European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 12, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 red tape s Cut Cornucopia s open by de re a vis staff writer Hanau Germany is three talented women who refused to be turned around by bureaucratic red tape Are run Ning a successful handicraft gift shop in the . Community Here. Lee Baker Katherine Wolfe and Beverly Nevers decided last year to Combine their various talents and open the Cornucopia. Easier said than done Baker said we had t reckoned with the problems we ran the Usa eur Vendor permits Section in Heidelberg told the women they could have their shop on base if they got work permits from the German authorities. The germans told the women they could t give them permits because they were in the country under the status of forces agreement and were not registered with City authorities. German speaking Nevers came up with the solution if the German labor authorities could t Issue the three americans a work permit would they give them a writ ten statement that the germans had no objection to them opening and running the shop the germans did and Usa eur gave them the go ahead but the process took months. We looked at All kinds of places for the shop even an old garage with grease pits before we were told we could have this room in the officers club Baker said. The room was run Down and they said Here you can have it but you la have to do All the renovating on your own and i think they did t believe we could Wolfe said. From previous bazaars that we participated in we knew we had something to offer the Community something people wanted Baker said. Baker of Bonner Springs kan., has been an elementary science teacher for nine years. She s a Wood worker and Carver and keeps Busy with special orders. Wolfe of Columbus ga., specializes in Antiques. She Learned the techniques of handling Wood from her father. She also has been Able to find Antiques Worth collecting around but i m not going to Tell you where she said. Nevers of Nelsonville Ohio has her degree from Ohio University. She has worked As a commercial artist in Advertis ing designing greeting cards and As a Spe Cial projects designer in american and German firms. She new specializes in painted furniture and accessories in bavarian and tyrolean keeping Busy at the Cornucopia in Hanau Are from left Beverly Nevers Katherine Wolfe and Lee Baker. Is photo Pete Milia styles and is an expert on the Art As prac tired in most of Europe. Our husbands Are very supportive Baker said. Because we spend All our time Here they have to put up with some strange meal word of Mouth endorsements have kept the women Busy filling orders in their Bright shop that doubles As a workshop. They said they get a particular kick out of the kids who wander in look around and Point at something and ask did you color that lady or Haven t you finished that yet the Young people also bring in their own work and receive words of encouragement from the women. Then there s the kid who comes in with a bag of Money and asks what he can buy with it. We usually find something Nevers said. Husbands come in and buy things on the sly for their wives and they often have de signed what they want themselves the women said. Proximity to the Happy hour crowd they said May have led to some impulsive buying but no one has Ever come Back on saturday morning to return a Purchase. Nevers said i like the one who came in with his Friend and he was really feeling no pain and he pointed at the huge Pink Flower arrangement that Katherine had made and said til take that his Friend kept trying to talk him out of it and asked what do you want that for i want it be cause it goes with my furniture that Why " they had to move the Large Western Saloon Type nude painting behind the door because gents on the Way to the gents could see it from the top of the Small Stair Case would Stop to stare and stumble Down the stairs. The Cornucopia is open tuesday through thursday from 10 30 . To 5 ., on fridays from 10 30 . To 8 And on payday weekends. The Hanau Community has discovered Cornucopia and even the local Art classes pay visits. His work embellishes new Soldier club Marne div food handler has artistic tastes Story and photo by Ann Keays staff writer Wurzburg Germany is the newly opened soldiers club Here at Emery Barracks is full of examples of spec. 4 Emilio Rosario s Talent. Rosario assigned to co a 3rd Supply and transport in is a food handler by occupation but an artist at heart. The Marne div Soldier from Rio pie dras puerto Rico spent Many off duty hours designing and painting 42 historical crests on plywood for the new Al Marques club. I wanted to leave the people Here with something they did t have said Rosario and it makes me feel Good to see my work on these Rosario said he began drawing when he was 6 years old. I just had the Tal ent. The ability to make something look Nice. But i needed to learn tech he began learning after High school when he apprenticed himself to a sign Painter s shop in his Hometown. He spent almost three years perfecting his drafts Manship turning put thousands of signs for commercial firms. He also painted a shopping Center mural which netted him $1,500, designed posters practice free hand lettering and Learned the silk screen spec. 4 Emilio Rosario process of reproduction. But As he honed his talents Rosario Dis covered limits to his artistic expression. I Don t get satisfaction from por traits he explained. Rosario was in an airborne Ranger unit of the puerto rican National guard before transferring to the army. Anything that needed drawing got the Soldier s Atten Tion whether he was training in the Field or answering frequent military requests for Art work. \ when remodelling efforts began on the Emery Chapel Annex Here to create an no pm club Rosario was in his ele ment. As Many soldiers volunteered time and Talent to the self help project Rosario offered my opinion on the he checked out a Book on european family crests and City Shields. No communists though he quickly interjected ill paint Only free he then began reproducing selected Coats of arms onto 40 separate Square foot sections of plywood. That done he painted two 8-by-4 foot Quarter Inch plywood panels with family crests of president Dwight d. Eisenhower and world War i flying Ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Two generals one american one German a hero for each country he explained. Rosario said his Only equipment is my hand and my i brought my brushes with me from puerto Rico. Very professional ones made of animal the club s name developed from Rosari o s interest in history s symbols. Mar ques Means a place of Honor in a kingdom he said. This is a Nice place for us soldiers and it fits in with the it Liz Burg area club system so it All jus came Rosario s plans for himself wife Irma and 6-month-old daughter include a re enlistment for army drafting school saving for household furniture and opening his Awn painting shop in puerto Rico. Ger Many is a Little cold he said. It s Tropi Cal All year at Rosario spec. 4 Eugene Schmit of min Neapolis and . Jeffrey Lingford of Mil Waukee received certificates of achievement for their contributions to the Al Marques club. But Schmit and Ling Ford also assigned to the 3rd Supply and transport in said Many others also spent Long hours of hard work to turn basically a mess into a place of
