European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june so. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 we bbb bin him fond memories of childhood in Europe Arm Landers one of your staff writers wrote a nostalgic for me article entitled "40 years ago the first go families arrived. Although my initial experience As one of the first overseas dependents was my arrival in Tokyo Japan in Early 1947 after sailing from Seattle with my two younger Brothers and 27 pieces of Luggage want to comment on my second experience As an army brat in the Early 1950s in Germany when it was Muchmore pleasant to live in Europe. We flew a prop Mac flight from Mcguire fab to Rhym main a in april 1954, then connected with a rain to Salzburg Austria where we arrived on easter sunday in the Middle of a Spring snowstorm we lived in what is now the three Star Bristol hotel then moved out to a charming Little House on the Obertini Mersey about 30 minutes from Salzburg. I finished the sixth Grade in the converted stables of n Schloss near Salzburg. When the american occupation of Austria ended later in 1954, my father a warrant officer in the army Security Agency was transferred to bad sibling about 50 Miles South of Munich. We lived in a Beautiful appropriated House in Ros Conheim in comparative luxury while we were awaiting completion of bad sibling s government housing. Our Grade school was now located about 30-sorae Miles Southwest of Rosen Heim in a tiny Village called Nuss Dorf just off the Highway into Kun std Austria. I visited my former Grade school in Nussdorf this past Christmas and it is now an orphanage and Little changed from school year 1954-1955 my eighth Grade teacher miss Greany has retired from teaching and lives near Rhein Mam a we be kept in touch All these years our school on Post at bad sibling eventually opened and when i graduated from the eighth Grade i had to join Munich Grade school As i was the Only student in my class my first year of High school was in Munich As a dorm student a Small army bus would pick up about six of us Al bad sibling housing area every Sun Day evening and bring us Back from school every Fri Day afternoon. I Learned to ski in bad sibling on special services wooden skis on the Hill across from the housing area those skis were incredibly Long but we just strapped them onto our regular Snow boots with leather straps clumsily careening Down the slope try no to control skis mean for adults. We would frequently visit Lake Chick Sec recreation Center hotel and in inc Winter the Flagstone Patio off the main lobby would be flooded for ice skat ing. In summer months we would play miniature Golf in front of the hotel. When i visited Lake Chi Rosce hotel again this past Christmas i asked if the Patio is still used for ice skating and sadly it in t. Our meals Al Lake Chiem Sce hotel were very formal affairs the six of us would put on our sunday Best and drive Down to Lake Chicks be for special occasion Din ners. A three piece combo of German musicians usually a piano violin and base fiddle would play softly in the background and were usually willing to play requests from a Gawky 12-year-old Methe dining room at Lake Chiem Sce hotel is basically the same today although the furnishings in the 1950s were different. Now i be spent about 17-plus years in Europe but my childhood years will always be the most special ones. The 15-Ccnt movies the script issued in Stead of greenbacks the Lovely lady a German countess who was our first German language leather who would Lake us for Kuchen und Heisse Schoko Lade at the local cafe in Rosenheim the special women and men who were our first teachers in Salz Burg Nussdorf and later bad sibling and Munich and the Mirabelle gardens in Salzburg which were our first playground. Sharon o Neal Brussels Belgium car dealer cafes medics win Praise my wife and i bought a used car from Cooney s car Center Heilbronn. We received the title and All Perti nent papers very quickly. Outstanding organisation. The car came with the catalytic converter. We had our local cafes staff install and Check the operation. The manager and he staff Are just great. We returned the Carlo Cooney s car Center for truck transport to arc Mchaven and on to the , i would like to mention that we to fat the Auto in his lot with no mention of a storage fee. We hear so Many negative things in this world we live in but my wife and i wish to thank Cooney s car Center and i staff and the Heilbronn cafes Auto repair manager and personnel for outstanding work and Loving concern for our welfare. Or. And mrs. Look Wanner Nadu ural Germany in a recent stars and stripes among the news hems was the increase in so called malpractice suits against our military hospitals. I just want to say this i be worn the uniform pre War during the War and postwar including my retire ment time to Date. As far As i m concerned there is no medical service anywhere that can compare to that offered by our entire medical corps. Surgeons doctors nurses and Alt the enlisted personnel male and female arc a dedicated Well trained and efficient unit. I was never a sick Call runner hut did need the services of those wonderful people. I Hope with these few lines i can say a Heartfelt thank you to All of those people who took care of me when i needed their care and skills. Edgar Wohlgemuth Munich people sometimes ask us Why we Don t run thank you letters. It is because we receive so Many we would not have room for any other letters. Bill we be decided to share one or two of the More interesting letters once a week editor acs cos get no respect Reader says i work in acs and am presently stationed in Ger Many. I feel that the cos in charge that work m the army Community services centers Don l get the credit they deserve Why because everyone looks at an nco1c of acs As a Sham but there s a lot More to it than just silting on your butt and twiddling your thumbs. It s the Job of a professional who has to know How 10 talk to people and offer his or her services whenever they Are needed. Working in acs it always seems that the coi gets picked for All sorts of details and Odd Job from his unit and does t get rewarded for the Good Job that he has done for his or her Community. Name and location withheld dear Ann Landers Over the years you have Given Well deserved Praise to alcoholics Anonymous. There is no denying that they often succeed when everything else has failed. There exists however a situation thai has kept Many people in need of help away from . R meetings. I Hope you will address it in you column. The overwhelming majority of alcoholics arc heavy smokers. I can tolerate the smoke which is so thick you can Cut it with a knife but Ihrcke of my friends who desperately need what . Has to offer have quit going 10 meetings be cause they can t stand the smoke. I Hope you will publish this Ann. It s something that All . Members ought to Sec. Fighting the fog in san Diego dear fighting yours is not the first complaint i have received about the heavy smoking at . Meetings. 1 implore thine of you who see yourselves in the column today to take this to heart. Why not apply those wonderful 12 Steps to tobacco As Well Alco hol if you can lick one Demon you a lick iwo. Meanwhile if an air cleaning machine is not if Tor Dable several saucers of Plain vinegar placed around the room will help absorb the smoke. Try it. Dear Ann Landers can you stand one More letter about an open Fly i am a female Teller in a Bank. Recently i noticed a co worker s trousers were unzipped after a trip to the men s room. I telephoned his wife at Home and asked her to Call and Tell him. She thanked me and made the Call at once. Or. Is desk is next to mine. I heard him say you re right but How in the h did you know within a few seconds he figured it out and we had a Good laugh. He thanked me profusely and i Felt that i had done my Good deed for the Day. This might be the solution for other women who arc also shy. Blushing in to. Dear Blush a Telephone Call seems like lot of trouble when it s so easy to say "xy7," which Means examine your  dear Ann Landers did you Ever hear from the second wife who was put on the spot by being invited to attend tier husband s first wife s family functions she desperately tried to get out of going and you told her she had a Golden Opportunity to handle herself with Confidence class and  i wonder if she went. I know i did. I followed your advice a few weeks later and came off smelling like a Rose. Since then i be applied the Ann Landers class and dignity admonition to other areas of my life. Ii has extended to waiting patiently in supermarket lines and snarled traffic facing sour clerks and other challenges we arc called upon to face every Day. I Letl myself if i can t control the situation Al least i can control my own behaviour and attitude. Thanks for reminding us All thai we have Golden opportunities every Day to be More than we can be. 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