European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Of by Sam Bauman 5&s Nople Bureau two Gerald Hyatt and padre Longo inspect work Prague ii Al the old Villo. The Villa ii Lurdy but badly in need of repair. It had not been inhabited sine Wii. Seaman Frank Detoro left and Seaman Arthur Carrano prepare to Hill up Platter. This time the 61h Kelcel really hns its Wirk rut Mil fur work in this e tse is to Hilior or love Hie munition of u rniuililimi.19th ii ii Iury Villa near Naples ruin u Home fur 33 crippled orphans in a tumbledown 12th Rorri Tury Bene Dielie monastery. Tin1 monastery leaking roof. Simi in ceilings and junk pile of u from Tinl is still belter than hip original Home of the Casa Dell Scorpio House or Crip Ples a Hare Stone Cave in suburban Posillipo. With neither water nor electricity Loisel nor Kitchen. That s where padre Anlu crippled Lay brother from . Took the 15 children he culled from the streets of Naples in the dark Days Fol Intini world War ii. The Hev. Binal. Bishop of Nola. Heard of tango s off Uris and of Fern d him the monastery Vicant since 1rrg. In by a Campania. It was at this time the late 1950sthat the Casu Dello Scorpio first came to the attention of the american Community in Naples. Tango s efforts to obtain food and clothing for his charges made him � familiar Flutro about the Homes of the americans. First to pitch in were sailors fro the Nurul support activity based in Naples. They cleaned and cleared at tempting to make the monastery habit Able. Then the teen agers from the american High school the Forrest Sherman High school decided to make the repairs to the monastery a school project. They built floors plastered Walls and ceilings and put in window panes. But that was in 1 58. Existing Withman Iscyle help from the local welfare agencies tango receives 400 lire64centsa Day from the welfare minis try to help defray food Bills and a Lump sum of 500.000 lire 1800 from the Naples Community Agency the Monas Tery gradually Sank into disrepair. The building was simply too Rotten before Theca a Dello Stor Plo Ever moved in. Longo struggled on. Trudging a Outwith the Aid of a thick knotted Cane he walked the streets asking for food and clothing for his cripples. His eyes lost their snap and his Beard flecked with Gray another Winter in the Monas Tery was clearly impossible. Then Fate. In the form of the widow of Carlo spinel a Scala. Stepped in. The spin Lii family had a vast Villa on the outskirts of Accra it had t been occupied since the end of the War. Thevilla had been used by both the germans and the allies As a command Post andean Raf bomb had shattered one of the ancient towers. Most of the building was intact however. The Casa Dello Stor Plo was Welcome to the Villa but please add the Nam of Maria Antonietta spin cola to it Maria was mrs. Spinella s late daughter crippled from birth. Longo inspected the Villa East of Naples and enclosed by about 95 acres of farm land. The Walls were thick an sturdy but the plaster was flaking off in great pieces. There Wak no water no electricity no toilet no Kitchen no bedrooms just vast empty Baronn room Nurt gel pry with most of the Glass missing. Putting it in shape for 95 children would be a tremendous task. But it had to be done and Long turned to his . Navy friends. The tender Tidewater which had done its est to make the monastery habitable was getting ready to return to the United states but passed the word on. And that was the from the Cruiser Albany gave up Liberty to spend hours at the Villa hacking away at the dense undergrowth which was choking the door and Friday september 18, 1964 the Sims and stripes grounds. Tons of rubble and fallen Ston were trucked away and a skylight Wai built in the roof to brighten the room destined to in used for classes. Then the Crew of the destroyer j. or. Pitched in. More Clearing planning and lost Liberty. Then muffin and Puffin into came the Yellowstone a destroyer tender with a Lender heart. The Ken Nedy passed the word to the Yellowstone and suggested that it become a projector destroyer Squadron 10. Flood idea said the Crew of they lot Stone. Well help. Creal idea said two Gerald Hyatt the ship s gunner from Jacksonville flu. Myall took one stricken look atthe chaos in the Villa and was hooked. Henceforth his free time and much of his not so free time was committed to the new Home for Casa Dello worked Days at to Villa and nights on ship. Leisure Lime became a for gotten thing there was always some thing that had to be done at the Villa. Soon More destroyers began calling a Naples. How do we help asked the Crews from the Turner Massey , Forrest Sherman and Roan. And what can we do. Asked the minesweeper bulwark the massive carriers intrepid and Roosevelt and the nuclear powered giant Carrier Enterprise and the my Fleet flagship Springfield. And the word went out to the guide missile destroyers Lawrence and Mae Donough the missile Cruiser Boston to every ship of the eth Fleet which made a Naples port Call. It was t pleasant work. Painting parties had to scramble around High. Flimsy scaffolding getting paint in deface. Electricians led lines through Musty hallways and corridors never quite sure what was next. In one part of the Villa a parly uncovered a painting of american i sitting Down to an open air religious service with strange Palm Trees and moorish architecture in the a guard Tower on the roof. German and Allied sentinels had scribbled their names in the plaster. Chaplain 1.1 a Nide Dean k. Volt ii Iii. Of Mayi Wrt. Fla. People to people project officer on the Yellowstone dug up 1742 from welfare funds to buy plaster paint toilets showers hot water Heaters bathtubs wires and switches. And just before sailing the men of the Yellowstone spent their last night in Italy setting up and adjusting a giant1500 hotel Gas stove they bought work ing the whole night frantically getting it ready before Rushing Oft to catch their do they do it they be got kids Here and said electrician pc Charles Vanover. 10, of Reading Ohio from the Yellowstone. Said pipe fitter pc Dan Callahan 19,of Brockton. Mass., As he paused to wine the sweat out of his eyes while putting threads in a 1-Inch pipe this place needs 100 feet of piping i lust Hope i can gel it done in the five Days we be got before Callahan wag ashore from the Cruiser Springfield. What did the Coin Pello Tor plan new utmost before the children moved in a Peerless pump said Calloha firmly. They need one that can go Down m feel to water and then pulpit another 60 feet up to their the tank a 600-Pound affair perches top the Villa and was built by yellow Stone crewmen they be got an electric pump some body scrounged from a ship but it Lustin t big enough or 11 kids said Calla anybody got a spare Peerless pump Page 11
