European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 sea bees perform Facelift to create new classrooms Story and photo by Jim Arwine Bureau chief Wales what was a abandoned food Market in this town is now taking shape As a modern school the construction Facelift is a major project of a group of Navy Seabee of the Public works depart naval Raf have taken Hammer in hand to create extra classrooms for the Mary immaculate elementary the school is adjacent to the construction Bruce Public works chief and a native of said the townspeople have been raising Money for building the Navy and Raf at the base 10 Miles North of Here have been lending labor and construction twelve sailors have been involved in the Volunteer he project during the sailors Are turning the dark Hull of the Stone building into a Cinderella sporting two Well lit a modern Kitch a dining toilet and storage facile to accomplish the Seabee Are building new reworking the ceilings and rewiring sister Elsie the schools head said the sailors have Given Sev eral Hundred hours of the free time to the the school has about 200 students and Walsh said there has been a need for More classroom space for some work on the conversion started last learning experience Utility Man John Perkins said the classrooms Are nearing the Sailor from said the work on the project is usually done evenings and week he said the project is a new building experience for we were used to american there want a right Angle Corner in the whole plumbing specialist Jim of said he and his construction mates will build a Kitchen from Seaman said the Kitchen and dining room Are the second phase of the three phase construction the last phase will include building the Supply and Seaman said he Learned much of what he knows about carpentry before entering the Navy by helping his father build the family the school is expected to have use of the two classrooms this Jim Seaman left and John Perkins explain building Progress to sister Elsie crazy do spends time in Hospital Ward Volunteer do Ralph Sweet band takes note of 5yearold Simon music Story and photo by Jim Arwine Bureau chief Wales for someone who is very utile Tyman Ralph Sweetland seems to spend a lot of time in the Hospital the american Sailor from the naval facility at Raf is one of several special patients who spends time in the 14th Ward of with Bush a sprawling Welsh medical there Are actually 13 the 14th is called the sick Ward its the Hospi Tal radio said the Volunteer disc Sweetland said about a dozen crazy Volunteer djs spend evenings and week ends Manning the airwaves of the inhouse entertainment they augment British and Welsh network radio with live programs produced on the Home the Amateur spinners hold Day jobs in and near the City and turn into djs at he anything goes who has been with the Sta Tion for about a says the local pro Grams try to cheer up patients with music requests and he says he becomes a different person when he gets behind the radio i do a show three nights each week anything in May Hospital officials contacted the Navy facility saying they were looking for an american voice to help with broadcasts at the radio Navy spokesperson Robbie Medbery said sailors and their families routinely receive medical service at the civilian hos Pital because of limited facilities at Raf the request was a natural one and got a Quick the Navy Seabee finds the Volunteer work a Way of he routinely Tours Hospital wards and hallways to receive music requests and visit with a Sweetland devotes a portion of his show to recorded songs and stories for patients in the childrens improvements at the Hospital radio Sta Tion have also been made by the he fashioned special music request cards from discarded computer cards and is currently helping move the stations operation to a larger working Tomb of Anthony opened by Church Italy up roman Catho Lic Church officials have opened the Tomb of Anthony for the first time in 630 years and examined the 13th Century monks Church officials the officials of the Church of Anthony said the opening of the Tomb was Over seen by Cardinal Pietro who headed a delegation appointed by Pope John Paul included in the delegation was Virgilio a Padua University Anatomy the state of preservation of the body was surprising Given the lengthy period of Meneghelli said after the sarcophagus was opening of the Tomb was ordered in connection with the 750th anniversary of the saints death next the last time Anthonys Tomb was opened was in 4 construction workers die in 36floor plunge British Columbia a four workmen plunged 36 stories to their deaths in a tangle of steel and Wood when a platform broke away and dropped from the top floor of an office Tower under authorities the Accident occurred As the workers were pouring Concrete on the towers roof from the which was being used for the last