European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers please come Home  this Van the most unreasonable request Ever made by my wife of almost 4q years. She did t make this request often to came mostly on Sal Urdas. Sundays and holidays bul it seemed thai t always had so Many things to do that in spite of her gentle urging i rarely came Home Early. I Don t want 10 give the impression that 1 was never at Home i was at Home a lot. We rarely did anything Oul of the Ordinary. We enjoyed the kids and the grandchildren. We listened to music read the paper and Hud meals together. Samet Irnes we would just talk about How the Day had gone. .--.-. Now i know Why she asked me so often to please come Home Early she was t just lonely she was lonely for me. When she passed away a Short Lime ago t Learned firsthand what loneliness is All about. I have a supportive family and Many Good friends. I m free now to go places and do things bul i m Lone some. Lonesome for her. Now that she s gone i be found the time to come Home Early Hul there is nobody to come Home to. There is nobody to do those simple i talc things with such As watching the evening news listening to music and Reading the paper. And nobody cares How my Day went. -. If i should gel a Call from the Good lord to please come Home Early i won t fight it. Lonesome . Dear lonesome How Surj that so Many of life s lessons Are Learned after in is too late to put Hern into practice. To Bel thousands of husbands who arc asked to please come Home Early will look upon that request in a different Light after Reading your letter. And they May even do ii. Cheer up. " "  you be helped a lol of people today by sharing a real love Story v  " dear Ann Landers -. " my wife and i live in a modest suburban neighbor  two blocks off a Busy commercial strip. Leading into Washington . Chm Mas eve around Midnight we resumed Lime from n parly to find a tired looking couple on our front Doorstep. They said they were travelling to Virginia from somewhere in the Midwest their truck had Bro Ken Down and they needed $18 More for Motel lodging. They sounded sincere and looked pretty pathetic. We asked if. They had eaten. They said they had to so we gave them $36 for the Motel and some dinner and wished hem a merry Christmas. They seemed very grateful and walked off into the darkness since that night we be been wondering if we did the right thing. If Inis were Norman Rockwell s America we would have Lakin them in fed them and let them sleep in inc second bedroom we won a miss the s36, but were we wrong not to have shared our Home should Vic have made More fan Effort to see that they repaid the Money instead of nervously giving Illo to Nam and shooing them away what to you Ihrk Ann t.c.m., College Park my. . T think nor Iron Rockwell s America is a thing of the past. To invite a strange couple Inlo or Home these Days Al Midnight yet would be sheer lunacy you were far More generous than most people would have been under inc circumstances  feeling guilty. La Angela Timai Iro Djurad column tit land a How cd it ii 14 jew in car of Truta Sim arc step forum readers offer ideas on Federal holidays a recent writer from Verona Italy suggested we push Congress to reduce the number of Public holidays in America. He suggested that Martin outlier King or Day memorial Day Columbus Day and veterans Day be changed to sundays. His reason was to save Money for the taxpayer and gel More work from government employees. Well perhaps he would like to endorse a few More suggest ions that new year s Day always be observed on a sat urday or sunday so that people can arrange their costly Drunken celebrations for new year s eve on a weekend. We should observe Washington s birthday on a saturday so that families can spend More Lime together earning Aboul Wiir first president and the govern men he helped create. V Independence Day should be the first saturday in july. Everyone can have a Nice Barbecue or family. Reunion without costing taxpayers any Money. Maybe the government can do something about the weather,.loo.,.--, " labor Day should also be on a saturday. After All what better Day to Honor All working people than the Day we look Forward to every week thanksgiving Day should be moved to Friday since everyone takes Friday off anyway. This will cause less disruption to the workweek and nobody pays any attention to traditions anyway. Lastly that Christmas like All religious holidays should be on a sunday. Perhaps we could even observe Christmas and new year s Day on the same Date thereby saving billions of tax dollars seriously i d like to Point out a few Laws to this writer and anyone who was deceived into agreeing with hint. I. Memorial Day is celebrated in Honor of members of the . Armed forces killed in War and docs not have any direct religious meaning. 2i veterans Day is celebrated in memory of the armistice ending world War i in 191s and in Honor of veterans of the armed services. It is celebrated on nov. Ii so that services can be held at the i he hour of the Lith Day of the shh month. This is very filling in connection with Wei. ,. 3. Not everyone religious or otherwise celebrates their Sabbath on a sunday.  -.  everyone s workweek is monday through Fri Day and same people arc Given compensatory holidays Ofinn Light of this fact. 5. If people were to work a five Day week every week with no Public holidays they would not be paid less than a five Day week with Public holidays so no Money is saved by changing them to sundays. More work would be done though. Perhaps a better suggestion is that legislation be pen pats passed allowing All employees to donate their Holiday wages toward decreasing inc Federal deficit. Or con Gress ecu id even officially shorten la year by 30 Days and save Ink while priming government calendars. The yearly budget would stretch farther with fewer Days inc year. Please jocularity aside remember that Public holi Days arc steeped in tradition Nett arc something Hal the modern american has come 10 look no As one of his or her Basic rights. Let s not Lakiah aynur rights Sinf furl. Patricia Johnson Raf Alconbury England congratulations. This writer has singled out a fantastic Way to save billions of dollars. His plan to reduce or change inc number of Federal holidays is a stroke of simplistic brilliance. Up unlit the moment 1 read his idler 1 had no idea thai Martin Luther King or. Day and memorial Day were religious holidays. Based on hat Type of reasoning we should examine All the other Wastrel holidays to see if they should not be changed. Washington s birthday should be for Only Hose Federal workers who actually voted for Washington. Now that Ronald Reagan is no longer in office there is one less person to gel the Day off. Independence Day should by. Restricted to workers who reside in am.1 of the 13 original Stales or those who can prove they Are marching in a Parade Columbus Day. Kept As the second monday but observed Only by workers with an italian surname. And who can prove Hal they or. Their ancestors got to the United Stales via a Spanish hag Carrier. Knowing a stewardess named Nina on a tramp Steamer out of Venice docs not count. Veterans Day leave it As a floating Holiday. When it was changed to a monday a few years ago it infuriated most veterans organizations. However re strict the Holiday to veterans who earned a Campaign ribbon during actual hostilities. The Best pan Aboul this plan is that if we do not gel into Uny wars soon fewer and fewer employees can Quality As Lac Carsgo by. V ". Thanksgiving Day change  the fourth Fri. Day being on u thursday Only encourages mining holidays and Liberal leave policies and limit the hol iday to descendants of the Mayflower. 1. Lor one. Do not qualify. ,-.". -. Christmas Day a True religious Holiday Hal should by observed Only by truly religious people. Showing your supervisor 52 offertory envelopes gels you the Day off. Since we mus have some tirric16it, do not change  s Day and labor Day. I Arn writing la my congressman about these proposals and so is my analyst Gerry  us  West gun away Ptah print my nutria in your pan pot column. Turn m sir pad. Urn Echan so sir. V. 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