European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i had a marvelous Mother who sacrificed for and helped me in every Way she All my years of growing through College and eventually mar my Mother was at my when i needed help with my Little ones she was right there for today we buried that wonderful can you imagine How i Felt when i returned from the services and found this poem if you Are Ever going to love love me while i can the Sweet and tender feelings which from True affections love me now while i am do not wait until in gone and then have it chiselled in Sweet words on ice cold if you have tender thoughts of me please Tell me if you wait until i am never to awaken there will be death Between us and i wont hear you so if you love even a Little let me know it while i am living so i can know and treasure now she is gone and i am sick with guilt because i never told her what she meant to worse i didst treat her As she deserved to be i found time for everyone and but i never made time to visit mom just to give her the time we spent to Gether was when i needed never once was she too Busy to come help mom lived it would have been easy for me to drop in for a cup of Tea and a but my friends came would any one of them do for me what she had done i know the when i called mom on the phone our conversations were Brief and i feel ashamed when i think of the times i Cut her Short i have to i re the times i could have included her and our children loved grandma from the time they were they often turned to her rather Tham to me for counsel and com she understood i realize now i was too too too stingy with my goals for them were grandma gave them unconditional the world is filled with daughters like i Hope Many of them will see this column and profit from for me it is too late and i am sick with in signing my letter guilty and heartbroken dear daughter Here your letter on mothers i was deeply moved by it and am sure others will bless you for at Issue keeping commissaries stocked for pay Day i would like to know Why the commissary runs out of milk and other Dairy products on holidays and paydays when people Are most Likely to shop they never seem to have any kind of food that youre used to getting in the i dont see the reason they Send so Many fam Ilies Over Here if they cant even feed them i have been Here two years and not once have i gone shopping and gotten everything that was on my shopping i would also like to know Why on paydays the prices go up on items and afterwards Back they know How Many people shop there every Day and they constantly run out of shopping they never seem to have enough meats stocked i am just writing to let you know How i feel and a lot of other people in the Schweinfurt Santory Germany editors note Jarrett european commis sary army troop support replies we Are sorry to have inconvenienced you when we were out of Stock due to reasons reflected we appreciate your calling it to our the importance of having such Basic necessities As bread and milk will be reemphasized and we will ensure our commissary offi cers make a special Effort to keep those shelves to ensure adequacy of our response to your specific the following addresses each separately it is store policy to display for Sale the maximum Quantity of fast moving items such As Dairy and meat products on High volume sales Days such As limitations such As shelf space and the amount of aisle space available for personnel attempting to restock in a crowded store severely curtail attempts to maintain displays at the same level As on less Busy you Are absolutely right in your statement that some stores in Europe do not Stock All items carried in the larger commissaries located in the they do carry the major lines and we Are constantly striving to improve and increase item variety and availability based on Cus Tomer pricing procedures for All items sold in army commissaries worldwide Are dictated by Headquarters troop support while it May appear they change based upon arbitrary increases Are in fact generated Only by placement on the shelf of a product received at a higher due to configuration of Many shopping space May vary from limited to extremely to ensure safety and enhance customer the number of shopping carts available is restricted to control the number of shoppers in the store at one and a better organized than the boy scouts we lived in Usa eur and in Germany for five and have been Back for about a year in the on of the favorite pastimes everybody had was complaining about the Host coun try while i lived i decided to get a German fuehrer Schein Drivers i went to adar to ask How to do it and they gave me an instruction in in it said step one is to go to an adar office and get your american Drivers License translated to i it Cost do later on in the i discovered two things the License the Man trans lated by filling in the Blanks in a Handy translation form was already written in both German and the Man at the  did not want the translation for nato members there is a whole different set of require but no License translation is Nec much after returning to the i ran into the adar and wrote them a letter to the Herr Obe Direktor in i half expected to receive a Nice letter telling Why nobody really cheated even though it might seem that Way to to my utter yesterday came a letter from the Frankfurt adar in it was a lotto a business and since i bad mouthed the Host nation loudly when something went wrong As it often did please help me shout it from the House tops when they do something extra adar is Hon and much better organized than the boy Zimsen Washington editors note Andreas press replies we were very pleased to read Dan Zim Sens letter which you kindly forwarded and feel moved to answer it As follows dear Dan we actually did of that adar is Brave and according to your letter to the editor of stars and we Are even better organized than the boy thank you very much for giving our image this new More info on Independence bowl pen pals i would like to have pen i am 33 years my hobbles Are playing darts and going to the Nitcha Bureau of land transportation regional office x Bagayan de Oro City 8401 Philippines i would like very much to have my Fame added to your pen pal i am18 years my hobbles Are Reading and stamp i am a nursing Aguhar College of nursing University of Bono tag Bularan City 6301 Philippines i would like to have pen t am 22 years my hobbles Are swimming and going to do bulb Mavilla commercial Norfort Shoppe tag Center  pubic Market Davao Philippines i would Ike to correspond with people in other i am it old and he cooking and Marl ten 227 m c Cebu Philippines i ii years of and would like pen i he music and Tan Hector trading 227 m c Bulonas Cebu Philippines recently we printed a letter and response on the Omar Bradley spirit of Independence award to be presented to Vietnam vets at the Independence Here is some additional information we received from the the award is presented at half time of the annual Independence bowl football it has been received by Brad John Bob Paul Ronald Art Danny Thomas and the air Force Thun the game this year will be on 21 at the Vietnam veterans attending will be resented the award at half time on the and the presentation will be televised nationally by Mislou and esp nov net the Independence bowl will Host the Vietnam veterans at a big party and reunion in Shreveport Hirsch coliseum on the Day of the name entertainment will Vietnam veterans will also receive a complimentary ticket to the game when registered prior to another event that would be of interest is the minute Man luncheon on Fea Turing a patriotic an outstanding american As speaker and other entertain on 20 at there is a huge Pep rally featuring name entertain the College bands and cheerleaders and ally Uchneat Catfish the Cost for these events is for the luncheon and for the Pep we Are looking Forward to having you in please bring your discharge papers with you for use the address below for More information and chairman Box 1723 71166 hats off to Bruce Zielsdorf i know you receive Many letters of thanks directed to various services and i Hope you can find room for just one in the daily Pursuit of i always read the letters to the editor in the stars and stripes prior to any other Sec while most of the answers to the problems posed consist regu and there is one per son who consistently answers arid addresses the it is he i would like to master Bruce Cus Tomer relations he a a gets my vote for Man of the year he went to a school for he actually an Swers questions and to the and often admits that the Cus Tomer is is he real perhaps we could see a photograph of this Man with his next published would he consider an swering All the letters you receive hats off to master Bruce Ziels Dorf for a Iob Well and appreciated Bramlette 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