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Sponsor-A-Shelter for the Holidays

Christmas trees will be delivered on Saturday, November 27 to Denton Diner in
Denton Plaza, Katie Mae’s In Preston, Tenchi Restaurant in Greensboro, and
Tri-Me Foods in Ridgely. These trees will be decorated with tags identifying animals
in CCHS’ care while they await their forever homes. Tags include their name and
picture along with suggested items to consider for the “Star” you select to sponsor.

Place your unwrapped donated items in a bag or box, securely attach the tag, and return
it to Denton Diner in Denton Plaza, Katie Mae’s in Preston, Tenchi Restaurant in Greensboro,
or Tri-Me Foods in Ridgely no later than December 27.

We appreciate your support. Questions?
Call Donna at 443-988-3251
or Sherrie at 410-310-8248.

the Caroline Sun Historical Booklets, lawyers or business men in Germany.
Vol. 8). The prisoners seemed willing to work,

they were smart and learned quickly.
“It was the late years of World War II
that our apple orchard near Cordova One of the youngest prisoners became
was having a big problem to secure a friend with my husband's brother,

workers to pick apples. It was my who was 18. The prisoner was 16 years
husband (Norman Fike) that read old, his name was Franz Krautcreamer.
an ad in the local newspaper about He was intelligent and learned to speak

German prisoners being available to English quickly. Th e first time he came
help with farm work. The next day in our house, tears came in his eyes
Norman contacted the man in charge when he saw our piano. His family
of the prisoners for the rules and had a piano before the war. We asked
requirements, which he readily agreed to. Franz to sit down and play our piano, Herbert Richard Stoerzer on left .
within minutes we knew he was good
On Monday morning, early, my

at playing the piano. In the months after the POWs had left
husband drove our farm truck to
this country, we continued to receive
the old Easton airport to collect the In November of 1945 the German mail from many of the group who
prisoners. He was allowed 20 POWs. prisoners were pulled out of this had worked at our orchard. Th e oldest
Each prisoner brought a small brown country and returned to their
person in the group, who was in his
bag with them for lunch, the camp sent homeland. Our family was sorry to see forties, wrote to tell of his marriage. Th e
a couple of men as guards. We soon them leave because they had become next year when he wrote, his wife had a
discovered none of the prisoners had more than just workers. They had baby boy and he named him "Norman"
ever picked apples. It was the fi rst apple become our family friends, most had because of the kindness our family in
orchard they had ever seen. Only a picked up enough English to make war time had shown him.
few of the POWs could speak good good conversation.
English, most of the group were very
young boys, the older men had been (continued on next page)

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