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New POV
Regu la t i on
In f fec t
HEIDELBERG - Appli
cations for privatley owned
vehicle registrations are not
being processed unless the
new one dollar fee is inclosed.
In
accordance with a
new
re
gulation effective Aprll
J, 1968,
applications
for
annua
l
rene
wa
l
of
registration are not com
plete "'~thout a checl< or money
order or one dollar. Nearly
~O
applications
are
returi>ed by
the
USAREUR
Prnvost
Marshal each
day
because
they do not comply
with the new rellulalion.
8peclallal
4
TOl'l J'
B.
Tanldey,
motor medlanlc for
Bead41cau1en
Battery,56111
ArUllery Group,
pays
ll&lle allentlon lo lbe
G
I
a 12
I •
pbolosnpher u he
on
about hb
work on a
Group
vehicle.
Keepln1
Ille
battery
veblclea al a conatanl
hl1h stale of
readlnesa Ju l one
of Ille
man:,
behind the o
cena
upeclt
ln
Penhln1 Headciaarten.
Beautification
Contest Held at
3/84 th
Artillery Kaserne, home of
the 3rd Battalion, 84th
Ar
tillery
is one
of
the
most
picturesque kasernes
in
USAREUR. Its gleaming
shaded cobblestone streets,
colorful rosebeds,
and
im
posing buildings combine to
make the kaserne a real
showplace. Inside
the
buil
dings very attractive offices,
dayrooms
and
billets have
been fashioned. However
until a week or so ago there
was one area
that
needed
more attention and beautifi
cation - the dingy base
ments in the troop billits.
To provide ,omo lncen\lve to
the basements, a conte,t
was
es
tablished
to
pick
out the
best
basement and the
best
section
room in a
basement
. The
men of
tho
batteries worked
Joni
and
hard
to
improve
the basements.
Section rooms
were
cleaned out
and
fixed up, hallways were
cleaned
out •nd
fixed up, hall·
I
ways
were cleaned
and painted,
lights repaired,
To
kHp the competltlve sprlt
high, lucrative prizes were offored
to the winners. The judging was
held
on May 11 for appearance,
fire
safely and orlglnallly. Ju.dges
wuo:
Lieutenant Colonel Horton,
Battalion Commander:
Major
Proietto, Executive Officer
and
Sergeant
Major Whitley.
After a
close competition
Head
quarters Battery
Basement
and
the
Firing
Platoon
Headquarters
Office
of Battery
A
were
chosen
as
the
winning entries.
For
their hard work the men
of
Headquarters and H,ead·
qu.irters Battery were
awal'ded
a training holiday, a week's v.
eca
Uon from revielle
formation and
a grant
of 835
to the Unit Fund.
Headquarters.
The
men who worked to
ma k
e
Office
best were awarded 3-day
passes
and
a total
cash
awar,d
of
SIS. The
se
ction room wak c;lven
a
,pecla
l plaque commeratlnc the
sedlon.
The overall result
of this
con
te
st is
a
yet
more
·beautiful
ka
aeme.
KP
Duty
Returns
to 4/41
SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND
- Eight months of exempt
duty from Kitchen Police
were broken on the third
Sunday of this month at
Hardt Kaserne, home of the
4th Battalion, 41st Artillery
and 56th Artillery Group
Headquarters. On this day
the soldiers of Hardt Kaserne
once again began their relent
less, daily attack on
dirty
Pots, pans, and dishes in the
Consolidated Mess Hall.
Th
e necesaity
of
th l1 action
was
bro1>ght
upon by th
e loss
of
the civilian KP's who had pre
viously
taken care o this
chore.
Aft.er
serving
their mandatory
notice
of quiting
14
days
before,
the civilian KP's left on their
on accord.
of the
present
workers, it
was
not llkely to help bring in m
ore
workers to
alleviate the labor
problems.
Another
factor in the
decision of
th
e
workers to quit
wao the re-opening
of
more fa.
varable
jobs ln
the
Schwaeblsch
Gmuend
area.
This, of
cour
se,
drew more
workers
from the
mes
s
hall and creatly
Increased
the
work load of the remaining 1ew.
I t
ls regretable
that
efforts to
retain the eivma
n
workers
were
unsuccessful. However,
hope still
remains
as effort.,
continue
to
find a permanent solution to the
problem
. In
th
e
meantime, the
soldiers of
this
kaserne can
be
tha
nkful
or
the few month•
of
lreedom from
this
duty.
Specialist Gets
First Buck
.-a1e I
G-AVVeekSuccess at1 81st
WACKERNHEIM - A full
schedule of social and athletic
events between the officers
and enlisted men o f McCully
Barracks, and the Germans
of the Bingen district high
lighted the conduct of Ger
man
-American Friendship
Week. The relationship bet
ween the Americans and lo
cal nationals of this district
are on a friendly basis the
year
around, but for this
particular week they get
together a little
more
fre
quently.
German-American Week
this
ye
ar
beaan with
a reception
held
in the Rotwelnsaal (old
-town-
hall)
fn Ingilheim-Sud with the Ameri
cans
being represented
by Lieu
tenant ColA>nel
Walt
er
C. Phillips
Jr
., Battalion Commander, 1st
Battalion, 81st ArtU ery,
and
s
everal offkiers of the
battalion.
The Lord
Mayor of Inaelheim and
other dl&n itarles
of
nolchborlnc
communities represented the Ger
mans.
The
ronowtna day, the battalion
sponsored an evening of dancln1
for
the
German
and American
youth. Over
JOO
young,ters gath
ered
al
the Franklin
House in
Maln1 to soclalizc.
D
uring
the
remainder
of the
week, approximately 120 soldiers
we
re lliven a
half-day
holiday
from their reaular duties at M
c
Cully Barracks to visit the neigh
borinll communllles on tours.
The first
tour, included a group
of
soldiers vlslt1n1 the Bezlrks·
Wlnserceno$Sensdlaft Nelder
wi
nerey in In&elhelm.
All of
the
vis
i t
in
g
Americans were wel
-
corned
to
lngelhe lm by the Lord
Moyor at the town hall before a
tour o the
winery was
made
.
Everbody had
a wonderful time.
The followi"i afternoon two
lours were spansored by the
German.. One group of men from
Mccully Barracks left at 1300
hours
for a tour
of the
W
inzer
genossensdla
t-Ober
in Incelheim
while
another group left
at
1330
The last
tour
consisted of 36
enlisted men
spending an
en•
joyable
afternoon
tourlna th
e Be
zlrks-WI nzergono$Senschaft
winery
at Oau-Algesheim. Again
the
American
personnel r
treated
lik
e
royalty as the Burcermelstcr
welcomed
them
to the
town and
went
along on
th
tour
with the
Am
ericans.
During
the
week, twelve bow-
WJNERY TOUR - A croup o soldfen from
the
1st
Battalion,
11st
Artillery
take a look al •
winery
al Gau-Al1eshelm durlnr German -
American Week. J\fler the lour everyone bad a 1,..le
of
lb.e products
made lhere.
hours for a tour
of
the
brandy
distillery in Bingen. Each
of the
visiting Americans was presented
a souvenir of the products
made
there.
ling teams, six German and six
American, competed in
both
Ger
man and
American
style
bowUng.
All participants
thoroughly
enjoy
ed themselves
and have In several
Instances, acheduled additional
matches.
Klitzman Promoted on Spot by olonel
Powers
Starting
simultaneously at Mc
Cully
Barracks was
a
German
soccer
game
betwHn the Hassia
team from Bingen and the
Fontana
team
from
Finthen
and softball
games between the b a
tteries.
A
large
crowd
ot both Germans and
Americans watched
the hard
fought soccer con est with
the
Bingen
team
comin1 out on top.
At the
same tim
e Headquarters
Battery
outsluued
Service
Bat
tery for a 7-2
sof
tba ll decision.
NECKARSULM - Due
to
his outstanding knowledge
and
performance, William
C.
Klitzman was promoted un
expectedly to Specialist 4
May 21 at the Delta Battery,
3rd Batalion, 84th Artillery
field site by Colonel Patrick
W. Powers, : 6th Artillery
Group commander.
A ,ecurity
guard for
the
tlrin&
area, Speciallst Klltzman
was in
spected whlle on
hb post
by Co
lonel Powers who
was making
an
Inspection
of
the field site.
Ac
companied by First Lieutenant
Leonard
G. TC lta, co mmanding
officer
of
Battery D. Colonel Po
wers quizzed Specialist
Klitz
fan about his duties and speci
fic action to be taken If someone
were
to
attempt
to damage the
warhead.
Klltzman's answers
were prompt and
correct
assu
rin
g to Colonel Powers that he
knew what
actions to
take and
would not
hesitate
to do so.
La t
er
that
day du rln1 the crl·
tique
of
the Inspection
and
vi·
sit, Colonel
Powers
called
for
Prl•
vale
Kli1zman
and
promoted
him
on
the spot to
Specialist 4.
F1nl Llecatenanl
Tesla present•
KUlunan with b l new SpeclaU.l t
paid>
al
the
Battery
D field site,
the resa 11
of
his lnstanlalneous
Promolle>D,
The
next
day after the
shock
had worn
off,
First
L
ieutenant
Tester presented
Specialist
Klltz·
man
with ills
"eaa
lu ' '
and
con-
llratulated him for his outstan
ding
achievement.
The
American
four-man 440
relay team outdistanced their
German
opponents
l>y
a
larae
mar1ln to take the
relays.
A
five
man
German
team
ran an ex
hibition mile run to
the
delight
of
the
crowd,
At the conclusion
of the
sports
activl\les, trophies were presented
to the
contestants of tlte different
sports.
Th
e soccer trophy
was
presented
to
the team captain
of
the
winning Bin1cn
team,
who
responded
with
a loud
cheer for
the
Americans.
The winning Ame
rican team In the
440
relays and
lhelr
German opponents received
Ind
i
vidual trop
hies. Other indi
vidual
trophies
were preM nted to
the
exhibition
winners. The Ger
man-American
WHk
softba
ll
champi
onship trophy
was
won by
the
Headquarters
Battery Team.
Still to
be
presented is
the
is
the
German-American
week tro
phy to the wlnnln1
bowling
team
.
Refreshment
s
tands were set
up in the sports area with both
Germans
and
Americans enjoying
hotdo
gs
, hamburgers
and
cold
re
freshments.
The apparent
reason
for
their
walkout was the
extreme
labor
shortage
existin
g in
the
mess
hall.
ln
an interview with Staff
Sergeant John W,
Throckmorton,
the
Battalion
M
es.s
Steward,
t
was
found t
hat
the mess
hall wor
king force had less than
half
the
number of
KP 's needed to
ope
rate
a
mess hall the size
of our's
.
New War ran t a t 1/81
GROUP-.GRAMS
Great efforts were
made
to
gather the requi red
number of
workers from Schwaebisch
Gmuend, Goepplngen, and even
Hellbronn, whtre Ser1eant
Throckmorton asked
for
prospec•
t ive
KP's
to m.ove to Sdlwaebisch
Gmuond to work. Unfortunatrly
oil udvances and effor t,
met
with no success.
Hiiher
wages were
no
t
offered
to
the KP
's
as it was
beUeved
that
even
if this did hold •omo
WACKERNHEIM -
Staff
Sergeant LaRue E. Hill, for
mer Section Chief of Charlie
Battery, 1st Battalion, 81st
Artillery, walked into bat
talion headquarters recently
and a few minutes later,
Warrant Officer LaRue E.
Hill presented Specialist
Fifth Class Paul Brundage
with a dollar bill for being
the first enlisted
man
to
salute him.
Ueutenant Colonel
Walter
C.
Phillips
Jr.,
Balalllon
Commander
,
and
WO Hill's wife, Dorothy, had
the
honor of piMinll on
the
new
Warrant Officer ba rs. He
was
ap
pointed
In
the MOS
of
214EO,
Mi.,sile Maintenance
Warrant
Of•
Heer.
WO Hill Is a ten
year
veteran
of the Army.
He entered
the se r•
vice at Fort Dix, New Jeniey in
April 1958
.
He
served
with
A
Battery, 2nd Battalion. 44th Ar·
tlllery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma prior
to
h
is arrival ln
USAREUR
in
February
1966 as a
member of
lhe h t Battalion, 81st Artillery.
S
CHWAEBISCH GMUEND - There will be an officer's
wives coffee call at 2:30 on June 13 at Schwaebisch Gmuend
Service Club;
there will also be one for the NCO wives at the
same hour on
June
20 . Interested. Join us lll
S
CHWAEBISCH GMUEND - "Swing with Snoopy", thats
the theme of the Schwaebisch Gmuend Service Club for the
month of June. And swing you will with a roaring 20's dance
on
Ju ne 8, and trips
to
Heidelberg, Dinkelsbuhl
and Tub
ingen
on June 2,
16
and
19
respectively.
There
is also a
sw
ing
tour
on
June
22, plus various
other
activities
in
everything
from
postwide softball on June 15 , to Mercedes racing on film on
June 5. For further infonntion visit your Service Club.
