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"Why a Heart Fund?” was die subject of an address delivered by Wallace R. iHeatwole, Waynesboro Attorney, State Orientation Chairman for the 1962 Heart Fund Campaign, at a meeting of Area VI Heart Fund volunteers at the Lee-Jackson Motel in Winchester Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10. Del Sewell of Winchester, ^rea Heart Fund Campaign Chairman, presided and outlined the campaign organization in die state.
The area includes Winchester, and the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, Loudoun, Culpeper, Rappahannock, Warren, and Fauquier.
Mr. Heatwole reminded his audience that 54 per cent of all deaths in the United States during 1960 were caused by diseases of the heart and circulatory system and that for Virginia the percentage was 52.3.
“That is why we volunteers have volunteered our time and whatever talents we have to the Heart cause,” Mr. Heatwole said. "The shocking part of this story is not the deaths but the fact that four out of five who have a heart attack recover. We have no way of breaking down the financial hardships which long idleness cause families of people who suffer h<*art attacks and strokes.
“Most of us do not have the skill to do heart research—I don’t. That is why I go out and help to raise the funds for research. Who ' can say how much is enough to raise in a year? We can never say we have enough until we have made everyone aware of the heart problem and have conquered this Number One Killer
“In order to do our Heart work well, we must be aware of the urgency and the necessity of doing the job and be enthusiastic about it.
“I believe we are standing on the threshold of a new era because we are able to get to individual citizens. They want to do something about heart disease and they will do it. " I hope we will take back home the ‘H’ from our humbleness, the ‘E’ from <bur enthusiasm, the ‘A’ from our ability, the ‘R' from our resourcefulness, and the ‘T* from the total effort we are going to make between now and the end of February. Put the letters together and you have ‘Heart’.” Miss Elizabeth Smith, Public Information Director for Virginia Heart Association, urged the group to avail themselves of every possible means of telling the “heart” story to the public. I Mr. Sewell introduced Mrs. I Marguerite Huffman, special fund raising consultant for Northern i;
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