European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1953 military news Section Jage 7 i service club reopened at flak Cavern 3 a completely remodeler special services club was opened at flak Cavern maj executive of recreation office of chief of special usar eur Cut cake during open ing also taking part in the ceremonies were Reba chief of the club Section of special serv Usa eur maj Lyle Wuerzburg District special serv ices officer maj Aida Wuerzburg pm and maj George Wuerzburg ath Letic the known As the flak service has the usual service club plus musical instruments and a Library with club director is Margery her assistants Are Hannah recreation Mary recreation and Katherine the which has been under construction since will pro vide entertainment and recreation Al facilities troops of the 5th a the 1st engr c the 1st medical and the 701st Ord show Tours Aqa Reacord 3 special a variety featuring a male chorus line and a hillbilly entertained at service clubs throughout the Headquarters area the from the Ace of clubs service club at Neureul Cavern in was emceed by Domenik of co 29th Sig in the chorus line included pets Albert Joe Defrancesso Joe Cassaro and pics Calvin wat son and Bill All from co d making with the music with the Aid of two steel guitars and a Man Dolin were pets Gene Bradley Claude Leon Richard Joe Atchinson and Paul Landreth of co Cpl Gazaway co who has had Many years of experience with stateside handled the vocalists for the troupe included pfc Richard sgt Fred Lee and pvt Joe All of co mess course Given 43d div personnel 3 the 43d inf div has just completed a six week mess personnel train ing program which encompassed three cities and 450 a team of five food service specialists gave instruction to com Pany mess mess stewards and first Cooks of major 43d div units in Nurnberg and Munich which totalled 36 included classes in mess management and duties and responsibilities of mess person function and purpose of chess records and mess sanitation new Bowling Alley 3 special a new six Lane Bowling Alley has been opened at the Coleman Ca sern Here for men of the 12th inf regt the situated at the caverns Leisure features an automatic pin setting com z port processes private cars 3 Spe record number of privately owned vehicles destined for com z military and civilian personnel Are being seeded through the port of la col chief of the com z transportation the 7703d maj port has proc Ossed nearly automobiles for com z personnel in the last five the port has handled up tqj25 vehicles a Day in an Effort to Speed up delivery of Jacques said that the Auto mobiles Are usually processed out Fla pallice in seven but some vehicles Are held longer when personnel cant be in order to expedite personnel Etc petting arrival of their private automobiles have been requested to fill out two dec forms 22 one to be sent to the 7703d major Apo and the other to their Section or area transportation of 17 yank Drivers receive Alyce safety awards 3 enlisted men of the army element stationed Here at the Headquarters of Allied land forces Central Europe received Safe driving awards recently maj Gen Walter m u 11 e cd of the ele the awards we represented for completion of Raore than Miles of driving under widely Vari Able conditions during the past 15 months without a single Muller also praised the supervisors for their selection and training of Drivers in Safe driving Numberg District cites 34 German operators 3 thirty four German Drivers employed by the Nurnberg District transportation office were recently awarded Safe Driver certificates in a ceremony held at the District the presentations were made by it col Thomas Mason District transportation Accident free years driven by the men included one with seven two with five years and four with four years with the rest rang ing Down to a minimum of one 14th army Cav awards 27 driving certificates bad 3 special eighteen times around the world Twenty seven Drivers of the 3d 14th army Cav have recently been awarded achievement certificates by the regimental commander for completing Safe driving Miles Between ocl 1951 and each Driver drove or More Miles during this depot keeps freight cars rolling 2d army Cav trains Drivers 3 Driver training course has been started in the 3d 2d army by it Bat Talion to relieve the present Driver the train ing program is under the direction of capt Wilburn instructors Sec Bobby Prather and sgt William Burchell conduct 22 men at a time through the one week Cpl to prep for West Point 3 Spe Walter of the 507th engr heavy shop Rhine Engineer has been accepted for training at the military Academy preparatory school at Stewart a musician in civilian Vin cent was assigned to the 9th inf band upon entering the he arrived in the Western area come in july his new appointment is to prepare for the examination for West More than freight cars in the zone of Germany Are rolling on borrowed thanks to the 8th transportation traffic regulation up at the rheingau transportation the freight equipment Section re builds overage freight cars from the wheels German employees measure Side for new panels other workmen clean and Oil Buffer blocks ply Wood panels Are fitted into the curved roof while Flat panels Are fitted to the sides the calf is waterproofed and then new stencils Are Affer passing a careful inspection the looking like is returned to carrying sup plies for american troops in Ger photos