European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 20, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters to the editor engineers policies questioned i believe the engineering services around Here need to rearrange their policy on House Calls. I live in Kaiserslautern in leased govern ment housing. My husband and i Are both in the army and normally at work during the Day. As things will we have had minor repairs needed in our apartment that Weare not allowed to fix ourselves or that we cannot fix because it is original  understand whom we must Call to have things  problem is we Call engineers and get work order numbers for what we would like to see done and Tell the lady on the other end that they must Call either my husband or me at work and make a Dat for one of us to arrange to be Home. Sever Al weeks later we find a Pink or Blue slip under the door or in the Mailbox saying the carpenters or plumbers were Here but we weren t. We Call engineers and set up another appointment. One of us stays Home with per Mission from our Boss and nobody shows up All Day. This has happened to us several times. I even called one time and Al the work order numbers were changed i had to get a whole new list of numbers. Engineers even changed their number so i had to Call information when i got no answer at the number on the Blue Sheet. It seems to me they need a bit of review ing Over there and to get the message straight on calling before they Send some one out to a place to repair something. Not even All the civilian wives wait around at Home All Day All the time after their Hus band Calls the engineers to repair some thing. Do people who live on the Economy not leased housing Call the engineers for minor House repairs.? Diane m. Stanle Kaiserslautern Germany to for Europe Canadian forces the Canadian armed forces have so every Good clubs and recreational facilities. These however All Cost Money. Some of us lower rankers can t afford to outfit our children and ourselves for the various sports and clubs attend Camp movies or travel All the time. I m sure there Are a lot of canadians who would be glad to spend a bit of Money to get the american forces to station. I d like to read some responses from the Canadian commanding officer As to Why the service is not available to canadians. Name withheld Baden Baden Germany maj. . Smith for the base com Mander Canadian forces base Europe re plies the base commander Canadian forces Europe is actively pursuing the possibility of introducing Canadian television for members of Canadian forces Europe wit the Canadian broadcasting corp. And National defense Headquarters in  Are a number of problems to be overcome not the least of which is financing the project. Nevertheless your Reader can be assured the matter is under Active consideration and it is hoped that Progress towards Canadian television for our forces in Europe will soon be a  question of rebroadcasting pro Grams from the american forces television network has been considered but has been discarded mainly on the grounds of Cost and the problem of overcoming copy right  giving the gis a bad name1 lately i be found myself once again going to some guest House and nine times out of 10 having to walk softly As the saying goes because usually some gis beat me to this place and have really Given us by standers a bad name this is what i m really getting to. Each Soldier is not going to retreated at Best As an individual most of the time but answer to the recklessness of others of his country made known through their , since i be been Here two years and some months i often find Good ser vice swell people with even a Friendly Atti tude and exotic foods any taste buds come alive Over. So summing it up i say ask yourself this Guys. Do you think the German sol Dier s time in the states where a Post is vacant would find just As much Comrade ship As they show us i think not. My comments would be something of some fools Yelling nazi and ironically knowing so Little about  m not cutting Down the army or Civi lians just saying i Hope i m dead wrong on the treatment they d receive in the  this i say hey Guys let s get smart. We Are Here for such a very Short time till the rest of our life. Hopeful i am Samuel t. Moorman Erlanger Germany mailing typewriters and such i would like to commend your spokes Man from u. S. Army postal group on his replies to letters concerning customs regu lations and insurance claims. In the past few months i have been upset at answers to postal problems in that the answers were too vague. These last two replies were outstanding. I am serving my second tour in Europe and am a Nav postal clerk. I am far too familiar with Cus Toms regulations and damaged parcels. Would like to add a few comments to your spokesman s  following is taken from Navy postal information bulletin #1-77 dated 14 june77. Merchandise which is manufactured in the United states whether or not Pur chased in an overseas Navy Exchange would not be assessed customs duty upon entering the United states. Articles which Are grown produce or manufactured inthe United states and which after being exported have not been advanced in Valuer improved in any condition May be mailed Back to the United states free of customs duty. In lieu of a customs Declara Tion articles of u. S. Origin should be endorsed on the address Side of the outer wrapper of the  this applies to army and air Force personnel As Well As Navy this Means an parcel containing Only u. S. Goods cloth ing cookware toys Etc does not required customs declaration. In the Case of the damaged typewriter extreme care must be taken in preparing packages for mailing. Simply marking the word fragile on the parcel does no goo once the package is inside a mail sack. The airlines which transport military mail overseas utilize cargo containers which hold four to six thousand pounds of mail. Packages must be prepared expect ing to be one of those put on the Bottom. The postal system is a 50/50 operation Between customers and those of us who work in the Post offices. If either Sid should neglect something problems will arise. If you re not sure of How to prepare your package ask your postal personnel. I m sure they would rather spend two min utes answering you than All the time and paperwork that is involved in processing an insurance claim. Pc3 Pic Bagley Souda Bay Crete reminder All letters to the editor must contain full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. Unsigned let ters will not be considered for publication. Writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy address. Because of the Large volume of mail this column receives daily letters that Are Brief and to the Point have a much better Chance of being published. The see and Fries $ to european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it. Cot. J. C. Taylor Usan. Deputy editor it chief Mert Proctor. Managing editor Elmer d. Frank. Production manager henrys. Epstein. Circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorsement by the department of de sense including the military departments. 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This is his 22ndseason Selling cider 20 cents a gallon to anyone willing to drive Down the potholed dirt  s hard work and the profits Are practically nonexistent but it s a hello a lot better than watching television he says. His press built in 1928, is one of thelast of its kind. Most cider Mills now use Hydraulic presses built of Iron in Stead of Wood. Not for me no sir Godfrey says vehemently. I Don twant no Iron touching my cider no Black cider for  with scrambled Gray hair crammed beneath a hat that has seen nearly As Many harvests As its owner Godfrey stands in his cozy Mill under a sign erected for the Benefit of Novice cider buyers drink me now and i la be Sweet keep me awhile and i la Knock you off your  sign did t keep one City boy from uncorking four month old cider Ata Friend s wedding Godfrey recalls. The stuff levelled every last one of pm he says gleefully. Don t ask me Why cider turns hard Godfrey says. All i know is it sure hits the spot along about Maple sugaring time in the Spring. Two glasses is about it though. You Don t want to drink no More than  season begins in Early sep tember and ends around halloween. Godfrey starts his operation by tos sing bushels of apples into a grinder a six horsepower contraption that resembles a giant garbage disposal. Inside the grinder nails revolve on wooden Drums to Chew up the apples into sour smelling  dumps Apple Pomice by the Sho Delful onto a series of holds called cheeses topped by layers of Burlap and latticed wooden buffers the size of Large automobile hoods. When four or five cheeses have been loaded with the Apple muck Godfrey stands atop a throne like platform to turn 200-year-old Jack screws with a Metal pole. The pair of screws Supply pressure to Force the juice through the cheeses into a wooden bucket. As the Amber juice pours like a Waterfall into the tub the cider is scooped into waiting barrels. The average yield is three Gallons for each Bushel of apples about 4,000 Gal Lons per season flowing through the West Fairlee Mill