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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 21, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Ken Hansen staff writer tour Young american girls live in cd Europe and go to school every Day in  commuting to the classroom the travel by diesel ferry steam ferry air cd acc and commercial ferry  truck. Staff car Irot Leyy bus tool and the Dot dims a bus like to . When the weather is Fosky they Genter rally Are late for school. If it s too foggy they lust Don t make it. Once their ferry nearly rammed n rus Sian freighter it ended up by just scraping the big ship. The four pretty tee i fifi ers or the Daugh ters of american my Tillory and civilian personnel living of on the european part of Istanbul. Their school is on the other so Del of the bosporus Strait in the asian part of  girls Are Pamolyn Shellon 14, the daughter of it col and mrs. W. K. Shel Lon Donna Anweiler 14, daughter of  ii f of i i / j a tour of on of world s most Fomous harbours watch Shaf Al Rte St pm boarding the Tny ferry 1 Tricky with a Tricky Fri ahead May 21 1962i, doily Europe Asia roundtrip the stars and stripes and mrs. Rudolf a Weller Nancy har Grove 16, whose parents Are maj and int Grady Hargrove and Ann Thomas 14� daughter of Sims and mrs. James Thomas. They Are the Only americans attending the american College for girls. This school is run by americans primarily for turkish riots. The student body is 400. Rather than move to the Ankara Ameri can dependent a school the four hav chosen the lung daily commute. If Over tiling Rocs it cording to schedule the trip in this Way according o the misses Shelton Ami Anwiler arise it i a.m., East h the bus at the Kucuk cml Monque Clown the Street from their Homes Thart they take a bus to the Biesik Tab ferry Pomr. For a 15-Minule ride across the Choppy bosporus to the Kaba i ferry Point then n car to school the trip lasts about in hour Ond a half if it Joof h Riccord Tifik to is Hedl Lle. Som times it does t cars and Busei have broken Down and the girls have boarded trolleys and  trucks and the Dob met this is a taxi which follows a set sometimes the girls admit they the Tus Loo detachment 61 ferry at to foot do excl Power Craft. Then the or Nult Tsinke a commercial steam ferry. One time they took the wrong and missed their Mark by three Donna made  suite explain Cla i asked the Man on the comm Refal ferry if he went to Kant to and he to Adf pc in turkish Donna said at it think he did. We ended up at the of Coati Bridge. Vve had to take a  the military ferry manned by turkish personnel. The american military am try to for its use. It does t move if the weather is foggy. Wolfs we can see the other Shore a Don t take off said a Wesley Myers of Orlando fin., commander of detachment 61 this detachment Rinn Oftos the ferry serv ii r Tinl is n fire d to Here As the Floutt Garm of i he air  Poitr c itus flouting from cast of i. And a sudden Fon amid up. Out of it loomed i Hii Shikri fruit Tufer. Myi is raid. 8y a ukr turn of the Riu liter a of turning  the red slant was averted but the men All had to gather on one Side of the Terry and push it away from the freighter there was just a gentle scrape. The girls think such half Rolsing Esca Pades tire inn resting. Pam to said she1 enjoys the Tylre daily trip five Days it week. Sonnet Lufi the sea is rough and Shemay a Raj pc at school somewhat dizzy but none of tit girls Ever has become seasick she insists. The ferry holds 80 persons. The girls said they talk and sing to pass the time ont i to voyages. It s in Long stay for them Shelton and. She g to up before 6 . And gets Home of tar s p,ni.,-Dapentllng on the fog but it s a Good school Only the top 3 per cent  of turkish Gurla can attend thai school and our girls have a real men Ini workout to keep up he is commander of detachment 29, the american Girt Are definitely n tiny minority at the school. You got to know All the turkish Girts and they treat its just like we wore one of them and they Are real  Pamela said. She said Ahe has written Back to the United states to former schoolmates Tell ing them that Ahe now lives on one Conti nent and goes to school on  write bunk and ask me How Manor weekends i get Home on in i Page 11  
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