European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 20, 1085 the stars and stripes Page 3 a nutcrackers Sweet bus Ness for toy makers a .1osi i ill \ Stull Jarl Inin a am Aill kit i of i Soi 1 1 1 \. Urmano Volkmar m unties inn i. A Drill instructor s dream his troops always wears Upp uniforms stand it  attention and never talk  k it s no  ought. However. It s a  one. Matthes is in pric or of Nuss Knacker i Bank Malthus. A Lin. Prohic to Nutcracker factors to eased about 1 5 Miles Northeast of so Ulgart. His family and employees produce a wide Varit of hand painted wooden nutcrackers including to differ ent military figure which find their Way into Homes All Over Western i Europe my the United states the jaws of each Soldier crack the nuts by opening and closing with the ii Iani Pullion of a lever on the Soldier s Back. The Tom akm tradition of Matthes native Seif fun. Located in the 1 a Geirge Region of last Cie Maiu inspired the device produced in Bis factors. Matches built chairs while living in Sci ten and his wife. Alexan dra hand painted to figures he said he brought ins Lamila out of  ice main through Berlin in la m because i love Freedom Only the americans would guarantee me that " the family settled in its present Home East of  Wissburg in the Village of Wolf Soethen because Maul s brother already was there borrowing heavily from the skills and traditions of the to Geirge matches opened his Nutcracker Factor in l o and has been spinning a lathe profitably Ever since my daughter runs the office. And my wife and i work the whole Day  he said. The company gets so much word of Mouth support that it does t advertise bin it indulged in a whimsical bit of self promotion in August llk4 b making Whai it claims is the largest Nutcracker in the world. The soul Wood Nutcracker modelled after the British beefeaters Holiday highlights .2h stimuli by at a rpm Tual it Lention nut rack its a mint Rini Hin Huu Hes it hi1 Oik Mur mall Hes fact nov. Who l  Huck ii Ham i Ilace in i Ondon. Stasiuk abut i 1 Leel Hij h in the Linn s shop in Cla Nikisch i he outlier  Mii be . But he still require a lot of time and Energy i build. It s a lot of work it s All made by  said no a Lauss who has painted the fit tires tar the Pri run ear. In .1 Small workshop sm-jllint1 a lacquer and Nohe bar Siou  1.000 a ear. The of 5.000 smaller Nuter. Aside from the it Lory also makes Between 4, and Ker s ranging up to about a foot All Diers. The Lompart acknowledges the potential of its american Market b building i Uncle Sam and Ecsi Pointer nutcrackers Matlus said a Iii mans provide about to percent of his business. Main til the xmencaii1 Are anti Liale with the us. Militar and one to one of his l i stores to by his products. In addition to stores in Affa Lichbach Vot Selden and Marmisch. A tithes has shops in Heidelberg. I Hallgarten and  he also Sells at  comm Niiva  and through a Catalon.  can be obtained a writing Matthes Cimball. D-7i5i.  Olf of Den Merchle Sodden Klc Mentur school pupils Vunny Buehrt 10, ind Murk i it Hack 12, manipulate heir marionettes. Photo by Charlie Bowder Small school does big Job with puppets b . Ii in \ Munich Bureau Bik 1111 s l Din Zierman it s not often that a school can get every student involved in a sped i a ,.jv.-cl. But Berchtesgaden Meme itar s production of a Christmas Carol included the entire enrolment All i pupils when the curtains opened monday for the inaugural performance of Charles Dickens Christmas classic it marked the culmination of eight weeks of pasting painting and puppet making for the pupils said organi or and producer dim . The show which lash a about 50 min utes was a Marionette production using string puppets designed and made a the pupils with the assistance of  and her husband. Sam. She said the pupils ranging from kindergarten through 7th Grade spent close to 40 hours work ing on the marionettes painting Back drops and learning lines. Community volunteers also helped. By the time it was ready we had about 30 people involved  said while the show was a first for the school. One of the smallest in the department of defense dependents schools it continued a family tradition for the  we be been working with marionettes since 1972,"  said. She said she had Pul on a Marionette show based on the Dickens Story about 10 years ago and thought it would work Well at the Berchtesgaden school