THE YANCEY RECORD
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
THE YANCEY RECORD
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 NUMBER THIRTY FIVE
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Citizens Opposed To Separ
ate Campaiqfn For Funds
The. following is a letter written
to the Executive Director Os the
N. Q. Division of ti.e American
Cancer Society by Mr. Paul
Fall,, president of the! ««HCey
County TJiiii— 11ei" ,’s f sfelf
Burnsville, N. C.
•April 13. 1964
Mrs. Donahi Stone
Executive Director
North Carolina' Division Inc.
American Cancef Society
705 West North Street
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Stone:
. This, .is pot the kind, of letter
I like to write to anyone, and .par
ticularly: to one who has .been so
kind, gracious and helpful as you
have been, but honesty and can
dor demand that it be written.
Enclosed is. a clipping from the
Yancey Record of April 9, which
gives evidence that the Yancey
County Unit of the - American Can
cer-Society was on the job. But
at the very beginning of this
meeting, of laslj-. Thursday night .a
“bomb shell” r. apuljited upon
us. One of. .the members of. the
Board of Directors remarked:
“I have been italk ipg today with
a -ftumber- of people,; mostly busi
nessmen, seeking their help in
this'."Cancerv,Crusade; and I. find
khaf. they/ard. net only unwilling
ter help.'iibot . they are opposed to
a- separate campaign for funds,
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and I have reluct^ Mrf 5 r come 10 ;
the conclusion u unwise for
us pt to raise funds for
jkzs' at bhs time but should in
clude the ACS in our United Fund
Campaign next fall, if the Budget
Committee will permit. But I
think we should participate in a
vigorous educational crusade,
since that is one of the empha
sized purposes of the ACS.” (This
is not the exact words used, since
I can’t recall them verbatin, but
the above quotation conveys the
Ideas presented by the member.)
To say that we, who had gather
ed there for discussion of pro
cedure and dissemination of in
formation literature, were some
■ what shocked by the “bomb shell”
is putting it mildly, but IDr. Wamp
ler, who is Chairman of the Board
of Directors, felt (and wisely so,
. I. think) that the suggestion should
, not be, ignored, but should be
freely and frankly discussed by
. all those present.
In the mail of that same day
: (April 9), I received from Mrs.
• Allred, copies of tre leaflets, “The
i Indepndence Crusade’’ and Can
-1 cer—The Research Story 1964”,
which I pas | d out to each one
I present at this meeting early in
- the discussion of the suggestion.
II Thus each one had in her (or his)
i / hands, the reasons given toy ACS
:[ for the independent crusad?.
1 1. .Right here I think I should dig
, I ness to tell you of an experience I
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had that same morning, (April 9).
Before nine o'clock I had called
on the telephone a prominent, citi
zen of Burnsville, who has taken
an active part to civic affair* for
at least a decade, asking if he
could meet with the Board of
Directors of the Yancey Unit of
the ACS t*at same everting. He
said he had another engagement
that night, but that he would be
glad to talk to me, so we arranged
to meet lat eleven o’clock. At that
conference with him he was very
courteous but he said that he was
opposed to separate (independent)
health crusades: that since Yancey
County held a United Fund Cam
paign elach fall, re thought it
should idally be a “United Fund
Campaign. 'Be came loaded
with material to support his con
viction. One item was the article
by Marion K. Sanders, in the
■ December 1958 issue of Harpers
Magazine, titled, ‘‘Mutiny of the
Bountiful”, with whch you are
no doubt familiar. (I was not fami
liar with it nor did I have an op
portunity to read it before our
' meeting Thursday evening.)
When this prominent citizen and
I parted after more than an hour
of discussi n, 1 said, “I think you
are correct in your conviction,
with which I am now in agree
ment, but having put my hand to
the plow, I feel I must carry out
my obligation this year.’’
I had no intention of revealing
to our group on Thursday night
the reaction I got from this promi
nent citizen and civic leader, be
cause I felt that we were obligated
to do what we could for the cru
sade this month, although I am
very frank to confess that I have
felt very discouraged about possi
bilities of success. The reasons
for this discouragement are: 1.
Our Crusade Chairman has been
ill for a month and has been In
the hospital at Winston Salem:
2. Our Secretary has been afflict
ed with the measles; 3. Our Trea
surer is not well and has resign
ed: 4. The response to two writ
ten appeals for volunteers to help
has been exceedingly disappoint
ing; 5. Those whom I have per
sonally asked to help have pot
been able (or willing) to do so
except in two cases; 6. Some wpo
have agreed to help have subse
quently asked for release: 7. Since
I am a recent and relatively un
known (except hy a few people)
citizen of Ylancey County, and like
wise known only a few people in
the county, I am greatly handi-
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capped In such an enterprize.
Now having disgressed exten
sively, let me continue with the
report of the Thursday night meet
ing, following the bomb shell sug
gestion. After our group discussed
the suggestion for more than an
hour, presenting pros and cons,
one of the members (not the one
Who threw the bomb shell) made
ithe following) motion:
“1. That we have an educational j
crusade, with the opportunity to
contribute funds for the American
Cancer Society.
2. If permissible by the Budget!
Committee of the Yancey County'
. United Fund, that funds for the
; American Cancer Society be in
> eluded in the United Fund cam
> paign next fall.
The . motion was seconded, dis
; cussed and then plassed unanimou
; sly. not by voice vote but by
s raising of right hands.
; One recently appointed member
J of the (Board of Directors asked
* me, “What are you president of?
• To which I replied, “Apparently
r lam president of an evaporated
organization.” And I added, “If I
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• * M iuijt .'tM io ao* 1*1..^
am Impeached, you people must !
stand back of me.’’
I think I • should not fall to tell
you that three of the women (two
of whom are widows whose hus
bands died of cancer within the
past three years) who were in the
Thursday night group favored and
voted for the motion just related,
although they helped raise the
j Cancer Crusade funds last year.
\ I am indpd sorry this action has
come so late, but I know of nothing
else to do than to carry out the
unanimous Judgment of those who
i were the few directors and volun- 1
! teers we had been able to as-!
semble, because we cannot raise
funds without volunteers to do
the work.
Therefore, I hrrebv submit my
resignation as president of the
Yancey County Unit, effective Im
mediately, and shall' await your
directions concerning the use or
return the literature that has
been sent to me. as well as your
direction concerning any funds
in the hands of the one who has
been treasurer of the unit.
Let me add this personal note:
Please do not think that your trip
here last month and the excellent
talk you gave us has been in vain.
You made a very favorable im
pression on all of us and we still
believe in the work that • the Am
erican Cancer Society is doinfc,
but the volunteer workers in our
particular county, have R strong
conviction that we should not un
dertake a separate crusade for
funds for ACS, but should include
such funds in the County-wide
United Fund Campaign.
Regret:oily but Sincerely,
Paul H. Fall
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