Army Day Observed Saturday in California Cities
Army Day set for Saturday April 9 1949 with General Mark Clark announcing observances across California. Bakersfield area holds ceremonies. Shafter residents plan visits to nearby installations or local observances. M/Sgt Robert Hastie urges community participation praising the Army and wider defense team for peace.
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Mark Clark
Sixth Army
California
Bakersfield
Shafter
Robert Hastie
Hastie
Set
Delano
United States Army
Mrs
America
Shafter High Newspaper Enters Rating Contest
Shafter High School journalism students entered The Commander in the Annual Critical Rating Service sponsored by the San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association. Forty one of eighty valley high schools submitted entries, the highest total in the rating service history. Jeanette Wheeler, advisor, led the entry in the under 500 membership division. Judges include Robert Fahs of KYNO Fresno, Dr. Phillip Smith of Bakersfield College, and John H. Duke, association official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association
John H. Duke
Jeanette Wheeler
Association
San Joaquin Valley
Robert Fahs
KYNO
Fresno
Phillip Smith
Bakersfield College
Shafter Proclaims April 9 1949 Army Day
Mayor I P V McClure proclaims Army Day in Shafter on April 9 1949. The notice honors the Army’s defense of democracy and freedom and urges citizens to support service members and remember soldiers who sacrificed for a peaceful America, dated April 5 1949.
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United States of America
Army of the
United States
I. P. V. McClure
City of
Shafter
America
Cancer Campaign Aims Outlined in Kern County
Kern County leads in developing a cancer control program as Mrs. Margaret K. Stanley outlines aims for the local American Cancer Society branch in Bakersfield. The campaign urges awareness with seven danger signals and regular physician visits, listing signs from nonhealing lesions to persistent indigestion and coughing. Contributions can be sent to Dr. J. H. Revell in Shafter or to the county branch at 220 Brower Building.
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Kern
California
American Cancer Society
Margaret K. Stanley
Bakersfield
J. H. Revell
Shafter
Brower Bldg
Stanley
Mann Visits Parents After Weekend Trip
Harold Mann of Inglewood spent the weekend at his parents home, the Everett Manns. Mann, an employee of North American Aircraft, was accompanied to Shafter by his friend Dick Newman.
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Mann
Harold Mann
Inglewood
Everett Manns
North American Aircraft
Shafter
Dick Newman
Crisp Family Concludes Shafter Visit
Mr. and Mrs. E T Crisp will depart this weekend for their Petaluma home after a three week stay at the Shafter residence of the Everett Manns. Mr. Crisp is the brother of Mrs. Mann.
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E .T. Crisp
Petaluma
Shafter
Everett Manns
Mr. Crisp
Mrs. Mann
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Shafter Drug Store
Shafter Bowling Alley
Shafter Warehouse CO
Irvin E. Fike
Central Valley Hwy
J. W. Lassiter Auto Parts
Gunnarson’s Jewelers
Ae Photo Studio
James St
Pierce Jewelers
Shafter Music Shop
Curly and
Laura Tanksley
Shafter Radiator & Welding Shop
Central Hardware
Mac's Shoe Repair
Shafter Mercantile CO
Cousin’s Cafe
Mac's General Store
South Shafter
Bayless Market South Shafter
Home Appliance & Furniture CO
Shafter High School
Dial Cleaners
Les Hobson
Dial
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