European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 a Feather in 3rd army dive Cap gis have something to Crow about by Ann Keays staff writer Frankfurt folks around the Drake Edwards combined Cavern Here All seem to know George their new est George int your typical 3rd army div he has a few White feathers Between his shoulder Blades and a Coa Black George is a since his Impromptu arrival in Madoc the Spunky bundle of feathers has made friends or enemies with hundreds of 3rd army div the hapless and once homeless Bird has been accused of frightening Young la perpetrating pranks and policing up errant he has also been praised for faithfully attending predawn forma running several Miles with the and eating mess Hall Georges feats Are almost he seems to be Well versed in military Proto army regulations and dress he was spotted at one payday perched on the door handle of the reenlistment pecking at the door which would seem to indicate said one crusty army several people said George was secretly trained by Francis of the 3rd army div support not said its strictly a Rumor that i trained him to police George just Doest like people without their hats i Haven been Able to teach him to differentiate Between civilians and he swoops Down on them said who named the Bird Aubrey said he once rescued a fright ened Soldier from the her hat was on the with George perched beside flapping his i went Over and give the lady her hat and he just moved Nice As could 4 Michael of West was returning from a cof fee shop one clutching his Choco late and when George flew Down toward me and my after deciding Stinson was in proper George glided Over to 5 William from who was cleaning his colonels car and had some he came Down and took the cleaning paper out of my said i tried to catch Hes a Friendly Stinson and Sanders both work for the support one of their fellow sol Shelia of said she called the vets to see if anything should or could be done about the strange the vet said As Long As it want hurting we  worry about said Hes a big Black larger than a and smaller than an said i think the troops Are More mesmerized with him than they Are id keep him for a that Bird is Hes a real character and eats pea said 6 Ken a support come Legal when asked if there might be a plan Feather for Lewis grinned adopt him As a Mascot but i think some other people said something about eating he likes shiny like a pack said Ronald executive offi cer for the support he just adopted the we dont know where he came Aubrey of defends his sometimes awol troop George is for but i dont know where to find him right he ran with the unit for four but he Only went Halfway and then flew Back to the he Only does what he wants George is 5 William Sanders offers George a the Crow inspects some Short timers might be a Good place to hide from the photos for by Phil Jackson hosts Praise Holiday Gett Gethers by de Reavis staff writer Germany it could have been a convention of Cheshire cats by the grins that were All Over the but it was a gathering of gis and Ger Man families that had been their hosts at All were gathered at Taylor Barracks Here to Tell German reporters about the the vibes  have been better satisfaction to the Point of ecstasy on All even the Community commander and Usa eur Provost Leroy Suddath was on hand to thank the German families for allowing americans into their Homes during that most cherished of family times the Christmas the phrase it was just great was the theme of the evening and was spoken so often it took shape and stood like a Stone Monument in the Middle of the conference sceptical German journalists attempted to chisel away at the but the participants stood firm and sent the re porters away As Claus Community relations adviser at usar eur called the Mannheim program Dornseiff said the key to a Good Christmas program is for the command to take it seriously enough to give the person in charge time three to four months to set it Mannheim takes the program seriously and is fortunate to have someone running it who is uniquely talented for the Job Doris Dornseiff you can imagine what a Touchy and complicated Job it is Matching up German families and you can also imagine what a bad incident would do to the pro Scott has the problems and made the Mannheim program tops in the command and i intend to use her method to show other areas How it can be Dornseiff a Public affairs was Able to get 276 gis into 204 family Homes for we had invitations from More than 300 German but had to Weed out a Scott when a 70yearold German Man asks for a Young female Soldier and says Hes got a room for you can discard him right off the although we had 28 sol Diers that we  we Are not in a numbers Scott who invited two gis to her Home for said the germans think she knows All the gis but she has Only had a Brief talk with each of Scott its important to build up Confidence in the German family and make it feel its getting a i tailor made to its even though they can not pick and and it because they Call me later to thank me for the i they did i try to find Points of common interest Between family and like be cause they can overcome the language if a family does riot have anyone who can speak much i try to put two gis in that family so they can talk to each other during conversation its also surprising How much one can Tell about people from a Short i also keep in Contact with the first sergeants who help publicize the program in the bar Racks and help choose the soldiers for the then we set a pre Christmas meeting Between the parties and then they Are on their own and we sit Back and Cross our Scott she said working with the program of ten has Given her cause for amazement one German woman whose Mother took jul shortly before Christmas and had to cancer sent seven gift packages to be distributed among the gis who didst find one German family called relatives in the states on Christmas eve and when their Soldier talked with the relatives on the he discovered they lived four houses from his last year several gis were taken on skiing trips to France and Steven co 708th Maint from who stayed with the Krushwitz family 4 David 590 trans from who stayed with the and Bobby co 368 from who was a guest of the were among those americans who testified that their German families were certainly to be counted among those who possessed the right stuff for making Christmas in Germany just great