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Seward Seaport Record
Seward, Alaska
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Health officials in Seward deemed the five-day blood typing program, completed Saturday night, a moderate success. It typed 800 new residents, with 427 school children and 92 adults now in the blood bank for local facilities. Volunteers, including high school students and nurses, assisted.
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Health officials consider that the blood typing program completed Saturday night was a moderate success in Seward.
Many residents have been typed previously and have cards, but a total of 800 others were typed during the five day program.
A total of 427 school children now carry cards, and of the adult group 92 persons were entered in the walking blood bank and donors for Seward Sanatorium and the Hospital.
Mrs. LaPreal Bie, speaking for Civil Defense, Red Cross and the Sanatorium, expressed public thanks for volunteers who helped put the program across.
Commercial students from the high school did the clerical work in the daytime, other volunteers took over for the night sessions. Nurses from the Association assisted in the typing.
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Seward
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Completed Saturday Night
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moderate success; 800 residents typed; 427 school children carry cards; 92 adults entered in walking blood bank and as donors for seward sanatorium and the hospital
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Blood typing program completed Saturday night after five days; many residents previously typed; Civil Defense, Red Cross, and Sanatorium involved; volunteers including commercial students from high school for clerical work daytime, others for night sessions, and nurses from the Association assisted in typing; Mrs. LaPreal Bie expressed thanks for volunteers