European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Use Kruth was Only 17 Back in 1947 when she started her Fob As Secretary for the american elementary school in Erlanger West Germany. I a Iii i i 42 years service at . School in Germany Story and photo by Effie Bathe Nurnberg bureaus is else Krefl 1 vent tool on thu 21st it an she Lound her soil in u Jungle  and a crush of i it Jina seven year old to children trom teacher Laura hol Larj  red class in Erlanger Vail German had just v l Cut Happy 42nd Anniversar to he Silver haired Arnth whose sparkling eyes filled with tears my in i i. Had a d Don i toll Anzono or they ii think you re 7q . Kri Thlu. Been the Secre a or the american elementary school in Krlan Gen since 1947 that More than Lour decades on Iho same Job for most it the hugging children that was More than a decade before their Parent or born Kreth. A native of Nurnberg. Talked about her Job and the changes Shi it son she  17 years old and working at a denial in. M my Hen one of her patients Ted her to Comeri. Sch n he a i t the principal of Iho Dungon element i y so " a at that time the school Corr isted of about is. D i i n timid in meeting in a g a non Hunn Ghe /. To Wildt if do the Otter since her test crude in  la i a d and sheol so react or Sof 0/lcrd i Ali n but a tree lunch came along  the on in a star1. .0-3 Yav f go Ryan that could a err can sin.1 11 r  f to mad her a. A Todo i f. Said thai first month i was exhausted when i came Torne just from translating and the 125 Rich smack that she was paid each Moulti were nearly valueless that  in the Days before a currency Reform introduced today s Deutsche Mark. But working for the americans was like entering a n a world. I grew up in a dictatorship and All of a sudden i could talk to people who were free and  she said today her English is As american As Apple pie she Learned it from her fiends at the school among them she counts 19 or 20 principals she s not sure if she forgot one. And As the buildings were renovated and expanded she has had to move her desk at least a half dozen times. Her original records of service a couple of  cards Are still on file in the Cabinet next to her desk and show Only one break six months due to a reduction in employees that was in the first year it did t matter she said she went to work anyway there was still that tree meal. Back then the school had Only three or Lour leache.", and one of them was the principal so she also had i / ill a nurse administrator and Warhime Counselor kids were different then  she sad Cru d in m the 60s had  problems. They did i have Alt the specially teachers to take care of h ids special a it m when a child  up i i  Fri a r. An ten and just a  to h r iut Tal s to.  r Cri drenk3 pc i tier to is  Pawn Soi monday. May 15. 1939 have time anymore to give that kind of War Rulli it Homo several years ago. Kielh taught a German cultural enrichment class. And she substituted As a teacher once but thai was enough. She enjoys the children Bui she likes being at a Secretary s desk Best. School principal Olal Zwicker and Long time stall workers think of her As the one with All the answers they say she is . She is sine qua non without which we Don i  said teacher Anne Yore who has known Kreth Lor six years. Bob Helmintoller who teaches fourth Grade agreed he has known Kielh who was a witness at his wedding for More than two decades. When was his wedding7 Hie could t remember he said but ask use. She knows everything " the lady with the answers works part Lime now and regrets she in t As close to the children As she once a is that s what made the anniversary thugs so special Don t ask me when i m going to quit Kreth said i Don t  and although she s had other Job off Rover the years she never wanted to leave her school she loves the people there Iho teachers the stall and All. Those hugging children Shell keep coming As Long or she can she said. Iho principal has a snapshot of her on his Bullet n Board it shows his undaunted Secretary sitting at tier desk entangled in a mile Oll be writer ribbon 1 he capt on und or it reads alter 42 years Only Tho t pfc Rich la a the stars and stripes Page 13