The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-14
Camp And Hospital Council To Raise
Funds To Plant Hospital Grounds

to beautify the grounds of the ma
val dispensary at the Marine air
station at Cherry Point has been
endorsed by the Tar Heel Camp
and Hospital council Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Although $82, ZOO, 900 has been ex-
pended or authorized for construc-
ton at Cherry Point, practically
nothing has been allotted for plant
ing trees, shrubs or flowers. The
air station comes under the super
vision of the Bureau of Aeronau-
tics of the navy department, in
stead Of directly under the Marine
corps headquarters as does the
Marine ground base at Camp Le-
jeune, which has been extensively
beautified.
Hospital grounds at Cherry
Point are plain and drab, but
there is no government appropria-
ton tor their Identification. Mai.
Gen. Ralph J. Mitchell, USING,
commanding general of the Marine
air bases, has had a landscape
architect draft plans for the hos
pital planting, but has no funds
for having the work done.
Accordingly, in their objective
OF providing cheer for the service
personnel stationed at military in
Stallatlons in the coastal areas.
the Tar Heel Camp and Hospital
council reached the decision that
the permanent Identification of
the Cherry Point hospital grounds
would come appropriately in line
with their purpose of bolstering
morale and improving hospitals
for servicemen in the region. Pre-
viously, much landscaping and
planting were done by the council
at Camp Davis. Since Cherry
Point will be permanent camp,
the beautific alton work was con-
sidered even more important and
valuable.
The cost Of planting and land
scaping the hospital grounds, as
provided in General Mitchelrs
specifications, is estimated at ST.
500. The Tar Heel Camp and Hos
pital council will ends avor TO
raise this full amount in January,
as soon as the Immediate prof.
ect of providing Christmas stock
ings and gifts for the military
posts has been completed.
Already the Craven county chap.
ter of the Red Cross has appro-
priated $500 for the hospital beauti-
fication, to inaugurate the move
ment for the council. The Duplin
county chapter added $50 to the
fund. The Beaufort county chapter
has pledged $500, Columbus county
chapter $3.50 and the Lenoir county
chapter $50, to bring the total so
far subscribed to $3.50.
Other chapters in the council
are being asked to determine the
amounts Of their appropriations
by January, when the council will
meet next at Wilmington, and it
is hoped that the entire $1,000 may
then be raised. All money is pass
ing through the council treasurer,
Mrs. J. M. Tyler of Kinston.
The project has the approval of
the Marine Authorities at Cherry
Point and also the newly-organiz-
ed Cherry Point Garden club. of
which Mrs. Mitchell is president
and Mrs. Frank Croft is treasurer.
This new club has long-range plans
for much other Identification
work at other parts of Cherry
Point. So long as the war lasted
no attention was paid to beautify.
ing the air station; now that the
war has ended the Marine officials
and their wives in the garden club
are eager to get their base plant.
ed.
Since the government provides no
money for that purpose on the air
station, the plan calls for outside
cooperation and that is the reason
tor the requested cooperation of
the camp and hospital council and
other interested organizations and
individuals. The chairman of the
council for the hospital beautifi-
cation project is Miss Gertrude
Carraway, Of this city, publicity
chairman of the council