European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 is photo by Gus Schueller Steve scholar looks As though he s ready to deliver an enthusiastic sales pitch at his store but he s not about to part with any of the turn of the Century items in his collection. He sets store by yesteryear s everyday items by j. King Cruger . Bureau Raf Alconbury England a visit to the living room in the on base quarters of the Steve scholar family is a trip into Domestic yesterday. Scholar 35, and his son Chris Are col lectors of things that for the most part were intended to be thrown away. But they have arranged them on shelves to re create a turn of the Century country store. Their collection consists of old pack Ages and tins some 500 of them and nearly 30 old enamel signs the kind that used to be seen on Roadside Walls and rail Way stations. The scholar Home is almost entirely furnished with Antiques and every Mem ber of the household collects something. Scholar s wife Barbara collects antique dolls and their daughter Carrie 8, collects antique spoons. Scholar an air Force staff sergeant who works As a Media affairs specialist in the base Public affairs office has been collecting since he was a youngster in de troit. I Only have one problem now with collecting the collection is rapidly out growing my House he said. The things such As advertising paraphernalia that have always appealed to me said something. So from collecting advertising it was a Short step to the country store concept with its arrayed  scholar began assembling the collection in the United states and brought about two thirds of it with him to Raf Alcon Bury. His collection has grown consider ably in England. I can t go to an auction without seeing something that fits into the country store theme. Yet i Don t do much trading with other collectors because i Seldom run into people who Are interested in what i m interested in. The collecting of country store items is a Good Field to be getting into especially Here in England because the British have been using tin containers longer than we  scholar said containers still filled with their original products such As chocolate bars and cigarettes Are Worth More than empty packets. He said there is no Lack of old containers to be had by collectors. Frequently they have been put away on shelves and forgotten or have been used in the Home for storing things in he said. It s hard to say where you might find them but they Are out there and they do turn  although scholar continues to buy items at auctions and from antique Deal ers a number of items Are Given to him. The gifts began coming with some regu Larity after a regional television station did a feature on his collection. Presently about a third of scholar s collection is on loan to the Cambridge Folk museum As an exhibit. Navy rejects complaints about battleship ceremony by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Navy Friday dismissed suggestions that its plan to re commission the battleship Missouri in san Francisco instead of in Long Beach Calif., where it is currently berthed would Cost taxpayers millions of dollars. It s really a Wash one Way or another said it. Stephen Pietropaoli a Navy spokesman. Pietropaoli s statement came in the Wake of complaints to Navy Secretary John f. Lehman and defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger lodged by several congressmen including reps. Robert Dornan r-Calif., and Daniel Lungren a Calif. The congressmen say they Don t under stand Why the Missouri the third world War ii Era battleship to be returned to Active duty can t be formally recommissioned into Active service with a ceremony at the shipyard where it was brought Back to life. They also maintain the Navy will be wast ing Money at a time of severe budget deficits by sailing it to san Francisco. Last week the Long Beach press Tele Gram quoted Union officials at the Long Beach naval shipyard along with unidentified Navy sources As estimating the Missouri s trip to san Francisco for the May 10 ceremony could end up costing Between $250,000 and $5 million. Between 400 and 500 workers at the shipyard will have to be furloughed while the ship is away the paper said. According to Pietropaoli those Cost Esti mates Are off base because they fail to take into account the Navy s plan for returning the ship to Active duty. The spokesman said the Long Beach naval shipyard is expected to Complete the Basic reactivation work by april 30. A few Days later probably May 5, the battleship will leave Long Beach for its first Shakedown and training cruise he continued. It will interrupt that cruise to come into san Francisco for the formal decommissioning ceremonies Pietropaoli said. By tradition the Navy normally commis Sions its ships at their Home port he added. Although environmental Impact studies must still be completed san Francisco has been selected by the Navy As the Home port for the Missouri and thus the decision was made to hold the ceremony there. While the Missouri is away on its shake Down cruise several Hundred workers at the Long Beach Yard will be temporarily furloughed the spokesman continued. Most will Likely be recalled when the Missouri returns to Long Beach in mid May for its final fitting out the spokesman said. The spokesman said he did t know How Many workers might be furloughed. But the Point is whatever furloughs re sult would occur regardless of where the ceremony is held Pietropaoli said. Even if the ceremony was held in Long Beach there is going to be a period when the mis Souri is out at  Lungren told the press Telegram he had been trying to convince Pentagon officials the san Francisco ceremony would be a big mistake in today s budget  and this is an insult to All the people who worked on the Missouri added Dor Nan. It s absurd All the Way  the newspaper reported the Navy was offer ing two airline tickets to each of the Missouri s 1,500 crewmen for their relatives to Fly from los Angeles to the san Francisco ceremony. Pietropaoli said he was not familiar with those arrangements. Efforts to determine How the Navy might be paying for such tickets were not immediately successful. A senior Navy officer however said Fri Day he thought workers at the Long Beach shipyard were raising the Issue of the Cere Mony with their congressmen to highlight concerns about Job Security. The Navy last year began reducing the number of workers at virtually All government owned Yards in an Economy move