European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 9 Baum older is Beautiful sergeants wife stays too Busy to be bored by Brad Durfee staff writer Germany Sis the signs posted throughout this 8th inf div training area Reading Baum older is Beautiful has at least one person Here convinced that its Patricia who is first sergeant of Liq and to 1st 68lh army finds Baum older Beautiful and Germany very much to her the Bloebaum live been Here for a Little Over a year and this is their third tour in 1 love its my favorite place to said when asked Why so Many women com Plain about being assigned overseas she some women Are natural born complainers but others should develop a Posi Tive i think when people find something to do they also develop a More positive attitude towards secret to happiness if getting involved finding things to do is the secret to happiness then that explains her pleasant Outlook on life and everyday Bloebaum is coordinator of the Volun Teer teachers aides at the High school paints murals and organized the first sergeants wives into a monthly luncheon goes on vote takes Day holds ice Cream socials and pot Luck luncheons and is the chapter Leader of tops take of pounds i lost 60 pounds when we were Back at Leonard Wood last she men arc also eligible to join tops but most of them Are unaware that they Are she who was a commercial artist before she got painted a mural at Leonard and recently finished a mural of George Pallon at her husbands company at Leonard Wood i painted a mural of scenes around the world where truckers would be Bloebaum my Hus band was in the business of training truck ers Back moved away she said the outfit changed buildings about a month after she finished the i Felt like moving the Wall taking it along to their new Bloebaum said when they got Edward asked me if i could put some thing on the Wall at the f thought ration would be a natural for the armoured the funny thing is the Young kids won dered Why he didst look like George she Bloebaum has been painting portraits lately to earn a Little extra Money which she said Shell spend on i prefer to paint scenes of Germany but people buy 1 Haven made enough yet to get me to kaisers Lau she she said she has a great relationship with the company commanders wife and that since april they have visited with every wife whose husband is assigned to a company looking for volunteers we bring a potted a Welcome packet and Reading said bloc we try to Tell them not to us in their apartment with nothing to do we Point Mil that the Craft the red Cross and the army Community service is always looking fur Blombaum says she tells newcomers about Volks marching its a wonderful Way to see the walk is there for anyone who wants to take i Tell them thai you dont have to buy a medal and local marchers will provide transportation if they dont have she says tilt complaints she Mars Deal with everything they should have been Here 20 years ago when things were laugh poor everyone was poor together a Ninde the Best friends and we made our pal Blo Bauro with her Patton he Doest look like George Money said she said she thinks that a lot of Money problems Are caused because wives dont know How to we discuss Mary nets budget tip articles printed in stars and stripes at our meetings and they Are a big help and offer Good advice on How to shop and what arc the Best said she noted that same people Tell her that Shes a first sergeants wife and therefore can afford they forget that he started out As a Pri vate f remember when we were hard i think it taught us a lot of valuable Les she ill never forget when a sergeant e5 was making a month no matter if he had 100 years in its engraved in my she she advises younger if your company holds monthly coffees by All go she blames some husbands for their wives not attending functions of this some think that wives who have higher ranking husbands will intimidate the others and that a lot of Back biting goes on which int so at our Bloe Baum we talk about travel that most women talk 1 also for a that some wives dont receive inv Falcons to coffees and other socials because their husbands tear them Bloebaum says their group just try to get women make share and like part of the com As Bloebaum other women were dropping off fudge and other Home baked at the company area Well set up Coffee said Bloe the troops Are coming in from the Field the women pointed out that they didst bake the goods that Day for their they have someone the Young Guys said one today meeting of Ausa opens thursday at Garmisch Germany Sussi the 0day meeting of Hie association of the a mild states army Alai european department gels under Way Here thursday with a report by Robert cock a representative from Ausa National he will during the opening session in the Alpine George s Lark la and seventh army will deliver the keynote address Al the Gen penning dinner thursday night the theme of this years meeting is interoperability partners m Freedom the meeting will have a flavor with the Bunde swears 1st Mountain invited to take along with the alias German the Deutsche Bun Des Wehr the Jbv has More than members from All ranks of the Bun Des Wehr the Alsa has More Tolian members in maj ice gone com u s army recruiting will speak Al a Friday morning and maj Benjamin command l s 17th air is scheduled to speak at the Friday photo by Gus Schuettler when the Young Guys arrive at the company they have to draw their clean the mud off their Wash Lehi clean up their do laundry and make up their said the husbands can go jump in the while their wife throws their clothes in the Wash and gets them a cold Bloebaum said that sometimes it gets depressing when you ask a woman the same one who complains that theres nothing to do and who runs Down the educational system to help out at the school and then they in too she says the problem seems to be uni Versal All Over i just wish that people would give things a try before they run around knocking in addition to All her other Bloebaum recently had an article published about Baum older in army times Magazine which she facetiously titled armpit of the Bloebaum expresses her real feelings about Baum older by i love its a cozy Little we have everything available Here and the Post is very Friendly the Countryside is Beautiful Baum Holder is Beautiful Bloebaum says she cant imagine How Baum older got a bad it certainly is she roman carthaginian Battle site believed found Sicily up archaeologists believe they have found the ancient Wall of Lilibet where the romans fought the carthaginians in the first punic War in 2ai officials of the department of antiquities say blocks believed to have belonged to the Wall were dug up by workmen instal Ling a sewer line in this Western sicilian