European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse By Jerry Drane staff writer next time you Are embroiled in Ahot game of trivia try dropping this one what is a Pontoon a Pontoon is found neither in an Engineer battalion nor does it Grace the floor of a victorian men s club. Neither was its role in american history very was a Spear 6v& to 7 feet Long and was carried by officers on foot. During the French and Indian wars both Brit ish and american officers carried Spon Toons but when the american revolution began the redcoats discarded the weapon and gave their officers Light muskets called Fusil. But George Washington considered it awkward and Runoff Icerline for the brass to carry guns. Also it took to much time and attention for an officer to use a one shot Musket. So it was ordered that All american officers would carry the Pontoon As Well As a sword. The Pontoon usually had a socket redhead with rounded lobes at the base of the Blade below which was a toggle or crossbar. Most versions had two hefty Metal straps running Down the Haft to prevent a Cavalryman from cutting it with his officer used his Pontoon for signalling and waving to catch the attention of his men. They were useful in hand to hand combat also. When closing Withan infantryman with an unloaded gun and Bayonet the Man with the Pontoon had the advantage because his weapon was More pontoons had a Metal tip on the butt off the Haft. It could be jammed into the ground and effectively used to skewer a charging horse or its the revolution pontoons were no longer issued but were still widely used through the War of 1812. Lewis and Clark carried them on their expedition across the american wilderness. This interesting and colourful weapon has been lost among the Brown Bess muskets and Kentucky rifles that caught the fancy of american chroniclers of weaponry. Hence its very name is practically an unknown word. My problem is not unique but it is causing me a great Deal of anxiety. It involves thebold and unwanted attentions of the 14-year-old daughter of business associate. Lolita that s not her real name is 14 out she has the physical endowments of Anita Ekberg. Whenever her parents come to our Home they bringer. 1 am 46, partially Bald and no lady s Man. No sooner do they sit Down but this girl hops on my Lap runs her Finger through my hair and snuggles up close. All this in the pres ence of my fuming wife and her curiously Blind parents her Mother recently re marked it is just wonderful the Way Lolita adores her that s me and i am not her Uncle. Last night Lolita heard Metell her father 1 could t play Golf with him this morning be cause 1 had to go to the office. She showed up at 10 . Know i d be in the office alone. I had to physically remove he from the place. 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I organizers made a five week journey through Southern France putting together the show which will be called Bordeaux greets i matadors who cavort in an Arena without weapons will be featured on the program along with a Herd of French rules the animals Are not injured or kill the matadors Clown with them often springing High in the Ait to somersault Over a charging Bull. T Ondon is from june 11 an exhibition of sporting guns i Alfrom Britain s Royal collection at Windsor will be on Perma nent display at the Tower of London s new on View will be arms and Armor in the vaults of the White Tower. London is an exhibition of the paintings of Van Dyc Kandlis contemporaries is on View at the Queen s gallery by Inghran Palace London. F Kin included in the exhibition is the famous triple portrait of pm Charles i. Goren on Bridge East West deals. Vulnerable. South dropping the seven since you and you advised me to get professional help. It meant i had to take my employer into my Confidence a painful and humiliating move and i had to let my wife pay for my therapy More pain and humiliation. After 10 weeks of intensive psychiatric therapy i am a better Man emotionally physically and morally. 1 now know that therapy need not take years that it need not Cost a Fortune and it need not cause shame or embarrassment. My life is now Back in my handstand i am determined to make something Good of it.1 owe a great Deal to you to my wife and to a wonder fully competent doctor. If you would like to publish my letter As a Means of encouraging others please feel free to dose. Sign me a better Man dear Man a Low Bow to you for your courage and your humility. What you have done others can do. And 1 Hope they will. Thanks for writing. Confidential to mixed Pangie Stop seeing him. No Good will come of it. 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