European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here i m a my a. Is amps l. Emnott lots or. Dave Fredrickson reads some of his a a wallpaper one of the 15,000 books that line Many Walls of his and his wife s apartment in bad Kreun Noti to turn Over o new dec by Ron Mckinney a staf writer a a a a bad Kreuz Nach Germany a perhaps you have forgotten the words to a Pheigh How from Walt Disney a 1937 movie a Snow White and the seven a it a a a. Or you need to know who a who in saudi Arabia. Or you Are looking for the instructions to replace the air filter in your a 1961 Edsel. Dave Fredrickson May be the Man to turn to. Inside his apartment is an Ever growing personal Library of 15,000 books mainly hardcovers. A this is what happens when a Hobby gets out of hand a Fredrickson said gesturing to the stacked bookcases in his living room. A a v a v. Books cover two Walls in the living room and one Side of the hallways. Wall space in his Home office was last seen two years ago when he moved into his gov eminent apartment with his wife or. It. Col Rosemary Engle. Two storage rooms upstairs have been converted into libraries and Are filled with books. A if i had it my Way id have everything covered except the windows a said Fredrickson the chief of the unaccompanied personnel housing Branch in Darmstadt. A a. A. \. Quot. Aengle finally put her foot Down when her 40-year-old husband suggested that their main hallway be lined on both sides with bookcases. Floor to ceiling one end to the other. A when we got married i did no to quite know this was going to happen a said Engle chief of the bad Kreuz Nach dental clinic with the 766th med det. A not that Engle s complaining. She owns a collection of 150 cookbooks and is As avid a Reader As her husband of three years. So she a not ready to kick him out of the Library her the House just yet. Fredrickson was intent in a very big Way to make their apartment a Home when they arrived in bad or Cugnach from san Antonio in 1988. Within a few months he discovered demo sales and began purchasing books mostly by the crate. And for storage he likes to pick up bookcases four at a time. A Fredrickson soon found himself buried up to his Reading chair in books. He scavenged the crates deciding which books to keep and which to donate to soldiers and Uso or american red Cross fund raisers. A a v. A a i have a lot of Energy and my inclination is to do a lot. In my mind i had this envisioned before i even started a Fredrickson said of his Library. A what he envision was some of the books he found at the Bottom of those crates. Not Only did Fredrickson find a 1978-79 version of who a who in saudi Arabia but he also has a vast collection of Chiltons automotive manuals and the illustrated Disney song saudi Arabia Book a was one of those books that Rosemary probably wanted me to dump but 1 knew that someday it would Likely be useful a Fredrickson said. �?�.,/ a a a. A / there were Many other obscure discoveries in that crate including a set of never opened medical books works of norwegian Laws ancient Iraq and High explosives and the 1985-86 edition of acronyms uni tial isms amp abbreviations directory. A we even found one Book called a living with books a a he said. Fredrickson is meticulous in keeping his Eclectic collection within its proper sections. Health related books Are in one part of the hallway. In another area of that hallway Are stacked books on photography the outdoors geography and natural sciences reference real estate and investment periodicals and books occupy the area within his office. Sports and military books fill the bookcases in the living room. Gardening books can be found in the Sun room along with nearly half of Fredricksonn a 100-plus plants. Travel geography and crafts can be found in the Reading room upstairs. The main Library also upstairs contains everything from science fiction to automotive manuals biographies novels humor music and a a wide assortment of building up such a Library is something that he has always dreamed of doing from the Days he grew up on a Missouri farm. And with the demo sales he a been Able to build a huge Library at a relatively Small a Cost. A a a a i like to be around books a it gives me a Good feeling a he said. �?o1 guess you really have to be a bookworm to understand Why someone has books. 1 just wish i was old enough to retire so i could have the time to read believes he can rationalize his Library by comparing his books to Engles rugs which lie in every room of the apartment a a lot of people would probably say her rugs Are an excess she has the floors and i have the Walls a Frederickson said. A a it a a fair the books also serve As a valuable resource. Before taking a vacation Fredrickson and Engle research their travel Section. And every Day they read for pleasure for at least an hour. Although he does no to consider himself to be a Speed Reader Fredrickson recently read Jules Verne a 500-Page novel a the mysterious Island in two Days. A a it a a Way of unwinding from the Day. Reading in bed is part of the daily routine a he said Fredrickson is also very careful about lending his books to friends and acquaintances. Only two or three can be taken at one time. And past due notices can result in suspended privileges. But the benefits make Fredricksonn a Library More attractive than the local Library. For one coffees usually brewing in the Kitchen. And Fredrickson promises that no one will Ever shush you for talking. Well be Back Bonn Germany apr the greens said Farewell wednesday to the government they helped influence for nearly a decade with a big Sunflower Banner that swore their return to politics. A a we la be Back a said the White and Black Banner Hung across 11 windows of the party a parliamentary offices in Bonne a government quartet at the end of the nearly 50-foot-Long Banner were two Green exclamation Points and a smiling Sunflower. Wednesday was the last Day for the old greens. Europe a most established eco logical pacifist movement entered parliament in 1983 and held 48 seats in the old West German bundestag. But they suffered a stunning defeat in the Dee 2 All German elections in Large part because they had successfully made their message of environmental concern a mainstream mandate. The greens will be represented by a Mere eight seats in the new 656-member parliament Only through the Success of their sister party in the East none of the greens established leaders is included. The new parliament holds its first sitting in Berlin on thursday. The Banner proclaiming the return of the greens movement to German Noli tics was Hung from parliamentary offices As workers finished packing up to move out. A. A flapping in the blustery Snow it appeared hanging six flights up in time for government officials and reporters at tending the regular news conference to Sec it. Almost symbolically it later collapsed in the wind and was removed
