BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
Home of the C ro ft Luy
fage Six
less situation, he was earmarked Bill Merritt, is building a water
by his companions as quite likely storage dam, on Ransom creek,
to die shortly. A prisoner who near where the pump has stood
would hoard his rice allowance for many years. The re-enforced
for several meals in order to en concrete structure will hold back
joy the sensation of one large a reservoir of about 50,000 gallons
In spite of having spent three meal was referred to as ‘rice which, according to Elmer Bank-
years in Japanese prison camps, ! happy.’ This was generally an us. in addition to the same amount
most of the time on starvation indication of the beginning of in the water tank in town, will
have a reserve capacity af about
rations and subjected to frequent deterioration and early death,
beatings, American soldiers who “When those of lesser spiritual 100,000 gallons.
survived this ordeal show little strength became ill they were
Among the few new building
mental effect as a result of their likely to give up, quit eating en- requests passed upon by the fed
sufferings. This fact has just tirely, and frequently would die eral housing authorities, as listed
been made public in a report is within a few days. One fails to in recent Portland papers, was
sued by Lt, Col. Norman Q. Brill. find a scientific reason pr an ade approval of the application of
Colonel Brill was in charge of quate term to explain survival. Roy Sunderland, of Brookings, for
neuro-psychiatric findings made It seemed to some of the exam construction of a new filling sta
by teams of medical specialists iners that ‘courage’ was the best tion, the cost being listed as $12,-
who met all men when they first word. It seemed that the only 00.
landed in the United States after common factor among the survi
In order that the school au
vors was that they had courage. thorities may have a better idea
liberation.
Considerable importance was They never stopped in their strug of what accomodations they will
attached to early medical contact gle for survival — this strength be called upon to supply when
with the released soldier because, and courage had no connection school starts this fall, all par
according to Dr. Brill, “never be with social background or edu ents whose children will attend,
fore in this country’s history had cation.”
for first time, are urged to notify
such a large group been exposed The men themselves, the report the school clerk, Mrs. Dora Beau
to starvation, torture and hu- added, expressed no concern about lieu, who lives across the street
miliation.” The psychiatrists were i their ability to re-adjust to life from the community church.
interested in the factors that were in the United States. Regardless
The school board has contracted
responsible for the survival of of thetfuture, they felt they could
these men when so many of their meet any situation likely to arise with a teacher of early days: Mrs.
comrades in about the same phys after living through the prison Gladys Payne, who first qualified
to teach around here about 1908,
ical condition when captured, had camp years.
has
since mothered a family and
succumbed. The nearest they
came to finding a common factor
was what is described in the re
port as a "tremendous will to
A. MacKenzie is building an
live.” Otherwise the soldiers dif other house on his proprety on
fered in about every way possible. Easy Street.
Ex-Jap Prisoners
Are Mentally Fit
Bili
THURSDAY, JUNE^
is now a grandmother to another — ........ .........
uor
generation. When Mrs. Payne first man, W anda Voy, Doris \i
applied for a teacher’s certificate, Katie Hull and Miss Jean
in this county, she and Mrs. nery of Crescent City,
Glistner Hoagland, another can the bride.
didate, set out for Gold Beach
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bah
on horse back, to take the requir former residents who now
ed examinations. The arduous at Grants Pass, have p
trip, in a bad winter storm, took three lots from Elmer o
the trio two full days. When on the corner between the
school begins this fall she will house and the Catholic churt
have charge of the seventh grade. cording to rports. The Bab
Mrs. Phyllis Miller entertained home to soon build there.
for a bridal shower at her home,
Thor Ask brought in an <
Wednesday afternoon, in honor of
surplus
international TD9
Mrs. Calvin Musser. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Beth Simon. Guests for the Kerr Logging Co, fori
were Mesdames Marguerite Mat- liver at their tract near the
son, Helen Hanscam, Marian Han- Jeff Howell place.
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"All of the," says Colonel B rill's
re p o rt, “lived only for the day
(of lib eratio n ). Indeed when one
of them would fail to concen
tr a te on or begin to hoard food,
or gave way to morbid thoughts
concerning the seem ingly hojie-
Mrs. F ra n k S ullivan, a f te r a
brief visit at the hom e ranch,
re tu rn e d last week w ith d a u g h
ter, Mrs. S teinke, to R eedsport.
Mrs S u lliv an 's h ea lth is quite
poor.
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