European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1953 military news Section Page f if additional bad Kreuz Nach election t k new officers of the american and Allied women club of bad Kreuz Nach Are left to William corresponding Secretary Eric Hamilton and Russell Adams not Pic f lured was chosen recording photo Tea corf presented to Hospital 1 the Salzburg women club presents a Tea cart to the 109th making the presentation Are left to t Williqms and photo Avsec dependent weds doctor in Verdun Cathedral Verdun special Verdun notre for v the first time in its 900year his was the scene last week of the wedding of an american climaxing a transatlantic by the Groom and weeks of preparation by both French and miss Jeannine be daughter of m sgt Al Bert of Advance became the Bride of Raymond Dionne of fall in accordance with French the couple first attended a civil performed in the Ayers office at xes on graduate of Yale University Tufts College medical Groom a specialist in Radi Togy and is the Roentgen Logist charge of the xray depart of Annes Hospital in All r Bride was Given in mar e by her who is in administrative Section of the Emile sister of was Matron of Eugene brother the was Best Man and Fishers were Emile of fall and Emile in of a reception at the hotel Che d Rouge in St Mene hould Fol Raymond Dionne Lowed the wedding theft the Bride and Groom left on their honeymoon trip to 4he French Switz Erland and other Points of in Terest in Strassburg wives hold Tea at Cavern nah Bollenbach special the Strassburg Cavern no wives club held their first get acquainted Tea at the Cavern no club the women club of Strass Burg Cavern and the nah Bollen Bach pm depot sponsored their second party at the Nieder Wor Dresbach dependents in us live in cold prefabs and tents commissaries carry limited stocks by Don Walter staff correspondent South 24 Spe you were an american with the air Force or army unit in England youd probably this is the third of a series of articles on stationed in England and their dependents Wake up in the morning to a cold House and your first task of the Day would be to Start the Coal burning in the or if you were not a narrated and had to live on the you might be living in a tent or a prefabricated hut made in a old fashioned Coa burning stove or an electric Heater might be your Only source of living conditions in by american Are far from there few housing units outside London which have Central and depend ent housing is not generally pro Vid cd for military personnel in moving into an eng Lish House requires a few changes in living tie problem of heat is the greatest concern of 3ftost Amer the British dont think their houses Are but the few complaints More than in any other euro americans in eng land Are living on the there Are few complaints about other than the Lack of heat in Homes and american housewives have Access to pcs and commis Saries on their but these Are not As Complete or Well stocked As Are for in Ger the commissaries do not handle Green vegetable so american housewives buy these at the Green stocks from the commissary but since some of the smaller bases do not commissaries it is not Al ways easy to buy fresh meat More than once or twice a Candy and other still rationed in Are plentiful at counters How Ever the Sale of is limited to married v British style every month the pcs sell thou Sands of dollars Worth of British items Range from British made razor b t a d e s to famed English on most of the bases one or two of the Large London clothing stores have branches where cloth is sold and measurements taken for tailor made suits and Topcoat american on parking lot of any base where forces Are stationed British cars far outnumber Amer ican this is partly because overseas have a desire to drive a foreign made it is also because British care Are cheaper than american but it is primarily because the Price of gasoline in England is 60 cents a there Are no american Sabre a trailer Village in families of airmen assigned to a Jet fighter Muriel Shaffer hangs laundry on a makeshift line Bat excessive dampness in the area makes drying photo by Grandy operated filling stations and it is impractical for the average Amer ican to drive an americanize this is especially True As some americans live As far As 40 Miles from their the average distance driven to and from work is around 20 housing near the bases and even a few Miles away is at a some airmen have solved the housing problem by renting trailer houses supplied by a London firm and locating them near the at Sabre a trailer town at the Gates of shepherds Grove Raf the units consist of two and Sabre cites inhabitants have arranged their trailers in neat rows and have organized a City Council and chosen a dependent children in the United kingdom seem to have adapted themselves to their new Ings without most of them attend Grade there ii Only one operated High located at Bushey and teenage dependents attend this school from Many of the outlying other High school students Are enrolled in British some differences apparently they find the curriculum Little different from that in the there Are some Dif such As the British starting out Lupus in French in our equivalent of seventh Many americans can afford for in England As in other european Domestic help can be obtained at Low de spite austerity in maid service has not yet been dispensed with in the British As a result of British work 24 special the Sundhausen Village Council has offered to donate Sand for use in the construction of six new Gya centers now being it col Everett he come Gya accepted the offer on behalf of local youth councils in m a n n h e i Heidelberg Paffen Grund and troop units in Karlsruhe have United in a project to provide a Large and Well equipped youth Cen each of More than 20 units has pledged their support by donating toward an individual units Are sponsoring sin Gle rooms in the new House of youth now under a great part of the construction of the new Karlsruhe Gya Center was done by the 39th engr construction which volunteered men and machines As part of the training you find that Many of the american children speak with a heavy Brit ish accent of is also the result of these childrens association with Young English play americans in England Are never at a loss for Al though they find it difficult to understand Why All British night Fife seems to end at around 11 this is particularly the Case a regard to servicemen who live on the bases but go to town on but for those who like con certs and the London everything to joint Anglo american Community projects of Cupy the Leisure time of Many like travel As on the in England like to Scotland and Ireland Are favorite vacation but others take longer especially to or the f no american opinion on the Cost of living in England most of them that it costs More to live in England than in the expense involved in travel ing to and from work runs Cost of living electric Bills an Coal is my unit issues kudos to outstanding pm 84 Spe when an my accost a Soldier Here these Days it Doest always imply a delinquency it could happen that a letter of commendation is a particularly if the Soldier exhibits outstanding military Yearance and capt Herbert co of co 540th my by guard stationed in has announced that men of his unit Are now to cite those men who look and act Good sol Diers the idea of giving the letters of commendation originated in Brooks which supplies guards for trains Between turn Frankfurt and Grafen the letters will replace or modify the present delinquency