European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 8, 1958 Safe schools prepare to join in . National education week nov. 9-15 Wiesbaden Germany special Safe dependent schools will education is report card .a."celebrate american e d u c � 11 o n week throughout the 67-h Hoo system nov. 9 to 35. The theme for die week unan Nual Effort to evaluate the Mideast tops Community croup topics London is Middle East problems were discussed by the european Community relation working group in the second Day of its conference Here. The meeting attended by 55 Dele Gates from Europe North Africa Tho Middle East was schedule to end Friday its purpose was to discuss Mutual problems in the Community relations Field. . Military and us1s Delegate spoke on american objectives in Morocco und heard reports on activities in Lebanon during the recent crisis. The committee on funding under its chairman co Morton p. Brooks chief of the Usa eur information division discussed plans to improve the funding of Community relation Sand . Military participation in european Public events. On the first Day of the meeting being held it the Headquarters of the comm under Iii chief of naval forces in the East Atlantic und Mediterranean delegates listened to Muj Gen Gabriel p. Disosway. Deputy commander of Safe adv on stress the importance of the person to person Contact established through the boy scout movement. The general is presi Dent of the transatlantic Council of the boy scouts of America. The delegates also attended reception at which . Ambas Sador John Hay Whitney presented in award to col Orie o. Schurter commander of Brize Norton air base England for Best year round Community relations. 4th div group tops in contest Schwa Ebisch Gemuend. Ger Many special the Unicorn play ers of the 4th army div s 2d fan 16th arty won the Southern area come finals in the 1958 us a eur tournament of plays. The 4th army div group staged John Steinbeck s of mice and  pfc Dick Swart who played Tho Lead role in the prize winning play was judged Best actor in the Saco Competition. Original music for the production was composed by pfc Charles Garavoglia of the 35th a up and played by n Trio called the Unicorn three with Garavoglia at the piano,4th div officials said. Tho production will compete inthe Usa eur drama contest finals later this month. Present Day standards in american its purpose is to take a Long hard look at the challenges of the space age and How american education is meeting them. In line with the theme the7135th school up has introduced new report cards to confirm More closely with the wishes of parents teachers and students. These new cards arc handed outta six week intervals instead of the former nine week interval Sand employs the a to of grading method to reflect a student standing in relation to his class mates. In another progressive action teachers in the area Iii schools of France have instituted a two year program of evaluation in an attempt to determine the standing of Safe students with those in . Schools. Kuti Lunation forms part of the Experiment will be carried out with a follow up of the evaluation forms which accompany All students transferring from France to another school. Special activities during Ameri can education week will include open houses with  periods Between teachers and parents on testing guidance programs and general school policies As Well As Back to school nights with Sample student pro Grams for parents to View first hand. Educators wind up Munich conference Munich special the head of the Usa eur school system told about 300 educators Here that Theu Sarteur school staff is constantly at work to improve the curriculum and How it is taught. Or. John l. Siccle said that whenever possible and practical we add new books and equip ment and Tho to improved super vision and evaluation Advance  at every  stee1 addressed american elementary school teachers administrators and education specialist sat the final session of a two Day meeting of educators from the Southern Bavaria area of Germany. Main emphasis of the meeting was on ways to improve curricula an teaching methods. Panel much of the two Day meeting was devoted to panel discussion son various problems faced by teachers. An education specialist was on hand for each of the group discussions to help the Dis Cussion Leader advise participants on ways to solve certain problems. A Battery of stenographers re corded proceedings of the discus Sion groups so that participants could have copies of what was said for future reference. Another aspect of the Confer ence was bringing teachers up to Date on new trends in education Back in the . Canada s prime minister at Craf base. Canadian prime minister John g. Diefenbaker inspects airmen of Canada s 2d fighter Wing at growl Renquin France on his world tour of British Commonwealth nations and Canadian military units. Friday the prime minister was at Bonn to Confer with ranking German  photo Engineer Parley closes with equipment show Vaihinger Germany special seventh army s 1958 Engineer commanders conference e n d e Chere Friday with the 80 conferees viewing demonstrations of the British heavy raft and armoured vehicle launched Bridge and other items of Engineer equipment. Officials from the department of the army Usa eur and 7th army lauded the meeting As highly successful. Jewish Leader on tour to meet army chaplains Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial rabbi Aryeh lev director of the commission on the jewish chaplaincy of the jewish welfare Board met Here with . Army jewish chaplains stationed through out Germany. Rabbi lev currently touring Europe to meet with military jew ish chaplains was honoured at dinner Here. Among those in at Tendance was Usa eur chaplain col h. H. Schulz. The visitor met with . Air Force jewish chaplains at wies Baden prior to coming to Heidel Berg. The commission headed by rabbi lev provides the armed forces with jewish chaplains and assist these chaplains in their work. Heidelberg Koa Parley Heidelberg Germany Spe rear adm Leon Jacobi re National president of the Reserve officers assn., addressed the Heidelberg Roa chapter meeting Here thursday. Approximately 150 members and their guests attended the banquet meet ing. Last saw him 27 years ago behind Iron curtain sgt s wife reunited with father schwe1nfurt, Germany up a lifelong search for her father ended in reunion for the Czecho slovakian born wife of an Amer ican Serviceman stationed Here. Mrs. Erika Maria Messer Las saw her father in 1930 when he was drafted into the czech  was then 3 years old. After the War mrs. Messer fled her russian held Homeland to West Germany where she began a tire less struggle to locate her father through displaced persons and red Cross agencies. In 1952 she married sgt Lewis b. Messer and in 1955 returned with her husband to the . In april this year Messer re turned to Germany and was stationed at Schweinfurt with the 30thinf of the 3d inf div. Mrs. Messer again contacted the red Cross and this time she was told that her father was living. Last week father and daughter were reunited after 27 years of separation. The army said it is withholding the father s name and the town in West Germany where he is now living to protect members of the family still behind the Iron cur Tain. It was above All a working con Ference said maj Gen Emerson c. Itschner the army s chief of engineers. It was extremely valuable to everyone who  Itschner said he thought the chief value was the Opportunity it afforded Engineer commanders a Hance to get together and discuss problems among themselves an with members of the department of the army and Usa eur staff. Problems solve maj gon Howard Ker Usa eur Engineer said the conference enabled Engineer commanders to listen to the same discussions atthe same time and to hear differ ent solutions to problems in Man areas of Engineer interest. Col w. W. Ragland 7th army Engineer under whose direction the talks were conducted said we uncovered some areas of misunderstanding and we were Able to straighten them out on thespot. The conference has been Fine from every Point of  in addition to representative from department of the army Usa eur com z and 7th army French and British representative attended the two Day talks. German grandma reaches bedside of dying boy in . Hampton a. A mrs. Else Otto arrived Here with a bottle of holy water and the prayers of Ger Man neighbors for her 10-year-Oldgrandson who is dying of cancer. Mrs. Otto of Lichtenfels Ger Many cume Here after a flight from Paris paid for by the contributions of thousands of residents in this Tidewater Virginia area. Physicians do not expect the boy Bobby Summers to live More than three weeks. He had asked that his grandmother visit him. His Lith birthday is dec. 1. Mrs. Otto visited the boy Theson of m sgt and mrs. Robert Summers at the Portsmouth naval Hospital. Many gifts the Summers met mrs. Otto when she arrived at new York s Idlewild Airport after her flight and flew Down with her from new York. She travelled to Paris fro Lichtenfels by train. At the Hampton Home of her daughter mrs. Otto unpacked Man tokens from Well wishers who sent Bobby religious medals Small gift Sand the bottle of holy water. An old lady who sent the water told mrs. Otto it had cured person suffering from cancer. Adf or Hep dying Bobby Summers at the v i at the a. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth a. She flew to the , nor Lutea the people of the Porteous area to boy. United press International Tele Phouc