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FOURTEEN■Tjjj^y enjoy luxuries in their adopted countryTHE EVENING INDEPENDE1American Soldier’s War Romance Ends With Entire English Family Moving To Stark CountyCRESCENT GARDENS —Little 1.........Metk.............., ................... ......HFCRESCENT GARDENS — Little did a lonely GI from Canton think, when he asked a couple of English girls if he might join them for dinner in a restaurant in England, nearly six years ago, that his impulse uould be responsible for bringing to America, the entire family of one of the girls whom he married.In the summer of 1943. Paul Orin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Orin of Canton, was eating a lonely dinner in an Ilford, Essex, England restaurant when he saw '.wo English girls eating at a nearby table. The two girls appealed to him and seemed to possess a lriendly nature. He made no attempt to meet them, however, until he saw them again the following evening in the same restaurant.ORIN ASKED the girls if he might join them, and, realizing the young soldier was lonely, they agreed. The soldier particularly liked one of the girls, who said she was Gladys Monksfield of Ilford, who worked as a secretary in a war plant. She was reluctant, however, to arrange any dates without '.he company of her girl friend.During the next few weeks, Orin “double-dated both girls. In des-paration he arranged a blind date for the other girl”,. with one of his buddies, with the understandingthat he was to get the little dark THE MARRIAGE of a former Gf from Canton and an English girl was responsible for bringing toAmerica her parents and her-brother-in-law‘and siiTei-«,d K‘compleUng the Emily utiTsiL ° - The English girl introduced the m the accompanying photo are. seated, left to right. Mrs. Paul Orin, wife of the veteran Airs'Joseph American soldier, who was attach- Monksfield. her mother and Mrs. George Sheppar d, her sister, holding the Sheppards'' %on David ,ed to a railway battalion in Eng- Standing, 111 the same order, are Orin, Monksfield a nd Sheppard. ’tlvfield a nd Sheppard.i- e ac*.e^“at^E ca the (left England on the S. S. America,I from most anv kind of food handv ' h?slim rations provided them. ! i„ April. 1948. Arriving in Canton!, is quite strange to the famdie' . AhDECIDING that as long as they the' OnnT'tnd^ SsSd* 'and11 thj^e tZ™* Tplanned to make the trip to Amer- Shepuard be°an looking for iohC r England, ac-;nica, they may as well live here.la few Uk^er Mo^sSld t?! l° MlS' ShePPal'd- 'ho i ayMr. and Mrs. Monksfield endeavor-! cured a job as a policeman at thc ? h u ,a, car In KnS!and P1(ed to interest their other daughter,! Union Metal Co at Canton and '5, hara)y. advisable, hi the first Mrs. Sheppard and her husband to;Sheppard secured employment a=,f ’ 01,0 s eamlu§s ould scarce-accompany them. The idea especi-|an electrician. Later. Sheppard bed r perm,t lh,e Purchase aad upkeep ally appealed to Mrs. Sheppard,! came a time checker at the com-10l FOLLOWING the close of the'her sister?'weS-and who°v‘as?any 'vhich cmplo-vs his ^her-in-war, Orin tried desperately to re- [eager for her sister to sde her babv! o'n °s™ mchSwilh“ttoV051' turn to England to be married, oe-json ravid who wa? hm-n fniinu-irk, , machinist with the Penn-,fore leaving for America. Luckily. !jIrs’ OHnVde^ at Csnton' i'olIow-‘ In referring to World War II,he obtained a furlough and «-ed.! , P .,l? Amenca.) mg hls discharge from service. ! Mrs- Monksfield said she wants to FMrs. Monksfield had hopes of: Mr and Mrs. 0rin now 0 .: forget and doesn't think she could I Ta the lower floor of the duplex and Siand anc‘her one. Being a police-!AT,* A 4 lt;»i. a . , ! 11*. r. 11 AlrtnL'cfin!^ 1* ___land, to her parents. Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Monksfield, who liked him' immediately.Following several months of courtship, (he couple became engaged and made application to be married, inasmuch as army regulations required a waiting period of six months for GI’s to marry foreign girls. During that time, however, Orin was sent to Fiance.d a car and secondly, gasoline, or as the English say, is so rationed that one could re-tlle benefit from it.phhe obtained a furlough and wedding plans were completed almost over-night. Orin and his Englishboth daughters living in America’ \sweetheart were married jn November, 1945, in St. Peter's church at Ilford.Rations for the couple’s four-as she could not find it in her, Mn mid hep^V thTSpp »*«• ^lonksiicld was usuallyheart to leave on daughter behind « . uppej.; , _______ _____lt;uiu -uia, oneppara me tiiiner usucuiv uu; ,S ; TiC r11 f,aughter byhmdj,001, Mr. and Mrs. Monks!mkL dl!t' aod a'a itm home' when! felt; while Ooin„ to lue near another. , moved about a month ago to Cre=-!a,r laid el'e ui progress and'.ias .v„uH.c » luur- . Sheppard, however, v.hile being: cent Gardens where they have pur-; mcmbcrs c£ his family lived for! Metiered wedding cake had been sav-iln f?vor of a trlP America, had, chased a home. practically a year in their air raid i relt;ed for some time by the bride’s,!?0 lntenti0n of staying. The two * * * shelter at night. As thefamily and the cake was decorated by the chef at a hospital in Ilford, where her sister, Mrs. George Sheppard was employed as a reception-families began to Gunk seriously, THE ENTIRE FAMILY is so sat-! dl'a3§cd 0,b the Monksfield and! bo: about the trip in September, -1947,1 isfied with everythin^- American;Sheppard families, however, often juir following Monksfield’s retirement.; they have no desire to return toUock their chances by staying in'triand applied for visas about Christ-, England. Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard their homes, preferring to'bc°kilI-;mas time. Mr. and Mrs. Monksfield-are expecting Sheppard's mother ed than succumb to pneumonia ;r“ sold their home and .furnishings, Mrs. John Sheppard of Enfield , contracted in the stuffv little and Sheppard gave notice that his Middlesix, to visit them some time shelters.family would relinquish their apart-i this year but they are quite cer- Mrs. Sheppard, whose husband1ment for which they paid S7 week-; tain she will return to England. I served four veais with the Sixth:Ib’r,:they £earned tbe date. of! The most amazing experience of Armored division, a portion of,. Jlf sa,hr}g- Sheppard also resign- ai|t of C0Urse, is the abundance of1 which time as pent in Africa,:M hile in the railroad station at, f“Jrorn h!S, Pos,t'on as an aoco“n; food available here. When Mr. and:Ilai’ and Austria, worked in Lon-;Ilford awading transportation by/’ant £or whlch he was paid S28 .Mrs. Monsfield made their first doa during part of the war. Shelfno° r Pf. embarkation, jeek1-'- a good salaiy in England.. shopping trip to a self-serve groc-;Iater took ;i'e hospital reception-'Mrs. Orin exacted a promise from The both families reasoned that ery store, thev spent S3S Inciden- iat J°h because it was closer to'conditions could be no worse ini tally,,the shopping trip for groc--her home. She recalls that manv 1 America than they were in England! eries was the first made by Monks-! times hen she.worked in London i and ba^ed their hopes on Mrs. field, who, like other Englishmen, found potions of streets? ^^U?0U.l.reP°r*s o£, cveiw- have not had the time to take from! bIocked by mejns of chalk linesFollowing a honeymoon spent at Bournemouth, England, Orin left his wife with her family in Ilford and returned to America in Decem-1 ber. Mrs. Orin joined her husband at Canton, in March, 1946.her parents to visit her in America.The idea appealed to Mr. and Mrs. Monksfield, especially since Monksfield was soon due lo retire from the police iorce at Ilford, where he had served 28 years. They gave no immediate thought lo the trip, however, since they intended to wait until Monksfield's retirement went into effect.thing good in the country she no'w their jobs to shop. Since the begin-'drawn around an'area whichhad called home. - ntng of rationing in England,:beea hit the night before. Direc-In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. housewives are required to stand in tiors were posted at convenient A. _._®a*de ^eir h°,meiiineJS-in Order to obtain sufficient ! Places for the purpose of instruct-, -tu n •---- 7— - uuiain sumcieni: maces ror me purpose of mstruct-with Orm s parents since Mrs.: food from day to day, making it im-Ung employes who had worked at or n s arni’a? nnrrhacArf a rlrt; nncciKIn ^me -. , , Orin s arrival, purchased a duplex possible for men to join In'the the damaged business tnTheir daughter wrote in glow-; house at 1142 Lakeview blvd N\Y.; search for food. place? t0. . . ' . . . ° ^ UH U A jwnn.il IUI lUUll.ing terms about conditions in Am-- Canton, with a view of providing While it seems a wonderful «v tion Inr-ifiVnt-rtv°.n* puarlcrs for mem- pei;ie.nce imo a grocery store home was damaged tw^'hvresume work at a different loca- ----, mi, net j auetjudie m ing qu;.etters were increasingly encour-lbers of her family.wno iouna it dit-iMONDAY RADIOthe Monksfields and Sheppards!National WTAM* (1100) KDKA (1020)Llstir.cs *American Mutual 4VHBC* (1480) WHK* (1420) WAKR (1590)re for slalions shown with »nColumbia ' WKBN* (570) i WADC (1350) (sk (*i(All proj-iA. M7:00 News-Muslc7:.-0 Musical C’oc'r 7 45 News—Hcr.deriouims afe listed !-Aiarm~CIock Club Atarm Clock Club Alarm Clock Ctuhn daylight sarinjNev.-s-Wealhcr ' Music Moments i Spins Needles ' Spins A: Needles:Ncws-Hcundup i Altar Service ! 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F,.„families lo save monev. In com-!hv S MW r ar Was WOnparison. she said lhat food uhat , ! ^ forces' Mrs- Shep-there is of it, in England, also is’T^ ? ! A °Pn'on that Eng-! priced high, whereas wages are - °, l,?e ,war from an ec«' much lower than thev are in nomic standpoint. The country America, making it more difficult ■ e sa,d- wiI,# never be the same, to have a reserve lund inasmuch as it is forced to denyAirs. Monkrticid secalls that me ils PC0P'e necessities in order to Paring a meal while ’n England pxlort goods which will bring was sometimes a m'gii.niarc. Saus- raoney inl° Eng*and. iage, she said, uas usiialh available' Althoi!gb the families are not and she prepared it in just about „ ond of corn- ,he. particularly v conceivable v..'y. When there I0.asUng cars. In fact, theywere available tats for frying.shesaid.there doesn't seem to bepard who said it for the mlt; from nirlt;V:ONT. COLLI) 4}ometimes incd it other times she anYlhing about America thev don't stuffed it with oniors and sage or I’1?0' evc'ything seems so wonder-cooked it with tom i? il\s. Sausage. . *° Piem- However, they doincidentally. ,s not r.earlv as good m,ss seeing fine china and poller}'in England as that which is -old £or uhich England is famous,m Amcv-ica. aci-ording to Mrs. Shep-' rearing that her cut glassware- -- ipparcntlv is made i?'ouid bc broken in transit Mrs for the most parl frnm fats cut Sheppard disposed of all of it beam! soa flour. £orc leaving England. Since shehas been unable to replace it, iin fish. Sinlt;-c coming here, she is sorryId, who '‘be did not take a char.cc andeiunng fr.v to bring it here,mcnca. Aeconling to Mrs. Sheppard, fond of American men and women dressone of far more comfortably than thoseueriean jn England. Unless an Englishman r. been IS considered cpiitc poor, he would another 1101 be seen in Uimherjacket.loud. -ho said. Nor would an English raised fe'iri dare venture out in the streets had siiffir- clad only in shorts and a halier.were ier.i.irr.,1 i ...... use. They 7% three combined families.inde of l’rCU'r' llt;’ SCl[ fl,C h°'VCVCr- aic slipping easily into, cs„s ovei qiJola American ways and when theirto English folks w.ho visit them raiseha- tmiiid Inc same i;. Her familxuh she handSince the Miepp.uds chickens. Ihe\ usuallv l('M eggs for their f- remaindcr pcrmittert them Tor home' ihe (own bursar.— City CouncilThe T-'n-,i,xi, c, , their eyebrows at their Amcri-cvieH,-■ iIC's hav° not, canized relatives, they will un-ei-iv cii]ovntreC!1’Cdf'-VOUoprop'!dOUblCfilv say thc-v 'ike cvcry-h-bcacy. a hamhSr^TheT/S1 th'ng just thc way jt iaS^^m!nc'ec^hee7^l,,^^ 111 KR'; °m° T',N0TVP1'ST DIES,Krl u !lt;h A-EWARK. lt;AP)— Louis Kuss-lues of. maul. 86. linotype operator at thedemMlv. the (r, A'lvocatr lor 25 seats,I Amerplaced heiw,I he |,‘cans to niake^ssn’i' . °f ,,'Pdl lt;'stcr‘,ay a' 1,1e honic ofa maxe aauchuchcsi nephew ' r it; Granville.
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Sat, May 07, 1949
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