European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday a Gutt 21, 1961 Mary Anne Szymczak studies eyes of other people but hid her own after Long trip. Looks great anyway Elcome us Desea teachers by Mary Ann Reese staff writer in Europe it s autumn not Spring time when the Young men s fancies turn to matters of Sweet Young things of Bird migrations As some Call it. Early in the summer a trickle of won Dering wanders from groups of Bach Elor officers and enlisted men Fromar Mursel Turkey to Torrejon Spain or Chicksands England. What will they be this year will they be pretty will they be tall will they be Short As late August Rolls around speculations increase. Bets Are placed. There la be at least one from Best ones come from Texas you of no. Remember the one fro Pennsylvania wow Aromas of new shaving lotions tested for effectiveness Drift above the smells of schnitzel or kabobs or Cheeseburg ers in mess Halls. Bachelors notorious for poo Pooing women s club activities suddenly Volunteer for welcoming committees. Happy hour attendance doubles even triples. Men Rush in still in fatigues take a Quick look around to see if they have arrived yet. Migration time is Here. N e we Desea teachers Are arriving daily. And nobody s happier than the military bachelors. It Marks the beginning of a new social season. A Long hot or Cool or Rainy but often Dull summer Dull without that extra feminine touch is ending. Now there will be reason to shave twice a Day to dust off that new custom made Blazer to polish the car and to throw parties. Lots of acquainted parties. Old timers vie for a Chance to show off the wonders of Kaiserslautern Germany or Athens. Photo safaris and sight seeing trips Filloff hours. Although some of the More than 4,000usdesea schoolteachers Are dependents and about one tenth of those hirudin the states Are men most Are gals from Home single and eager to see the world. Brought from the states to Chal Lenge the minds of american Young sters in Europe they incidentally brighten dinner hour conversation of Bache lors. Some Are transfers bearing tales of life and sights in the far East or maybe Labrador or someplace in Europe. Oth ers Are leaving Home for the first can Tell those right away. They Are wide eyed and delighted with differences of their new country. They have trouble pronouncing Zoeblin Gesior bad Kreuz Nach and religiously prac Tice their Dankes and often new to the military Way of life they at first have a hard time Tell ing the difference Between the Man with All those stars on his shoulders and the Man with All the stripes. They have yet to learn they Are Days that what they will drive Are pos that food s served in the mess and that transient billets Are not something to eat but a place to sleep in route to somewhere that there Are pcs Anduss and commissaries for shopping and that the dispensary is the place to go for an ache or pain. But they learn fast. As one education department official observed after two weeks they Are veterans. And by the time the first vacation Rolls around Alida Robinson wanted change from i.a., got Snow in Labrador Sandy Patterson is classroom Success but has trouble on skis. Is photos by Wayne Dixon and Wayne Feyerherm i Laura Lee Tucker at 21 is one of youngest teachers in us Desea. Patsy Cox comes to Germany by Way of Okinawa Florida Alabama. They scatter All Over the face of Europe As Continental As can the teachers will be arriving daily now until aug. 26 when they must Check into their various schools. Here s a sneak preview of new teachers assigned throughout Germany. They Are Bright Lovely to look at and were Good Humoured and cooperative even after 24 grueling confusing hours of delays and other complications inevitable during transatlantic military flights. Mary Anne , 26, a 5-foot-7 in heels Brown eyed blonde will teach some Lucky Grade schooners at Pitburg. Hailing from Elizabeth n.j., she taught last year at Okinawa and did a lot of travelling around Southeast Asia Hong Kong Singapore the Philippines Tai wan and throughout Japan. She shared a quonset hut a tin can Cut in half with other teachers and with huge Roaches spiders and rodents. Tho rodent family did very Well there. When we first arrived we hated those places but then you hang curtains and it he comes Home and this summer it was hard to although she claims she s not a photographer she loves to photograph faces especially of children. I 1 i k o to look at faces especially the eyes. It gives you an idea of ult people Are like. The image of the uly american i prevalent Over there. Lots of americans seem to expect a storybook world a foreign land. It s not that Way. But if you smile make an overture of frit Fullme people and a Robinson Tan Hon Bce sin los Angeles and finally decided Nai she needed was a big change or she got it. Her first year a at i Foj Pendents was spent in Loose Hay Taw Dor where Snow is usually 3-4 feet he. And higher of course for sow a they called it a mild Winter. There Arr eskimos near the base and no Don t live in igloos to lists on temporary housing on Hunting tally i kind of enjoyed in los Angeles you know my Parka and boots and was this year Shell teach elementary it a Indruch near hot. Sandy Patterson 2fi. A Mymiss from St. Louis last year in Loose Bay scribed Good Nat redly from nowhere. At for entertainment talked a lot played card and Well 1 did try to learn it was a disaster. A l also spent coming Down the Lull in is to ski. A did 1 3 i la 0 f 11
