Norton Family In Anchorage Quake Keepers In Buttonwillow
Glenda Norton writes from Buttonwillow describing her parents Mr and Mrs Buck Norton and their dog Suzie. They survived the Alaska quake with their home intact though they stay with friends. Milton Norton works as a geologist for the Richfield Company in Anchorage. The family had vacationed in the Lower 48 last August and letters share firsthand recollections of the disaster area.
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Mr. Norton
Buck Norton
Buttonwillow
Norton
Glenda Rey
Ethel Myrick
Shafter
Carlos Rey
Wasco
Nortons
Turnagain
Anchorage
Glenda
Suzie
Bee
Seattle
Milton Norton
The
Richfield of Company
Ake
Alaska
Mike
Yvonne
Ethel Rusk Myrick
Alaska Earthquake Wave Survivors and Drowning Victims
Mr and Mrs A S Matheson learned their granddaughter and her husband and three children were swept into the sea by an 80 foot tidal wave off Valdez during a recent quake. One granddaughter and her husband survived but lost belongings. bodies later washed ashore then swept out again. The family and relatives in Shafter and Sonoma await word as memorial plans form. Milton Norton and his two children survived the Anchorage quake.
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A. S. Matheson
Valdez
Alaska
San Francisco
Red Cross
Matheson
Lila Jones
Woody Jones
Sonoma
Shafter
Oral Matheson
Colleen Brown
Padre Serra Monument Drive Planned by Native Sons
Padre Serra's Trails will be presented Tuesday May 12 at 7 30 p m in the Harvey Auditorium under Bakersfield Parlor No 42 Native Sons of the Golden West. Proceeds will aid the statewide drive by the Grand Parlor to raise 30000 for the monument to Padre Junipero Serra on the State Capitol grounds.
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Padre Serra
Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield
Native Sons of the Golden West
Native Sons
Padre Junipero Serra
State Capitol
Mallorca to his demise in Carmel California
D C Parks state chairman of...
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Mallorca
Carmel
California
D.C. Parks State
Fuel Pump Taken From Boat At Richard James Home
Richard James of 180 Poso Street reported a fuel pump removed from a motor on his boat while parked at his home. The theft occurred between March 28 and April 1 and the pump is valued at $75.
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Richard James
Poso Street
Padre Juni Serra Monument plans announced in Bakersfield
The Americanism Committee led by Tony Cochems of Bakersfield Parlor 42 announced efforts for a Padre Juni Serra Monument. Local supporters expressed goals for a memorial honoring the Native Sons and related public memory initiatives.
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The
Americanism Committee
Tony Cochems
Bakersfield
Padre Junipero Serra
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