Laurel outlook., 1945-08-29
CAPTAIN TELLS HISTORY
OF OLD GERMAN CASTLE
Continued from Page One)

The castle is in a beautiful spot
sitting on a high hill and surround
ed by tall trees, a cobblestone
courtyard and a tall gate which is
the only entrance to the place
There are approximately 25 large
rooms and numerous small ones
Large Railways run from one wing
to another, and all through the halls
and on the wall of the stairs there
are mounted deer horns, a stuffed
wild boar'S head, several kinds of
large birds and many oil paintings.
We have large, beautifully fur
nished day rooms or club rooms for
the privates and non-coms, also a
dining room large enough to almost
accommodate the entire
Del and 1 are living in the baro-
ness quarters, which consists of a
large dining and sitting room COM
bined, and quite a large bedroom.
To top it off we are sleeping in
the baron's own bed. His quarters
were on the next floor, but he had
his servants move his bed down
here for us.
Living in the place before we
took w was the real baroness who
is in her 80s, her daughter, her SON.
in-law the baron, a cousin from
Prussia, and two small children
a boy and a girl, both pretty kids.
They are now living in the gard
ener's house near the gate in the
courtyard. The old lady's name is
Riedsel and the baron's name is
Freihrr Won Senarclene -Grancy.
Isn't that a mouthful?
All of them except the two chill
dren speak perfect English; very
nice people, but real soldiers of
Germany.
A year ago the baron was in
charge of all German naval forces
in Northern Italy. He was recall
ed to active service in '42.
l wish you could see Dell's and
my quarters. I'll try to describe
them.
In the sitting and dining room we
have five rugs, three tables, two
desks, two sofas, several foot stools,
two cabinets for books, two small
tables, five dining room chairs, five
soft chairs, 80 oil paintings on the
walls and a floor lamp.
In the bedroom we have two rugs,
one bed, one sofa, two tables, a
washstand, a bedside table, four
chairs, a small chest at the foot of
our bed, a large clothes closet, two
Is pictures and two mirrors
the wall.
You really have to see the place,
though, to appreciate it. Del and
| spend all our spare time in our
suite, we like it so well and it
looks so honey at night with the
lamps on.
l hope you can get some sense
out of my drawings. Most of our
tables have inlaid tops of dark and
light wood. One sofa is light green,
and the larger one has a bright {:
,olored drape over it and four big :
fluffy pillows. All the rugs have !.
dark red in them. The wall !:
paper is dark and light tan and the :
is a grayish white with the =:
zig beam running through the cen !:
er. :
I guess that is about all I can tell ;
-ou. Some day l hope to be able =
o take some pictures of the room i.
nd the castle, and I'll send you |
ONE.
We have 10 towns in our area of
c%cupation, so the company is kept
ather busy. 1 still haven't been to
II of them. Del and | and a driv-
r started out this morning, but
OF only to see one. l have to con-
act the burgomeister q guess hat zf
the same as a mayor back home) -
each town. '
We saw many sugar beet fields IL
n our way down here, also much de
heat, oats, barley and rye. There til
re plenty of potatoes, but not too od
ANY cattle. Here at the farm ~
ley have about ~ head of Jersey ns
Right now the workers are II
ltting wheat all over the country;
cry picturesque-women with ban I'd
anas over their heads, cutting the g
rain with sickles. ~
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Staff Sergeant King was awarded 81
lie Bronze Star medal some time nc
go, accompanied by the following W
tation: oh
To Staff Sgt. Delbert w. King, pr
'mpany E, 7th infantry.
Under the provisions of army pc
'gulation 600-45 you are awarded IN
lie Bronze Star medal for meri- II
rious achievement in actual COM dd
1t. -
Citation. Delbert w. King, 39621- L
staff sergeant (then private
rst ~class), infantry, company E,
h infantry regiment. For meri-
rious achievement in actual COM
It. On Jan. "a, 1915, near Ost- me
i'm, France, when his company wa
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