European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Russell Baker now that its Over i have to admit it was a pretty Good Holiday around our our son Duke and his wife Louise came and spent several Days and brought their dog Biff is a big real but he has settled Down a lot since last year when he ate the Christmas i had been looking Forward to having Biff again this but Only to Tell you the it is a lot easier having a dog eat the Christmas tree than it is to dismantle the thing your but on the other hand it upsets Duke and last year they wanted to Rush out right in the Middle of the Turkey and find a veterinarian to pump diffs and it left a gaping Hole in the Middle of the and of course Biff stayed up All night howling with a stomach ache and belching Pine Needles All Over the parlor Biff had settled Down this which made for a pretty Good so had our son Parker who came with his wife Sybil and stayed several though we always think of parkers visits in terms of since he likes to sleep until then have breakfast and Settle Down for six or seven hours of listening to old rolling stones records just about the time everybody else is going to last year Parker and Biff had a terrible after three or four nights of tossing sleep Lessly on account of the blasts from the Biff lost his temper and threatened to eat parkers As a matter of i threatened to eat a few but Parker is a big fellow its been Long time since i could spank him with any the Long and Short of it was that Parker faked out Biff by throwing him my Bing Crosby records and warned me that if i ate his rolling stones records he would never again get my car started for you is sort of a magician with Auto All of which treat me with con that the kind of Holiday we used to but not this this year was a pretty Good under Sybil Parker has settled Down and played nothing through the night except High stakes poker with a group of Beer guzzlers he has known since High for a while we didst think our daughter Glenda would join us on account of not being Able to find a cat Sitter to look after european edition Rose Usa Usa Deputy editor Tochle Mert Proctor managing editor production manager circulation manager Elmer Frank Henry Epstein this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the the depart ment of defense or the european the appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorse ment of the department of including the military military address the stars and Apo International mall the stars and Postrach 11 10 d6100 Darmstadt Tel Gale Shell c prefix 06155 811 m Darmstadt Airstrip prefix 2376 telex new York office room 252 seventh new York Tel area 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Christmas tree just before we and they were near and i was comforting telling them they ought to be thank Ful they didst have to listen to the rolling stones until 5 when Glenda phoned and said could we pick her up at the Airport because no taxi Driver was willing to trans port four Well i went out to the car and naturally it  so i had to walk Home and get Parker out of bed it was stil Only 4 and bring him Back to speak to the then drive him Back to our place so he could have breakfast before his poker cronies then drive to the air port and collect Glenda and her four which i did without having a major Acci it was a pretty Good we were afraid maybe Glendas cats and Biff would not get along and possibly de stroy the Couch in a but not after stalking each other for a cats and dog came to a fair settlement of territorial rights under which the cats took the parlor and left the rest of the House to the cats marked off their territory with the assistance of Glendas male cat named Max who sprayed the the Wing the carpet and curtains with aromatic cat it was a pretty Good i am told the parlor will be almost entirely inoffensive to the human nose by late after Glenda grandmother sur prised us All by showing up from her Home in the it was pretty cold that Day about 2 degrees below Zero and of course the Furnace had quit work on the theory that the end of december is Holiday time for furnaces As Well As and the House was so Cool that you could chill your eggnog by putting your own Finger in it when grandmother arrived from the North and said we didst know what cold for real she we ought to go North where she usually grandmother spends the whole week telling us How much colder it is up North where she lives than it is where we but week she let up after Only two this May have been be cause Biff threatened to bite or maybe because Biff really did bite As cold As it she  have been Able to feel a bite and the Marks  have shown until the Spring in any her boasting stopped after Only two it was a pretty Good by new years Day everybody had left and Jim and Harriet came Over and brought their new dog named and Prince ate our Christmas saving us an awful Job since he also finished off the ornaments for it was a pretty Good c times news safecracker Dies gets police Eulogy Dallas up Nick one of the More notorious criminals in the South West and one of the last old time Safe crack ers in has been buried he was police who played the Copsan robbers game with him say he never carried a gun and was a Man of his he was one of those thieves you could you his word was said Harry Weatherford of the Dallas county sheriffs Cascio was arrested More than 60 times during a career that spanned 30 years and six the charges were virtually Al ways variations on the same theme fire damages University Germany up fire destroyed four lecture Halls at Cologne uni causing damage of about Mil police police said arsonists might have been letters to the editor Long lines at american express for the last two weeks i have unsuccessfully tried to make a few Money transactions at the Ledward american express banking Why was i unsuccessful because the line was unbelievably Why was the line too Long because there Are not enough i did go and express my concern to the Bank manager who gave me a rundown on Why we Are allotted so few what a disaster if sure pay becomes mandatory and every Soldier is forced to use american express As their Home base for Many Schweinfurt american express Hast got the personnel to handle the number of customers it has at the Ronia Germany editors note manager of consumer american replies the Schweinfurt Community banking facility services approximately military excluding if most of these clients do their banking on Long lines Are we can assure though that everything possible is being done to minimize the for in the Community commander and local Branch manager Are currently coordinating their efforts to reduce those class a pay agents conduct Check encasement and Dollar or do conversions at each Battery and Squadron real Success in our efforts depends on the cooperation of our lines would be quickly reduced if our customers took to heart the following tips avoid banking on avoid banking during military lunch maintain a Community banking facility checking account with a sure pay or allotment pay for purchases by personal authorize the Bank to pay rent and other monthly authorize the Bank to Transfer funds automatically from checking to savings if they want to save on a monthly request a Supply of do checks to pay for Economy acquire an express Teller card so they can withdraw up to or do 200 in Cash every 24 from checking or 0 use the Quick Deposit Box to make no Cash thank you for an Opportunity to address this problem and provide some tips to make banking easier and More we strive to provide the most professional service and enjoy doing go enjoyed his tour in Europe i have spent the last 25 months in Ger i have seen what i feel is a Large variety and proportion of i have experienced the cultures Here firsthand and have Felt what the people of these lands feel about americans and their military person in i honestly feel the people of Europe accept us and appreciate our Effort As a military though confused and bewildered about some of our cultural i will soon rotate Back to the i would like to share my views and express my thanks to the peo ple who live 1 have enjoyed my stay and feel proud to have represented my i think i did As much As possible to show the europeans we Are a Good worthy of their Germany is a glorious country and its people Are warm and i have grown to anticipate the Days i could spend on its landmarks and Many people Here Are very distressed about the living and working conditions in Europe and rightly have lived in the but i am appreciative of the fact that my government realized the and is trying to it can Only do so knowing that people Are aware and concerned helps to ease the feeling of a Friend in need until january of last year bad nauheim american school had the services of an out standing German Frau Trudi in january she retired and now nine months later lies in the terribly ill and wondering where All the peo ple Are that she formed her life the German Church sends someone to see her once a and she has some Fine Ger Man but when seeing her after two weeks Only one american found his Way to see i know if old friends knew How ill she was they would Send love and for those who knew her and still her address is Kamp 635 bad Telephone Knych Germany i would also like the thank the people who work in and food they keep an astounding Pace trying to Deal with the overabundance of they do Quality work with out their efforts lord help they Are As a but they still keep and i have seen a lot but i feel Ive experienced Only a minute portion of what Europe has to i envy the people who get to i Hope you All realize the oppor count your Blessing americans Europe is truly Thomas Kolenda Ramstein Germany dont forget Benelux throughout the year the forces in the Netherlands and Belgium Are forgotten in the news during the annual draft the paper mentioned the locations to but never mentioned the communities in the Benelux very does the weather forecast mention the Benelux on 20 the paper had an article about the heavy vol ume of Christmas but nowhere did it mention the postal units in the Benelux although our volume of mail is smaller than in the major communities in we do put in the same Long hours to insure the soldiers in isolated areas in the Netherlands and Belgium get their because we Are a Small postal we do not work in shifts instead we do it without being noticed our patrons tend to forget our although without there would be no mail for those As part of the big picture in the postal service in we take the same Pride in our work and Only ask to be recognized when recognition is after we Are part of the Overall de sense of Europe and work Side by Side with our nato allies each Douglas Marshall the Netherlands