European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 06, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse C t i o m Margot Quinn Cente associate director of Uso Naples is on hand to Greet visitors to the Center. M sgt Edward w. Frederick and his family visitors from France enjoy a game of cards at the Uso by Brendan p. Mulready staff writer Center a favorite of . Sailors on Shore leave also engages in local Community relations projects Coffee Ever a favorite with . Navy men is always available for 6th Fleet sailors in Naples. � Naples Uso Busy when the Fleet s in hostesses help Mata things cheerful. Is photo by Mulready monday july 6, 1959 Uso Naples we Eitner live an awful lot of visitors at once or we have almost none at All. It s a Case of either feast or famine with that s How Naples Uso club looks to Margot Quinn of Cambridge mass. The activity s efficient associate ships of the . 6th Fleet Are in port the place is usually filled up Burthen there Are other times when tilings me relatively quiet around Here and the Only visitors we have Are the people stationed in the area she the attendance and help of the military personnel stationed in the. Area there would be no permanent Uso club in Naples miss Quinn pointed out. In Stead she said we would have an activity similar to what the Uso has on the Island of Rhodes where i was working Fortuso before coming to Naples Down there we used to rent premises which would reopen Only for the duration of a Fleet fulfilling its traditional role of provid ing a Home away from Home for . Servicemen Uso Naples has had to work outa few procedures not used in Uso clubs the Fleet s in the ships provide the stars and stripes their own food for consumption in Thueso because we have no restaurant miss Quinn said. Each ship estimates the num Ber of men they will have on Liberty in Naples on a Given evening and they Send Over enough makings so that each Man can have a Sandwich or two she added. Director of the Naples Uso is Benjamin Wolf son a genial new yorker who took Over the Job in 1958 after working with so in Paris and before that throughout the . For Many a keen Eye toward the beneficial effects of a Good Community relations Wolf son has promoted several projects in which men of the 6th Fleet have had a Hance to do Nice things for the local the most part miss Quinn said underprivileged children have been the principal beneficiaries. We have the usual parties for special occasions like Christ Mas and other holidays and we try to in clude local children As far As possible. One of the most successful events we had of this nature was last november when we invited a group of youngster from the Casa Della Sci Nizzo. We called continued on Page 18 Page ii
