THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945
WHAT IS THIS PLACE?
To the stranger who asks "What
is this Place” when approaching j
Moore General Hospital, there are
plenty of facts and figures to give
him in reply. The physical valua
tion of the hospital, which has 218
buildings at the present time, is
listed in dollars as worth $3,974,327
The installation had a mushroom
ed developement, completed in 105
days back in the fall of 1942, and
the first patients were admitted
on November 10. There were nine
of them- admitted to one ward. Now
it is nothing unusual to have 100 to
200 patients to come in each daj.
Since the army hospital became a
tropical disease center iast Sept
ember, the average number of pa
tients in the hospital has been more
than 3,000 with approximately 1,000
of these on furlough.
Selection of Moore as an ideal
spot in which to cure dseases
contracted in the tropics was made,
largely because of the remedial
Qualities of the Hand of the Sky
climate. The elevation, freedom of
the spot from insects, the temper
ate climate which continues sum
mer and winter play a major part
in the speed in which a soldier re
covers.
The single-story buildings, spaced
well apart and connected by cor
ridors, allow plenty of light and air
and an occasional glimpse of the
mountains. The wards are large and
airy and there is a comradeship in
them. The same comradeship that
soldiers develops in their fight
ing outfits overseas, is apparent
in the wards where a soldier may
not know the name of his next
bed mate bfit he knows how to kid
him.
Current construction at the hos
pital is for the purpose of pro
viding bettor recreation facilities.
A gymnasium erected at a cost of
about $40,000 is nearing completion.
This big building is on the north
section of the post, a tennis court
and a handball court near by. It will
be epuipped with bowling alleys be
sides all type of apparatus for
physcal fitness.
A swimming pool will be opened
soon. This is an outdoor pool, 100
x 50 feet, standard in design and
a bathhouse is conveniently locat
ed beside it with showers for men
and women. The pool and build
ings in the same area are being
built by Barger Bros., of Moores
ville, who were the original con
tractors for the hospital construe,
tion.
The gymnasium and new library
are being created by Robinson Bros,
of Asheville. The library is of ce
ment blocks and will supply more
space for a reading room and for
the increasing- number of books
, which are purchased for the pat
ients.
This year, a new exterior has
been constructed on the front of
the entrance to the hospital. It is
colonial in design and gives a
charming appearance to the install
ation. Several hundred small trees
and shrubs have been planted on
the grounds this year, giving them
permanent beauty.
.The most colorful spot on the
grounds is the garden near the
Red Cross Building. This was made
by the garden club of this area.
One of tho most active spots on
the installation is the paved rec
reation area in front of the east
side of the hospital. Here hun
dreds of men, ambulatory patients,
are members of a’ class in physical
conditioning each morning the wea
ther is good. The rest of the day
there is volley ball and shuffleboard
with much cheering and cries of
"Hubba Hubba,” as the ball goes
over the net.
Targets for archery, croquet
lawns and a putting green have
been made on a plot of ground
east of the hospital, and the ath
letic field in that section has a
great deal of work done on it this
year to put it in excellent con
dition. Bleachers have been put u.p
there and baseball or softball
f games attract large audiences there
daily.
Emphasis is laid on athletics
for they help a soldier get well.
The present gym, a converted ware
house, has punching bags, weights
md various strengthening appara
tus, some of it is directly designed
physical therapy. The corps us in
i true tors, officers and enlisted men
college and high school sports, give
•xcellent training in the instructor’s
*. fields to the men.
• These are the things that are evi-
I lent to the man driving past on
1 he highway - these aids of exer
•ise and good weather in restoring
trength.
The dispensary, which is the re
eption center for soldiers from
his vicinity when they become
II or injured' while on furlough,
s the place where all patients check
n, have their case diagnosed and
re sent to the ward where their
i isease or injury is treated, and
Iso the place where the fnal check,
ps are finished, and a patient
aves.
Sports Dress Aids
War Bond Sales
Candy stripes of clear red on
white repeat the style lines of this
cool sports dress. Many sun-loving
dresses may be found In the pat
tern catalogs at local stores. Econ
omy-wise home sewers save for War
Bonds by sewing.
V. S. Treasury Department
Since last September about 80
percent of the patients have been
returnees with some disease con
tracted in the South Pacific. The
skin disease and malaria are most
prevalent and the internal disease?
which required special diets to
aid in recovery. Cooks in one mess
hall work entirely in preplarfng
special food's and visitors are ad
vised to check with the ward offi
cer or nurse before bringing foods
to patients.
1 The labratory plays a major role
* in the function of the hospital.
1 Additions to the buildng have been
made this year to make room for
1 tile research activities conducted
' there. Over 100 labratory technic
• ians have been trained here. A de
' partment in parasitology has been
' established and a unit of the
- United States Public Health Ser
vice conducts surveys there on ma
’ laria mosquitoes.
Although the majority of cases
' treated at Moore are for tropical
5 disease, surgery is an important
r part of the service given at the
s hospital, with many wards filled
with men receiving surgical treat
ment. The orthopedic wards where
’ the men are in traction, waiting for
shrapnel-shattered bones to heal,
1 gives evidence of the professional
skill that is devoted to healing bones,
many of the men who are given
surgical care live within an area
of a few hundred miles of the
hospital for the Army policy is
some other hospital specializes in
the care they need.
Important clnics in the hospital
include the X-ray; Ear, Eye, Nose
and Throat; Allergy; Electocardio
graphic; Dental; Physical Therapy
and Obsterical. The latter was es
tablished n June of 1944 and about
150 babies have been born there
since.
The administrative services are
no less of importance. There is the
Detachment of Patients office, the
registrar’s office, military personnel
office made up of civilians and
military personnel, busy with the
patients’ records, and their requests.
And there is also the all-important
Finance Office giving place to
paying returned battle veterans at
once.
Services that are particularly Jn
-1 'crested in the social welfare of
i patient, are the Red Cross, and
the Special Services and the In
'ormation and Education sections.
Those who are charged to help in
his particular problems are the
chaplain and the personal affairs
officer.
Remedial in its effects is the Oc
cupational Therapy department —■
with its woodworking shop, arts
and crafts studio and typewriter
classroom. This is part of physical
therapy.
Separation and Classification are
constantly expandng sections of
the hospital. On the days men are
discharged for| physical disabilf
ity, offices are set up in one build
ing where interviews are conducted
with the Veterans’ Admnistration
representative, the Red Cross, and
the United States Employment Ser
vice. So a soldier gets almost every
thing done in a day or two before
checking out for home.
Discharges are in the minority,
however, and the back-to-duty e
dict still holds. Special trainng to
restore men for active duty is con
ducted at Sand Hill Reconditioning
Center, between West Ashevlle and
Enka.
OUR HOME BOYS
Pfc. John Ben Pruett 14149378
Ist Bn. Med. Det 121 Inf.
APO 8 care of Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
S. Sgt Cheyne Carson
Co. C 594 Tank Destroyer Bn.
New York, N.Y.
Cpl. Bradford C. Burnette, Jr.,
is now somewhere in Germany.
His address is:
Cpl. Bradford C. Burnette, Jr.
A. S. 34438336
Hq. Btry 747th F. A. Bn.
APO 408 care of Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
William E. Burnette, Jr. AMM 3-c
A & R - Shop 1338
N. A. S.
Alameda California
Pfc. Joe Cordell 37710763
Sqd, T-4, 423 A.A.F. B.U.
W. W. A. A. F.
Walla Walla, Washington
T.Sgt. Clyde G. Cordell 63854 31
Sqd. “D” 127th A.A.F. B.U.
F. A. A. F. Florence S.C.
Cpl. Clarence C. Dillingham
Btry. , ‘B” 376 A.AA. A.W. Bn.
APO 230 care of Postmaster
New York, N.Y.
Carl E. Mills S 2-c
U. S. S. Pc-779
care of Fleet Post Ofice
San Francisco, Calif.
iPfc. William H. Gibbs 14074377
Co. F 314 Infantry
APO 79 care of Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
Robert R. McMahan, Photo, 3-c
Photo Lab. No. 7 T-l Div.
U. S. N. A. S.
Jacksonville, Florida
Cpl. Wilburn Lee Robinson
34605549
157th A. A. C. S. APO 603
Unit l care of Postmaster
Miama, Florida
France J. Silvers Cox
M. AA. Division
care of Fleet Post Office
San “Francisco, California.
Samuel J. Robinson A-S
Co. 4108 Br. 411 U. U. S. W.T.C.
Bainbridge, Md.
Elmo P. Harper F 2-c
U. S. Naval Convalescence
Ward A-8
Beaumont, California
Jack O. Martin SK 2-c
U. S. S. Pasadena
care or Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
B. A. Martin C. C. S.
Box 17 Navy 128
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
Sgt. M.C. Decker, son of Mrs.
J. R. Jenkins of Swannanoa, has
returned to Quantico, Virgina, af
ter beng home on a 72-hour leave.
Pfc. Guy Jenkins 14062848
Co. I 60th Inf. Regt.
APO 9 care of Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
Charles Johnson S 2-c is now
in Pearl Harbor. His address is:
Charles R. Johnson S 2-c
264-27-47
Amphibious Operation Base
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif,
Horace E. Burnette Sl-c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Burnette
of Swannanoa, is in the Seabees
stationed at Rhode Island.
E. Rodman Sawyer S 1-c
F. Division
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif,
Sgt. Burgin C. Gregg 34170545
A Yard 18-D
4107 U. S. Hosp. Plant
APO 5U care of Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
Pvt. Jack Swain 34434324
6824 D. I. C. M. I. S.
APO 655 care of Post Master
New York, N. Y.
Pfc. John H. Martin
U. S. M. C. 342328
H. & S. Btry. Q. R. 9th A.A.A.
Reing. Bn. F.M.F.
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
Pfc. John P. Owensby 3477168
U.S. Army Hosp. Plant 4316
APO 887 care of Post master
New York, N. Y.
Pvt. Calvin H.Plemons 44015279
Co. ’’E” 320th Inf.
APO 35 care of Post Master
New York, N. Y.
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
Cpl. Roland Gray
Ist Co. 2nd Bn.
23rd Marines 4th Div.
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
Pfc. AVilliam J. Freeman 34594308
Hq. & Hq. Sq.
U.S.S. T.A.F. (Main)
AfO 102 care of Post Master
New York, N. Y.
Pfc. Wayne D. Craig 34438330
A. T. Co. 405th Inf.antry
APO 102 care of Post Master
New Y'ork, N. Y.
(Some where in Germany)
Sgt. Howard H. Craig 34608724
454th Bomb Grou.p (H)
736th Bomb Sqdn. (H)
APO 520 care of Post Master
New York, N. Y.
(Somewhere in Italy)
Pfc. James K. M. Craig 34771952
Btry. "B” 739th F. A. Bn.
APO 339 care of Post Master
New' York, N. Y.
(Somewhere in Germany’)
Robert W. Craig S 2-c
932-19-38
U.S.S. LST 1083
care of Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
(Somewhere in the Pacific)
NOTE: If any of these addresses
are wrong, please notify, The Black
Mountain News. We will be glad to
make corrections
Editor .
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PAL
. PERFORMING DOG
WAS PERFORMING AT
THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS
Pal, half Collie, half Shepherd
dog owned by Mr. Blair performs
almost unbelievable tricks and can
undergo a most severe obedience
test.
Two and one half years ago Mr.
Blair purchased it from an elderly
man while walking down the street
in Asheville. This was due also to
a promise he had made his daughter
that he would buy her a dog.
The dog started these perform—
ancse at the age of three months.
Mr. Blair explains the fact that ev
ery time he started to do anything
the dog would seem most anxios in
helping It was only a matter of a
few minutes the dog would jump
over his arm, retrieve sticks thrown
for him. He has reached the point
now where he understands the signs
and language used by his trainer.
Mr. Blair has shown his dog sev
eral times and explains that the dogs
knowledge saves him many steps.
The dog opens the gate and chases
the chickens out of the yard, takes
requisitions from one place to an
other and waits for a reply, while
at Moore General Hospital.
The dog is ask to retire at night
so the last thing that he does is to
turn off the yard light and pull the
gate shut on his house.
BUY ALL THE BONDS YOU CAN
KEEP ALL THE BONDS YOU BUY
R. €. COLE
PLUMBING and HEATING
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Repairing and Building Septic Tanks
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Floyd M. Gill Mgr. Buckner Bldg.
Phone 3743 Swannanoa N. C.
Sgt. Thomas G. Stafford
Home on Furlough
lip Waiill
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SGT. THOMAS G. STAFFORD
Sgt. Thomas G. Stafford of Black
Moutain is home on a thirty’ day
furlough. Sgt. Stafford has seen
eight months overseas, in Germany’,
Frane, and Austria. He is in the
44th division of the 7th Army under
General Patch.
He is spending his vacation with
his wife Viola and little daughter
Amelia.
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Jobs in Foreign Countries
WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION
J. S. Dorton, State Director
(M. R. Dunnagan
Raleigh, N. C.
Due to many inquiries from indiv
iduals about war -jobs in foreign
countries in recent months, the War
Manpower Commission has prepar
ed and distrbuted to local offices
of its United States Employment
Service copies of a "Guide to Foreign
Employment Opportunities’ , mere
ly as information and not in an ef
fort to recruit workers for foreign
jobs.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, manpower di
rector in North Carolina, warns that
the process of securing work in a
foreign country is long and tedioue,
since it takes several weeks to com
plete necessary records and papers.
Also, many of the jobs open are not
classed as essential or given priori
ty, and no workers who are now in
these types of work in North Caro
lina can be released for jobs in for
eign countries.
Information contained in this—
’Guide’ is not detailed and contains
nothing or. wages, hours, working
or living conditions, nor can we ig
nore employment stabilization and
priority referrals” sa Dr. Dorton.
’’ln case certain workers, not
now in essential industry, want to
apply for any of these jobs, we can
take the applications and put them
in touch with agents of the foreign
employers, if their leaving will not
interfere with our essential work
in this State,” he said.
The ’’Guide" advises that living
conditions in many of the countries
are not good, that long contracts
are usually demanded, that medical
examinations are required and that
the employers are not interested in
applicants seeking adventure, ro
mance, a free trip, or a chance to
join relatives or friends in a foreign
country.
The list of job openings which
may change quickly, contains many
types of workers, from clerical and
stenographic, through highly skilled
technical and' professional types.
In the lists are many places, in
cluding points in Europe, Asia,
Africa, South America, Panama Ca_
nal Zone, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico, Bermuda, Cuba, and in other
Islands in the West Indies and in the
Pacific, some world-wide, on ship
board and in the war zones.
The public is entitled to this in
formation, hut the War Manpower
Commision passes it on without as
suming any responsibility for re
cruiting for any of these jobs, Dr.
Dorton stated.
Industrial and Residental Construction
In no other activity in the state is the normal
reservoir of labor as large as in construction. This is
an essential characteristic of job-to-job industries
and while there is every rason to believe that the
residental and industrial that will clamor for labor
as soon as restrictions are removed will carry the
construction industry to heights not known before
the war, it is doubtful whether it can or shpuld re
sult in full imployment. The activitly is highly
seasonal with fluctional simultaneously in opposite
directions depending upon geographic and industrial
characteristics of the area.
In 1943 construction was only 13.11 percent above
the 1940 level. However, in this state war construc
tion began in August, 1940 and while the index for
that year was only 13.20 percent above the long time
trend, it was 48.24 percent above the 1935-1939 aver
age and in 1943 yas 70.63 percent above. It seems
probable, therefore, that with only such post-war
construction as can now be forseen, employment will
construction as can now be forseen, employment will
tremendous road construction program of the twen
ties resulted in a declining trend for the period 1924-
1939. An upward swing was just getting under way
when the movement was accelerated by war con
tracts, and it may be expected that this upw r ard
movement will continue by its own power under a
pre-war momentum.
According to Silas F. Campbell, chief of th Bureau
of Research and Statisticts.
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PEARCE YOUNG ANGEL )
WHOLESALE FOOD PRODUCTS /
Merchants of Black Mountain, are being
supplied with fresh vegetables and produce \\
This firm operates a fleet of 12 trucks sup- ))
plying retail food merchants of Western N. C. ((
We also maintain a cold storage plant \\
15 car capacity— also freezer plant for handling //
frozen fruits, vegetables, and fish. ((
ASHEVILLE PLANT ))
PEARCE YOUNG ANGEL CO. J)
109 Roberts Phone 4277 l)
A.W. CAVIN
FIX - IT - SHOP
Guns and Farm Tools repaired
Bearings made for Motors ©
Lawn Mowers machine ground 8
* Acetylene Welding and Cutting 8
KEYS MADE 8
If it can be repaired
Bring it to me
LOCATION - Mt. Mitchell Motor Road
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THE FRIENDLY CAFE
£:j
j HOME COOKED MEALS
j WITH DESSERT
45'
CHICKEN DINNERS
INCLUDED
I HOME MADE PIES
| Just A Friendly Place
T ° Eat jj
SADIE and PAUL
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SWANNANOA, N. C.
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