European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9commissary to collect for stolen checks by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Worms West Germany a commissary patrons whose checks were part of $33,219 stolen from the Worms commissary Are finding out that there is no free lunch. Customers who paid for goods with checks on aug. 3 and 4 Are being asked to write new checks to replace those stolen from the store Safe said staff sgt. Robert Baldi. Commissary officials have refused to say what will be done in cases where patrons do not comply said Baldi a Community spokesman. A civilian attorney in Frankfurt told the stars and stripes that As Long As a Check has not been processed for payment patrons remain liable for the Cost of the goods. In Exchange for new checks commissary managers have arranged for merchants National Bank to waive Stop payment fees for checks written to the commissary during that period Baldi said. The commissary is working on an individual basis with people who have checking accounts elsewhere. Baldi said that other Banks also have waived the fee. A since the stolen checks were made out to the . Treasury the possibility of their being presented for payment is Remote a Baldi said. The commissary in Thomas Jefferson Village identified patrons who wrote checks for payment by examining the Cash Register tapes which record the social Security number As part of the Check verification process. The customers Are being contacted by phone and in writing. Customers who paid by Cash cannot be traced. About half of the stolen Money was in the form of checks. The theft was discovered by an employee who opened the Safe in the Cashiers Cage on aug. 6. Investigators in the Worms Provost marshals office said last month that they had no evidence to indicate How the Cage was entered or How the Safe was opened. The criminal investigation come is continuing to  sales by the stars and stripes need a used car computer system pocket watch they re just a few of the items that the defense re utilization and marketing office will sell at an auction beginning at 9 30 . Sept. 27 in Seck Venheim West Germany. The Mainz Kastel demo will hold a retail Sale the following Day from 9 . To 11 . In building 42. Meckenheim is just off autobahn 656 Between Mannheim and Heidelberg. Bidder registration begins at 7 30 . Vehicles for Sale include assorted automobiles a Kawasaki motorcycle a pop up camper and a truck cab. Office items include electronic calculators a microfiche viewer filing cabinets and computer systems with Wang and ism accessories. One time items include six gasoline pumps and a Silver coloured pocket watch embossed with the Mercedes Emblem. A general received the expensive gift but Wasny to allowed to keep it. Also up for bids Are several Rhodes pianos and some hand held musical instruments. Photographic equipment and Motorola Walkie talkies will also be available As Well As a Singer sewing machine a Complete stereo system and several televisions. Household furniture mostly wardrobe closets also is available. Some items Are new still in original packaging. Beginning monday property inspection runs from 8 . To noon and 12 30 . To 3 . Customers May also inspect goods the morning of the auction from 7 30 . To 9 30 . Bidders May pay in dollars or Marks and will have eight working Days to remove their purchases. Additional information is available from the Meckenheim demo at ets 380-6022 or civilian 0621-473231. Sale items at Mainz Kastel include Library books record albums electric typewriters hand tools military clothing items and sleeping bags. Also for Sale Are unclaimed household goods and room size carpets. Much household furniture is for Sale including Many wooden pieces. The Cash and carry Sale is open Only to . Identification card holders. All sales Are final and purchases must be removed by 2 . The Day of the Sale. Further information is available from the demo at ets 334-2705 or 2423 or civilian 06134-63713.Babar goes to Paris with own Magazine Paris apr King Babar perhaps the worlds Best known elephant is now the subject of his own weekly Magazine. A Aba bar a week a aimed at readers aged 3 to 8, will to be sold at Newsstands for 10 francs about $ 1.90. T Bayard Presse Jeune the publishers said each edition will include games activities and a new Story about Babar and his friends. It will also include a guide to television programs new books and cultural events of special interest to children. Babar was created nearly 60 years ago by author Jean de Brunhoff. Chemical weapons Transfer reunites 2 parisians a of the Texas variety by Ken Clauson staff writer no Denham West Germany a Paris has grown a bit since the late 1950s when William Goforth and Bobby Graham left it for More interesting places in the world. The former High school football teammates Hadnot seen each other in More than 30 years when their paths finally crossed again in no Denham. Its a Long Way from Paris a Paris Texas that is. The two had their reunion during the . Chemical weapons Transfer at this North sea port. Goforth is an operations specialist for the technical escort unit and Graham is a Quality Assurance specialist for the 59th Ord brigade in Pir Masens. Goforth was charged with getting the munitions onto the ships and out of the port. Graham made sure the Job was done right. They were sort of on different teams now Graham said. Although teammates in High school they weren to especially close Goforth said. A we knew each other but we ran in different packs a he said. Graham graduated in 1956 Goforth a year later. Paris High school was pretty Small then and the graduating classes had barely More than 100 students. They both Point out that their High school football coach was Raymond Berry sr., father of the former new England Patri Vurm in Goforth Graham ots coach. They re both retired from the army now but their military careers never brought them together. A i knew Bobby was in the army but we never crossed paths until we got Here a Goforth said. Graham 53, joined the army in 1959 and soon found himself stationed in Fontainebleau France about 35 Miles South of Paris. He met his wife Michele there and they were married in you guessed it Paris France. He got out of the army after a couple of years but by 1962 was Back in uniform this time As a medical lab specialist in Vietnam. He laughs about the a a Tough assignments that followed a hardship Tours such As Japan the Letterman army medical Center in san Francisco and Fitzsimons army medical Center in Colorado. He retired As a sergeant first class in 1980 from Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio. He joined the army Materiel come intern program in 1981. Goforth 51, joined the army in 1957, got out in 1960, then was mobilized to Active duty with the Texas National guard in 1961 when the Berlin Wall went up. He left Active service 10 months later As a staff sergeant. He re entered the army As a private in 1966 but went straight from Basic training to officer candidate school and was eventually commissioned in the chemical corps. Goforth retired As a major in 1982. He a no stranger to chemical weapons transfers he said. He worked on the operation removing chemical weapons from Okinawa from 1969 to 1971. He a been Back with the technical escort unit for the past 18 months and lives in Little River my. The two former service members have adapted differently to civilian life. A a he a completely civilian Zed and in a not a Goforth said. A i Haven to adjusted very  Graham laughed and said a if he stays around me very Long hell get  every few years they try to get Back to Paris which they say has changed a bit. There a a new High school and the towns a bit bigger. The population is around 25,000 now a few thousand More than when they left. Lourdes rationing Spring water to pilgrims Paris apr water from the Spring at Lourdes one of the worlds most famous shrines is being rationed to pilgrims for the first time because of heavy consumption officials announced wednesday. Previously the More than 4 million pilgrims who visit Lourdes each year were allowed to take away with them As much of the Spring water As they could carry spokesman Loic Bondu said. Under the new rules visitors will be asked to take no More than one Small Container in order to ensure that enough water is available to refill the pools in which ailing pilgrims Bathe seeking a cure. Bondu said the pools require 3,960 Gallons of water a Day. Bondu said the rationing probably would continue at least until the Peak pilgrimage season ends sometime in october. At this time of year he said the shrine often is visited by More than 2,000 pilgrims a Day. Much of France has suffered from prolonged drought this year but Bondu said this was not a reason for the rationing. He said officials were concerned by a Sharp increase in consumption that was to caused by the installation of larger faucets earlier this year and an increase in visitors. Lourdes according to roman Catholic tradition is the site where the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times before a poor 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous Over a five month period in 1858. A Spring was found at the site and thousands of people who subsequently prayed and bathed in its Waters said they were healed. A medical Bureau established in Lourdes has categorized As miracles 65 of the cures attributed to pilgrimages to the shrine. Memorial planned for Dodds teacher Wiesbaden West Germany a a memorial service will be held thursday for a 30-year-old music teacher who died monday evening. Sherry e. Hill a teacher at Schwabish a mind elementary school died of heart failure in a West German Hospital in Mut Langen after a four Day illness. She had been a teacher with the department of defense dependents schools for Only one month. She taught music in Missouri for six years before joining the Dodds staff in August. Hill earned a bachelors degree from Southwest Missouri state University in 1982. She was a member of the music educators National conference and served As a Chapel organist. Survivors include her parents Ruth and Gene Hill of Stafford to. And two Sisters. The thursday memorial service will be held at 3 30 . In the Hardt Chapel at sch Sobisch a mind. Donations in lieu of Flowers should be sent to Sherry Hill memorial scholarship fund Schwabish a mind elementary school Apo 09281