The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-23
Appeal To Potters
For Necessities At
Relocation Center
Writer Sees Convdlescing
Soldiers Suffering Hord-
ships On Home Front
SEARCH THAT ATTIC
Bridge Lamps. Desk Chairs,
Magazines. Games Would
Relieve The Situution

AS mother use to say, save a thing
for seven years and it always comes III
handy" We store articles away in
cupboards and attics. thinking we may
find some use for them at a later date.
Well it is time to dig them out. be
cause they are needed and needed
badly at Deshon General hospital and
Camp Reynolds.
4 great many people cannot under
stand why the public is called upon to
aid in equiping these stations. The
question entering their minds iS.
why doesn't the government furnish
the much needed equipment?' Colonel
{. j. GentZkow, commanding officer Of
DeshOn, United States Army hospital
at Butler explains it as follows. The
government furnishes the essential
equipment, necessary 10 take care Of
the soldiers in their recovery But ii is
necessary to have recreational equip
ment and "comfieS'' during their con
valescing period. As an illustration
Colonel Gentzkow said, you furnish a
house when You move into it. yet Il
woman spends lifetime adding the
frills to make it honey That is what
the Red Cross and staff are attempting
to do here, add the frills to make the
boys comfortable"
After Il tour of the hospital ana
barracks one could see without being
told just what was meant by his state
ment Convaescents lying on beds be
cause there We're no easy chairs, sitting
on straight back chairs, using their
beds as desks. Some Straining their
eyes to read the few ma gaines. books
and papers available, Us they have no
lamps.
Colonel GentZkow went on to tell
he was placed in command of the
hospital October u. 1912. it had NJ
name and was barren. In the course
of Il year new buildings have been
added, more equipment which was
necessary and the name of great and
brilliant surgeon placed over its door.
1t. Col. George d. DeShOn, NC. United
States Army was born in 1860. Entered
West Point at the are of II and served
his country for - years until his
death in 1917. He was keen student
of military art. possessed organiZa-
tiOnal ability and was instrumental i'll
the development of legislation WhiCn
resulted in the reorganization of the
\IaIira1 nanp T. mont i'm 1908
Col. GentZkow says our boys are re-
ceiving the best medical attention pos
Sihle. not only at Deshon but in the
rest of the general hospitals through
out the country. During and after the
last war there We're only seven general
hospitals, to date there are I6 either
completed or in the making. Our boys
will have the best.
At > 40 y. m. each day retreat is
sounded and "Old Glory is brought
in for the day. 1t is really Il touching
scene to watch the five boys march
in formation to the flag pole, lower
the flag and 90 through the ceremony
of folding it properly. To be able to
watch the expression on their faces
and see how gently they handle the
flag gives one Il cholled up feeling. You
feel as though you were an intruder
looking into their hearts and minds.
Those boys know what they are fight
ing for so lets back them up and
prove to them that we also know.