European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                British poetry club meets with airmen for an evening of words and  Amity program. Front. From Page 11 but simply to provide the Means for them to meet British people if they want  program began seven years ago when the British government decided that everything possible should be done to fur ther Anglo american  the aim according to a government statement is to develop Mutual under standing Confidence and Friendship be tween american service personnel and the British Community among which they  Community relations committees were formed in 1952, and in 1954 began to be augmented with Cros who  executive secretaries of the local groups. Marshal of the Royal air Force sir Rich Ard Atcherley ret is air ministry coordinator for Anglo american  is a former commander in chief of the Royal Pakistan air Force chief of the Raf flying training come and head of the air Force staff of the British joint services Mission in  one pretends that Anglo american relations have been flawless says  great efforts have been made by both sides to try to anticipate problem Sand to provide facilities for the american Serviceman and his family to take part in. The life of the Community in which they find themselves and generally to make them feel at Home during their stay  one of the first three Cros she served at Brize Norton air base until 1957 when she assumed her present  native of Richmond Yorkshire Joyce previously worked As personal assistant to a British general Secretary at a boys Board ing school and Secretary to a town clerk she visited the . Earlier this year an participated in an information services con Ference at strategic air come Headquarters Offutt air Force base  the Cros Are British civil servants with officer status. The air ministry pays Pur salaries and the Usan provide office space office equipment and Telephone serv ice said  requirements Are that the girls be Between 23 and 40 years old. Most Are in the late  Mut be used to dealing with peo a. As Long As a girl has a Good Educa Tion we re not interested in degrees. If she has too Many degrees it could be that she never got out of the  must have a Good appearance tact initiative sense of humor and of course an interest in Anglo american relations she  number of the girls previously visited or worked in the states and they had such a wonderful Welcome that they wanted to do something to return the kindness. There s a great variety of previous  officer Secretary to work Domestic science demonstrator air hostess physiotherapist school teacher and in to Mol Ogist. One of the Cros is a full fledged lawyer. Most of the girls stay with the program for several years. We be had a couple emigrate to the states and four have left to marry americans. You could sum up the Job by saying that the Cros must be prepared to havea go at almost anything Joyce concluded. Margaret Ralston now Cro at Brize Norton and described by Usan officials As the busiest woman on the base does just  gets theater tickets arranges Castle Tours for dependent school children gets tickets for Wimbledon Speaks at Newcom ers briefings provides pamphlets and maps about the us arranges discussion groups initiates handicraft displays writes a weekly column in the base newspaper about coming events and British customs produces a brochure on eating places with in 30 Miles of the base and a quarterly in formation Sheet on local events theater music movies shopping and items of Gen eral interest explains what seem to be the peculiarities of the britons acts As advisor to the base commander on such things As vip guest lists and b British etiquette in forms the local Community relations com Mittee about the interests and require ments of Usan personnel and has motor scooted about 11,000 Miles on the  example of the helping hand is Rosemary Knight who has worked at upper Heyford air base for four years. She is a one woman speaker s Bureau. Recently the women s Institute of Somer ton requested a speaker and she sent two Saf officers to talk on uranium Prospect ing and life in the West. In turn she arranged for a British army major to speak about scottish Kilts and tartans at the american officers  is also a one woman information please Bureau and gets such Usan questions As where is Cromwell s head now can i take a picture at beeches Brook in the grand National where can i buy a Vintage car can you find me a live Black Crow and such British queries As can the base provide a Southern boy to coach the operatic society s leading lady to improve her accent in her latest role How successful is the Cro program it s a nebulous thing says Joyce How do you measure the results we Don t look upon Success in terms of having big cocktail parties. We prefer Small groups of airmen wives and children where there s More getting together Thanet the big publicity affairs. The air ministry s View is that the pro Gram has been very successful and it is prepared to continue. We think on the whole it does help americans to get to know Britain better. The americans have gone along with it and have always accepted any  v. Oberammergau begins to town s menfolk hopeful of roles air next year passion play Are growing All out to look biblical " yy.-1 Barber Otto Kretchmar finds business Down joins the trend. Woodcarver Werner Bierling Aims at coveted role of Christ. Art instructor Hans Schweighofer May play Judas Iscariot. Tourist Bureau clerk Hopes to get minor part in pageant. For nine years out of every decade the Little bavarian town of Oberammergau is a quiet Community of Wood Carvers Farmers and innkeepers. On the 10th year of course it becomes a Center of world attention As the Home of the three centuries old passion play in which 1,200 of the townsfolk enact the Story of Christ s life from his entry into Jerusalem to the ascension. Although the next staging of the passion play in t scheduled until next summer the aspect of Oberammergau has already changed with virtually every male in town trying to acquire a biblical look in Hopes of being selected for a leading role or at the least a walk on part when the casting committee makes its selections next week. The women Folk Are equally eager contenders but Don t have to alter their physical appearance. Tickets Are already getting scarce for next year s 51 performances of the play which generations of Ober amme Grauers have enacted in thanks for deliverance from the great plague of 1633. Bks a photos by Gene Bane not everyone can grow a Beard but even bit roles require Long hair. Hotel keeper Anton Preisinger played role of Christ in 1950. The stars and stripes Friday augut 28, 1959 the stars and stripes Pago 13