European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cig Aret Calls for careful study by Carknard s Small friends Ives of servicemen standing right help their husbands keep party guests Happy.  " i " j t the stars and stripes the cry your american friends Are Here Means party time. Here pfc Gene Lizotte holding pail helps Dick and Ruby Carknard serve ice Cream to orphans. By Ernie Weatherall staff writers a photos by Gene Bane the afternoon s Romp ends with race Back to orphanage. Have you Ever held a love starved child in your arms then spend an afternoon at an orphanage. You la discover a world full of youngsters so appealing that you won t want to leave without adopting at least a dozen of them. Almost every american military unit in Europe has adopted a local orphanage. Not just during the Christmas holidays but an All Yeai round adoption. Take for example the 102d Asa d6-"tqchment at Heidelberg sp4 Jim Childress of fort Worth Texas. Arid Sec Richardia Rinard of Valley Falls n.y., discovered an in adopted orphanage St. Paul s Home which had just taken Over an old Man Sion in town. Last Christmas the two soldiers wit the help of their pretty translator Brigitte Koci decided to hold a party for the 30tots at the orphan  and men of the 102d chipped in for  presents and bother goodies the wives kept Kitchen ovens hot baking cake and up odes on Chris Mas Day s Anta Glaus Wear ing american dog lags under his red suit gave out presents. Cak and Candy quickly disappeared i n t o overstuffed Little stomachs. Everyone Este Bially the grown ups had a Good time. I after that we figured we ought to hold parties often explain Alt Childress so we be been doing it Elfry few  was no problem getting the1 men to contribute. But it we Tough trying to persuade them to come to the orphanage. They were sort of bashful Carknard said. "they1 had t Bee round kids  when they came $10, kids were sort of shot too. But in melted and they got the children Are n american hosts Are ctr key d be. So excited eat or  always get there having their noon a tie while the icing  Frt told when their they knew at they could t Hile the kids Are Ghildress pointed out. The wives Cut Bijj cake we it up e tables and get everything  meanwhile up in in dormitories the tots Wake up from their Nap to the Call your american friends  then there is much scurrying upstairs and the children dress. It is All the sister scan do to keep the kids from tumbling downstairs in their eagerness to meet the visitors. From then on there is much hugging laughing wide eyed stares and playing As they pour out their love and affection sure we have our favourites Carknard admitted. But we make a fuss Over Al the kids. And they sure Wear us  when he visits the Home m sgt Robert e. Lee of Grove Hill  102d s top kick brings his Small son and daughter along to. Play with the children. So soother american visitors. During the last , the 102d sent overan o u t d o o a slide some swings and a Jungle gym. According to Carknard the kids went wild Over them. I d like to adopt a couple of them inight away Only they said i can to said  be got to get married  Christiane Sieglinde and Patricia show hesitant interest in american Bubble gum. Saturday july admirer tries on Lizotte s Cap. The stars and stripes Jim Childress Stokes fires of appetite Page 13