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lo w-' eii-b aV/ ’ '..hichlaler [Merrifields Son 11 Is Reported SafevhetiCHir0 ‘God is Good.’ the Her. Merrifield said recenlty, “God i« merciful and God in charitable.*On Sunday, Feb. 1. cloning the sermon in the Plymouth Congregational church, Mr. Merrifield read the here r0^ neighborhood boys who were ered f^^ting with General Mac Arthur inhuii'1 1 ®;t 11lner- ‘‘And also my son, Jacques,” he u in told the congregation in a quiet voice •Mo- *« was killed in action while lgin- guarding Clark field on Luzon on that according to a telegram I0 be ieceived Ibin moruing.For more than a month the congregation has been in mourning. Butiting another messenger brought another nnw telegram to the Men*!field home.thou “Referring to my telegram of Jan 31,” it began prosaically.. “Am deep-for ly gratified to inform you that the anka commanding forceB in the Far East MacArthur, general of the U. S. Army reports of this date, thatfire y°ur sol)» Jacques Merrifield. Technical Sergeant, previously reported ushJ killed *n ac^ou 011 *)ec- 30, has been1 found alive and well. “ He is the son of Hev. Merrifield, former Sheffield pastor and teacher.anu-owerre-care• «cl UUhfaisionThtorsMarK.euMiMTenherillncFun at 3 Men Wihin OM1874for SI Mrs. t w o Prin Chicson i n \ then El roMr
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune

Princeton, Illinois, US

Fri, Mar 20, 1942

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