Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur                                The stars and Herf Haven for of casualties weaving Joseph Matte collection of tufted Mats and oot holders during farm life chores sometimes include feeding the which these air Force Mon dont its their sunday workouts Daniel Carmich Cebu ifs log Muscles by the rest Haven tucked away in the Green Hills of upstate new the aah convalescent training Center at Pawling is smoothly speeding wounded airmen Back to duty or Back to civilian using a method that might Well revolutionize civilian rehabilitation programs for the sick and located in a building which in prewar Days housed a boys Swank prep Pawling still retains More of the atmosphere of a Board ing school than it does a theres Little about the life for convalescent at Pawling that smacks of army routine perhaps a great amount of the Success of the venture lies in that simple one of ten such of it is operated by 32yearold Hobart himself a Veteran flight surgeon in the South the Young colonels simple sop for Hasty recovery is avoid regimen humanize treat persons instead of and give the men a Square colonel Todd Points with Pride to the facts and figures on Pawling out of every 10 convalescent Are returned to either on a full or limited assignment up for Are Given the same personalized care and Are helped to return to maximum efficiency in rehearing for their new half of Pawlings patients Are orthopaedic leg and Arm one third fall under the operational fatigue suffering from mental exhaustion or psycho neurotic the remain Der Are making comebacks after bouts with malaria and either physical and psychiatric cases at Pawling share the same and recreational centers and attend the same no Battle fatigue patients in Pawling Are termed nuts or Batty by other patients or by the Are simply treated As other sick men in need of treatment for reports from Pawling show excellent results from this mixing of the two types of Best testimony to Pawlings Success Are the patients the accent is on Quick and full to achieve that recreation at the of Center includes everything from Baske weaving to Golf Tennis and to Complete the wives of convalescent May visit and live at helping their men along the Road to inspirational placards in the corridors of the buildings Chart the Progress of one such placard reads washed up hell no few Pawling alumni disagree with that hobbies Long hours of recuperation Are out Short by making Model others work at Wood the finished product usually is placed on exhibition in the main auditorium for friends and relatives to trades lathe workers keep a hand in their work while awaiting discharge from convalescent some find a Chance to train for new recreation the first Bright Day brings out golfing players Are to Donald Antoine new and t4 Ralph