European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Ann Landers thursday december 5, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann 1 wish to respond la no Mailer How Good i look i m the woman had a Cesar can Section and a worn Oul. My que Tion is this where is inc support system that used to exist in All families when my Mother had her four Chil aunt tl1, the my � help we Yaun. Had a Hysterectomy her eldest sister T cd a Ami took care of her. When i came Lime for me to have my child my Mother said hire a nurse my husband then asked his Mother to come and help out. She said sorry 1 can t of my is even our neck turned i Down we had to manage Ai Best we could and it was Tough going. What has happened to the nuclear family which was once the Backbone of Ameri can life i taught love generosity caring and giving. It Buill character. Please answer. Ann. I am suffering from culture Shock i 4 Colora Odear suffering the nuclear family began to fall apart when Rosie he Riceler went to work in he defense Plant to replace the men who had gone to War. She liked be Money and the Independence. She Aba found it slim. Outing and chose to keep of working. Women decided hey wanted to become executives physician lawyers architects Ruck Drivers police officers and firefight Era. Grandmothers and aunties could no Laager be depended on to take can of the working woman s children. They bid moved out of their big Homes and into apartments. They began to sell real estate gel divorced sit on commercial boards and run for Public office. Lifestyles have changed. No one can count on relatives anymore. Neighbors forget it people Don t know their neigh Bor nor do they want to. Strangers Are suspect. We Are paying a big Price for the de Mise of the nuclear family. Long cherished values Are becoming a rarity Beca be no one is at Home to teach them. Fifty percent of the work Force is female. Two paycheck famines Are the Rale rather than the exception. The altered status of Woaten Ami the High Cost of living have changed everything. Dear Ann Landers yesterday while cleaning Oul my Bill fold i ran across a receipt dated april 22, 1985. La says received of my name 525. Signed he. I feel like an idiot. I do not go around handing out $25 every Day. Yet i do not know . Please warn others to gel a full rec ill Date who what and where in order o stay sane and satisfy the internal Revenue service. Lame brain Houston chronicle Reader dear Houston you have made an awful lot of people feel belter now May i suggest that you find a restful spot sit Down and go through in alphabet. Start with h Harold Harry Harvey Henry Herbert Herman his Bard Hubert Hyman. If this does t to Duce results get the Telephone of Lect Ory and Start looking for last names that Sta with j. Be me know when that Lim bulb goes on in your head. Ill feel Bette. In Wandari Ali Hong 10 write 10 a we of Etc 3/ndi reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of writer and must be signed. We do not read Staikof. But we will withhold your name on request and protect your . Commissary worker s wife laments his Long hours this is in answer to the letter from Hei Delberg about the writer s disapproval of the commissary. If you Don t think the shelves Are stocked right or As Well As they should be Why Don t you work there in the evenings and help Stock those shelves Why Don t you lend hand my husband is in the military and works at a commissary. Do you know what i never Sec him he work 12 to 14 hours a Day Ai inc commissary. Even when he s Home he s not really Here because he brings paperwork Home from the commissary to do. He even goes in on sundays to Check inc freezers to make Jure they re running Soich food won l spoil. Do you work on holidays my husband docs because where docs Ever body Goon a Holiday they Don t go on a Lour or go travelling with their family or just stay Home and have a b?.rbccuc with friends. They go shopping at inc commissary. My husband misses the kids soccer games school open houses school conferences everything because he s always working and cares Aboul inc military peo ple. I m not saying he does t care Aboul his family because he docs very much. He just does t have inc Lime to spend with us As he d like to have. Do you have an eight hour Job if you do i m Happy for you and your family. Just think How Lucky you arc that you Don i have Here s a fan of american express having just arrived in Germany this past april i heard some bad things about the military Bank american express and i m writing this letter to Praise the service 1 re last May i decided to buy a Carlo get around and like most e3s. I did t have the Cash Lor one. I went to the base credit Union which was a big mistake. They made my open an account just to apply for a car loan and then would Only finance 90 percent of whal inc said the car i wanted to buy was Worth. After what i Beard about american express 1 had almost Given up Hope of Equine a Carbut i went there anyway and was i surprised with the service. The Young lady who processed my loan application was As Nice to my As i could Ever ask Lor. Tine explained All the details in Plain English and in less than two Days i had a Check Lor the full amount 1 was asking. This Young lady was patient with my questions did not Rush me through the process and Best of All treated my sincerely and professionally it was the Best service i be Ever had at a Bank and i appreciated it then and now. But that alone is not what made me write this letter As week i went Back to that Bank Ramstein s South Branch and pc Nisi a checking account. Is months had passed since i got that car loan and while filling Oul the paperwork for my new checking account with another very courted in clerk i might Dothe Young lady who helped my gel my car loan my months earlier came up to my and asked me How i was doing with my new car. To top Iloff she remembered my first name i Don t know Aboul anybody else but i consider that outstanding service i wish 1 knew that Young lady s name so it could be printed Here but i m sure there Are Many other people at Ramstein a who know whom i m talking Aboul. I have recommended Oiher people to thai Young lady and i would just like to say thanks for a Job Well done to her and Csc Rune else who works at american express South a Ramstein a name withheld Ramstein a Germany get involved writer suggests the following information May update inc recent letter which appeared on the subject of we Bruecken s Security our Community has a very Good crime prevention program under the direction of tech. Sgt. Rizzo. He has participated in meetings held in base housing at the request of the stairwell managers. The last meeting had a grand total of maybe 20 people and had been advertised in All Way possible . Daily Bulle tin base paper and word of Mouth. There is an old saying that goes like this. You can Lead a horse to water but you can t make him that seems to say a lot about what is happening Here at Zwic Brueck in we have a lot of people who want things done but they Are the same ones who Don l teachers treasure i noticed in your newspaper thai it was re can by american education week. I am a Canadian teacher at Canadian a orcs dec Lahr Germany. 1 have just returned from a teachers weekend at inc Dodds facility called hint i Brand Lodge at Berciles Gadon. I wonder if inc americans who have inc Good Fortune to be touched by the Hinter Brand experience realize just How Lucky they Are. To give to Young a ills the Chance to really Challenge themselves and realize the existence of personal strengths they never imagined is an incredible under taking. This remarkable facility provides the Opportunity. The highly professional and dedicated staff Al hot cobrand make inc pro Cess work. If i were an american teacher i would be really proud Hal such a thing exists in my system. It s a treasure to be cherished. Michael Essex Lahr Germany have the Lime to give to gel things going. A neighbourhood watch is just thai the neighbourhood watching out for itself not an extra Security police patrol. Tech. Sol. ?.7.o has made every Cuffori in showing inc Community thai the 26th Security police so cares. So far this school year his team has fingerprinted our children and Given them advice on being aware of their surroundings Etc. He has even had Mcguff come to our school and answer questions. Mcguff was even seen walking Wilh the Security police special halloween patrol in inc housing area reminding our Lillic ones of All the safely rules. I m sure that tech. Sol. ?7o would be Good to help anyone with any questions Aboul crime prevention and inc neighbourhood Waich if they could Call him at Owci Bruecken military 2228-02 2334 any duly Day. He and the 26th Security police so arc always in arc willing to give a hand. The programs Are All there but whal it boils Down to is Hal inc Community As a whole has to care Aboul one another. It s Lime to group together and show this base we All do cart he t involved. Susan m. Rizzo we Bruecken Germany pen pcs i would ilk to correspond with pan a it train All Over to a Wwod. I a 2s Viart old. I am Nurjan Mil moral co Dinah Hutor Kol Elnour. 1 0-7712 Luttia wet Gurr inv i Wyid Fet to Cor Noord with Oren from different count run. 1 am 7j Imti Obj i to nov writing the fiery Cinema and dancing. I work in a itch Mocion Dib Bra William a warring Lon Road cruddy pork new Catilo upon Tyne 4 to work at inc commissary 12 hours a Day and put up with the Petty gripes from peo ple who can t find a certain Ilam on the shelf that icy want. Of course. I Host people can l live without Htit certain item. They could. If they tried but they d rather Gripe if you Don t like the Way the commissary is doing things go work there and Sec How easy in is. Did you see that special on television Aboul Africa if you watched thai you should t be complaining Aboul anything i think you should be Happy Wilh whal you have i m Happy and Content bul i sure would love to have my Husbard Home More often Wilh the family instead of working at the commissary All i Host extra hours. Tor All inc work he docs inc customers never have a kind word to say about the commissary. All icy do i complain. Marge Korak Ramstein a Germany editor s note col. Ronald s. 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