European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                High school headmaster David King left col Kirby discuss a school problem. Community school. Irani ii of. Are More than 20 Miles apart. A High school student living in the Gly Fada Bruch area popular with americans rides More than 25miles each Way to and from Kif Issia. Besides greek Drivers each bus has a Monitor usually a student s Mother paid by parents. Kirby who was Nurnberg Subarea co before retiring in 1955, has been superintendent of the american schools since june 1956. Initially the teachers were English Kirby said. However we now have 32 american five British or Commonwealth Imd four greek teachers. Each is qualified by degree or College requirements and Many have . Teacher  a 1951 Athens school alumnus graduate Magna cum laude from Harvard in 1956. And five of last year s 12 High school graduates Are attending College on scholar ships while two turkish grads had to re fuse scholarships because they could no leave Turkey. Athens school classes arc Small averaging less than 30 students. According to Kirby this permits a More personalized individual supervision. The reputation of the schools in athe shas spread far and wide. Parents have even sent their children All the Way to Athens from the . Because of overcrowded state Side schools. The schools Pat is As International Ashe student bodies. Parents represent International bus iness . Foreign service and nato fam Ilies As Well As americans attached to the military missions Here Kirby said. He cited the part time assistance by a/1c David Larkin of the 7206th support up and others who give classes in calisthenic for girls and boys in the elementary schools. Kirby also praised Parent participation inthe scout programs. I think that the absence of to and other after hours distractions encourages our students to do More Home work Kirby said. It shows up in the  present plans Are carried out the american Community school in Athens will have a consolidated High and Elemen tary school building ready in 1960 to pro vide additional facilities. Buses line up to take children Home at end of the Day. Athens students engage in a game of Volley Ball. Page 12 is photos the stars and stripes Carlo data Fuente 76, at work in storeroom of shop. Madrid now has 15 Herbolario. Carlos left and Arturo de la Fuente weighing herbs for Gui Omer. A wide variety of old fashioned remedies Are on hand. Leeches Are still big business at the Herbolario. By Paul Spiers staff writer when your liver kicks up you stomach feels jumpy or your nerves Are frazzled you doubtless see the doctor. Not so however in Spain. Spaniards go to Herbolario dispensers of herbs. Even in this Era of antibiotics and Vita mins Many spaniards believe in the old fashioned remedies of grandma s Day. St. John s wort according to one Madrid lady is very Good for  other favourites and what they re believed Good for hops for insomnia Violet eyewash and Chest ailments Blackthorn nerves ecu by Ptiip diabetes and Chest ailments Veronica asthma and fatigue creeping Chi Codon kidneys and Chest ailments celery rheumatism bearberry and scour ing Rush liver and kidney Wolf nne blood circulation and Mistletoe arterial tension. A half Century ago there were four Herb shops in Madrid now there Are 15. The reason for the increase is Madrid s grow ing population and Many chemical companies in the capital using herbs in modern drugs. Although the once extensive use of bloodletting has declined steadily during the past 100 years leeches Are still a Stock in Trade for Spain s 50 Herb shops. One shop in Madrid keeps about 2,000 bloodsuckers. Arturo de la Fuente who manages the 102-year-old shop with his father Carlos 78j said they sell an average of 100 leeches a month mostly to hospitals. He added that four Madrid doctors still prescribe leeches. But it s the herbs that the de la Fuentes really love to work with. The shop at 70 Pelayo Street in old Madrid is stocked with 500 kinds of medicinal roots stems leaves Flowers and fruits. There used to be Many More when Arturo s Grandf her Andres started the business. However modern medicines especially for Chest ailments have reduced the Range of demand. There s been a de Mand for herbs for More than 4,000 years when several Hundred drug plants were known to the assyrians. Herb taking became very much the fashion in the 15th Century. The of Sale age promoters expanded the doctrine that plants were created expressly for Man s use and the creator so designed each that its appearance reflected the use to which it could be advantageously put. Thus walnuts which resemble the convolutions of the brain were supposedly helpful against brain afflictions blood Root with its Reddish juice a blood conditioner and tooth wort pomegranate especially Good against Oral discomforts. With the Advance of scientific knowl Edge most of the remedies of the apothecary shop gradually fell into disrepute. However modern Medicine occasionally discovers an ancient remedy with unusual chemical compounds that have an unusual influence on human physiology. An average of 125 customers a Day come into the de la Fuente shop to buy a herbal pick me up. Only a few use herbs for cooking according to Arturo. Average Purchase in the shop with pungent smells is one peseta two cents. An expensive Purchase is two pesetas four cents. Most popular Herb is Sweet camomile for stomach distress. Many germans and italians come to the shop said Arturo. They believe in natural cures. The germans love mint for their liver. Argentinians come in for the mate their kind of Tea. English come in for their Tea. A few americans come but they Don t use herbs for Medicine. They use them for food. Lots of theater people use herbs. Some use them to keep their blood pure but most use them for slimming. Practically All the herbs Are used in this Way they re placed in cold water boiled for three or four minutes left to Cool and then the liquid is  the de la Fuente shop also provides wineries with elder to fortify wine. The Herb contains lots of Tannin. This year due to Lack of rain Many grapes were deficient in Tannin. About 70 per cent of the herbs in the shop s drawers and Glass jars Are grown in Spain. Among the most renowned of Spain s herbs Are Herb Benfiet Haemorrhages and fever grows in the pyrenees and Hills of Cuenca Elmaria measles and ulcers rows in Guadarrama and Mira Flores lion s foot Haemorrhages and tuberculosis collected near Madrid in san tender and Sierra Nevada and horse s Hoof Catarrh in Al escorial Alcaria and Aragon. At the rear of the shop Are storerooms piled High with Burlap sacks filled with  the Laboratory Are various pairs of shears where the de la Fuentes Cut the rough herbs Down to Selling size. And drying in a court Yard Are Walnut leaves. A Middle aged customer said that the liquid obtained from boiling these leaves in water will keep your hair Brown shiny and Silky and you la never get  he was Bald. Monday november 17, 1958 the stars and stripes outside one of Madrid s Many Herb shops potted plants above the Entrance Are Given a herbal tonic treatment. Page 13