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t-Htr«ld GrowfhUnd/Empir», Nov. 22. 1969Sharing With Others VProbably no holiday is so Anteri- Share With the Army in PainesvilleCHOPPING CELERY — for the turkey dressing for the Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Painesville Nike Site is Spec*. 4 Stephen Cole of Akron (left), assistant to Mess Sgt. Daniel Wojeieehowski. Looking on is Spec. 4 John Parker of Baltimore, Maryland.possible enemy air attack. But today the men hope to have their families here to remember that tradiiton of America’s heritage—Thanksgiving.The first bird in the oven is given Mess Sgt. Wojcie* chowski’s watchful attention, more so than the eight other turkeys which won’t hit the ovens till 6 a.m.Basting this first turkey with succulent gravy, Sgt. Wojcie-chowski will see to it that the bird is baked to a golden brown perfection for the display table between the fire hose and the milk dispenser. Arranged with the display are stocks of wheat and corn and several pumpkins. Everything must be just right for the festive feast.Mess Sgt. Wojeieehowski hasn’t gone home for Thanksgiving in 18 years. But preparing a Thanksgiving meal today for 225 army personnel, their wives and children doesn’t bother him very much. He learned the culinary art years ago when he joined the Navy in 1945, and before that in a Milwaukee high school home economics class where he was the only boy.A choice of foods is served daily at the battery including charcoal steaks every Thursday. The food is good, and Sgt. Wojeieehowski hears few complaints from the servicemen he has to feed.Mess Sgt. Wojeieehowski attributes his skill in learning cooking to the Navy, which he claims has superior training over that of the Army. There may be truth in the adage, “the Navy gets the gravy but the Army gets the beans,” but not at the Painesville Nike Site.“In the Navy you learn to cook more with steam,” Sgt. Wojeieehowski said, “whereas most of the Army cooking is done in pots.”Four assistants will help out with today’s menu which includes those nine turkeys, five rolled boneless turkeys, the charcoal steaks, fried chicken, and baked Virginia ham with generous helpings of corn and green beans, cloverleaf rolls, five different salads, pumpkin and apple pies, and cherry cheese cake.Thanksgiving preparations also mean the hanging of orange and black crepe paper on the sides of tables and decorating the walls of the Mess Hall.THE MESS HALL itself has taken on a new look since last June. Nearly everyone has had a hand in either paneling the walls, installing the four-speaker stereo, or spotting the walls with a few impressionistic paintings. New covers were ae-can as Thanksgiving. This week the News - Herald visited the county home, the Painesville Nike Site and the Antish community to find out%/what Thanksgiving means to the indigent, to the soldier and to those liviitg under simple conditions.It is everal hour before dawn at the Painesville Nike Site on Freedom Road. Mess Sgt. Daniel Wojeieehowski, 41, of Oklahoma City, Okla. gropes his way through the dark, enters the Mess Hall, and shoves the first turkey into the oven.It is Thanksgiving Day. Even so, the estimated 150 servicemen at the Painesville Nike Site must stand guard, continuing their protection of the Greater Cleveland area against
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Willoughby News Herald
Willoughby, Ohio, US
Sat, Nov 22, 1969
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