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■Tjjj^y enjoy luxuries in their adopted country imericun Soldier’s War Romance Ends With Intire English Family Moving To Stark CountyTHE EVENING INDEPENDENT, MASSILLON, rmroCRESCENT 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, arlv six years ago, that his im-lse uould )e 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-nd 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 110 attempt to eet them, however, until he saw em again the following evening the same restaurant.Held Eligible For BenefitsCOLUMBUS—An individual unable' to work at his usual occupa-• ion but able and available for work at another job for which he easonably fitted mav be eligi-1 *- teaa mi • ' ' ‘ illyBATT7RDAY, MAY 7, 1949ble to draw unemployment benefits if he meets the other requirements of the Ohio unemployment compensation law.! That was the ruling of the im-'employment compensation board of i review today in the case of'a 86-• year-old Cleveland man who—after I some 39 years of service—had been involuntarily retired in keeping with his employer's retirement policy.: Upon retirement, (he claimantj became eligible for federal old-age, I insurance allowances and began la I I draw such allowances. However, he! .continued to seek work and was;: successful in finding a job he could1 I do. In his old job, he had worked as a lathe operator. In his new one.'I he w orked as a machinist. 1! Subsequently, the claimant was ! laid off at the new job due to lack I of work. He then filed a claim for I unemployment compensation. The •question raised was whether or not I he was “able and available'' for, iwork within Hie meaning of the! jOhio law in light of the'fact that1 ihe (1) had been retired by his. original employer and (2) had been drawing old age insurance.The board cited the law which .says that an individual shall not!I be entitled to unemployment bene-j j fits unless he ‘is able to work and! ;available for work in his usual* | trade or occupation or in anv other j , „ . . , „ , (trade or occupation for which he!d an English girl was responsible for bringing to ’ is reasonably fitted. iThe English girl introduced the ln the accompanying photo are. seated,'left uTngh t^Mr^ Pan O^^w^fe^oTfhebyete^an Mrs* Tosenh 1 thou eh ^?ard , ?oinl®? “J1.1 thatmerican soldi who was attach- Monksfield. her mother and Mrs, GeorgeiSheppar d,*^ sLter° holdinf {he^Sh S on, Davfd ^i^Tiob TouSTbJI construed to mean that he w;National Hospital Day To Be Obser ved Here May 12Cl (Nat-mtial ,Hospital DaY will be observed throughout the United Mates. Ihursday, May 12. - That day commemorates the birthday of a gi Nightingale, who was born in 1820 and who did schools of nursing.Hospital Day will be observed in Massillon with a series of activities on that day and the two fol tuwing days.A BENEFIT bridge-tea wilt be held in the Howenstinc 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 ■ily hospital will sponsor a springSunday with open house from 1 to 5 p. m.The program will include guided lours oL' ilie' hospital and exhibits of the .various departments.AH the hospitals of Stark countv, including the local city hospital, will participate in a radio show I luirsday over all radio .stations in Stark county.Old Roman Altar Found In SpoletoLongrfellow Honor Roll AnnouncedFifty-one students of Longfe.lioW junior high school are listed on thA honor roll for the fifth six-week*F-grading period, M. D. Hosteller, principal, said today.The list includes 28 in the .ninth grade, 10 in the 6ightli grade and IV in (lie seventh grade.Ninth grade honor students are Mary Lou Baclitel, Barbara Blount, Larry Bond, Rachael Crawford, Ruth Cunningham, Dorothv Ann Curtis, Joan Evans, Diane Goss, Carolyn Graybill, Pauline Harper, Louise Harrison, Sally llcnlev, Maryann Horner, Jean Kliuge, Janet Krisher, June Krislicr, James Kuntz. Charles Mathev. Jean Mort-laiul, Barbara Lee Oswald. Dolores Ransom, Jane Romlcy Btiddv RoJir, Jack Rust, Carol Vogt and Larrv Weirich.Eighth grade—Jim Allison, Bill Atkinson. Jim Baugh, John Burton, Bob (.Tillage, Margaret Delloff.OR1N ASKED the girls if he ight join them, and, realizing the iung soldier was lonely, they ;rced. The soldier particularly ced one of the girls, who said she is Gladys Monksfield of Ilford, ao worked as a secretary in a ir plant. She was reluctant, bower, to arrange any dates without e company of her girl friend.During the next few weeks, Orin loublc-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 America her parents and her-brother-in-law*and■otn Way E. i SPOLETO, Italy fc\P- Tombs -................alumnae association wilL;llld sculptures ol the earlv Cliris-I'Vi,ltP1' Rondel. Rita Holderhamn,hold its annual Homecoming Dav * tian centuries were discovered D;,vid Kol'fcl and Marv Eon SmithSaturday, May 14. at the lloweii- recently in the basilica of 1 -stine home. Tea will be served froni’Saint Gregory the Great.2 to 4 p. m.. loUowcd by a dinner! Vi bile workmen demolished aat 8:30 p. m. The June graduating * baroque altar in the basilica, ihev class will he guests of the nssocki- discovorod a Roman marble altar tion at the dinner. [that bore sculptures around theAn interesting program has been!bas?’ and a, *'nilaw n the upper planned by the students. 'part. It is believed that the altarInvitations have been sent to MlCfvP*!’! °f, 3 Il!om:m te!nP.le UP™ alumnae members and it^niumi!i^aUv'chridhn31 should be returned to the commit-' ' /'a . i°‘(David Kol'fcl and Mary Seventh grade—Leah Mae Abb-Ictt, Douglas 'Brandt. Carol Brenner. Patricia Brinkerhofi, Rodnov Bnrnker. Clinion Cobb. Lois Ea.si-erday, Eddie Fletcher. Francis Machina. Beverly Micklev. Harold Oswald, David Price, Robert Jtikc-ard. Shirley Ringley, Clyde Slicker, Marjorie Ann Stevens and BettyJo Thayeitee in charge by May 10., Monksfield a nd Sheppard.railway battalion in Erg^eU°MonksfiMd,Lwho 'liked liim]f^Un!i_Ca thef!ea(Englandjn the S. S. America,! from nwi am- t-;„nof f„„,i ,'ab!e ad. aval,able lov workimediatel:Following several months of urtship. (he couple became en-ged and made application to be arried, inasmuch as army regu-tions required a waiting period of i months for GPs to marry for-gn girls. During that time, how-er, Orin was sent to France.slim rations provided them.DECIDING that as long as they the Orins - ned to make the nip to Amer-they may as well live here.!, , . , .... , ,—,— a job as a policeman at the ■0QhLerest.theiJ other daughter.* Union Metal Co. at Canton and' ‘^nS^epPd and her husband to Sheppard secured employment ;accomoanv fnpm Thf* iHnn «nwi. L- A *FOLLOWING the ir, Orin tried desperately to to Englandhardly advisable. la theYii'stj Tbe hoard therefore found theplace, one's earnings would scarce- f claimant eligible to draw unem-j accompany them. The idea especi- anTlectncfanU Later Shpimnrri Permit lhe purchase and upkeep ! Payment benefits provided that hisally appealed to Mrs. Shepard, I came a^ S'che^ker M’tK^‘ of a ear and fondly, gasoline, ori°^d ?ga insurance payments were tu who bad been matron of honor at* “ hri fsih.r h'! Petr°k ^ the English sav, is so!regula^ deducted from thethe: her sister's wedding and who wasi 0nn Ld r! urn-d L h - nnS'! strictl‘ that one could ie-1?”0™1 h« woldd Remise be al-f”“” i tnentre reaving ror America. r.ucKiiy.Uirs’ Orin’s departure for Amerie/ri‘Vha?la iadroad at Canton, follow-: In rUerimg to B orld War II, —------ !: obtained a furlough and wed- ^hls discharge from service. Monksfield said she wants to; Engineers To Meetng plans were completed almost! hj!rS, 'f. had h°Pes .of* Mr. and Mrs. Orin now oeeup- for§et a«d doesn't think she could I ^ m DL-I ■er-night. Orin and his English ° b, “g living in America, 1!le lower floor of the duplex and stand antthor one. Being a police-: In New Philadelphia ! eetheart were married jn Nov- Ie. 0 not find it in heiujir. and Mrs. Sheppard the upper lr,sn- Monksfield was usually on! Canton Rerional Sncietv nr p-n * iber, 1945, in St. Peter'/church ^ au daughter behmd| floor. Mr. and Mrs. ’Monksfield! dl!t' ari away from home' whan i fessiona En-neers w 11 * hof/p,'Mford. ° ° ue near another. ' moved about a month ago to Cres-/,v | el‘e 111 progress andlast meeting ol the season ThursdayRations for the couple’s four- . Sheppard, however, v.hile being: cent Gardens where they have pur-! mcmdcls of his family lived for: May 12. at 7 p. m. at Helmkamn’/red wedding cake had been sav-iln favor a tnP America, had; chased a home. ; practically a year in their air raid * restaurant in New Philadelohia ‘for some time by the bride’s:!?° ^fention of staying. The two ^ * * * shelter at night. As the war. Bryce Browning, secretary- of the'mily and the cake was decorated j families began to oink seriously, THE ENTIRE FAMILY is so sat-!dia5§cd on, the Monksfield andjboard of directors of the hiuskiim i the chef al a hospital in Ilford,! about the trip in September, -1947,1 isfied with everything American j Sheppard families, however, often !um Watershed Conservancy His-1 lere her sister, Mrs. George Shep-1 {ollowmg Monksfield s retirement, they have no desire to return to toc!i their chances by staying in'trict. will speak,rd was employed as a reception-j and applied for visas about Christ-; England. Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard their homes, preferring to bc°kill-| mas time. Mr. and Mrs. Monksfield! are expecting Sheppard's mother.* e'd than succumb to° pneumonia Following a honeymoon spent at;sold their h°me and .furnishings; Mrs. John Sheppard of Enfield contracted in the stuffv litt]» mrnemouth, England, Orin left|and 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 * seiwed four veais with the Sixth r Mrs. Orin joined her husband. |y, when they learned the date of; The most amazing experience of Armored division, a portion ' ofCanton, m March, 1946. | the.r sailing. Sheppard also resign- all, of course, is the abundance of hieh time was pent in Africa,While in the railroad station at, fd his position as an accoun- foorl available here. When Mr and:llai' and Austria, worked in Lon-:ord awaiting transportation by* ant /or which he was paid S28 .Mrs. Mousfiehl made their 'first don during part of the war Sheam to her port of embarkation, weekly, a good salaiy in England, shopping trip to a self-serve »roc- Iater took the hospital reception-rs. Orin exacted a promise from: The both families reasoned that ery store, thev spent S3S Incfden-'^ Jod because it was closer toir parents to visit her in America, condition —’J u-------The idea appealed to Mr. and Americais could be no worse in * tally, the shopping trip for groc- -her home. She recalls that manv „ 73 - ”■ i • . , than they were m England \ enes was the first made by Monks-! times when she.worked in Londonm ’ esp5claliy since and based their hopes on Mrs.' field, who, Hke other Englishmen ! she found poAions of streets It' p lice“?on,« '’• MTod'* !in'S '»'»“!»“,V'eportj ot S'blocked by Urn of clLunc,h' re he had scrved 28 -/.. ; ! g.g0°d ln the C0Untry she n0'v UlClr ^obs U shoP- Since the begin-’ drawn around an area which had- - - . shop. Since the begin- drawn around an area which hadmmediate tlmimh/r -r ,nmg °f ,ationing in England,* been hit the night before. Direc-. the trip, however since Ihey in * nrm d ■hand/’Irs' .ousew‘veS are required to stand in! tions were posted at convenientnded to wait until Monksfield’si with’ Orin’i' iw”10* flTri5fm order'to obtalu sufficient; Places for the purpose of instruct-itirement went into effect OriJ's ^itaiP -’ rs f00(i.^°m day to day, making it im- mg employes who had worked ati i . , !Pnns arrival, purchased a duplex possible for men to join in the the damaged business nlar/T toTheir daughter wrote in glow-;house at 1142 Lakeview blvd MY. search for food ine'----------------° . ”USin!??. places t0ig terms about conditions in Am-; Canton, with a view of providing While it seems •ica and, as time went on, her j adequate living quarters for mem- perienee to increasingly encour-lbers of her family.itters 'WOMEN'S PLAYSHOES $2.98 $3.98Sizes 5 to 9 — AA-B-C Red, Green, Brown and BlackPENNEY’Ssug iu pdieiHs wno iouna it dit-1JONDAY RADIOihe Monksfielus and SheppardsNational WTAM* (1100) KDKA (1020)American WHBC* (14801 WAKR (1590)re for slallans sheMutual i WHK* (1420)r-a-n With an aster!Columbia WKBN* (570) I WADC (1350)M IAn pr°51 noo X-ew-5-Musle1*45 n“ws—HcRderso,.ams are listed 1■ Aiarm^CIock Club Alarm Clock Club3UiricWMoments! Spins A: NeedlesNews-Hcundup Altar Service Farm Bulletin Dan Brirc-Ncv.-S:15 Bob Reed—Piano FVM World News 3:45 Off the RecordNews-Sports Top O' MorningNickelodeonWorld News1:00 Of I the Record Oil the Record4:43 Woman's ClubBreakfast Club Breakfast Cluh Breakfast Club Breakfast CluhMorning Malir.ec Bob PooleSndtiicmalesDownbeat Dcrbv Town Crier-New-s3*15 Fred W'/in'3:30 Road of Life 0:43 The Briehto.- D.irTelephone Quiz Carol's No-.ehr.ok Bcriv CrockerCharm'g Children Charmg ChildrenMusic for Monday'' Arthur GodfreyModern Roman'sm'r/r Mmrre,,Arthur Godfrey1*45 I.ora l.asvtonaien'lirakra”!!;2:30 EdhloVs n.r■./?•!/-2:45 Hearts in Harmorx/ws^keri,bLocal Nevrs1*15 Easy/Aides'1 US10Me Tody Matinee Carol AdamsCedric FosterBig Sister1:45 Jack KiltvNa/T'br^f'2:15 Double or Nothin! 2:30 Today’s Children 2:45 Ucht of World? H’wood Breakfast 9 H'wood Breakfasl Bride Groom Bride A- GroomVluccn for a Dav : Queen for a Dai2nd Mrs. Burton...00 Life—Beautiful 5.15 Ma Perkins .5 30 Proper Xoar.gTalk Out Of mat Dancctimo Talk Out Of That Darcetin'e Hcu-e Parly DanccVrre Party naneenN'-NRent Control—-Musir4:00 Backstage Wife 4:13 Stella Dallas 4:30 Lorenzo Jones 4:45 Widder BrownKay Kyser FrrefrghlersNews-Danectrmc Dar.eetimc Lady FareKing Cr.ic5 IS Portia Face- l.ifesVukon ChallenRe e Vukcn ChallenReTom £’idn!ghlNc.vs-Maur.cc6:15 Xews-Mannlr.iso/;«Open RangeJack Jurcy—New*0 45 3-Star'e/w*S.iee RidersmS meTs'mes Tpy7.15 News7 50 Tropic Echo 7 45 To Be AnnounceFulton Lewis, jr. Edwin ri Hilld l!one RaneerFullon larsvis Ir Nev..s.Dinner Da;Inside of SpirtsBeulah irJaelc SmiibEdward R Milrrow8 13 Caralcade 8:30 H. Barlow 3:45 H. BarlowRallroad HourElia Mae Mors* Ella Mac MorseStraight Arrovv Slralght Arro-x Sherlock Holme Sherlock- Holme:Inner Sanctum9:15 Telephone Hour 9:30 Dr. I, Q.9 43 Dr I QFrih* HuntUnCe Fish HuntIiPetcr SalemFish Hunt Fish A: HuntRadio Theater ‘ Radio TheaterRadio The.vrro 00 Buddy Clark J13 Buddy Clark|3N» N'avvi-Mar.runic Arthur GaethVWCA Dinner Y4VCA Dinnerm O'Clcck Tune m°rfcaC’YT„r'* My Friend Irma|S Bob Mawk ^how Bob Hawk Shmvesume work at a different loca-nderfu! ex- tion .Incidentally. Mrs. Sheppard's into a grocery- store home was damaged twice bv and be able to purchase just any-; bombs, the roof h'avin* been tning your appetite craves, provid-* blown off once and her'furniture mg, o£ course, one has sufficient: damaged, funds, it makes the English fam-i * * *, dies fee| sorry for their folks back! THE FAMILIEShome who afamiliari)/snit/ f-/!1/1 S.° /Uch' * ''vilh rocket bombs, as well, as the conridpiM hlt;^ n-t ^ Americans | incendiary type of bomb. Since consider the com of food very high, everyone was mobilized, women as!Sbeppard is of the opinion I welL as men, made evew effort to! that the high standard of wages' extinguish the fires paid here makes it possible for' „ (1families lo save monev. In com- J \tn r ar Was wonparison. she said that food what , ! / forces' Mrs- Shep-there is of it, in England, also is'T^ / , / opinion lhat En2' priced high, whereas wages are - e .war from an eco'much lower than they are in'nomic standpoint. The country Amcrica. making it more difficult ?he sa,dj will# never be the same, to have a reserve lund. inasmuch as it is forced to deny-Mrs. Monkincid secalls that me ilS PC0PIe necessities in order to Paring a meal while ’n England ■ pxport g00ds which will bring was sometimes a niii.marc. Saus- raoney ,nl° Eng*3nd. iage, she said, was usiialh available’. AlthoiJgh the families are not and she prepared it in just about ;°,° nd of corn- ,heY Particularly iwcrv conceivable wav. When there .c. roasUn8 C5rs- In fact, thev wcre avyilali’c fats for frying, she sald' ,thcie doesn't seem to be imes iried it ether times she thing about America they don'tKroeliler Living RoomOn Easy TermsLEE Furniture139 Erie So.stuffed i cooked i incidentalpard win for the from nu\ ithoniors and th tom u ics. Sam'S not nearlv as g as that which islike, everything seems so wonderful to them. However, they do I miss seeing fine china and pottery 1 for which England is famous.Fearing that her cut glassware ,.would he broken in transit Mrs s Sheppard disposed of all of it before leaving England. Since she' has been unable to replace itMUIRSCUT RATE DRUGSWhere Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Still Buy THE MOSTwhodid to Ing here, ol take a hereAmerica. According to Mrs. Sheppard, fond of *'mcricr.n men and women dress none of fa' more comfortably than those \iier,e;«t in En2!aRd- *- uless an Knglishnuu i.'e pm»r. he wouldFORFURNITUREOf Quality at Popular Prices—IT’SDAMS BR0C11 niiiTiiE «Jchil kc-11. lorrallywere required, fm remainder of’Cglt; permitted them for home'’The (own bursarI The English familic ■exactly been oriented aenjoy the popular American; th.,iK,i iicr no! he seen fond. -no said \,„ raised k'l’l dare venti I siiffir- ek'd only i e. They 1 he (lire sell (lie however, a quota Americanu Id .mberjacket.En)ishiture out in the streets shorts and a halter, combined families, c slipping easily info vhen their1 appro;' land js hanihu •o Die hamlni nnced heel u' ' placed hei.,to English folks w]i0 visit thenitheir eyebrows al their Amcri-ave not. canized relatives, they will ur.-* to prop-! doubtedlv say they like cvcry-g just the way it is here. *I A me nc-cr in Eng-; OHIO T.INOTYP1ST DIESnh .lt; never; NEWARK. lt;APj— Louis Kuss-cn slices of maul. 86. linotype operator at the ;r has is for Newark Advocate lor 25 \car.s, I’-aiut of died yesterday al the home of a •■-.aiKiwichcs| nephew in Granville.Gray’s Cut RateDrugStoreLincoln Way, W.Is the Place to Eat andRefresh Yourselfcovered in front of the southern! l’eople who have eaten Ihe meat sideol the basilica. (of alligators and crocodil.SMenortis comparable to pork ;!rlt!.'Lk“d,jfI,05,f.a”dy *his trlde.-T, Uas ,Z‘ „vc;r i._„ that his efforts to find other workiin April. 1948. Arriving in Canton.! is quite strange lo the families.. t)u.yOnn7leandhe MoILiehf0 'and1 AmCri-Ca lal'2ei' and h!f. subsequent employment as;planned to make the nip to Amer- Sheppard began looking for jobs* ( - -SCen -n En§land. st :n macbl.1]lst demonstrated that ‘ his]' cording to Mrs. Sheppard. who; availability and capacity for em-090■ ■IS COMINGDON’T MISS IT SEE MONDAY’S PAPER FOR DETAILSMOTHER’S DAY—MAY 8th ... One of the most celebrated traditions in the American calendar of events. Across the nation, sons and daughters of all ages will remember Mom” with gifts, flowers, cards and other thoughtful tributes. 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