Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 7 January 1949 — BETTER HEALTH FOR AMERICANS IS LEGION AUXILIARY AIM [ARTICLE]

BETTER HEALTH FOR AMERICANS IS LEGION AUXILIARY AIM

All-out support by the 950,00 Q women of the American Legion Auxiliary will be given during 1949 to programs for improvement of American health according to Mrs. Paul Stangle, Community Service Chairman of DeMotte Unit of the Auxiliary here. In the 13,000 communities where Auxiliary Units are located, the Auxiliary will continue to cooperate actively with local and national agencies working for better health, Mrs. Stangle said. Raising funds for research into the causes ' and cures of various diseases will be an important part of the Auxiliary’s contribution to a more healthful America. The Auxiliary’s cooperation on a nation-wide basis is being given to the American Red Cross, the Infantile Paralysis Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the Tuberculosis Society, the Crippled Children’s Society and the Heart Research program. Thousands of Auxiliary Units will provide workers for the “March of Dimes” campaign in January, and will aid other health campaigns throughout the year. •Encouraging and aiding young women to take training for the nursing profession will be an emphasized Auxiliary activity during 1949. Units will sponsor or assist in clinics in their communities. They will help provide public nursing service. Many will continue active in the school lunch program, and others will provide needed equipment for hospitals in their communities. “The interest and activity of the nearly one million Auxiliary women is an important factor in the steadily improving health conditions in the United States,” said Mrs. Stangle. “We hope to make even greater contribution to the progress in this field in 1949 than we have in the past.”