European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 24, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 woman finds fun treasures in Fulda Germany is Gail Mckenzie searches through other people s junk. One Man s trash is another Man s trea sure quips the lieutenant colonel s  has found some treasures junking Here but she looks with a nostalgic longing Back to those glorious Days in Berlin when junking was still Legal there. As Little As five years ago in Berlin you could drive Down the Street and find the old person who has opened a Plain looking Boxer trunk and found a prize. Mckenzie tells of a woman in Berlin who brought Home a Box opened it and found one of the most incredible collections of Stamps you have Ever  children Are great to have along for they can be posted As guards for the Dis covered treasures while mom fetches the car. Even better she says is to work As a team with another adult one Junker Pilot stories and photo by Bob Cullen staff writer stuff sitting out there. Solid Wood Chippendale you name it it was out there and you could t pick up a piece for finding a better piece across the  unfortunately the used furniture an antique people got into it and the pick Ings became Slimmer. They would hire people to go out inseams with trucks she said a touch of sadness in her  would Knock on doors and ask Are you setting out any junk Well carry it out for you if you la let us have first pick of it " the result your really unique piece became slim  among her most prize finds Are four porcelain coasters that she picked out of cardboard Box because they were kind of  when i got Home i found out they were real Dresden  she now has the coasters As Well another finds packed away in a Safe  however one treasure trove never made it to a Safe place. During one expedition Here she opened a cardboard Box to find a col Lection of jars a whole Box of Blue ones the difficult ones to  she took them Home and entrusted them to her  gave them to my son to take Down stairs to the basement to clean them up and i said to him be very careful Orthey 11 break " the tone of her voice prepares the listener for the sad ending. He tripped and fell and broke every one of  her techniques include scouting the piles first disregarding those which Are obviously just old paint  Large piles rate a search. All boxes Are opened As Well As suitcases and  driving Force is the thought in the Back of your mind that one of these Daysi m going to open something and its going to be a  and everyone has heard of at least one ing the car or Van along the Street while the other Junker hops out at strategic Points to plow through the  jeans or work clothes Are the Junker s uniform. Mackenzie said that she has to be hosed Down in the front Yard before am let in the  her husband is very forbearing with her junking. He went along one or two times she said and that was enough. She cautions beginners not to have too High Hopes. Many a junking Jaunt has yielded Only junk. But for Mckenzie that Sall part of the game. I thoroughly enjoy it she said. Wego out just for the fun of  junk this scene May look like junk pile to some but others see it As a possible treasure trove Wurzburg acs wow junk for gis Wurzburg Germany is in most military communities americans go junking for themselves. Here a group of americans collect furniture and household goods for others. Organized by the women of Wurzburg wow and army Community services acs the volunteers for the junking expeditions collect used goods for no command sponsored famines who by regulation Are not eligible for quartermaster  Felt like i was stealing the first time i was out Here said pfc. Richard Krede he co 123rd signal in who drove one of the trucks on one of the evening expeditions. I think it s really a Good idea especially for the noncom Mand sponsored  at one Point during the evening 18 volunteers sifted through goods set out for the trash collectors. As in Many junking excursions most of what was sifted through on the streets was exactly that junk. But it was t All junk to the collectors. Some of the better finds included a sofa a Coffee table a Dresser and a dismantled German closet. The junkers managed to Load two Truc Fuls of goods but according to Brenda Hood chairman of wow that was a mediocre  we get four truckloads in a night she said. Hood said that two and a half years ago some of the women in wow came up with a very Hare brained  they proposed to the Community commander that they would go out and pickup this furniture and bring it Back in if we could find a Ware House to store it in and it could be distributed through some existing  the distribution Channel became the local army Community services organization. According to acs officer 1st. It. Gary Stamper no command sponsored families in Wurzburg proper Are eligible for the furniture. This area includes four Caseres Leighton Emery Hin Denburg and Gie Belstadt Stamper said. Housing office officials Here said 451 no command sponsored families Are locate Din the immediate area Stamper said in order to acquire some of the furniture a family must Contact acs to set a Date for getting the goods pro vide transportation to haul it and Supply a disposition form from the sponsor s company commander stating that the family is no command sponsored is living in Europe and has Quarterson the Economy that Are approved by housing referral. The junk collectors get support from the military Community in the form of two army trucks which they Are allowed to use evenings in junking season. In this area that s september an october. The sight of army trucks being used to collect furniture of the streets has resulted in several complaints filed with the Deputy Community commander. Col. John h.  said the complaints were made by people who believed the junkers were using the government vehicles for per Sonal purposes. When told what the collectors were really doing with the vehicles Labarrie said the callers were  a night on the Fulda treasure Trail Fulda Germany ass she unfolded herself from her Perch on the High narrow Stool and reached for her Smock. A transformation occurred As she slipped into the White paint scattered  Yoest amiable rec Center director Here metamorphosis de into Deanie the Junker the treasure Hunter. She had agreed to Lead an introductory junking expedition so with her husband Dave we hit the junking Trail. We started out in the Yoest s Orange Volkswagen Bug to an area she had earlier recon stored and found  Dave swung the car around the first Corner the first Stop order of the Day was issued. As if anticipating her Dave Al ready had the car curbed. In a Flash shews out and sorting through the first pile. By the time i squeezed put of the Back seat she had already dismissed one pile and was five strides Down the sidewalk headed for the next treasure  saw i would have to move fast to keep Pace with this determined  split to the other Side of the Street. A cardboard Box stood off a few feet from the pile. What s this i thought. I opened the Flap to see an impressive collection of China. All right i thought a Nice find right off the Bat. This junking was  s taken already an american female voice behind me stated decisively her voice ," i muttered. So that s Why it was away from the  glanced through the rest of the trash. Nothing. Of Well i was sure i could find better. A Street full of treasures Lay  had the car in Low gear moving slowly Down the Street keeping Pace with his wife. I caught up with her and asked what rules she worked  say Good evening to the German owners she instructed. Som people act ashamed to be out Here looking through other people s junk. Don t be. Say i to the people. And if they Are bringing out things offer to help them carry it  when you re helping them they will give you things they had not really planned to throw  tells a tale told to her about an american woman who helped a German junking is fun for Many people but the activity May be put off limits to All in this City because certain junkers Are scattering the piles out into the streets. Please make a note in your article Tourge everyone to be neat and careful when rummaging through Deanie Yoest re Quested. If they Aren t the mayor May put junking off  woman carry things from her House to the Street. The american pointed to two carved wooden chests which sitting Back away from the things to go out. Were the going out no the German woman Shook her head. However after the american had helped her cart her things out to the sidewalk the German woman changed her mind and deeded her the two chests. We came to the end of the Road walked Down a Block and came to a Street bursting with piles of possible  Deanie split her forces Send ing me Down the right Side her husband Down to Start at the Middle of the Block while she took the left  treasures we discovered on that Street turned out to be our Best. A nigh table a wrought Iron treadle sewing machine stand plus several decorative trinkets were deposited either in or on top of the car. Deanie was pleased with her finds. It had not been a fabulous night but neither had they come Back  at their apartment she removed her Junker s Smock and Hung it on a convenient Hanger. Once again she became Deanie the amiable rec Center director. Deanie the Junker the treasure Hunter was left at least until next time on the Hanger with her Smock. Picking up the rules of junking game regulations governing Sper mull which is what the germans Call the collection of Large pieces of junk vary from City to City municipality to municipality. Some cities forbid junking Karlsruhe and Berlin Are two exam Ples. Schedules for Spe Ramlill in cities where junking is allowed vary considerably. Some cities designate on Day a month some have a Spe Ramlill Day every week and others have it Only once a year. Local newspapers list  and areas under headings such As Sper mull a Fuhr or Sper Mill laution. Many army Community services offices list dates for junking and Are also a Good source for inquiries about the legality of junking in their respective areas