Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-12

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ZME considerable
ss%sSzyp sums for the
fund, includ-
ing about 80
per cent OF
- the money
MIR. PICKERING which has
lust been devoted 10 the base
hospital at Selfridge Field.
MUCH OF it went into fur
nishings. flooring, a RADIO
photograph, games, a motion
picture machine with sound
track, magazines and records
for a big recreation and re-
construction room, a room
used for convalescentS.
But BESIDES this the
JAW wanted 10 add some
equipment. mainly some Surgl-
cal stitChcrS and TcSplrator.
The respiratOr arrived "A few
DAYS ahead OF time. which was
one Of those providential acct
dents. Saturday. after formal
presentation. 1t. Col. j. n.
King Jr., the base surgeon, told
US:
We've already use the respi-
rator. II vas an emergency case
OF childbirth-the wife Of a sol
dier-and the baby wasn't
breathing. The respirator was
here. We used il, And the baby
lived
TIE PRESENTATION Of
the Sunshine Room was made
part Of service marking the
26th anniversary Of the hos
pitAl. II was opened July :.
1917. one small building one
officer and two enlisted men.
and had it's first patient July
10. Now Is has staff civilian
and military OF nearly 800 and
has had over 1000 patients
Oddly, one Of those two original
enlisted men. 1t NJ NJ Sylvan
told me. read OF the service and
asked 10 be present hes Carl
Miller Of $3.50 Dexter. now an
auxiliary military policeman at
Hudson Motors
THE PROJECT ran 10 about
s. 600. Of which nearly all was
a gift from the UAW-the sun
shine Fund, from other gifts.
furnished a smaller room. and
the City Awning Co gave a big
awning 90 screen a place tor
sun bathing
The medical equipment was
interesting. the resuScItator and
The stltchers These laSt--there
were two-are gadcet that
has been worked on for years,
hut Col King says only IN The
last month or 50 have they IL
nally developed u the way they
want n a doctor. IN stitching
wound needs no assistant II $
like having two sets 81 hands.
or like having a midget sowing
machine that can be held I'D
one hand
CHARLES BETHEL Of the
regional JAW Office com
mented 10 the other union men
present John Gibson, state
CO president: Ernest Mail
loux, James TugGlc and w G.
Terwillgerl This rcSuScItator
certainly has paid for itself
already
THE DAY ended with a pic
mic on the Joy estate, That
part Of Selfrdge FTctd now, and
the Skeet shooting areas are
machine gun ranges, but men.
from the hospital including a
few red-robed patients from
the hospital who could walk
had one Of the pleaSanteSt pic
MICS you ever saw, albeit with a
few strange aspects.
Instead Of running races,
they had races with teams car
rying patient" on a stretcher
over an obstacle course. (And
one team inveigled \ captain
into being the patient. They
dropped him a couple OF timesD
There was a race To see how
fast they could apply Thomas
leg splints. WACs played base
hall. Others danced. Officers,
men. their wives or girls. war
workers. Mrs. Glenn Anderson
and Mrs. Henry Forcier Of the
Sunshine Fund, all cut loose and
enjoyed themselves. A. our
photographer. Phil Dion, re-
marked. "Man, II that isn't
democracy working"
THE JAW and Sunshine
Fund gifts were formally ac-
cepted by Col Russell King,
executive officer, and il in
cluded, Incl dentally. some
lounge furniture which will be
4 used by among others, mental
patients
I'D known that such cases oc-
CURED, but hadn't paid much
attent ion. HomesiCknesS. in
some cases, il 80 severe that
men have 10 he hospitalized for
IL. There again, they tell us,
the furniture. books and games
will he worth more than the