European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 3, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 fund raising can be fun. Diaries Wooi ail does t flinch it As pvt. Bait Greffer splashes a $2w Backet of icy water Over i head. And pvt Wes Stock tosses his $23 greeting on 1st sgt. Willie  right me. Curtis Howery write Hla initials he paid 50" cents in shaving Cream on 1st u. Scott Arnold s Chest. Crazy Day How to get Money for Barracks furnishings get buckets of Money throw a splash Bash Story and photo by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Miessau Germany is some sol to fiery will do anything to earn a Dollar. For example take the officers and senior cos of the 164th my co at the army depot Here. Their troops needed bout $900 to buy furnishings for the bar news lounge they recently renovated. Besides repainting the lounge the maps furnished it with several sofas easy chairs and a Pool table and bar. The room a further decorated by spec. 4s David dark and Jack Nelson who painted sever Al Large murals portraying their jobs. The maps Are responsible for the Security of the depot and spend their duty time in guard towers. They Call themselves the lower  and have named  the mural on one Wall depicts a rat. Fuy Hoy Magazine in one hand and a Rifle in the other on its Way to relieve a rat who is lounging a la snoopy on top of a guard Tower. The 164th also has a sentry dog platoon and another mural shows the dogs in action. Idea presented to Complete the lounge the maps needed Rowey to buy bar stools curtains and a odor television set. Sgt. John Sampson one of the company s team leaders came a with an idea of How to raise the Money. I remembered Reading about other is who had a crazy Day where the of is and cos did crazy things to make  said Sampson. He mentioned his to capt. Charles Woodall. Commander a 164th, and 1st sgt. Willie Hastings to helped work out the details for their crazy Day. The Day began with an outdoor cookout a auction. The auction was for the first it of water which the winning bid Bicouv toss on Woodall and  guard pvt. Was struck slatted up off with a bid of $5 on the bucket ear 5jTf�l a Hastings several other i s we in the bidding but struck stuck it a we bought the bucket with a top bid of a 00�u. Wearing his dress Blue uni a. A next on the auction Block the no started at $10. Quickly climbed to a then struggled to so. Up to that Point most of the bidding had been Between two maps pvt. Hurt Greffer of the 1st platoon and spec. 4 Jim Cole of the dog handlers platoon. When it looked As though Greffer s bid would win one of Cole s fellow dog handlers slipped him $10.and Cole us $60. A Sharp eyed Tower rat saw the Exchange of Money and offered Greffer Money. From then on it was platoon bid Ding against platoon. With the influx of Money the bidding quickly jumped to $150, but it slowed at $174 when the dog handlers called time to count their Money. A couple of dollars were added to the pile and Cole shouted. We bid $176." Greffer laughed and Coin  a. Egged on by Woodall More members of each platoon pulled Money out of their Wal lets or went into the Barracks to throw wadded up Bills Down to Cole and Greffer. The bidding finally slopping when Gref Fer bid $260. Al which time 2nd u Michael Kelly of the dog handlers yelled. If they re dumb enough to pay that much let them have  and let them have it they did. Hastings wearing his Khaki summer uniform was led out into the Center of the Yard and struck was handed a bucket of water from which he removed ice cube before letting Fly. Hastings was drenched from head to foot and the crowd cheered. The first ser Geant then left to find a Blanket while muttering about freezing to death. Then it was Goodau s turn. He look up the classic position of a Man facing the firing squad casually flicked a few pieces of lint off his uniform and asked for a last cigarette. He even managed b puff before Greffer dumped a bucket of ice water Over his head. Woodall his uniform dripping and Hast Ings shivering despite the Blanket were then led to a pair of chairs where they sat while their men paid so cents to toss More buckets of water on them. Still More Money was raised by the com Pany s executive officer. 1st it. Scott Arnold. He sat in another chair and charged the maps so cents each to write their initials on him with shaving Cream. Other platoon leaders offered wheelbarrow rides for so cents. The crazy Day according to Arnold raised More than enough Money for the curtains but Short of the amount needed for the television set. The officers will probably Chip in the rest of the Money said Arnold. I guess that s the traditional thing to  web ear total Brac Palucc Wodall accepts a Olber bucket of water from an my us Only tip of protest is a Ca Tully raised Arm