European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Match 19, 1953 the stars and stripes Page 9 hell on wheels d div pie stunts March 18of pfc Wells Brandon jr., 2d army div always Greig him to break his neck on is a bicycle acrobat former Seaman has Ridden in Odd ways air Over the while serving eight years. Merchant Marine Brandon s Bike every time he Hitun port. Crazy about pulling stun Sices he grins. Maybe just period the hell oni Soldier currently is serving Wireman with Btry a 14tlt a in. "., favorite stunt of Brandon s favorite stunts wheels is a ramp. Jump. He like mad. Up an incline through the air 15feet up lands about 10 feet from their Point. For this stunt he a custom built Bike a perfect three Point Landing lie  wheels and my head Brandon s Lone stint As a professional was before the boy scouts at their annual convention in Tampa Fla however he says he May try to be a real pro when he leaves the.  the life of a Mere bicycle stunt rider might be Dull Brandon plans to buy a Tightrope. Ill Start with the rope Donlow and work up Brandon says with a. Hint of caution inconsistent with his nature. Brandon s Bike stunts have led to Only two mis haps one in the Fiji islands and one in his Home state of Florida. Bathing beauties once in Florida i was trying to impress some bathing beauties he said i was cutting a fast clip Down the sea Wall Riding Back wards of course when the front wheel hit a crack to the Wall. My hip has t been the same since the other incident occurred when he Vas Riding his Bike in re verse through the Fiji. Several youngsters tried to imitate him with the mass result of confusion and contusions. Brandon was hauled into court and charged with being a Public nuisance. He won his ease when he. Challenged the local magistrate to find an Ordi Nance against this Mode of travel. He even awed the judge with cycling demonstration. " Lilly troops Mark Northern come i e 11 a m. To be8in judging St birthday of girl scouts Salzburg March 18 special ers of the five Salzburg 6ps of the girl. Scouts of Amer a gathered  Kavalier Haus Honor the 41st anniversary of founding of the Gas. Jug Light of the program was an Era Tationa Friendship  ceremony during which a tentative of each troop pre a donation to the world ship fund. Fund was originated in Mem 1 of Juliette Low founder of the scout movement in America is used to further her belief scouting can be the magi Giad which links the youth of world  the Money buted yearly on this Date by girls is either earned by them donated from their personal France. This year the fund Willfor the Benefit of girl its in the Netherlands meanwhile. In Lihz boy scouts with girl scouts to observe anniversary of the latter 6r Ilion at the Linz military the boys presented the girls a Large birthday cake As re payment for a gift of cookies girls made for the recent Boyat anniversary. District cubs visit Wiesbaden air base 3aden. March 18 special aty none cub scouts from the military District Toure Buden air base recently. Tour included a trip to theft line where the cubs were through one of the planes later were allowed to watch takeoffs and landings of local aft on actual flights and in pfc wanted a or if was agreeable Wuerz bkg March Isil Call it  the Naff it was Clear the hour pfc Gavin t. Ice of med co 18tb in walked into the military booking station Attenburg. He approached sergeant Joseph o. John pulled his pass from his Laid it in front of theand said "3 am out after few will you no least give me delinquency report for. Cur violation Jonnson did a double take he reached for jigs Pencil filled out attic or. Heneher serious All lie Ivas Hie had a serious look lie was  a weather Squadron Basket Ball tournament which was taking place in flyers Hall at the time of the tour. After completing their visit in the air Force area the group was turned Over to army officials for a Lour of its antiaircraft facilities. Stuttgart District sets six Day Spring Camp Stuttgart March 18 special Stuttgart District boy scouts will have a six Day Spring camping session this year for the first time. The Camp which will be held april 6-11, will be established at Heilbronn with chaplain it col Hudson a Phillips chairman of the District boy scout Council i charge the Camp will be sponsored bythe 7th army. Registration will continue through March 27. Scouts Are asked to Register with their local troop scoutmaster. -13 Complete training in Gas leadership Bremerhaven March 18 Spe Cial certificates marking Success Ful completion of a girl scout leadership course were awarded Here recently to 13 persons including three from Berlin the certificates were presented by Eleanor Moninger Neucom girl scout adviser Sand mrs. A p. Gil Lespie Bremen enclave girl scout commissioner. Buc Schlag troop holds court of Honor rites Frankfurt Cial members March 18of boy Spe scout troop 61 held a court of Honor ceremony at their regular meeting in the teen agers club in Buch Schlag. Fifteen scouts  honoured at the ceremony. Jimmy Wicks received a plaque for winning a re cent marksmanship contest. " eight youths promoted in Bamberg Cerep Jim Bamberg. March is special eight members of boy scout troop 40 at Bamberg received pins at testing to advancement in ran Kat a court of Honor held in the Warner Barracks Chapel Here. Ceremonies opened with a Short invocation by Cri Plain maj ran Kin w. Heflin after which scouts and  addressed by capt Claude j. Smith co of Seco 26th inf regt the troop scout master. -. Of Craft entries Frankfurt March 18 Spe Cial the Northern area com semifinals of the Gya handicraft contest will open tomorrow in the Neucom inn in Hoechst and will continue through saturday the event will draw entries Cho sen in preliminary contests at 21. Naco centers. Winning exhibits Here will be forwarded to Munich where the Usa eur finals will be held at the America House april 16-19. Individual contestants who win first prizes in the final contest will be invited to travel to Munich to receive their. Awards. The judging teams will be composed of americans and germans. Entries will lie judged on originality technique selection of color material and Linal appearance. 16 classes there will be 16 classes of entries with categories based on theage of the contestant. The Cate Gories include knitting Crochet ing tech making embroidery Tai Loring dressmaking leather Craft Wood carving Wood turning Metal Craft ceramics sculpture painting puppetry and group projects of tvo or More  exhibition will be open to the Public at Neucom inn on Fri Day and saturday. 552d aaa in gives command talk skit Karlsruhe March 18 special a three act 3q-Mmute skit recently replaced a Normal command con Ference for members of the 552d aaa gun  production which took place at the Gerszewski Barracks theater was designed to familiarize 552d me with the significance of safeguard ing military information and the importance of safety. Interspersed throughout the skit were reminders on Cost conscious Ness. ,. Capt Milton n. Harper battalion intelligence officer and capt John Testa battalion transportation officer were in charge of the production. \2 its wih file shoot with mis Frankfurt March 18 special two officers of the 4th inf div he co. Using Standard Issue my rifles won two first places and two second places in the recent Wiesbaden Roland gun club off hand Rifle matches. First it Earl e. Bishop place first in the 200-and 300-Yard matches first it William ii. Mullenioux left and 1st it Earl e. Bishop of the 4th inf div with four trophies they won at recent wies Baden Rifle matches using stand Ard my rifles. Army photo and second in  100-Yard  it William h. Mullenioux finished second at 300 Yards. In the foal match of the Day Bishop lopped other contestants in the .22-Cal Rifle class. Bishop a member of the army Rifle team in 1951 and 1952, and Mullenioux a former collegiate Rifle coach used weapons checked out of the he co arms room on the Day of the match. According to Bishop the show ing of the my against the special weapons and telescopic sights of the 40 other contestants particularly in the 300-Yard match indicate the accuracy of the army s Rifle in the hands of a trained Marks Man. Mullenioux is aide to Brig Gen Dona d a Booth assistant division cd. Bishop is assigned to the4th div g3 Section.  to open commissary March 25 Aschaffenbur March 18 special the newly constructed Asch Riffenburg dependents commis sary will o p e p. March 25, the a Schaffenburg det quartermaster Section announced. Col Harold , Aschaffenbur det co. Will conduct the formal opening ceremonies. Thu new commissary will be staffed by four military personnel and 24 civilians according to Wong o. A Haught Asch Kenburg commissary officer. The commis sary will also service dependents of the Babenhausen area. 45th aaa in observer 2tl anniversary Kaiserslautern March. Is special members of the 45th aaa gun in took part in a Day Long program monday marking the unit s organization Date March 14, 1951. Events included an open House inspection of billets mess Hail and equipment a formal Parade and presentation of athletic Tro  by it col b. M. Arise la the battalion traces it history Back to the 6lh regt of artillery in 1898. The regiment was broken up into separate artillery companies in 1901. One of these units etry b of the pres it battalion participated in five campaigns of world War i. From the 173d coast artillery in in 1944, the unit was predesignated the 45th a in inactive june 1950. Final activation was carried out at it. Bliss tex.,March 14. 1951, since its arrival in Germany year ago the unit has engaged in several Field exercises and has ired both antiaircraft and Field artillery weapons. Com z opens safety drive Orleans France March 18special a Safe driving Campaign for com z military Drivers has been started As a result of an in crease in accidents com z he announced. Attention of Drivers in advances and base sections and Orleans area come was called to the risen military accidents. Safety director Jack Douglass reported that the frequency rate jumped from 3.72 to 4.31  Orleans More than 500 Mili tary Drivers in Mac met at thelo Igny theater and were cautioned by Mac officials against reckless driving. The speakers stressed that Courtesy deters More accidents Chanall traffic Laws. To minimize the Chance of mechanical failures contributing to the Accident rate careful inspections by ordnance teams Are being effected Douglass said. 7th army schedules symphony tryouts Stuttgart March is special auditions to select members for the 1953 7th army symphony or Chestra have been set for the Early part of april 7th army special services announced. Soldier musicians who have submitted letters of application including musical background an pertinent military information will be interviewed by a 7th army team Raveling throughout Germany. Letters of application should be addressed to maj Robert d. Mon Tondo 7th army special service officer. 63 win expert rating Schaffenburg March 18 special sixty three men Quali fied As expert gunners by registering a score of 90 or better after completing the week Long firing qualification course of he mortar co 18th inf regt 1st inf div. 34th Brig pres Teflon red near parents Home Karlsruhe March 18 special one of the happiest members of Btry a 25th aaa , a unit of the 5lh aaa Brig is pfc George w. Anton. He s stationed Only a few Miles from his parents Home in Friestadt. His Mother was born in Helminger 52 Kilometres from where Antoo is now stationed. His father was born in Danbury Conn. His parents met and were married in the u.s., where Anton was born in 1932.Anton s father died and in 1939 he and his Mother came to Germany where his Mother  went to school in Germany and spent two months in the German army. In 1947, when transportation became available Anton returned to the u.s., where he took up residence with an  enlisted in the army in 1951 and came to Germany last aprill