European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 3, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 9 George a race George the Winner crosses the line. Army photo by Merrill Plaskow to Eslingen Germany special while Bobby Unser was winning the Praise of race car enthusiasts for his Success at Indianapolis George in captured the admiration of the crowds Here which witnessed his 1-minute, 5-second run in foe first annual to Eslingen 500" Turtle  outclassed 15 other hard shelled competitors after four  had been entered trained and managed by seventh army support come s 78th Light equipment maintenance  than 400 persons crowded the Square around the Panzer Cavern helipad to watch the Competition that lasted almost an hour. Contrary to predictions the threatening weather served Only to Speed the shelled reptiles on their Way. At 3 p.m., with the arrival of support come s 61st army band and the sounding of the familiar but intentionally off key Bugle Call that starts horse races the "500" began. From the reviewing stand col. William o. Gall special assistant to the commanding general support come and Peggy Farr assistant District supervisor for special services North Wuerttemberg District presided and judged the heats. Each Trainer hand carried his unit s entry into the circular course a Tarpaulin stretched Over the helipad. Pointing the turtles to the four Corners of the pad the trainers returned to the roped out area and watched Hope fully As the turtles made a Bee line for the outside ring. Sev eral pit Crews had prepared cheers and Limericks that allegedly boosted their entry s , in fact was the whole Point of the race and for Ilene Lusher a hostess with the to Eslingen service club who nursed the race from its infancy morale was greatly in  can see by this turnout and the excitement said Ilene that these Guys really have a feeling of  she had Long pondered what sort of event might serve to unite the numerous and varied units at the Cavern and feels she found it in the Turtle  the four preliminary heats the Turtle proteges of the 78th Light equipment maintenance co the 65th my co Thefield army Issue office and the support come he co had made the finals. And then in the All decisive run they were off. It was a close one at first but in the stretch George s stay ing Power made itself Felt. As he poured it on in the final inches it became evident he would hit the tape several lengths ahead of his closest , incidentally was the entry of the Issue office while we support come he co showed and the maps could do no better than last. Spearhead unit 2nd in 48th inf cited Gellhausen Germany special for the third straight year the 3rd Arm div 2nd in 48th inf has earned the Misc Flag awarded to the division battalion achieving the highest percentage of squad qualifying on the annual mechanized infantry squad proficiency course. It. Col. William b. Brumley battalion commander accepted the Flag on behalf of his Menat an awards ceremony and also received the High infantry Bat Talion trophy and the Quinn trophy both awarded on the basis of percentage of squads . Col. Thomas w. Brogan commander of the 1st in 48thinf, was presented the com manding general s trophy awarded for High total Points and 1st it. Reed j. Purcell jr.,commander of co a 1st in 36th inf accepted the trophy for the High infantry company. Of the 160 infantry cavalry and Engineer squads undergoing Misc training at Hohenfels earlier this year 92 per cent marksmanship of the men inthe squads that made this pos  Schwet Zingen Germany special sgt. Thomas w. Ponder received $6,500 an spec. 5 Otis h. Kilgore $7,500 for re enlisting for six Yea Tours in the army. Both Are members of the Stra com Sig Nal service unit Ponder with a transceiver site in Kaiserslautern and Kilgore with a maintenance team working out of bad Kreuz Nach. Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial t. Sgt. Lewis Daven port an administrative tech Branch and airman . Johnr. Christman a communications analyst have Bee named no and airman of the Quarter of the 6910th support group. Frankfurt special  h. Macia jr., european Security Region commander presented checks totalling $965.27 to father Antoniou Geerdes principal of St. John s High school in Peshawar Pakistan. This donation represented contributions from All the units comprising . Air Force Security service s european area. Qualified Upa year ago. 10 per cent from these teams were really out standing maj. Gen. Donald h. Cowles spearhead cd said i presenting the awards. I am keenly aware of the leadership of the squad leaders and the London seniors Start Aid project by Bob Hoyer is . Bureau chief it Jones Trainer of George vaguely discussed i i nes Raner o Eorge vague a theories of Turtle coaching but refused to divulge secrets through intensive research by himself and his four pit Crew cavalry , makes unit history Kaiserslautern Germany special sgt. Dean Baker a 3rd so 3rd army Cav Reg trooper made history Here when he reenlisted for six  is the first draftee to reenlist on his ets expiration term of service in the entire 3rd army Cav regt since the uni arrived in Germany in 1961, according to s. Sgt. William , career Counselor and m. Sgt. Kenneth o. Judd regimental career Counselor. Baker will earn $4,692.60 invariable reenlistment Bonus verb for taking the additional six years. The sergeant has served As Alan loader armoured personnel Carrier pc Driver tank Driver and is presently a troop k tank commander. He has Reen listed for his present duty assignment and will redeploy wit the unit to it. Lewis wash., in july. An gets new sgt. Maj. Frankfurt special . Edward t. Clarke is the new sergeant major of american forces network Europe replacing sgt. Maj. Sam Sumner. Becomes to an from it. Gordon ga., where he was sergeant major of the Mammoth 30-Channel to division of the Southeastern signal school. London is from the beginning students were told that their chores would not be easy and that they should not expect exorbitant Praise. Despite this admonition there was no Lack of volunteers for the social services program sponsored by London Central High school s senior class. Launched last fall under the direction of the senior class adviser Howard Abramowitz an school receptionist Joan Ensink the program covered a wide scope of activities. Two Homes were redecorated one for an elderly couple and one for a disabled couple an volunteers worked with elderly persons spastic children and on London playgrounds. The redecoration project were team efforts but most other assignments were on an individual basis. The idea is to give Youn people a Chance to contribute to give something of themselves to someone else. In most cases i think this work has clone a lot of Good for the individual Volunteer said miss Ensink a native of de troit who not Only helped Mak Contact and place students with britons in need of help but personally contributed her time. For the volunteers who work with elderly people the idea was to provide company for people who have no friends and no relatives. Often it was jus talking to them or doing Little chores for  miss Ensink led a team of de orators at the elderly couple spouse and she has worked regularly at a London playground where children come to work out their  literature prepared to at tract Junior and senior students to the program at Central the selflessness of the service was emphasized. This Type of activity is not in tended to puff up the ego of the do gooder it is hoped that the students who involve themselves in helping others will find that social service is a two Way Street that the individual willbe enriched and broadened from the service he performed justas the person helped May Bene fit from the help he is  embarking on a project volunteers agreed to work for a stipulated period on a regu Lar basis. This summer a half dozen Stu dents will join a group of British students to convert a town House near Cambridge into a Chil Dren s Home and two other Stu dents will be working with a mentally retarded group in Lon  volunteers Contri muted to 20 different projects luring the first year of the so Ial services  program will continue during the 1968-69 school year. Single adult program Germa-programka1serslautern Cal _ a the single adult lated Lon