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Vol. 25 No. 2 Nürnberg Alumni Association, Inc. Summer 2013

Der Nürnberger Trichter, sicher und schnell, macht de Köpfe hell! The NAA Funnel reliably and quickly makes one brighter!

A publication by and for the alumni, faculty, and staff of the former Nürnberg American High School.

Trichter Erlangen Students Move into “Luxurious” Quarters

in Second Year

By Bob McQuitty, NAA Historian

When the American school in Er-langen was moved to 19 Tannenstrasse in Fürth, its name was changed some-what improbably to Nürnberg High School. In this the second year of American schools in Germany, the original five high schools (Nürnberg, Frankfurt, Munich, Heidelberg, and Berlin) were joined by high schools in Bremerhaven and Wiesbaden.

But the most important difference

was that NHS would be housed in a large building that contained adequate classrooms for both an elementary school and a high school. Inside this former German high school for girls was a small gymnasium, an auditorium, and mess facilities that would enable students to eat three meals a day without leaving the build-ing. Located only two blocks from the school were two large requisitioned houses that would serve as dormitories. Behind the school was a city park, part

of which was converted into practice fields for sports.

Enrollment remained about the same as the first year, around 70, with 5 subject teachers, one of whom dou-bled as the principal. This person, Miss Claire LeDuc, was the only returning teacher. Some students from the first year were still around: 16 of these were listed in the first issue of “The Army Brat.”

After the “Hunger Winter” of 1946-47, the U.S. gradually altered its poli-

cies toward Germany. The policy immediately following the War had been to humble and hu-miliate the German citi-zenry and to permit no economic help. This poli-cy contributed to the world-wide near famine of 1947-48. President Truman called for volun-tary flour rationing in the U.S. in an attempt to alle-viate the pending crisis. In June, 1947, General George C. Marshall un-

(Continued on page 12) The address of Nurnberg American High School was 19 Tannenstrasse from 1948 to 1952.

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Dr. Simone Gutwerk, a close friend of Betty Thomas and Joan Kay Adrian has finished her study of US students in Germany. Here is the announcement she sent. Dear colleague, dear friends overseas

A while ago, we have had correspondences over my research project on the Host Nation Program of US Schools in Germany. In one way or another you all have participated or helped in the prepa-

rations of this work, so please take my thorough appreciation for your sup-port. Today, I'd like to inform you with the attached information about this year's publication of the disser-tation Host Nation Studies - A Language and Culture Program in US-American Elementary Education in Germany". It is published in Germany's renowned publishing company for histori-cal researches Klinkhardt Verlag Bad Heilbrunn. I'm sure the results of the study about a school system, in which you have been a member as student or as a teacher or administrator, will be interesting for you to find out. The book can be acquired via the German "amazon.de" or the British "amazon.uk". Please spread the word among other interested and con-nected colleagues and friends! For me, it was a great process, working with many interested, helpful and supportive people all over the world.

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Eagles attend Overseas Brats in Daytona Beach

From left to right rear: T.D. Jorgensen '62, Jack Phillips '51, Gaylord Long '52, Pete Turner '62. Front, L-R: Sharon Light Biggi '55, Betty Thomas '54, Ann Marie O'Roark '49, Diana DuPree '74.

Back row from left to right: Pete Turner ’62, Stefan Gutwerk (husband of Simone Gutwerk, see article below), Dr. Simone Gutwerk, Diana DuPreee ’74, Sharon Light Biggi ’55, Gaylord Long ’52, Mrs. Long, Standing in front, Betty Thomas ’54, Ann Marie O’Roark ’49 and T. D. Jorgensen ’62.

From left to right: Pete Turner '62, Ann Marie O'Roark '49, Gaylord Long '52, Betty Thomas '54, Sharon Light Biggi '55, and T.D. Jorgensen '62.

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HOLY COW! It’s very hard to

believe that there are less than 10-

months to go until we begin arriving

in the DC-suburb of Tysons Corner

for the next reunion, when it feels

like we just left Boise. But, alas …

`tis true.

That having been said, this

might be a good time to pass along

friendly reminders to everyone on

things to remind yourself to do, like

booking your room(s), to make sure

you have one, come June 2014.

It is our intention to place

this same information on our web-

site in the very near future, along

with registration instructions, as

well as setting-up a PayPal and

credit card optional payment modes

for all those who plan to attend and

want this convenience rather than

having to mail their registration

form and fee.

We hope to have these op-

tions set up for you online before

the end of August 2013.

In the next column to the

right you will notice all the

`Contact Information` about our

host hotel – The Sheraton-Premier

at Tysons Corner in Fairfax County.

Please make a note of it all

for your own record-keeping as

you WILL need this information at

some point, when you’re ready to

make that room reservation, and

join your friends for what’s sure to

become one of the best-ever

`Gathering-of-Eagles` reunions! SUG-

GESTION: Book early!

(Continued in next column)

This is the `Contact Infor-mation` for the 2014 Gathering of Eagles’ Reunion:

Sheraton - Premiere at Tysons Corner

8661 Leesburg Pike

Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182

Toll-Free Corporate Reservations Number:

1-800-325-3535

(Please note, the hotel

requests we use this

number to make

reservations. Do not call the

hotel directly. )

Throughout the next 3-issues of

the Trichter publications (thru March

2014) we will attempt to share with

you as much information as possible,

with the use of digital photo images

and explanatory-captions, to acquaint

you with all the really interesting tour-

ist attractions that will be available to

you during this week that we’ll be

there.

This will include Washington,

DC, as well as Northern Virginia and

the Maryland suburbs of Baltimore and

its Inner Harbor… the capital city of

Annapolis, or perhaps your own visit

will include a visit to the Washington

Nationals’ ballpark for a game?

We’ll even try to provide you

with options of tour buses so you can

catch panoramic views of this historic

region during your visit.

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Some venues worthy of your

consideration include visiting George

Washington’s home at Mt. Vernon …

The Air & Space Museum of the

Smithsonian Institution near our ho-

tel in Chantilly, VA, as well as taking

the Metro (i.e., the new train’s route

extension), which will now stop in

front of our hotel door practically,

and will take you to many of the 3-

M’s (Monuments, Memorials, & Mu-

seums) inside The District.

My dear friends … we never

know how many more years we all

have to organize reunions as Father

Time marches on … and we keep los-

ing our dear Eagle friends, class-

mates, and favorite faculty & staff

members we’ve known and loved

over the many decades at, and since,

NHS days in Germany … so please

heed my suggestion, and take ad-

vantage of this reunion venue in June

2014 as an opportunity to renew

your memories with old friends,

while also making new ones, for we

know not what the future holds for

each of us.

After all … isn’t life all about

family & friends and the memories

we build together?

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/index.html


From the President…

Don Hutchins ’67

Over the past several weeks, as I have traveled on business to different cities across the country, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to meet with several Nürnberg alumni. In each case, a key element of our conversation was the upcoming 2014 “Gathering of Eagles” in the Washington, DC area. It seems that everyone wants to know the current reunion plans, when registration will begin, who will be coming, and whether this reunion will be bigger and better than the last one. As I suspect many of you reading this col-umn have the very same questions, I will try to ad-dress them here.

In the area of planning, Tom Kappelmann ‘77, board member and chair of the Reunion Planning Committee, has been hard at work for several months now planning the event. With the goal of preserving all that has been good about our past reunions, yet adding some new ideas to keep things fresh, “Kapp” and his team have been busy defining committees and recruiting volunteers to staff them; brainstorming new ideas to help make this reunion even more interesting and exciting than the one we enjoyed in Boise two years ago; finalizing an agenda for the weekend’s fes-tivities, including the core events as well as the many optional tours and activities; and building a budget that, along with the agenda, will be reviewed and ap-proved by the board of directors at its next meeting a few weeks from now.

Speaking of optional tours and activities, the pos-sibilities already include such diverse pursuits as a private tour of the Pentagon, a wine-tasting trip to some of the local Northern Virginia wineries, a boat cruise on the Potomac River, a guided tour of the many monuments in the area, a visit to the Naval Academy in nearby Annapolis, a tour of the National Cathedral, attending a concert at the nearby Wolftrap National Park for the Performing Arts, and even a group outing to a Washington Nationals baseball

game. While our staffing resources may limit just how many different activities can be officially coordinated by the Reunion Planning Committee, we are encour-aging those who have an idea for a fun day or evening event with fellow alumni to plan and organize that activity themselves. In fact, several of those activities listed above have been put together in just that man-ner. If you are interested, please contact Kapp with your ideas, and we will do our best to help you find the participants necessary to make your suggested ac-tivity a success.

As for registration, our goal is to have all materi-als posted on our website and distributed via email by Labor Day Weekend. In the meantime, make sure you have marked the dates of June 19-22, 2014 on your calendar. And, if you are anxious to get started, you can go ahead and make your hotel reservation right now. Just call the Sheraton Nationwide Reservations Center at (800) 325-3535 and ask to make a reserva-tion for the Nürnberg Alumni Association reunion at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner.

Finally, as for who’s coming and whether or not this will be the “best reunion ever,” that really de-pends on each of you reading this column. The more of you that make the decision right now to join us in Washington, DC next June, the larger and more inter-esting that “who’s coming” category will be. And, as the number of attendees grows, we will also be that much more likely to see this “Gathering of Eagles” be one of the largest and most successful ever. So make your decision today, and join your fellow Eagles next year from June 19-22 for a celebration of our common heritage that I promise you won’t soon forget.

I look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC! Don


John R Wooldridge Jr. ‘57 We recently took a two week

trip to Florida for the graduation of two of our eight grandchildren. My granddaughter, Holly Wooldridge, graduated from Tampa Catholic High School and will be attending the University of Florida in Gainesville to study accounting, which was my major at UVA. (Her other grandfather, Hans Grohmann, was originally from Germany, and was a brew master all over the world.)

After a stopover in Bonita Springs to visit our former next door neighbors in Lake Wylie, SC, we drove over to Jensen Beach on the east coast, via the south end of Lake Okeechobee (that is one large lake). My grandson, Tyler Parker, graduated from Jensen Beach High School and will be attending Palm Beach Atlantic on a baseball schol-arship. His sister, Briana, is there now on a softball scholarship and will graduate next year. Her coach is the daughter of Gary Carter, the former Athletic Director at PBA and Hall of Fame catcher with the New York Mets; he recently passed away.

We had a great time, but I'm getting old with three grandchil-dren in college. In addition, my wife Toni is working on a master’s

in mental health counseling and my stepson, Jacob, is a senior in the business school. Both are at Win-throp University in Rock Hill, SC, and will graduate next year. He wants to attend UVA to earn a master’s in accounting at the McIn-tire School of Commerce, where I graduated in 1961. I am excited about that. Mary Jane (Myers) Soyenova '61

I will be swimming in the Na-tional Senior Games in Cleveland in July. I'll be swimming in the 70-74 year old group, and I'll be doing the 500 yd freestyle. The pool in Cleveland is a 50 yd. Olympic-sized pool, so this means that I'll have to swim back and forth across the pool 10 times!!

The is a big year for me, turn-ing 70, and being in the Nationals is really exciting. There are only a handful of 70 year-olds who do the 500, so I think I'll have a better chance. (And I'm not really sure that I'll be able to do this when I'm 80, but I'll probably try!) I'm pret-ty sure that I won't get first place, because there is some zippy 70-year-old woman who did it 2 years ago in about 7 1/2 minutes!!! I can usually do it in about 10 1/2 minutes, but last month I tripped over, of all things, a pillow lying on the floor, fell and fractured 2

ribs. I thought for sure I wouldn't be able to go to Cleveland, but they've healed up so well, I'm back in the pool!

I wanted to go to Cleveland especially, because I used to live there, and I really wanted to show off for my friends. A Bible verse came floating through my head: "Pride goeth......you know the rest of the verse....before a fall"!!

Home from Cleveland! The city went all out for the

Senior Games---filled the Conven-tion Center with booths like blood pressure, hearing tests----all the old people stuff.

I came in 17th in the 100 yard breaststroke and 19th in the 500 yard freestyle. Didn't get a medal, but I was happy just to finish! The perky 70 year old next to me was going on to swim the English Channel next! That's 15 MILES!!!


Mary (Center) shows off following her swim.


Were you a Girl Scout in Nürnberg during the ‘50s or ‘60s? Well, then you remember Dorothy “Dot” Walske. Pat (McCarroll) Wood ’59 was reminded about her days in Mrs. Walske’s troop when she read the article by Ethel (Walske) Lapitan ’58 about her school years in Nürnberg in our Spring edition. She asked Ethel to fill in some gaps. Ethel wrote:

My mom started a Girl Scout troop, (#17) in Nürnberg in 1950 when we moved there from Ansbach. Besides myself, some of these first scouts were Gay Todd, Mary Alice Beaudry, Lynne Biddeck, and Kathleen Carley.

My mom stayed in Scouting as a troop leader and member of the District Council until 1962 when she and my dad retired to the States.

In May 1952, my mom led our Girl Scout troop and three other troops to the Girl Scout Chalet in Switzerland. They were joined by troops from Heidelberg. The Nürnberg girls who went included Gay Todd, Elaine Smith, Sylvia Jones, Lois Skelley, Ruth Wisdener, Betty and Joyce Bottoms, Lynne Biddeck, Patsy Powell, Mary Lunmel, Joan Harlow, Linda Bergman, Barbara Ennmeier, Caron Matson and Joyce Jackson, and myself. Sev-eral other adults traveled with us including Gay Todd’s mother. We traveled by chartered German bus. Our troop also took a trip to Luxembourg City in 1952.

My mom loved scouting. I was in Scouts and a leader for many years. All four of our daughters were avid Scouters. Our oldest grandson, Lt. J. David Slapak, U.S.C.G., who is now a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Coast Guard, is an Eagle Scout.

More Memories…

My mom, Dorothy “Dot” Walske is pictured here at the North Atlantic District Girl Scout Conference in Berchtesgaden in 1960 with Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide and widow of the founder of Boy Scouts, Lord Baden-Powell.

(one mile is 72 laps) Everything went well, and

even though the dog ate my gog-gles the first day, I was able to find a new pair and get to the pool just in time to swim!

What a great time to be 70!

Pat (Knighton) Gibson ’62 On June 9, 2013, Northcentral

University awarded Patricia Gibson a Doctorate of Education in the specialty of the design and facilitation of online learning. This has been a five year journey for Pat and her family who are relieved to have it over. Dr. Gibson is adjunct faculty at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

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Fallen Eagles…

Gerry (Cook) Levy,’49 lost her husband of 59 years, Herb, in April. Joan (McCarter) Adrian ’49 reported he attended several reunions with his wife. Ned Poinier ’49

Ned died in January this year. He is survived by his wife, Darlene, and several devoted step-children. Joan (McCarter) Adrian ’49 reported that Ned loved all of his friends from those early years of the late '40's and into the early '50's classes. The few reunions he was able to attend (during the early years of our organization), were im-portant to him and he always loved it when someone stopped in Toledo, OH to visit with him. His many phone calls to all of his alumni friends will be missed.

Larry McBride ’59

Larry died in January in Lebanon, MO of complications from Alzheimer and Parkinson disease. He was born June 3, 1941 in Berthoud, CO, to Charles and Geraldine (Luellen)

McBride, who preceded him in death. On May 12, 2001, he married Charreene J. Case Koller. He worked in the con-struction business for many years in the Loveland, Colo. area. He and Charreene then moved to Lebanon in 2004.

Survivors include his wife, Charreene, a daughter, Joy Arnold, of Broomfield, CO; two sons, Craig McBride, of Longmont, CO and Mike Wood, of San Marcos, TX; a stepdaughter, Caroline Kroll, of Tunas, MO; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; a brother, Dennis McBride, and two sisters, Pam Kinzie, all of Steilacoom, WA and Martha Sykes, of Buckley, WA, as well as several nieces and nephews.

(Continued on page 9) Larry McBride’s senior picture.

From top to bottom: Larry McBride, Richard Misdom, and Doug Moncrief (Picture and caption provided by Pat (McCarroll) Wood.

From left to right: Rich Ralston (According to Don (Lawhon) Brewer, he was the nephew of movie star Vera Miles,his Dad's sister. Her real last name was Ralston.), Mike Florek ’61, Leroy Osborn ’58, Eddie Edwards ’60, Richard Horne ’61, Nick Biernacki ’59, and seated, Larry McBride ’59. (Picture provided by Pat (McCarroll) Wood with some help from those in the picture.)


Joe Vanoni ’59 Joe died July 11, in Benson, AZ.

after a lengthy battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and son, Joe Jr.

William H. Waugh ’61

Bill died May 17 in Anchorage, AK. He was born September 11, 1942 in Portland, Oregon to Colonel William Hammond and Dorothy (Driscoll) Waugh. He graduated from Nürnberg America High School in Fürth, Germany in 1961. Bill honora-bly served as a Captain with the Ninth Infantry Division, Mobile Riverine Force in Vietnam from 1966-1969. William married Lois Marie Beeman on September 14, 1968. The couple resided in Fort Worth, Texas from 1969-1974 where Bill graduated from Texas Christian University with his

Bachelor of Arts degree, and contin-ued his education at the University of Texas earning his Masters of Political Science. He began his career with the US Customs in El Paso, Texas in 1976. In 1979, he transferred to An-chorage, Alaska where his grandfa-ther, William Hammond Waugh, served as President of the Alaska Railroad Commission, Territory of Alaska, US Army Corps of Engineers from 1917-1920. Bill retired in 1989 spending his remaining years at Pres-tige Care (Mary Conrad Center) and was the longest residing member of their community organizing the annu-al lobster dinner.

He enjoyed fishing, hunting, ca-noeing, and collecting movies. His family wrote: "Bill loved Alaska. It was his lifelong dream to live where his dad, Colonel William H. Waugh, Jr. fought in the Aleutians, and his

Grandfather was the President of the Alaska Railroad Commission. Bill always had a great sense of humor even as his health continued to decline. Bill dearly loved his family, life and adventure."

Bill is survived by his daughter, Shelly Waugh (Scott Liebler) Wil-liams, OR; sons, Michael Waugh (Romina Mazzoni) and Stephen Waugh (Michelle MacLachlan Waugh), both of New York City, NY; grandson, Augustus Liebler, Wil-liams, OR; sister, Susan Waugh Schmidt, San Antonio, TX; brother, Mike Waugh (Chris Ortaz Waugh), Sun City, FL.; and his wife, Lois Bee-man Waugh, Puyallup, WA.

Michael Downey ’78 has died.

No other details were provided.


Hi everyone....Army brat here. I need a big big favor. I am running out of ideas on how to locate the young man in the picture with my sister. His name is Joe Syler and he went to Nürnberg High between 1961 to 1965 maybe. My sister was killed three weeks after arriving stateside in a head-on collision in Maryland and my mom (R.I.P.) tried to locate Joe to tell him that my sister was killed. My sister’s name is Maria M. Zayko. She was 14 in 1964 when she left Nürnberg to move to Maryland with my parents.

I promised my mom a few days before she passed away that I would keep looking for him. I am hoping that maybe someone here remembers Maria Zayko and Joe Syler. Any help is appreciat-ed. Thank you so much for your time. Kelly (Zayko) Waterfield ’84 Editor’s Note:

Kelly posted this on Facebook and agreed to have it placed in the Trichter. If you have any information about Joe, please contact Kelly at her Facebook page.

A promise needs to be kept…

Joe Syler and Marie Zayko in Nürnberg.


The NAA Archivist/Historian celebrated his 80th birthday in July by eating Schwarzwalderkirsch-torte (Black Forest cherry torte) with his fellow Tulsa Eagles at Margaret's German Restaurant and retiring from a Tahlequah organi-zation that was taking up a lot of his time.

I realized I still had much histo-ry to archive and increasingly little time left to do it in. So this column is about what's been done and what's left to be done. What's New in the Archives

Two new school years are now posted in the Archives, the 1957-58 and the 1958-59 school years. The 1959-60 yearbook is posted but nothing else in that school year. So alumni from these years, take a look if you want to see how you were.

Coach Tom Gussner, who sel-dom misses a reunion, has revealed how he remembers so much from his coaching days at NHS. He kept copious records. So far he has sent me extensive records of two of the basketball teams he coached, 1973-74 and 1974-75. His records will help fill out the scanty information in the school newspaper files for those years.

And speaking of sports records, I suggest you take a look at the

1961-62 Trichter excerpts, which will have been posted by the time you read this. Terry Jorgensen, who was the sports editor that year, gets my nod as the best sports edi-tor ever at Nürnberg High School. Scores, game accounts, statistics, features – he had it all, not just the football and basketball results but also tennis, golf, track, and even an AYA bowling tournament. What Gives with the NHS Wik-ipedia Article?

The handful of alumni who have read the NHS Wikipedia arti-cle may have noticed that there is only one person in the Notable Alumni section and that the main history section stops in 1957. Sure-ly there are a number of Notable Alumni. Well, YES! With the help of Terry, I had collected about a dozen, but I ran into a problem when I inadvertently used some copyrighted material. Wikipedia officials took the whole article down and I had to start over. As a result I've lost my nerve regarding the Notable Alumni.

The history section stops in 1957 because of a lack of verifiable historical data. After 1962 there are few memoirs, less complete news-paper files, and scant memorabilia. It gets worse in the 70s, and as I have said many times in this space,

there are no school newspapers af-ter 1976.

I was going to include in the second decade of the NHS history a section on the football coaching record of Cletus Campbell, who I hypothesized was the winningest NHS football coach ever. I found in the newspapers or the yearbooks not only won-lost records but also scores for the first seven years of Coach Campbell's tenure. But I had to abandon the project when I dis-covered there were no records for 1966, 1967, or 1968. No one, in-cluding Coach Campbell, seemed to remember those years. When more information becomes availa-ble, the Wikipedia article will be further developed. What Is Needed

Using yearbooks in the Archive and available newspaper files, I plan to stitch together some ac-counts of the remaining years. The last eight years of the school will probably remain a mystery because there are not even yearbooks avail-able for 1987, 1993, 1994, and 1995. I have made some contact with alumni from those lost years, but have never been able to con-vince anyone to send me anything.

Here's what is needed: Com-mencement programs to produce



an accurate picture of the size of the school. I put out a call for these in 2012 and got ONE contri-bution.

I also put out a request in 2012 for someone to help me monitor the NHS Facebook pages for his-torical material, but RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.

Yearbooks need to be scanned. But volunteers need to be aware that the scanned pages must be

converted to a PDF and that the PDF may not be bigger than 20 MB because this is largest size than can be posted on our new website. If it is bigger than 20 MB, the yearbook must be divided into parts. Ron Slayton,'76 scanned his yearbook, which was missing from our files, but it turned out to be too big to put up on the web-site. Several scanned yearbooks that were on the old web site were also too big to put up on the new

site, including a beautifully done 1962 yearbook.

If you think preserving the his-tory of one of the first American high schools in Germany after World War II is important, please take a look at the box labeled Ar-chive Needs to see if you can make a contribution. Tell me what you'd like to contribute:

[email protected].


Commencement Programs (originals or scans) 1963 1966 1968 1970 1971 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 And all years from 1980 to 1995

School Newspapers (originals or scans) Any issues after 1976

Yearbooks (originals or scans) 1987 1993 1994 1995

Scans of Yearbooks* 1975 1976 1977 1982 – 1995 * Scans of yearbooks for the following years are

not on the NAA website but are available at Dan Guy's Web Site: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981

Archive Needs

What an inspiring topic it was and still is for me! If you have further information, questions or refer-

ences regarding this study, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'm looking forward to hearing from you

Greetings from Germany to you all! Sincerely Simone Gutwerk

Dr. Simone Gutwerk Leiterin des Praktikumsamtes der Universität Würzburg Philosophische Fakultät II Wittelsbacherplatz 1 97074 Würzburg Tel: 0931 31-84849



veiled the plan named for him, saying, “It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world.”

Security was high for much of the second school year, with MPs sta-tioned at the school and on buses and trains, but gradually the new policy toward the defeated lessened tensions.

The NHS contribution was more interaction with the local citizens. A Problems of Democracy class visited a German school. The German-American Youth Club pre-sented a program of music and speak-ers to a full house in the Nürnberg Opera House. There junior Don Hilty recited an address given by Abraham Lincoln to a group of Germans in Ohio at the beginning of the Civil War. NHS hosted in its auditorium a quiz program between German and American students. The contest was declared a tie. Later the NHS team went to Erlenstegen for a second meeting, where they were nar-rowly defeated.

In competitive sports, football was added to the list. There were high hopes for the team when Special Ser-vices equipment was acquired, per-mission to use Soldiers' Field for home games was secured, and a for-mer All-American football player from the University of Southern Cali-fornia volunteered to coach the team. In the first two games, the Tigers were shut out 32-0 and 42-0. But the “Army Brat” described the third and final game as “an overwhelming defeat of Heidelberg, 21-13. Not only were they

beaten by the score but they were physically slaughtered.”

The basketball season was a disas-ter. The Tigers lost all 14 games.

The baseball team won 2 of 3 games reported in the school newspa-per.

It was, however, in social events that the students of the second year excelled. There were no less than 13 dances during the school year, includ-ing the Valentine's Day Queen of Hearts dance that had been so success-ful the preceding year. The culminat-ing dance was the Junior-Senior Prom

held at Stein Castle, the former home of A.W. Faber, the pencil manufactur-er. The ghosts of pre-war European nobility watched as the American teenagers danced the night away.

And, finally, the class of 1948's unique yearbook must be mentioned. The yearbook of the first year's class had been a few mimeographed pages These second year students wanted a printed yearbook with pictures. They had 30 pages printed. There were two pages listing “Highlights of 1947-48,” another of the “Senior Will,” and a



History of the School continued from page 1

The school was always guarded by at least one MP. MPs also rode buses and trains that carried students. Bill Shortt, '49, claimed in an interview printed in an issue of the 1969 Trichter that the sole duty of the MP was to protect the driver's back.


half page each of information about graduating seniors. But some pages just had headings like “Sports” or “Clubs,” and a few were blank. Clearly, space was left for pictures, which each recipient of a yearbook had to paste into the appropriate pages.

The year concluded with 4 grad-uating seniors – Peggy Segur, Barbie Kale, Bobbie Sheppard, Bernie Case – along with other American school graduates, taking a cruise on the Rhine River on what the “Army Brat” called “Hitler's Yacht.” Gradu-ation ceremonies were held the next day at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. Peggy Segur gave the farewell ad-dress.

More information about the sec-ond school year can be found on the nurnbergeagles.org website. Click on Archive and then the 1947-48 year,


At right: Page from 1948 yearbook, "The Voyager." On this page only the words "Junior Class" are printed. Two pictures have been pasted in, the second being the class officers. Don Hilty, whose yearbook this is, wrote in the identifying captions

Mary Alice (Beaudry) Pett ’58 found this picture among her memorabilia.

“Here is the picture I found of Mr. Rosin. The note on the back says it was taken on October 12, 1955, at the ‘slave sale’..... Mr. Rosin, do you re-member this? I wonder where that coonskin hat came from ? Hope everyone is well.

Cheers from the Low Country of South Carolina - we call it "paradise"...... Mary Alice (Beaudry) Pett

(What a beautiful mural in the background! Can anyone give more details about it? I do not remem-ber it in the ‘60s. Editor)


From our facebook page…

Linda Langford—That's where my dad worked!! He was a surgeon.

Fred Pieper—I was born there way back in the days...11/21/61...torn down years ago.

Christa Campbell Kallio—Fred, I was born there, too - 11/27!

Susan Solomon Roehm—We lived in officer's housing on the Hospital grounds with the Johnsons (Audie and Rhonda), and the Owens sisters (Kerri and Rene) and Eddie Scaglione and Paul Reeves and the Bakers (Dee, Butch and Brian)...Great years living there 73-76.

Joni Viray Haugse—Worked in the pharmacy for cooperative work experience....great fun making ointments and pre-packing tablets...no controlled substances.

Kitty Anderson—Work Study in the PT clinic with Major Vandervort!

Barbara Dunnam—I worked in Orthopedics. Learned how to take casts off of the legs of hot GI's. I loved working at Ortho. I also loved roaming the hospital with the rest of the CWE kids. One time we went up to the 4th floor and looked for "crazy" people.

Shelley Conroy—I was a volunteer and later a work study student there from 70-73. I had wanted to be a lan-guage teacher and it changed my focus to nursing. My experience there shaped the rest of my life!

Celie Sternson Herbst—Ironically, saw movie “MASH" at the hospital theater.

Susan Solomon Roehm—There was a theater at the hospital and it was a whopping $.25 when we first got there. It went up to a dastardly $.35 before we left. I'm still looking to find the two guys who streaked across the stage while the US Flag was projected across the screen wearing only gas-masks. I posted on the Hospital site, but no one has taken credit for it yet! At a young age, I was stunned, shocked and excited.


arrive late, and force them to start all over with safety instructions and safety videos before leaving on your tour. So, if you

sign up … be prepared to follow instructions – theirs. You’ll be glad you did.

And TRUST ME . . . you will NEVER FORGET this wonderful, new experience on your Segway with your great NHS

Eagle friends & family members (age-16 or older), while touring our Nation’s Capital. I promise!

Most tours explore the National Mall, from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. You will also glide by the

White House and take photos with your friends, and scoot-off to view the World War II Memorial, the Old Executive Building

and more!

As a rule, prices vary from $55 - $75 for individuals, depending on whether you order your tickets by phone, or order

online and use PayPal to pay to get a little discount. Group Discount Rates are sometimes offered IF enough numbers (of peo-

ple) sign-up and pay for the outing scheduled. So planning ahead is imperative if you want discounts. But, in reality, they

don’t have to discount anything since everyone in DC in the summer pays full price.

There is usually a 4-day Advance-Purchase and Reservation required, in order to hold a Segway for you on this tour, so

DO organize your priorities WELL in-advance of arriving at the Reunion, or it will be too late. We hope to have a sign-up

sheet posted online on our new website at some point, where people can sign-up, and we’ll email you instructions to pay

with your credit card, OR … we’ll have you pay the N.A.A., Inc., and we’ll just cut one big check or PayPal payment to the Seg-

way Touring company prior to the day/date you choose to do this tour.

A list of the various tours and prices offered by one of the companies can be found at: www.dctours.us/ . So,

choose the tour you and your friends all want to go on, before you all book, together!

Then, just follow the instructions from those volunteering at the Registration Desk when you arrive at our hotel. They’ll

keep you informed, or tell you where to call to get last-minute instructions so you can make your tour on-time.

See you in June 2014, Y`all. Have a great summer and fall. T.D.J.


Nürnberg H.S. faculty and staff members pose at the DoDea (DoDDSS) reunion in Dallas TX in July of this year. We have only these names: Back row: JoAnn Johnson, Clint Mowery, Joan Dingman, Norine Mathern, x, x, Mary Mantel, x, x Front row: x, x, x, Naomi Melby, Sara Nestavel, x, Rosie Wagner, x Anyone recognize any of the others? (Picture provided by T. D. Jorgensen)

Faculty and Staff gather in Dallas

Ride a Segway in D.C.


What would YOU like to do most when you come to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area next June, besides meeting, so-

cializing, and partying with old friends, while making new ones???

Well, besides the usual things . . . I’m going to suggest one of THE MOST FUN things you’ll ever do, (or do again!), if

you’ve never thought of it – is taking a Segway Tour to save wear-and-tear on the feet.

Besides this Trichter edition, I’ll be penning some suggestions for your consideration in the next 2-Trichters to provide

you some choices of venues & activities to just think about before arriving in Tysons Corner (Fairfax County), Virginia, at our

Sheraton-Premier Hotel.

This feature promotional will include the topic of Touring-the-Nation’s-Capital, but in a most unique way that will both

get you in front of major monuments & memorials quickly, but also WITHOUT the pain of walking many miles without relief,

and yet covering 5-7 miles’ worth of territory. You’ll be saving your energy level for dancing later that night!

If you’ve never thought of the Segway-vehicle as a mode of transportation before, or there just wasn’t one of these

contraptions to test-drive, or to be found in the town in which you live, next June will be the time to get adventurous be-

cause, `DC Segway Tours` offers those with a curiosity … and about $55-$65 to spare … a FUN and energetic 2-hour tour

of the heart of our Nation’s Capital.

What, exactly, IS a Segway, you may be asking yourself? Well, the Segway is a Human Transporter and is the first of its

kind -- a self-balancing, personal transportation device designed to go anywhere people go. It’s easy to use and operate, and

the two-wheeled Segway sports high-tech gyroscopes that automatically respond to your body's movements, "sensing" when

it should speed up and slow down. You stand on a small platform between left and right wheels as you hold onto handlebars

at a comfortable waist height. The Segway handles the balancing for you, so that you're always upright as you glide through

any environment you might otherwise find yourself walking in while touring by foot.

You can make your own arrangements if you like, or follow our lead and suggestions upon arrival at the hotel, where we

tell you where to meet … and what time to meet. However, all interested parties will be required to pay (in-advance) by

either PayPal, or credit card. Instructions will follow on our website in the coming months.

There will be NO REFUNDS for those who decide not to take the Segway tour once you’ve arrived, or are running late,

because the Segway tours companies ALL charge in-advance, and they give no refunds, and also do NOT allow tardy folks to (Continued on page 15)

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