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™Ey ENJOY luxuries in their adopted countrytmerican Soldier’s War Romance Ends With Entire English Family Moving To Stark CountyTHE EVENING INDEPENDENT, MASSILLON, ork?Held Eligible For BenefitsBATT7RDAY, MAY 7, 1949CRESCENT GARDENS — Little i a lonely GI from Canton think, ien he asked a couple of English Is if he might join them for clin-r in a restaurant in England, arly six years ago, that his im-lse uould be responsible for inging to America, the entire mily of one of the girls whom he arricd.In the summer of 1943. Paul ■in, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer in of Canton, was eating a lore-dinner in an Ilford, Essex, Eng-rid restaurant when he saw two lglish girls eating at a nearby ale. The two girls appealed to him id seemed to possess a lriendly dure. He made no attempt to eet them, however, until he saw eni again the following evening the same restaurant.OR1N ASKED the girls if he ight join them, and, realizing the iung soldier was lonely, they ;rced. The soldier particularly ;ed one of the girls, who said she is Gladys Monksfield of Ilford, ao worked as a secretary in a ir plant. She was reluctant, how-er, to arrange any dates without e company of her girl friend.During the next few weeks, Orin ioublc-dated” both girls. In des-iration he arranged a blind date r the other girl”,. with one of s buddies, with the understanding■at he was to get -the little dark THE MARRIAGE of a former Gr from Canton and an English girl was responsible for brin-in- to ie * Amenca her parents and her ‘brother-in-law*and sister and their son, completing the familv unit°Sho\vnThe English girl introduced the m accompanying photo are, seated, left to right Mrs Paul Orin wife of the veteran Mrc* Tnwnh I thou oh ti*••ican soldier, who was attach- Monksfield. her mother and Mr, George Sheppar d, he^ sister° holdinf {he^h» on, SS 'STS! construed to mean that he was not! that his efforts to find otherCOLUMBUS—An individual unable to work at his usual occupa-lion but able and available for .work at another job for which he, ;is reasonably fitted may be eligi-1 |ble to draw unemployment benefits; |if he meets the other requirements ;of the Ohio uuempiovment com-, ipcnsatiori law. 1'■ That was the ruling of the tin-, 'employment compensation board of i review today in the case of'a 86-• year-old Cleveland man who—after some 39 years of service—had been involuntarily retired in keeping iwith his employer’s retirement policy.: Upon retirement, (ho chiimant (became eligible for federal old-age I insurance allowances and began lo ‘draw such allowances. However, he continued to seek work and was successful in finding a job he could1 do. In his old job, he had worked as a lathe operator, hi his new one,I he worked as a machinist.! Subsequently, the claimant was !laid off at the new job due to lack! | of work. He then filed a claim for I unemployment compensation. The •question raised was whether or not I lie was “able and available” for iwork within (lie meaning of the jOhio law in light of the fact that ihe (1) had been retired by his. original employer and (2) had been’ drawing old age insurance, iThe board cited the law which .says that an individual shall not! ; be entitled to unemployment bene ! I fits unless he ‘is able to work and! ;available for work in his usual) |trade or occupation or in any other) (trade or occupation for which he ' is reasonably fitted.” j ^ The board pointed o u t thatNational Hospital Day To Be Obser ved Here May 12Longfellow Honor Roll AnnouncedFifly-onc students of Longfe.UeW junior high school are listed on thek«■ — aw*** ..■= ZsfiMSSK'S', *,r* T* rl0T“ Iin II,„ ninthschools *of nursin« ° dllt;i S° much m' nIodcrn «rad.c- 10 111 lt;'« Eighth grade and, n b.., , , , _______ 1? in Hie sevenlh grade.Hospital Day will be observed , - Ninth grade honor students areMary Lou Baehtel, Barbara Blount, Larry Bond, Rachael Crawford, Ruth Cunningham, Dorothv Aim Curtis, Joan Evans, Diane Goss, Carolyn Gray bill, Pauline Harper,Massillon with t itics on that day ; iuwing days.Sunday with open house from 1 to 5 p. m.The program will include guided lours of ilie' hospital and exhibits of the various departments.All the hospitals of Stark county, including the local city hospital, will participate in a radio show Thursday over all radio stations inOld Roman Altar Found In SpoletoA BENEFIT bridge-tca will be held in the Howenstine Nurses home by the woman’s board of the hospital and the Massillon City Hospital Alumnae association lor the Sfark county recruiting committee.The Junior nursing class of the city hospital will sponsor a spring semi-formal Friday evening, May 13. in the American Legion Iinnw’ay E. i .SPOLETO, ltal:The alumnae association wilpm'd sculptures of .hold its annual Homecoming Davjliim centuries were Saturday, May 14. at the lloweti-bore I’ocenllv in the basilica of stino home. Tea will be served froniSaint Gregory the Great.2 to 4 p. m„ lollowcd by a dinner! While workmen demolished a at lt;5:30 p. m. The June graduating:baroque altar in the basilica. Ihev class will be guests of the nssoriu-'discovered a Roman marble altar tion at the dinner. (that bore sculptures around theAn interesting program has been|lwsf‘ £\rlc! a, l',nikv' itl u,c upper planned by the students. jpari. It is believed that the altarInvitations have been sent lo Ml jw^ch^lm ba^1 wa^S UP°“ alumnae members and reservationsi ,should be returned to the cominit-;L.ov‘‘ h in f vvor(\ d:tee in charge bv Mav 10. ! ■ ot thc southern; rcopic who nave eaten the meat|side ol the basilica. jof alligators and erocodil.s-*reportAULTMAN hospital in . Canton The United States has some 20^’and tend ernes i“,^° R is will observe National Hospital Day ^million refrigerators. ‘well cookedLouise Harrison, Sallv llcnlev, Maryann Horner, Jean Kliuge, Janet Knsher, June Krisher, James Kuntz. Charles Mathev. Jean Mort-land. Barbara Lee Oswald. Dolores Ransom, Jane Remley Buddv Rohr, Jack Rust, Carol Vogl and Larrv Weifich.Eighth grade—Jim Allison, Bill Atkinson. Jim Baugh, John Burton, CAP)— Tombs)Bob Ctinage, Margaret Delloff. he eariv Chrib-i Walter Gundel. Rita Holderhauin, David Koffcl and Mary Lou Smitii.Seventh grade—Leah Mae Abb-letl, Douglas -Brandt. Carol Brenner. Patricia Brinkerhofi, Roclnev Burnker. Clinion Cobb. Lois Ea.si-erday, Eddie Fletcher, Francis Machina. Beverly Micklev. Harold Oswald, David Price, Robert Jlikc-ard. Shirley Ringlcy, Clyde Slicker, Marjorie Ann Stevens and BettyJo Tlia.veiFollowing several months of urtship. (he couple became en-:ged and made application to be arried, inasmuch as army rogations required a waiting period of c months for GPs to marry for-gn girls. During that time, how-er, Orin was sent to Frs quite strange lo the families.I to a railway battalion in Eng- Standing, in the same order, are Orin, Monksfield a nd Sheppard.’nd, to her parents. Mr. and Mrs..seph Monksfield, who liked him „ e . , , ..mediately. s!lni rali0ns ^ro'aded them' j n April. 1948. Arriving in Canton.!DECIDING that as long as they! the5 Orins^ancf6 Monksfield6 'and! iuAul?* 1!X Amonca are larger and his subsequent employment as) planned to make the nip to Araer- Shepnard t ica, they may as well live here.! a lew weeks hater. Monksfield''!Mi. and Mis. Monksfield endeavor-; cured a job as a policeman at thc }at Canton and .ed to interest their other daughter,! Union Metal Co. ,t vu.uuu lt;Mrs. Sheppard and her husband to (Sheppard secured employment asM ! accompany them. The idea especi- an electrician. Later, Sheppard be-!1- perm!t ; lt;illy appealed to Mrs. Sheppard,! came ^ *u^ ____.„ j , ■ , ,aaci;than those seen in England, ac n machinist demonstrated that ‘hisimt-sifpirWo!corcting 10 Mrs- shePPal’d. who; availability and capacity for emit that owning a car in England • Payment had not been destroyed.’' hardly advisable, la the first ’ 'place, one’s earniugs would scarce- c purchase and upkeep 1rmim,IIVf, „ iL. i who had been matnFOLLOWING the close or ir, Orin tried desperately torn to England to be married. UUJUre paying for America. Luckily, j jtrs Qrin’s departure for America.The board therefore found the ■' claimant eligible to draw unem-1 ployment benefits provided that his; old age insurance payments were) regularly deducted from the! amount he would otherwise be al-j lowed under the Ohio unemplov-' ment compensatio 1j who had been matron of horror at! pan“ which emplovs1 his fTherdn-i petr?!’ as lhc Engl.:sh“say, is’•he, her srsters weddrng and who v;asijaw. orin had retunwd to his nori ! strlct!y rationed that one could re «; | eager for her sister to sde her baby | tion as a machinist with the Pen;.‘lceive litUe benefit fl'°™ jt-s ri?Lrhfre°for ?yIvai?ia !'ailroad at Canton, iollow-i In referring to World War II, -----------obtained a furlough and wed-j* \rr ArnhVQfiAii v. a his discharge from service. jMrs. Monksfield said she wants to; Enf?inccrs To Meetng plans were completed almost1 t 11 “t h°pCS -°f: and Mrs. Orin now occupy for^t and doesn’t think she could) j M DLM , \ f-er-night. Orin and his English h daughters lmn,, in America, t;le lower .floor of the duplex and stand another one. Being a police-: I*1 New Philadelphia eetheart were married jn Nov- kLJ’6. C. n j L, 1“^.- jiMr- anci Jlrs- Sheppard the upper ir,an- Monksfield was usually on! Canton Regional Society nf p.-n rber 1945, in St. Peter’/church ^ S I'ne neS ^o“! f,°^, ^ and ^ ^ £-r0m whan | fesrionM “Iff hdd^iS,Mford. ° ° moved about a month ago to Cres-i eie in piogress and,last meeting of the season ThursdayRations for the couple’s four- . Sheppard, however, v.hile being: cent Gardens where they have pur-! mcmbcrs c* his family lived for: May 12. at 7 p. m. at Helmkamn’c !ired wedding cake had been sav-iln f?vor a trlP llt; America, had: chased a home. (practically a year in their air raid i restaurant in New PhiladelDhia ’ ~!for some time by the bride’s ja0 intention of staying. The two * * * shelter at night. As the war. Bryce Browning, secretary of the1mily and the cake was decorated j ramilies began to .-link seriously, THE ENTIRE FAMILY is so sat-!^ra5§cd on, the Monksfield andjboard of directors of the Muskin^-ithe chef at a hospital in Ilford, I ab°ut ,lhe “ip in September,-1947,1 isfied with everything American j Sheppard families, however, often !um Watershed Conservancy rfis-lere her sister, Mrs. George Shep-1 following Monksfield s retirement, they have no desire to return to M°ok their chances by staying in’trict. will speak.rd was employed as a reception-j ancJ applied for visas about Christ-; England. Mr. and Mrs. Shepoard homes, preferring to bc°kill- -------| mas time. Mr. and Mrs. Monksfield: are expecting Sheppard's mother.ied ^han succumb to pneumonia1Following a honeymoon spent at :sold their home and .furnishings: Mrs. John Sheppard of Enfield : contracted in the stuffv littl”mrnemouth, England, Orin left] Sheppard, gave notice that his Middlesix, to visit them some time shelters. * !s wife with her family in Ilford j family would relinquish their apart-; this year but thev are quite cer- Mrs. Sheppard wholt;=e husband'd returned to America in Decem-lment for which they paid S7 week-; tain she will return to England 1 served four veais with the ~Sixth!r. Mrs. Orin.joined her husband j Jy, when they learned the date of; The most amazin^ evperience’of Armored division. ■ a portion‘of!Canon, m March, 1946. | their sailing. Sheppard also resign- alI, of course is th= IZ^nct of-h.ch time was pent in Africa,!While in the railroad station at ft™11 his position as an acconn- food available here. When Mr and:Ilai' and Austria, worked in Lon-:ord, avyaiting transportation by; fnt /or which he was paid S28 .Mrs. Monsfiehl made their first don during part of the war Sheweekly, a good salaiy m England.. shopping trip to a self-serve groc-;Iater took Gie hospital reception-The both families reasoned that ery store, thev spent S3S. Inciden- ist Job because it was closer toconditions could be no worse in i tally, the shopping trip for groc- -her home. She recalls that manvAmerica than they were m England! enes was the first made by -Monks-) times iien she.worked in Londonand based their hopes on Mrs.: field, who, like other Englishmen, -=he found poAions of streetsOrms fabulous reports of every- have not had the time to take from ■ blocked by meins of chalk linesthing good in the country she now their jobs to shop. Since the begin- drawn around an area which hadcalled home. - nmg of rationing in England,: been hit the night before. Direc-In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. housewives are required to stand in ) Uons were posted at convenient •tn’ /sV- ■ made their home. lines in order- to obtain sufficient; Places for the purpose of instruct-with Orm s parents since Mrs.: food from day to day, making it im-i ing employes who had worked at Orms arrival, purchased a duplex possible for men to ioin in tht the dsmsopri ni.__to her port of embarkation, i weekly rs. Orin exacted a promise from ir parents to visit her in America.The idea appealed to Mr. and rs. Monksfield, especially since onksfield was soon due to retire om the police force at Ilford, here he had served 28 years, ley gave no immediate thought the trip, however, since they landed to wait until Monksfield’s direment went into effect.Their daughter wrote in glow-WOMEN’S PLAYSHOES $2.98 $3.98Sizes 5 to 9 — AA-B-C Red, Green, Brown and BlackPENNEY’S, , 1110 purchased a duplex possible for men to join In the)the damaged business places to(house at 1142 Lakeview bhd NW. .search for food. resume work aL a differenMocawonderful ex- tion .Incidentally. Mrs. Sheppard'sig terms about conditions in Am-) Canton, with a view of providing \YhiJ» it seems•ica and, as time went on, her j adequate living quarters for menf-. perience to go into a -rocerv norn home was dama-ed itteis were increasingly encour-lbers of her family. . :.nd i.o Oioceiy aorc ^ ui ic wa^ uama0edw ydieiRb wnu iouna u ait-|JONDAY RADIO„ AationaI American WTAM* (1100) 1VHBO (1480) KDKA (1020) VVAKR (1590).. _ Listings are for stations shni nc MonksuelMutual WHK* (1420)wn with an aster!ds and SheppardsColumbia WKBN* (570) I WADC (1350)M IAH pr°51 1:00 X’ew-s-Musle7:nO Musical Clot-:;”7 -15 News—HendersonAtarm Clock Club Alarm Clock Club Alarm Clock Cluba daylight sarinjMil sic'Mo men i*: time)News-Rcundup Altnr Service Farm^ BulletinfLOO Bob Reed—Piano S:15 Bob Reed—Piano R:30 World News M5 Off the RecordNews-Sports Top O’ Morning Tap O- MorningNickelodeonWorld News Easy Listening:IS OH the Record L30 Woman’s ClubBreakfast ClubBreakfast Club Breakfast ClubMnnung Ma;irrcCSadd Icmates K r; end ly Brils Down beat Derby3:00 Fred Waring 3:15 Fred Waring 3:30 Road of Life lt;3:^5 The Bright- D.ivHs£?okCharm’g Chi’idrcnArthur °Goc!i-no Jack Bcrch,Carn 1:45 I.ora l.awtnnnt:^VonM,'mARcArlioir lt;;o!lirorLinda's ltt Uve’ 2:30 Editor's DaughterNctvs^Marketi’,bI-ocal X'exvs ' I-mrx FCosfAmxf;jennvrrCn1:30 NancyAD?xon 1:45 Jack KiltvMelody Matinee Carol AdamsDiirothv* ofx*Cedric Fester:-U PeikiM Dr. Malor.e JX~ r e or ‘lining H uood Breakfast S°!^ble cr N’othir‘« H’wood Breakfast 2:30 Today’s Children Bride z Groom 2:45 IAcht of World Bride lt;Sr Groom«uccn for a Dav Qxxecn tor a Dax2nd Mrs Burton...iru L.1IC — UCaUUIU]a.15 Ma Perkins IMS Right to Happine-Talk Out Of Th^t Da.-.cct n-Talk Out Of That Darcf.m-r PanvHer.t Control—Musix♦us siciia'nj'iii'*lle♦ :30 Lorenzo Jones♦ :*5 Widder BrownI4fib Club FirefightersX'e’As-Dar.r etin-.eDancetimeDancetirr.cLadr Fares IS Portia face* l.ufsYukon Challenge c Yu kcn^Ch a I len geh' -l hat Tract*61S N'ews-Mannlni lt;1 30 Ohio Sion-IMS a-sur HslmSW RidersKcws-Sporis Dxnner Winner7.15 World Nw %7 .1x1 Tropin Kclio 7 IS To Be AnnounceEdwin rC\\\ir' Lone R.inger d !-one RangerN’ev.s-Dinner” Dai Ir.side of Spi.rts;rncb f^:ibB-CsV Cavalcade 8 IS Cavalcade 8:50 H. Barlow 8.4S H. BarlowRailroad HourEKj Mae Mors*_ E1U Mac MorseStraight Arrow Slralght Arrow Sherlock Holme Sl-rrlock Holme-« Arthur Godfrev9:15 Telephone Hour 9:33 Dr. I. Q.? « Dr I Q. n. xMCROHPcter Salem Announced Peter Salem Fish A: Hunt Fish 5^ HiintRadio Theater Radio Theater Radio TheaterJ 00 Buddy Clarkv'jd P:.s5h'otts**TArthur Gaeth YWCA Dmner30 O Clock Tone American Forum* My Friend Frn-.a.* Bob Hasvk ^how Bob Hawk Showand be able to purchase just anv-’ bombs, thing your appetite craves, provid-) blown off ing, of course, one has sufficient: damaged, funds, it makes the English lam-1 * *i thes reel sorry for their iolks back) THE FAMILIES i e denied so much. with rocket bombs aere familiahome whon , r •••***.• i. -wtii j uvwt uuiiiqs,e,apite the fact that Americans! incendiary type of bomb SinceMrs sLnnard'^'f^rtV'-' h‘Sh’ evf'orle was mobilized,' women as) ts‘^ePPard is of the opinion welL as men, made every effort to1paid here Jal Stanfard of wage:1 extinguish the fires, paid heie makes it possible for!families lo save monev. In com-'J r war was wonparison. she said that'food what - , ! ed forces' Mrs- Shep-there is of it, in England, also is V/rt, 1* . / opinion lhat En2’ priced high, whereas wages are ■ e -war from an eco’much lower than they are in’nomic standpoint. The country America, making it more difficult said’ ll1 never be the same, to have a reserve lund inasmuch as it is forced to denyMrs. Monkrticid seolls that me ,lS PC0PIe necessities in order to Paring a meal while ’n England pxIort goods which will bring was sometimes a niginmarc. Saus- raoney ,nl° England. iage, she said, was usually available' AlthoiJgh thc families are not and she prcnared it in just about llt;)0 d of corn- ,bey particularly C\cry conceivable wav. When there llke. roasUn8 C5rs- In fact, they were available fats for frying, she sald' ,thcie doesn’t seem to be sometimes Iried it other times she a,1thing about America thev don’t (stuffed it with oniors and sage or Ilke’ evc'Tthing seems so wonder-I cooked if with tommies. Sau'-agc. *° them. However, they do■incidentally. lt;s not nearly as go?id miss -seeirig fine china and pottery !,T /na,?nd as that which is -old j)?r -hich England is famous.'........ ding to Mrs. Shep- .h’ff that her cut glasswarepparcntly is made j.’5lu‘d bo broken in transit, Mrs.Kroehler Living RoomOn Easy TermsLEE Furniture139 Erie So.MUIRSCUT RATE DRUGSWhere Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Still Buy THE MOSTpard win for the from nuhas found thc same t Her familyicmnindci! permitted them Tor 'homo'' the (own hursar; The English family ha ■exactly been oriented as enjoy the populai' approachland is mha mti l(a the hamhi: need beef w’ placed beiv.cSheppard disposed of all of’it be) fore leaving England. Since she' has been unable to replace it, i fish. Sin(-'c fomiu-j here, she is sorry , who ^he did nos latm a char.cc and .uring ,r-v to hung it here, icuca. According to Mrs. Sheppard, -nd of 'Oicncan men and women dress ■ic of fa’ more comfortable than those .rir:in Hngland. I nless an Englishman been 1N con-iciei rd qu.lc poor, he would miner llo; he seen in Imnherjr.eket. ,nlt;l. -no said Nor wouid n„ English raised k’irl dare ventme out in the dleets-: uiffir- clad only m shorts and a hatter, ’they I he (lu ce combined families. II the however, are .slipping easily inlo quota American ways and when' their se, to 'English folks who visit theni raise their eyebrows ai their Amcri-have not-canized relatives, they will ur.-' ot to prop-'doubtedlv say they like every--American ; thing just thc wav it is here. 1FORFURNITUREOf Quality at Popular Prices—IT’SDAMS BROC11 fllllTHE «la En 1I AmcneaiOHIO T.IXOTYP1ST DIESNEWARK. lt;APj_ Louis Kuss-Mlii maul. 86. linotype operator at then'riV ‘.Isis for Newark Advocate for 2b \car.s,to' make'0 'i1' , of ,Upd M's^‘’day at the home of ,vmake aandwichcsi nephew in Granville. }Gray’s Cut RateDrugStoreLincoln Way, W.Is the Place to Eat andRefresh Yourselfaaa■ ■IS COMINGDON’T MISS IT SEE MONDAY’S PAPER FOR DETAILSMOTHER’S DAY—MAY 8th ... One of the most celebrated tradition in the American calendar of events. Across the nation, sons and daugh ters of all ages will remember Mom” with gifts, flowers, cards and othe thoughtful tributes. 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