European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 8, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 by proxy Shadja do at work tonight get married Story and photo by Jim Arwine staff writer berlins a air Force s. Sgt. Ran Dall Jones a radio maintenance supervisor at Tempelhof Central Airport Here worked the evening shift on july 12. He went to work single and left a married  approximately 8 30 that evening he and airman . Sharyn Kinsella a linguist assigned to the 6993rd Security so in san Antonio Texas were married. The couple were separated by 7,000 Miles. They were married by proxy. Standing in for Jones at the ceremony at the Bexar county courthouse in san Anto Nio was Sharyn s brother Michael. I cried though the whole thing and for about 10 minutes afterwards said Kinsel la. I was crying because i was Happy that we were finally married but mostly it was because Randy was t  in Berlin Jones was on duty watching the clock. I was working a swing shift on the 12th. When 8 30 came around i thought i was probably getting married about that time he said. It would have been about 2 30 . In Texas. The Guys at work razed me a Little that night. They keep asking if i was married yet it was t much of a  the next Day the new husband and wife talked Over the phone. She told him about the marriage ceremony he missed. The Romance began a couple of months ago while both were attending service schools at Goodfellow fab san Angelo Texas. We met and dated just before she finished school and was assigned to her present duties at san Antonio he said. Their Romance continued via Long Dis Tance phone Calls and 200 mile weekend trips Between the two Texas cities. The air Force couple became engaged and made wedding plans which were Cut Short when Jones received overseas movement  i got Over Here Sharyn and i decided that the earlier we got married the sooner we could apply for joint spouse status said Randall. That Means she could eventually get assigned to duties at Tempelhof. There were a couple of proxy marriages that took place while i was at Good fellow. After several letters and overseas phone Calls we decided to have a proxy marriage also. Timing was important be cause the physical exams we had were Good for Only 21 Days. We agreed to do the marriage on the Lith 12th or 13th of july. I did t know for sure what Day she would finally make it to the courthouse with the papers because of her shift work As a linguist. However i Fig ured it would be the 12th. My relatives Haven t adjusted to the idea that one Day i was single and the next Day i m married without even attending the ceremony he said. We sort of broke a family tradition by not having a big Church  a local German newspaper reported the Story about the proxy marriage. I got a letter from a German who had read about the marriage and was touched because he had gone through a similar proxy event years ago. He offered me the rent free use of an apartment until i could get govern ment quarters said the radio maintenance supervisor. I plan to thank him but Randall w. Jones awaits the arrival of his new wife Sharyn Kinsella Jones. Explain that Money in t the  the proxy marriage May not have quickened joint spouse assignment orders after All said Jones. The earliest the air Force can say she might get Here is Janu Ary. I Hope someone will have the compas Sion and clout to change air Force policy so service members married to each  May be together sooner to avoid hardships. Be Happy and thus better support the serv ice  2 get together compare jobs of yesterday today like father like son if s a so Csc Story photo by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Pir Masens Germany is maj. Robert Anderson of the army medical material Center Europe Here is literally Fol lowing in his father s footsteps. Twenty six years ago his father retired it. Col. Robert Anderson As a major was chief of Stock control when the Center was called the Rhein medical depot at Ein sied werhof near Kaiserslautern. His son now has the same title. They got together recently to tour the Center and compare jobs. I m just a big record keeper said the major who was born in Kansas City mo., 33 years ago but Calls Bentonville ark., Home. He said he and his staff of 37 people receive and process All requisitions for medical supplies from military hospitals and . Embassies in Europe Africa and the Middle East. I m also responsible for making sure our inventory records agree with what is physically on hand Here he said. The Center stocks about 7,000 medical items from aspirin to Complete Field hospitals. That s what i did said the 63-year-old Anderson but i did t have a computer to do it with. I had a huge office staff Over 100 people who did the work by  he said the depot Only stocked about half As Many items then but took twice As Long to process and ship. As a logistics systems analyst Anderson helped design the Center in the states and said he was shanghaied Over Here to in stall it. Later when i realized How the family relationship fit i thought the Job was a unique and challenging Opportunity he said. He said he had t planned on following in his father s footsteps it was just the Luck of the  he was commissioned in the medical service corps through the Reserve officers training program and similar but different talking Over the Job As chief of Stock control Are maj. Robert Anderson and his father retired it. Col. Robert an Derson. They find that basically the position at Pir Masens is much the same As the Job which Anderson senior once held but there have been some changes in the intervening 26 years. Selected for Active duty in the Supply career Field. There was no Arm twisting no Persua Sion. He and his younger brother chose medical service on their own said Ander son s  s brother William is a Cap Tain and commanding officer of c co 47th med in near Nurnberg Germany. During his tour of the material Center the elder Anderson met several members of the labor service corps who had worked for him in 1952-53. Wolfgang Stirnweiss chief of the inventory control division greeted him with a big smile and handshake and said you Haven t changed  Well my hair s White instead of red now Anderson said. Harry Schindler the Center s director of Quality control recalled watching Ander son As a youngster tag along after his father at the depot in Einsiedler Hof. Schindler was a clerk then. Anderson senior said there have been tremendous improvements in Germany since he left in 1954. He said he was nearly overwhelmed by the number of single family Homes and the "500 percent increase in autobahn traffic. However he did t find a great Deal of difference in the Way germans drive. They were in a hurry then and that s the Way they Are today he said. Lopez Portillo to visit China Mexico City up president Jose Lopez Portillo will visit China oct. 24-30 and Japan nov. 1-6, the foreign ministry has announced. Foreign relations secretariat Santiago Roel told reporters Lopez Portillo will discuss Energy and fishing problems in Japan also