European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 6 the stars and stripes Friday february 14, 1969 reformer troops Advance to . Despite weather Nuernberg Germany is despite crippling snows on the . East coast and the poor weather Here the return of reformer i troops is proceeding smoothly and on schedule the army reported return of the 15,000 dual based servicemen began Las saturday and is continuing with no problems a spokesman than 1,600 men had been flown Back to their . Base by air Force c141 Star lifters by Friday. Germans help there has been moderate Snow fall Here this week but German ground Crews working around the clock with Snow plows rotary brushes Salt and Sand have Kep the Nuernberg municipal Airport c141s Are leaving about every four hours the spokesman said. The Jet transports Are Mak ing their first stops at Mcguire feb . And Dover fab del., before flying the troops on to their Inland bases. Mcguire and Dover Are Situ ated in the heart of the area paralysed by heavy snows Over the past five Days. However ground Crews there Are also managing to stay ahead of the weather and keep the base operational. The storm one of the worst in recent years has snarled air traffic in the area and cause cancellation of Many commercial flights. The return of the main Bod of reformer troops is expected to be completed by feb. 22. All the servicemen should be returned by mid april the spokesman said. Club plans Auto show Aschaffenbur is an Auto show featuring a wide variety of late Model sports an touring cars will be held feb. 22 at the Aschaffenbur officer club. The show which opens Ai 8 ., will have grand prix overtones with racing films being featured throughout the evening. More than 20 cars will be on display in the club s ballroom. These include a Jaguar xj6, atr5 i a Complete line of bloc cars Nus its porsche fits Alfa Romeos Volvo and rovers. Refreshments will be served and there is no admission charge. The cars will remain on display feb. 23. An Auto accessory Booth also will be set up featuring racing calendars driving gloves lights and other items. The Aschaffenbur officer club is located just off Highway 8 on Wuerzburg Strasse. The show s chairman is 1st prior of he co 4th in 64th Armor. re i fast eng Parade elementary school rocket to orbit Mainz saturday by Bill Neal staff writer Derheim Germany is while some astronauts Circle the Moon others much younger in years and experience hav been preparing an aerospace rocket that Whf orbit Mainz Germany saturday. Last december while Frank builder Brigitte Wolff above fits space suits on Young sters. Below 8. Sgt Cornelius Baker of the 12th engr in helps Patty Rogers Pat paper Flowers on the rocket. Is Wesley Borman James Lovell and Wil Liam Anders were circling the Moon 240,000 Miles out in space the 59 students at the Derheim american elementary school decided they would build and enter a float in Mainz s Chil Dren s Parade which is held two Days before the City s big Rose monday Fasching Parade. We did t know exactly who Ewe would get the materials for the float which we had decide would be an aerospace rocket piercing the Moon said David Stephens school principal. After the Derheim Pat group met late in december and Dis cussed the project Stephens approached the Mainz City officials and got permission to enter the Parade which begins at 2 11 On Kaiser Strasse and wind through Mainz for two and a half first we thought we would just build a Small paper rocket and Parade it in the Back of a pickup truck said Stephens. When it. Col. Warren Sullivan s 12th Engineer in at Anderson Barracks where the children s fathers work was approached for support the came through like champs said Stephens. Sgt. Maj. Sidney d. Nash top enlisted i in the battalion said after All it is our school and oar children that Are entering the with a pledged heavy equip ment transporter commonly known As a Low boy to haul the rocket and As much logistic sup port As the engineers can swing the gis and the children started building the rocket. The soon realized however that a Small rocket would look very Small indeed on the Low boy s 35-foot bed. We asked Nash if his engineers could give us a hand in designing and building a Large rocket to properly fill a Low boy said . Cornelius Baker train ing no for he co and sgt. Jack Webb squad Leader in cod were designated to assemble the necessary materials and co ordinate the building of the enlarged rocket. For several hours each nigh since Early january Baker and Webb and several other gis a Dup to 15 children in the Ander son Barracks gymnasium worked on the rocket. When finished the rocket will be about 20 feet Long and stand 13 feet High when elevated Sid Baker. The chit Dren have been stuffing the wire Frame with crepe paper which we will Spray with Goldpaint. The Moon that the Rock Al is piercing will be Bright yellow and the rear end of the rocket will be painted Brig tred to indicate the children have been so excited and enthusiastic about this project said Brigitte Wolff the school s Only German employee who teaches music Art physical education and German Wolff has been the main support for the project said Stephens. She has hu4 All the children even the first graders helping i cutting out and paint ing the cardboard Box costume for the 35 Moon children and a child astronauts that will Gideon the the thing that has impressed Stephens most in this project is the fact that 20 or 30 single sol Diers Alt Anderson Barracks called him Prid volunteered their assist Ance in the project
