finest reports are heard from.another
holdover project, the rehabilitation of
Alaskan patients in Washington state hos
pitals. There they have a library,
teachers of school courses and of occupa
tional therapy. .
The proceeds frojji Alaska's Twelfth Annual
Christmas seal sale will carry on the
work already started. Although it's a
small start it paves the way for the
eventual eradication of tuberculosis in
Ala ska .
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR CHRISTMAS SEALS FOR
1945 ?
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GIFTS FOR -THE MEN
COURTLEY SETS FOR ESN $2.00 to $7.50
MEM SETS F0r :/3J $1.25 to $5.00
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GIFTS/ FOR THE CHILDREN
_ DOtLS & FUR ANIMALS FOR THE;' CHILDREN
chains troiT i:.xtco for children .$2.95
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