European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Annanders letters dear readers for at Leas the last five year various versions or senior Citi Zens have crowd my desk Downs of people have claimed auth Oship. T have no  who wrote the first one but if i had id bet my life i d to with the Vassal graduate who read her compost Tion at a class reunion. I Turre is one of inc snappier j versions. Hope you enjoy it As much As i did. Profili of a senior who is a senior citizen what is one a senior \ cilia in is one who was Here before the Pill and the \ population explosion. We were Here before to penicillin. Polio shots antibiotics open heart surgery and hair Irani Llano. Before Frozen food Nylon. Dacron Siroi Kinsey radar fluorescent lights credit cards ballpoint pens and  us. Time sharing meant Logel Concu. Nai computers or Conda. Co eds never wore Slacks. We were before panty Hose and drip dry clothes before Mak ers and dishwashers clothe dryers for criers and  iric Blank ii before Hawaii and Alaska became states. Before men wore Long hair and earrings and before women wore  were before Leonard Bernstein and Ann land ers pm Telic Trie 40-hour week and minimum Waga. Zogot married first and then lived together. How quaint closets were for clothes not for Comina out  were before grandma Moses. The White Shad  Frank Sinatra. Batman Herb lock and miss peach. Girls wore Peter Han collars and thought Clea Vage was what Butch Cut did. We were before vitamins disposable diapers. Jeeps. Pizza face lifts cd curios instant Coffee decaffeinated anything and Mcdonald a we thought Fasi food Wai what you ale during Lent. We were before boy George and Chiquita banana. Before pm radios tape record ers electric typewriters Boom Ooms. Word processors electronic music and disco  our Day cigarette smoking was fashionable anus was for mowing. Coke was a refreshing drink and pot thing you cooked in. If we had been asked to dad proud of his children in uniform i be enclosed a letter which was sent 10 me recently by my father. After Reading it Over i decided that it is probably an apropos expression of love that Many father feel for their own sons daughters who Are serving on Active duly. Maybe if you print it some soldiers Migron realize How much heir serv to our country Means to their parents. My brother Billy served 4ha years in the Navy. He was part of the Fleet that monitored actions off the coast of Lebanon alter the marines were killed there in 19b4. He resumed safely. He left the Navy and u currently pursuing an mba at the University of Chicago. My brother Richard was commissioned in 1983. He is a Captain in the air Force and works in the military intelligence Field. He will attend Law school starting in september. 1 was commissioned in May 1985. Currently 1am a first lieutenant infantry stationed in Frank Furt. Hopefully his letter will mean an much to All the Young soldiers Here in Europe Ai it did to Means my Brothers. I believe this will help the soldiers hold their Heads a Little bit higher and realize that their parents in the United Stales do support them. 1st i. Edwardj. Mcnack Frankfurt dear Richard. Bill and Edward this past saturday i turned 58. That probably surprises All those old timers who predicted 1 never would gel Wasl 21. Anyway i look upon it As the first Day of the rest of my life which should be another 58 years. But the occasion was one that mattered to me because i wanted to say something to each of you before it ships my mind. His important to me and want you to now that before another Day passes. Perhaps your Mother says special things to each of you. Plus happens to come from your father even though mom probably seconds enthusiastically every thing i am about to Tell you. Each of you is now in his twenties. I often look Back on your lives As you were growing Upland i m pleased with what i see. People have said to me when you Fellows were Young i would t want to raise children in these  those times were the 60s. However 1 would like you to know thai i ii it you grew up very Well. I want to thank each of you for making our lives at parents satisfying you did t go off the deep end on anything bad and you always walked the straight and narrow path. Thank you for that and for All the bad things that could have but never did happen because you consistently did what was right. T would also like to Tell you that i am extremely proud of each of you in your hours in the military. 1 am honoured to be your father knowing that each of you has stood on the front line in the defense of our nation or its people. Richard you were first and still do defend Pur nation and All of us on the most sensitive front line. Bill you stood picket duly on the shores of a for eign country when our nation s people needed help. And de you walked the Edge of the free world for America and All the european countries. Those Wen great contributions and i am proud of each of you. Neither you nor t knows where any of us will be tomorrow or any Day for sure. But before today closes i want you to know that All of these things mean a lot to me As your father. If i were to die tomorrow which surely Don t expect know 1 can face god and say that in a big Way you Fellows helped me do my duty As a father. You made it easier. And for that i thank you from the Bottom of my heart. Love dad w13 wj1ic. I Iii july Kush a 111. Al i. Llulu Itu bit u.3h.tu a _ _ _ _ explain Cia nato ufos Var. On mba Bow a jul Krhn not lira or Rock h Liv Ari hmm ski nil Juk and is we d have said "  do icy Usu Yacu by ill alphabet  \ we arc today s senior citizens a Hardy Bunch when you think of How our world has changed and the adjustments we have had to make. I m pretty proud of a.a.r.p., Elmhurst .  so am i. The next Teller should be of interest to you dear Ann Landers for several years i have authored a weekly column retirement Road for the Hammond times in Indi Ana. In appreciation of the inspiration and information i glean from your writings i offer the following from experience i have narrowed the nouns and adjectives describing older folks Down to eight accept  arc senior senior citizen prime timer elder Retiree Golden Ager keen Ager and  Pete s Sake avoid any term with old folks or hair in it such As oldies old folks old guards Gray Beard Gray hair Silver locks and old Gray Mare. Meanwhile dear Ann it s Greal that you Are there for people of All Ages who Don t know where to turn for advice and Don t have the Money to pay for it. Larry Shields Hammond ind do Larry my newspaper steer Clear of euphemisms for senior citizens. The is. Petersburg time oat of inc Fin est no Pipen in the country simply Calls them old  i m nil Nom. Very soon Well be getting on that big Bird flying Home to see he family and friends we left behind in Arizona. We have been living at a very Small isolated air Jotic base in Italy. We have a rather unique family formed with love through adoption. Our daughter Force the. Black and we arc a while couple. We arrived in Italy Only Days after we adopted her the response Here has been overwhelmingly wonderful it seems the italians love her almost As much As we do we arc constantly stopped so they May  to her and show their warmth toward her. It s been our responsibility to Lam More about the lives of Black americans so mat we May raise her to be proud of herself and her culture. We be Learned an appreciation that i doubt we could have Learned without our daughter but we have also seen the pain and frustration of Blacks like we never realized before. Now i hear on the Newi that once again Arizona s Cov. Evan Mecham put a hop to the Celebration of Martin Luther King s birthday. I feel my love for my Home stale drop and my embarrassment grow to Point where my anger is quite High there is Little for me to do to help Stop that injustice while we re overseas but if we were living in Arizona still i would be vigorously protesting this governor it s a sad thing gov. Mecham has done and a part of Black history i would have preferred to not have to share with my daughter. 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