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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
7
A baby girl named Sheryl Ann was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kyle on Tuesday March 27. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nay and is now at home with her mother.
The Shafter Men’s Chorus of the Mennonite Brotherhood Church directed by Arnold Bergen will perform Friday at 7 45 p m at Gospel Church at Smith’s Corner. Formed fifteen years ago as a Sunday school class the chorus has since sung across Southern California.
Scout Troop 44 of Shafter renews its charter with Kern County Council and Kiwanis Club sponsorship. Ned Smith becomes Scoutmaster with Eyron Hanson as assistant. meetings set for Tuesdays at Scout Hall. Active members listed include Anderson, Bagby, Brewer, Crawford, Hanley, Rhoads, Scaggs, Wooldridge and others.
Mr and Mrs R B Leitch of Santa Monica visited the Sidney Dawe home as dinner guests last Wednesday. The wife, former Fransquita Sullivan, taught in the local high school. Mrs Leitch also spent time with her mother in Wasco during the week.
A Shafter letter recalls Dutch Corners later Ducor in Tulare County, tied to German families and a town once a corn farm cluster. It also notes Porter Putnam farm on Tule River, the stage line, a small commissary, and the town of Porterville with Putnam Avenue as a main street.
An Easter egg hunt was the main attraction for Den 1 Cub Scouts at the home of Rolf Jacobsen. Ice cream and cake made the Monday gathering a festive party.
Ray Rexius Seaman l c U S Navy is home on a thirty day leave after returning from the Pacific theater of operations.
S. O. Tucker departed Friday for Little Rock Arkansas to visit relatives and friends.
The city documents an ordinance granting the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company a seven year franchise to lay construct and maintain spur tracks across Central and Shafter Avenues within Shafter California. The ordinance sets track center lines and conditions for maintenance discon tinue option after twenty one years and immediate effect.
The 1775 Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia as Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys pressed for Ticonderoga’s surrender. The note links early resistance to today’s support for War Bonds and recalls a secret night meeting at Catamount Tavern in Bennington. The Catamount monument now marks the site.
San Francisco built the Civic Auditorium using money raised from the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. The funding came from proceeds of the exposition held in 1915 and allocated for public works.
An Easter dance was hosted at the Shafter Motel by Lucille Crawford and Evelyn Youngblood with Adell Henley assisting in honor of Bill and Barney Crawford and Kenneth Youngblood. Guests enjoyed games, dancing, a buffet supper, and songs by Miss Joan Crawford.
Staying with Mr and Mrs Ed Brown last week were Brown s father and sister Mr Morton Brown Sr and Miss Catherine Brown.
Kern County in California schedules a public auction of parcels for delinquent taxes on April 27 1945 at 10 a.m. in Bakersfield Court House. Minimum bids start at 10 dollars for Town of Johannesburg Lots 4-18 Block 9 and Wilshire Heights Lot 8 Block 1 J L McKitto. Redeem options end at sale. Contact County Auditor S A Woody for details.
Easter Sunday visitors at the J D Janzen home were Mr and Mrs Darrell Janzen and child of Wasco and the B M Mamie of Delano. Classified AA will fine m.
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