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Dispensary Streamlined For Efficiency Jna..fi.~Vei.n STAFF OF OPERATIONS IN GALLEY K

-H. G. Gatlin,
Senior Chaplain.
Humor, wit and mirth divorced
from vulgarity, obscenity and
crudeness are most valuable assets
worthy of cultivation. Seriousness
has its place but most of us are
inclined to be too serious.
Unfortunate indeed is that in-
dividual who has not learned to
play and laugh and to appreciate
wholesome fun. There is truth in
the short couplet:
"Laugh and the world laughs with
you;
Weep and you weep alone."
We appreciate the position of the
man who is down but not· out-
fighting against great odds-
bruised and buffeted by fate-but
coming up with a smile.
"For the man worth while
Is the man who can smile
When everything goes dead
wrong."
It was Thomas Carlyle who said :
"A man who has once heartily and
wholly laughed cannot be alto-
gether and irreclaimably bad . . .
How much lies in laughter! It is
the cipher-key whereby we decipher
the whole man. The man who can-
not laugh is not only fit for
treasons, strategems and spoils; but
his whole life is already a treason
and a stratagem."
That man who is able to smile at
Top-WAVES checking in at Sick Call. Lower right--A view in one of the new type
of isolation cubicle. There are eight of these at the new Dispensary. Lower left- his own foibles, in an emergency,
Commander T. P. Rogers, MC-V(S) , USNR, in charge of Dispensary No. 1.
will always come out on top, but
the poor fellow who begins to feel
Navy Medics Use Salt Dispensary Medical sorry f o r himself is already
doomed. As a rule the individual
Water to Treat Burns Service Streamlined who goes to pieces mentally has
failed to cultivate a sense of humor.
For Efficiency Cheerfulness has been called the
Navy doctors at the U . S. Naval
Hospital in San Diego, · Calif., are
(Continued from Page 1) "bright weather of the heart".
successfully treating burns with a Laughter is useful- it helps one to lT WAS AN IMPORTANT EVENT on Treasure I sland last week when the newly
very familiar material of which the Emergencies, of course, are cared dismiss petty annoyances like big remodeled Galley K was re-opened to Bluejackets of this base·. The above picture shows
scenes in the galley and mess hall, and those in charge of the important activity. Top
Navy, and OP A officials, will never for at any_ time. A 24-hour medical hats at the theatre. It gives respite picture, left to right--Lt. Commander L. V. Flavell, Lt. E. R. Holland, and L. S. Barr,
CCStd, who are in charge of oy,erations. Top center-a, scene in the mess hall. Blue-
have a shortage- salt water. officer watch is maintained at Dis- from great sorrows. It drives us to jackets are shown picking up th<>ir trays, preparing to eat one of the healthful dinners
The doctors stated that the salt pensaries Nos. 1, 2, and 3. be companionable, since we feel the served regularly. Center photo, left to right-L. C. Romine, SClc, Chief J. Goodie,
A. L. Foster, SClc, and C. L . Flanagan, SClc, important supervisors of the galley.
water which is being used has a The Senior Medical Officer urges need of somebody to laugh with- Lower center- a scene in the galley where meats are being prepared for hungry Blue-
jackets. Bottom, left to right--L. B. Hedstrom, Bkrlc, T. I'. Cable, Bkrlc, I'. M. Velky,
double-strength solution of sodium all personnel to make full use of for mirth and laughter are con- CCS, and R. E. McPherson, Bkrlc, who are largely responsible for bakery products
tagious. served in the mess hall.
chloride made up in tile laboratory the medical service provided here.
There is a French saying to the
but the medicos also stated that in A consultation on your health was found to contain three pithy ments, including the Marshalls,
effect that a man may be measured
an emergency 01: shipboard, bucket- problem and the treatment of early articles: "I owe much ; I have Aitape, Hollandia, and Truk. In
by what he finds amusing. The
fuls of the old briny could be utilized symptoms will help the medical laughter of Nero was diabolical nothing; I leave the rest to the December 1942 he was commended
after heating to remove bacteria. department in its primary purpose and debasing. But such was not poor." by the Secretary of the Navy for
Captain William Kirkham, chief of in keeping all hands fit for service. the mirth of the great humorist "Whose humor, as gay as the fire- his heroic conduct and consci-
San Diego's Plastic Surgery Serv- Editor's Note: This Dispensary Rabelais. He could not have fly's light, entious devotion to duty. Well done,
ice, said the tip-off on the effective- represents a considerable amount laughed with Nero, he could not Played round every subject, and ANTS congratulate you!
ness of salt water for combat came of time, thought and effort which have helped from laughing at him. shone as it played; Promoted to Chief
during the evacuation of Dun- have resulted in producing an Judging from the stories we have Whose wit, in the combat as gentle It is now "Chief Gunner"
kerque. He said burned men res- activity comparable to the finest of Rabelais he must have been a as bright, Stewart,. instructor in Fire Control.
cued from the water after some service that Medical Science has to great character-a . strange, wise, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away Mr. Stewart has the distinction of
time fared better than did the men offer. sharp, and mirthful imp. He seems on its blade." being the only instructor to contact
whose burns nad been bathed in even to have looked death in the each and every graduating student
_salt water. Rationing After V-Day face with a grin on his own. As of ANTS. He conducts the Tele-
"The explanation is simple," his friends were weeping round his phone Talker Course, which is re-
pointed out Captain Kirkham. "A This is today's outlook on post bed, he exclaimed,-"Ah! if I were quired of all classe~.
burn is just like any other wound. V-Day rationing. Foods: Meat ra- to • die ten times over, I should Other recent changes in status
It has to be kept clean· and s~lt tioning will wither within 90 days never make you cry half so much include the· following advance-
water keeps it clean." as British needs are met from Aus- as I have made you laugh." Being ments: E . E. Bowlsby, Slc(M) to
The special solutions of salt tralia and Arge_ntina through in- pressed by some rave.nous relatives, M3c (T); F . A. Green, SK3c to
water are applied in two ways, by creased shipping. There'll be more who thought him rich, to sign a SK2c(T) ; C. L. Lofstrom, M2c to
saturating light-weight dressings canned goods. Shoes: Rationing will leaving them large legacies, he Receives Purple Heart Mlc(T); D. A. Jognia, CM(PA)
or by having the burned men bathe will continue for at least six months. at last complied,. and on being On Saturday, September 2, has been changed to CBMA(PA),
in a tub filled with the water. The Gasoline: Rationing will be relaxed asked where the money could be Captain R. W. Cary, Commander and L. B. Chadwick, M2c, is now
burns are first cleaned with white in the East by spring if Germany found, he answered, "As for that, U. S. Naval Training and Distri- BMA2c.
soap and plain water. folds this fall; it will continue in you must do like the spaniel, look bution Center, awarded the .Purple Another name was added to the
the West during the Pacific war, about and search". The old humor- Heart to C. E. Joyner, GM3c, roster of WAVES at ANTS this
because of transportation bottle- ist muttered: "I am just going to USNR, a student in the Gunner's week when Mary Lucille Sorrell,
Here lies the body of Seaman necks. Tires: Both truck and pas- leap into the dark . . . Let down Mates and Electric Hydraulic Slc reported for duty. Miss Sorrell,
Foosby senger may be ration-free almost the curtain; the farce is done". Im- _School, for wounds received in a native of Kentucky, received her
Who died of a heart attack. immediately due to lessening mili- mediately after his death, his rela- action in June, 1942. Joyner en- advanced training at Stillwater,
His laundry was promised for' tary demands. Fuel Oil: Country- tives seized upon a sealed paper, listed January 24, 1942 at Rocky Oklahoma.
Tuesday wide rationing will continue at least purporting to be his last will and Mount, North Carolina. He has
And Tuesday he got it back. through this winter. testament, which, on being opened, seen action in numerous engage- Send "The Masthead" Home!

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