Visiting Shafter Friends and Local Gossip
Former Shafterites Mr and Mrs Shorty Bryant of Oxnard visited last week with old friends and now run a Oxnard restaurant. They toured Vsalia with Mr and Mrs Art Stepp Returning Santa Paula guest Mr G D Dirksen spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Earl Anderson in Shafter. Mrs Martha Swan reports her husband Cpl Merle Swan is hospitalized in England. Jack Dial spent five days in Shafter visiting kin. he is stationed at Mare Island. Mrs Estilene Millard and sons visited Los Angeles with Bob Crutchen. Mr and Mrs J A Bonds and daughters visited Arvin over the weekend. Arvin publisher Frank Reed and son Tony visited Shafter. Mr Richard Schaeffer of San Francisco visited Shafter to see his mother Mrs Rose Schaeffer. he has been in the Merchant Marine fifteen months. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Henry Snide’s home April 12 to elect new officers President Pauline Handel vice president Ed Schnaidt secretary Edna Bender treasurer Clara Harder. Mrs Surbiar in hospital daughter Barbara Ratzlaff of J H Ratzlaff family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty” Bryant
Oxnard
Shafter
Shorty
Roy
Schaeffer
Merchant Marine
Richard Schaeffer
San Francisco
Mr. Schaeffer
Rose Schaeffer
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Henry Snide
Pauline Handel
Ed Schnaidt
Edna Bender
Clara Harder
Summer proofing Urged to Avoid Car Breakdowns
Automobiles lay up 2,000,000 yearly as Automotive Safety Foundation warns near 20,000,000 privately owned cars remain in operation. Mobilgas service launches Summer-proof plan with semi annual inspections to prevent breakdowns amid parts and skilled labor shortages and high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automotive Safety Foundation
Mobilgas
W. C. Fillmore
General Petroleum Y Corp
Mobil
Duerksen-Avance Nuptials Told
Miss LaVerne Duerksen and Cpl Wayne Avance were married April 15 at the Women’s Club Building Shafter. Rev E M Anderson officiated. Attendants included Opal Duerksen and Pvt Edgar Boggs. About 130 guests attended a reception with a V for victory table and red and white accents.
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LaVerne Duerksen
Paul Duerksen
Shafter
Cpl
Wayne Avance
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Minter Field
Women’s Club
E. M. Anderson
First Baptist Church of
Opal Duerksen
Pvt
Edgar Boggs
Estelene Reynolds
Dora Poss
LaVonne Kraft
Karen Golnick
Miss Reynolds
Rose
Miss Poss
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Ivestigate
Oliver Sly
Shafter, Calif
Frank Goertz
Wasco, Calif
Morgan & Hardy
Cawelo
Calif
Orson Welles
Shafterites
Pasley
Vsalia
Art Stepp
Santa Paula
Mrs. Earl Anderson
G. D. Dirksen
England
Martha Swan
Merle Swan
Jack Dial
Bill Taylor
Roxana Dial
Jack
Mare Island
Los Angeles
Estilene Millard
Donald and
Earl of Shafter
Bob Crutchen
Arvin
J. A. Bonds
Dorotha and
Joyce
Frank Reed
Tony
Mr. Reed
The
Tiller
Surbiar
Laurence Subbar
Barbara Ratzlaff
J. H. Ratz
G. Fillmore
Laff of
Kern County Hospital
Bakersfield
Marvin Spady
Marvin. Spady
David Strauss
Spady
Monterey
Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco Bay
Goat Island
Stem
Stern
Duerksen
Plumbi
Duehren
Wasco, California
Mobiges
Butch” Heffley
Jack” Zimmerman
Sam
Lachenmaier
Central
California
Raymond Gram Swing
Blue Network
Columbia Pacific Network
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