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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
3
Local residents return from Los Angeles and Spokane while service members report weekend visits. Pvt. J M Banks and Lt John McGrath spend weekends in Shafter. Marilyn Guenther enlists in WAVES. Pismo Beach and Santa Barbara trips noted along with Wasco pulpit duty and Edy Merkel prisoner of war news.
The Rev. Bartel becomes pastor of the First Mennonite Church in Shafter. Local families report summer travels and vacations including Mrs. Hare at Torrance near an Army camp, Neufelds in Santa Barbara, and the Bells' return from the coast. Elizabeth Rice returns from USO duties after a vacation. A note recalls 1942 crop losses in California due to harvest labor shortages.
Mrs. Annette Albright, a teller at the local Bank tion in San Francisco and the bay area, is now stationed Santa Barbara. Mrs. Strauss In Canada lists Mrs. Abe Strauss as taking a one month trip to Canada to visit relatives while handling business.
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