Castleton WI Scrapbook, 2014, Volume 3, p. 19

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' - _ i:.': rsi2-h'1%'hah ' i w , C ik ' E rounded by care givers, her V i W Cr _ Mg Bith . ir,'ait . l beloved friend Marilyn Dickson ' "--t'v,"if ‘ " T" C . _ ‘ ref," , , i; .and.-. fittingly, given her serv- ., fl" Tpil , f i 1 a - TEt: l ' I , ' i ICE m the Second World War- P.. A”, iii-“FM f. r . Jd . I 'ON I“ . s',, v):', 4 . h i the sounds ofVera Lynn singing 'br; " ’3’ N t2l , Fr,' 7" F who]: ' ' ', _ ,7 Ciiitg, 5 White Cliffs ofDover. . 'i , '“: J-rt/i I Bl , ' " (i 'G . ' l ., T _i ' ' r Tr " " I Daughterto Edith and Harold . d! g; > , 'iii IVE}? " rt"rt ' V ll . I ‘ -' w " cT, ' I ' A u h , I i Milstead, sister to Fred, she was P, G 7‘";- r 'rEB r" , le my. " 2 l, " ri a ‘ I tmrninTtvont0Oct.17, 1919. Her I IN ' - - ' q ill T" - r _ MI IM Irv x r. - i dreams ofbecoming a surgeon ' " , 35;; I ' . l' It " Eh w __ l , N , I? I i cametoahaltwhenshewastaken Ei e I " - I F? " . . " , I I outofschool,butshe soonsether 1lltilijl - - ' It I wr I ' _ was“ " IIE " P, ' l sights on aviation.5heworkedin " " "q " . H E » i ‘ ‘ Eltliiiiiillililii M, "eq-tttTIME, f [ her mother'swoolshopinorder a?” I ‘ ' " - , " --‘-.___. 1%uLaE . ' l to save up for f1yinglessons, (e ' ' "’1; " lil ' ' .1., B, Warren achieved her private . - " . r l pilot’s license, but lost her income I ,__,, , " ~ e- " , source to save up forcommercial . ' , , lessons when her motherclosed . ' . l . a the wool shop, Milstead started ‘ ' ' ' her own business and continued ' 2t _, .. a s . to save. , 1'rIaSTd 1,.W‘w- . ', - _ tt . E .I Over the next 10yet1rs, she also - ' e M1,” , lea E c ' ' ‘3 lif'éiii'i1'M gavef1yinglessons atBarkerField. I " qr ‘ ‘ ""“ "w ' = . 'lil ag, 1 “M When the Second WorldWar put . I _ V ' I "% . l ‘ ig " anend to civilian flying, Milstead f , I ig - r; d " Mr, tm .. -r "it . iS , B joinedtheAir TransportAuxiliary CL ,i t " g b " " . $5 . 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