European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 7, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 airmen enjoy some reel treats with their food by Jim Williams staff writer Pitburg a Germany is airmen at this . Jet fighter base deep in the Eifel mountains Are enjoy ing a new theater where a different Type of movie plays. Using projector and screen from the base Library the Eifel dining Hall be comes the Eifel Cinema during lunch on fridays from 11 . To 1 . I first showed movies while i was stationed in England and brought the idea Here to Germany with me said . James b. Davis the food serv ices superintendent from Clifton forge a. The most popular attractions Are the nil highlights and i m hoping to get the world series later on. We Are also showing such older films As Dobie Gillis and Wells Fargo and one movie we just dug up stranger in the night " he said. Davis said other bases Are calling to inquire about the program. With the Success we Are having now i Hope to expand the shows to monday wednes Day and Friday he said. I like watching to at Home and this is unusual. Besides it makes things a Little quieter not so much talking said . Norman scanner of it. Vernon . It s something to look Forward to be sides just eating. It s More relaxed in Stead of eat and run said sgt. De. Farr. Later on Davis Hopes to add some silent movies and also comedy shorts such As those featuring the three stooges and Mickey mouse and other Walt Disney cartoons. The dining Hall in t the Only place Davis is showing movies. The dining facility used by pilots and ground Crews on Alert duty also shows films. World War ii and training films with lots of footage from gun cameras Are their favourites Davis said. Pitburg s dining Hall is one of several in Safe that have been improved. Using 120.3 million Marks about $60 million in offset funds from the German government Safe has up graded airman dormitories dining Halls officer quarters and Utility sys tems. The Money helps offset the Cost of keeping . Troops in Europe. Box lunches with sandwiches and cold Chicken never were favourites but the dining facility at Raf Alconbury in England now has a Mobile cart to serve hot food to base Security police on patrol or night duty. Dining Halls at Sembach Zweig Rick in Span Dahlem Pitburg Ramstein. And Kapaun air bases have undergone renovations to kitchens serving lines and dining areas. Some dining areas have new carpeting drapes tables chairs and music systems. Do it yourself paint Job principal people Back gym project Story and photo by Jim Coles Iii is schools reporter Baum older Germany is most americans Are do it yours Elfers but few go As far As the principal and assistant principal at the High school Here. The men Robert j. Bradach and Warren Moyles along with eight student volunteers patched and painted the Interi or Walls of the school gym a task that occupied much of their spare time Over the summer. According to assistant principal Moyles of Seattle wash., the place looked pretty grim especially since the main school building was just painted. That really added to the eyesore effect this building Bradach added the Community motto Here is Baum older is Beautiful and we try to instill Community Pride in our Stu dents. That s a Little hard to do when their facilities look Bradach said a contract had been let to a local contractor to have the gym painted next year but we hold assemblies have concerts and Many Community functions Here. Frankly we were ashamed of the Way the place looked and did t want to wait another year. Also the gym sees More Community members than any other part of the school. We Felt parents would get a bad impression of the school just from seeing this he said the contractor Cost to paint the gym was $7,200. By doing the work them selves with Volunteer student help they Cut that Cost to less than $300. He said the Job required about 50 pounds of Patching plaster 35 Gallons of paint and 250 to 300 hours. The materials came from the Community self help program. It the gym was in very bad shape. I Don t think it s anyone s fault it was this Way after All Money has been very tight the last few Robert Bradacs right and Warren Moyles paint the Baum older High school gym. Bradach said another reason they painted the gym was that the gym would be torn up while a contractor installed new win Dows. So a Little More mess could t Bradach said the school Here has been in the forefront of Community beautification efforts for some time. Baum older has sort of a bad name among americans. It s really a great place to live and work but you have to show people that. We be had several projects in the past mostly Flower gardens and tree plantings As part of our Junior High science program. We have other ideas in the works and Hope to have the Money that would have been used to paint the school available for other projects but we Don t know if that can be done or not. We re proud of our school and we want our students to be proud of the school Bradach said. One of the lighter moments during the Job came when Bradach s 15-year-old Nephew was visiting from Yugoslavia. He said Uncle is this what administrators in America do paint buildings Moyles said the gym is now More attractive than he had seen it in his two years at the school. The area is painted White Over Green looks airy and clean and Moyles said will be much easier to keep clean than the old finish. The next project according to Bradach. Will be painting and refurbishing the gym locker rooms again a self help project scheduled to begin soon. The students Are sure going to be sur prised when they see this Bradach said. Oldster can t Bury love affair with car Frankfurt a a reckless Driver who zoomed the wrong Way around one of Frankfurt s busiest traffic circles at Peak hour traffic turned out to be an 82 year old gentleman whose Driver s License lapsed in 1963, police said. Looking deeper into his record officers found out that he was fined $550 and permanently barred from obtaining a License after he caused an Accident while driving without a License two years ago. The oldster said he had retired to the Spanish Holiday Isle of Mallorca in 1959 and drove Only during summer visits to West Germany. I Don t need a car or a Driver s License in Mallorca he explained. Police confiscated his car and personally escorted him to the Frankfurt Railroad station to make sure he went Home by train. W. German jobless rate up Nuremberg up the number of West German unemployed increased 1,700 to 924,000 in August the Federal labor of fice announced. The unemployment rate was four percent. Heinz Klein with keys Tempelhof is secure with 22,500 keys Story and photo by Jim Arwine staff writer berlins a it s called the key room and it s known by almost every office worker at Tempelhof Airport. Our immediate Contact with most people on base is our key Center said Manfred Schwanke. Chief of templehof s real estate management Section. Employees at Tempelhof who Are issued keys must sign receipts kept on file As part of vast Cross reference system that keeps track of More than 22,500 keys. Security around the keys is tight with Only a few people having Access to the key boxes. If any key in a secure area is lost the whole lock system has to be replaced officials said. One person in a Security position had a set of keys packed into his household goods during a Transfer. He had to produce them. It Cost him Between $400 and $500 to have the packers go through and find the keys said . Donald St. Pierre a building Engineer no. It would have Cost about $6,000 if he had to pay for a change of locks in a key the 22,500 keys Are grouped into 66 master key systems at the military air port Complex. A master key works every lock in a particular system. It is not possible to copy the keys be cause the systems Are secured and there Are no Blanks for making unauthorized duplicates according to St. Pierre. Many of the cylinders used in the locks were installed Over 35 years ago and most Are still working Well said officials. The key to the whole operation is the one that opens the Cabinet which holds the 22, 500 other keys
