European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Window shopping at one of London s Many shops is fun on off duty time. A Tricia left and Barbara Check sightseeing guide Wood with Roommate for $13.25 a wee girls buy local paper from Vendor near their office. The stars and stripes i v the stars and stripes servicewomen in British capital go civilian after duty hours by Paul Spiers staff writer there Are 6,000 Waves in the  and the consensus of the 39 stationed in London is that they be got the Best Deal of  re having a Ball is How Yeoman second class Barbara g. Black and Yeo Man third class Patricia e. Tarr describe life in the British  duty hours the eight officers and 31 enlisted women according to Barbaraann Pat go civilian and live on their  Are no wave Barracks or buildings in London and the girls live in apartments throughout the  Lois Williamson of Billings mont., the wave commanding officer says that we very Seldom meet officially As  she adds that most of our people Are  Happy in London. It s one of the Choice overseas places. The usual tour is two  Barbara five feet seven inches tall with Honey coloured hair lives with a Roommate in an apartment in St. John s Wood. Her share of the rent is $13.25 a  native of St. Petersburg fla., she s been a wave for three years and does secretarial work in the Cin Nelm comp troller Section. Before entering the service she attended St. Petersburg Junior College. Twenty three year old Patricia an even five feet with Ash Blond hair shares a apartment in Dolphin Square. Her share of the rent is $14.70 per  native of Belleville 111., she s been a wave for four years and does secretarial work in the Cin Nelm logistics office. Before entering the service she attended Brown s business College St. Louis to. Waves obtain furnished housekeeping apartments on their own although it Williamson is available for housing advice. Both Barbara and Pat commute Tocin Nelm Headquarters in Grosvenor Square by bus. It s usually a 25-minute ride. Work hours Are 8 30 am to 5  one Day a week Are they required to Wear the wave uniform at work. Other Days it s usually sweater and skirt  duty Barbara and Pat. Have diver gent interests. Barbara says she has t had too much social life because i m saving Money for trips in the us and to  sightseeing trips in the last six months include Paris Italy Stratford on Avon Cambridge and numerous excursions in the. London  has been to the Brussels fair and is a frequent theater goer. She has seen such hits As my fair  West Side Story and Irma la Douce. She shops extensively in the Lon Donarea plays Tennis in regents Park and enjoys night clubbing and rubbing. Since coming to London 1% years ago she has bought More than 350  girls shop on the British Market for clothes and find the Mammoth self Ridge store on Oxford Street a convenient shopping  prefers British to american cuts of meat. Pat buys less on the British  say that the buying habits of the Waves Are split with some purchasing on the British Market extensively and other exclusively using american food. We Don t save any Money in London Pat says. Financially we lust get  these Are especially Busy Days for the two girls Pat is being married to it David Gallegos a . Navy let Pilot stationed at Pensacola fla., in London to Morrow and Barbara will be  honeymooning on the continent Pat expects to be discharged from the Waves in  be got mixed feeling about getting out of the Waves she says i like it in London a  is photos by red Grandy Page 13