Joliet Hosts Two RCAF Flyers on Brief Visit
Two young Royal Canadian Air Force members toured Joliet for ten days as guests of Douglas Scarth and family. Douglas Scarth 27 and Norman Ashton 22, visiting from Newfoundland duties, praised American hospitality and hoped to stay longer. They train as navigators and bombardiers and are stationed off Newfoundland’s coast at Prince Edward Island.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Joliet
Douglas Scarth
Norman Ashton
Douglas
George H. Scarth Sr
E. Washington Street
Mr. Scarth
George Jr
Marshalls
Norman
Canada
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Middlesboro
Yorkshire
Eng
Judith Ann
Tom
Local Hero From Nottingham In Allied Italy Fight
The report notes forces now clashing with the American Fifth Army in Italy while Norman from Nottinghamshire, England, remains with his parents and sister at home. His other brother serves in the British Army.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Norman
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Eng
Trinity Methodist Service Demonstrates Lent Cross Dedication
The Rev John Paul Stafford led a Go to Church Crusade themed service at Trinity Methodist with Gerald Zimmerman drawing a crayon picture. Four laymen assisted and a large attendance saw the dedication of the Lenten Cross boxes for self denial benefitting Christ and the church. Easter morning will see the cross remade with filled boxes.
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Trinity Methodist
John Paul Stafford
Gerald Zimmerman
Roy Hedstrom
Earl Baxter
Loren Swinford
Lawrence Carlson
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