European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. October 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 students from Rhein main elementary school gather around big Max the largest pumpkin grown by Peter Schulmeyer. The great by Marynett stall writer w Hen the Blue air Force school bus pulled up to the farm the second Grade son Board could hardly wait to pile  was the great pumpkin pickup a Day they d been looking Forward to for weeks. True to his word Farmer Peter Schulmeyer had his courtyard in mor Felden Germany filled with just harvested Orange american pumpkins. The perfect varieties for making into halloween Acko Lanterno and All american pumpkin pies. We be Beert taking about the Holiday now Lor a week or  said teacher Linda Middlebrook the 30 seven and eight year Olds who attend Rhein main elementary school had Learned that while in Germany they alone will be celebrating. It is not a Holiday known to germans. It was British. Irish and scots settlers who brought the lest to the new world with the Jack of lantern itself said to have originated in Ireland. There according to the Story. A Man named Jack barred from heaven because of his Erma Bombeck it s been a Long time since we be talked about what a Long Way baby has come in the Light or Equality. Have women blazed no new trails have there been no significant breakthroughs in attitudes have women Given up the dream of Ever dancing Forward actually one of the greatest advancements in women s behaviour has come and gone without so much As a mention. Women Are no longer going to the restroom in twos. The nun influence is gone in its place Are confident Independent women who push away from the table and Leavo quietly. No More do they catch the Eye of another women at the table and Mouth Margaret. I m going to the restroom. Do you have to go and no More does Margaret say i Don t have to go but i la come with you. No one could Ever explain the mystique of Why women feared going to the restroom alone but it s not too hard to figure out Why it was targeted As an area stinginess and from hell because of practical jokes on the Devil was doomed to wander the Earth with a Tan Tern until judgment Day. No Only do the germans not celeb in e halloween they Don t generally grow pumpkins the closest they have is a yellow Var Ety called Kurbis which is used to feed farm Stock. The so Hul Meyers got into planting the typical United states pumpkins through Friendship with an american teacher who had rented from them that was 18 years ago. They have been growing pumpkins mostly Lor Sale to nearby american families Ever since. The former tenant who has Long since returned to the United states supplies them with a Burpee seed Catalon each year. Besides pumpkins. Schulz Eye also plants Acorn and yellow Squash and varieties of gourds. It s doubtful that Schulmeyer and his wife. Peggy will Ever see pumpkins growing in their land of origin however. We Are real mor Felden  says the Semi retired Farmer. We rarely leave Home and never take vacations. We Are like those americans who never step outside the military bases while they Are Over Here. In fact if it had t been Lor the Ury Inq of an american couple we probably would never had Sunn Heidi la in. He says. They misled we take n Day rip Rhode vat i them " the of Jinious. Catle town is about 45 minute Down the Road. It did t take too Long for the excited Wand Are still to be had military commissaries. Will again  a Tuy selection this year they will Beym am inc to the stores this month and Range in sue from 7 to 11 ii Chu. In diameter that had o change. Half of every woman s life is spent in a restroom line. It is one of life s inequities. No one regardless of stature would dream of bucking that line. Mother Teresa Waits in a line. The Pope does riot. Queen Elizabeth Waits in a line. President Reagan does not. Carol Burnett wails in a line. Bill Cosby does not. It s a wonder women have had the time to achieve greatness at All. It would Shock most people to now that thanks to rest room lines most women have never seen the first act of anything they never hear the Star spangled Banner at the ballgame. Never see a kick off never see the appetizer at a banquet. It is the most time consuming thing they do. In an impartial study it was determined that women who went skiing for a weekend actually spent an entire Day of it waiting in restroom lines shortening their time on the slopes. Paul Harvey in his column noted another disparity in the system by observing that women s restrooms were Situ ated an olympic distance beyond men s round " he writes. Whole cities have been constructed by men smart enough to Span the sky with a Bowstring truss yet too dumb to know that women have to Stop and go More  i made my stand on Field trips to the i Stroom a few years ago. T took a deep breath pushed myself away from the table and made my Way to the Little door with the Cut out of a woman wearing a hoop skirt. It was the bravest thing i have Ever done. I did t know anyone to talk with i had no friends. But i knew if women were Ever to make their Mark in the world they had to do it alone. It s a move that made us Tough it his nourished our spirit. It has challenged our resources. It has Given us a place in history. Our next Battleground is to stamp out dancing Back wards. I Don t like to think about it