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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Robert Hilton and son Ron and her sister of East Bakersfield visited the Sidney Dawes on Thursday. A son Timothy Allen was born to Flight Officer and Mrs Abert Peters formerly of Shafter on March 23 in Laurinburg North Carolina.
Private William S. Kadel of Shafter is part of the Supply Division Air Service Command which set an all time record by answering over 271000 demands for aircraft parts last month. The unit ships about 1200 tons daily to combat bases and has supplied the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe with more than 700000000 pounds of supplies in the past year. Kadel attended Wasco High School and formerly worked for Boriack Bros of San Luis Obispo California.
A nominating committee to choose officers of the American Legion Auxiliary for the coming year was appointed Tuesday evening by president Mrs. J. W. Lassiter. Arrangements were made for a pot luck dinner for Legion and Auxiliary members on Monday night April 16.
Visiting in the P. C. Guenther home from Thursday to Saturday last week was Mrs. Frank Migdat of Tehachapi.
Sgt Howard H. Bryant of Shafter California serves with the Mars Task Force in Burma. The infantry unit has logged long marches through torain, helped seize Myitkyina airstrip on May 18 1944, and participated in the 78 day siege of the city as part of the North Burma campaign against Japanese forces.
Miss Ann Myers daughter of Mrs. Fred Luders of Shafter leaves for Oakland on Tuesday to visit friends there.
Mr and Mrs C G Lindquist entertained her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Ray Wright of Bakersfield at Easter Sunday dinner.
The Kern County school districts receive 1 905 414 dollars in direct state aid for the current fiscal year. Property taxes total 3 887 370 dollars for the same year. The state apportioned 1 338 787 dollars for 19 914 elementary pupils in average daily attendance and 566 627 dollars for 6 304 high school students.
Elbert Franz of the Bank of America travels to Buhler Kansas to wed Miss Rose Friesen of Inman. The ceremony will be at Zoar Church in Inman on Friday evening April 6 with a honeymoon following before returning to Shafter to reside.
The Franks, from whom France derives its name, were a Teutonic people, and in Roman times most inhabitants of present day France were Celts.
Public notice announces private sale of real property in the estate of Ss Phuk by administrator Ben H. Brown. The sale, for cash, follows court approval and specifies a 1/16 undivided interest and 28/1296 interest with liens taxes and encumbrances to be recorded. Bids must be written and submitted at the administrator’s office by date after April 16 1945.
The 34 story 450 foot state capitol in Baton Rouge dominates the old State University site. It replaces the 1849 structure once sent to Emperor Maximilian of Mexico but arrived after his death. The building signals faith in future industry and agriculture as thousands of Louisianans fight to defend opportunities with War Bonds.
Fifty members of the Congregational Church primary department attended an Easter egg hunt last Saturday hosted by Mrs. Homer Craig and her daughter Norma Jean. Games and egg hunts filled the afternoon with help from ten hostess women and three Cub Scout helpers from Den 1 Buddy Fuller Rolf Jacobsen and Morty Brown assisting in directing the party.
The Shafter Association elected Rev. E. M. Anderson as president, Rev. John Bartel as vice president, Rev. W. S. Harper as secretary, and Rev. Menno Schellenberg as treasurer. The group approved continuing pre Lenten services with cooperation from area churches, noting the Released Time Education School at Richland and Maple as productive results.
Mr and Mrs Dick Eckman and daughter Joan enjoyed Easter at the home of Miss Marion Brooks in Pasadena. They attended Easter sunrise services in Hollywood Row before returning to Shafter. Also with them were Mrs Lena Gladden of Pasadena and her daughter Mrs R W Peoples and Phyllis Ann of Columbus Ohio visiting Pasadena for a month.
The record notes Oxford has twenty two colleges and three private halls while Cambridge has seventeen colleges and one hall. The figures detail the structure of both historic universities.
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