European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lojo through i Hon "  Ostir of a for a t  j foot Dieck assisting an apartment seeking a Ottiar at the housing referral office in Wurzburg Germany helping gis find housing Story and photo by Tim Boivin Wurzburg bureaus of know whal an accountant does Rolf Dieck posed Tho question As he drove along the Banks of the main River. He was trying to explain How he ended up As an escort Lor the housing ral Erral Ollice in Wurzburg Germany every Day you work with numbers you gel them done Dick said shaking hts head in Bewick Jermell. Then he nex Day there they Are. Right Back where soy Wosic the Day before and you have to do them All Over  Dieck is not the Type to hold a Job thai will have him doing the same thing Over and Over again every Day one reason he enjoys his present Job which involves helping americans Lind Homes on the German Economy this Job is Diller enl. Every Day you Kie Oul looking at a Cwerenz House helping soldiers Wilh different requite meals Lor their housing working  in Haus Meislein Wilh Rifle int requirements Lor their tenants. You re not working the same numbers Over and Over again he said. Dick went to work on his Uncle s farm a the age of 19 As an administrator but his Uncle was later forced to sell the farm. Nest Slop was his Hometown of Ousec Dorf where he won to work Lor a company that imported French and Spanish wines. Trips to France and spam were just a Lew of the benefits of working As a wine importer. Thanks to that Job a Speaks Spanish and a Lille French in addition to English and his native German. Those multilingual Natenis Are invaluable when trying to Lind housing Lor gis the importer company went under in 19p-1. And Dieck ended up in Wurzburg he applied Lor a Job at inc civilian personnel Ollice but they had nothing available at the time. They sent him la the army and air Force Exchange service wifi Chi put him to work As an accountant one year was All he could take of counting the same numbers Over and Over again for the delayed payment program. For Lanalely he found a Job Wilh the housing office. On thin Day Dieck s destination was Ober Reinach. A town of 3,000 people nestled in the rolling in his unit s personnel and actions Section had found a German woman who helped g s Lind housing. She charged �00 marts about $110but Only if the Soldier signed a contract. She found Only one place for sergeant but he and the landlord did t Hil it Oil. He the landlord had americans who had lived there and torn the place apart sergeant said. He had us invested something like 10,000 Marks in the House repealing it and wanted to come by twice a month to inspect it and make sure we Dion furl fun Thuy Thill in u of i Trie.  Ril no is d in no scr re Nir if i two month 1. Utji Ihn  inc a Chipping by Tho Slova and sink in the Kitchen but a in at the House looks in Good shape it s Only iwo rooms hut sergeant seems to Pika in there is some confusion 35 they Lei ivc Tho apart Mon As to whore the Hai Ampi Stet lives diced tries a couple of buzzers Blore id door loan apartment in id cellar opens else Tho Harl. Who rents Oul Tho apartments with her husband Elgon. Waves Osieck and sergeant Down Doek pulls Oul inc contract and sits Down with sergeant o Complete i. Before he gets started forgo and wants to Call his Wile to make sure it s All right with her. Dieck translates his request to us the phone to then Hart who unwinds Iho phone from Tho Kitchen. Christina in t Home. Osieck explains thai it is bolter o go the con Raci signed while the Haus Meislein and Soldier Aro together instead of having to make another trip out. Sergeant does t see any problems to hunks Christina will Liko the apartment and decides id sign the contract. Then Hart was pleased to have another Soldier under her Wing. I be rented to americans for 20 years she said and i be Only had to process termination on one couple. That was an american who was married to a German woman. The German woman the Harl continued waving her arms and shaking her head played music so loud that you could hear in All Over the  her daughter and two sons also own buildings and rent to americans near Reinach. About 10 Miles from Wurzburg. Dieck goes Over the contract first Wilh sergeant in English then with Fiat the Harl in German sergeant asks in Iha previous occupant of Iho House will be cleaning in up she has to before Sha can Clear Dieck assures sergeant. How do you prefer to pay your rent Dieck asks sergeant in Cash or to an account of hers in lha Bank sergeant elects to pay Cash then asks about Light fixtures and furnishings from the army that Are in the apartment. Some he will want to keep some he wont Dieck takes a die rent route Bach to Wurzburg showing sergeant where the Post office and Bank Are in Liebach. He talks about the Good franconian wine thai comes from Tho vineyards along the Mam River one of the things that keeps him in Wiir Burg. Once you be worked As a wine importer old habits Are hard to break. Once Back in the office. Dieck gels Oul the paperwork. There Are department of the a my department of defense and disposition forms to till Oul Osieck May have gotten rid of the numbers when he let cafes and accounting but the paperwork for housing can be just As cumbersome. Paperwork after All is seen by Many As the sole purpose of the . Government and housing is no exception. Paperwork paperwork thai is the biggest Lime waster Dieck sighs. Page 1c the stars and stripes Friday october 3d, 19b7