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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1953
Page
8
Kiwanis weekly luncheon featured Rex Tudor and Harvey Stone sharing Jamboree reports. Several Bakersfield residents plan moves to Los Angeles and Burbank while others visit relatives in Visalia and Santa Maria during weekend travels.
At the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona from Sept. 18 to Oct. 4 the exposition preserves the old time county fair charm. Ruth Pierce poses with prize pumpkins entered in the Agricultural division.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Shafter and nearby areas. Mr and Mrs Nell Ghilarduci and children Joyce and Dick of Chicago visit the Joe Ghilarducci home in Burtonwillow. Mr and Mrs George Roswell and two sons from San Diego stay with Richard A Larson at 269 Atlantic Ave. C Penner travels to Winkler Manitoba to visit relatives then returns via Vancouver. Mr and Mrs Paul Drengwitz move to 240 E Ash Shafter. Sloanes relocate to San Jose. Verlon Mouser and others vacation at Camp Keneah in Sequoia NF with bear raids reported. Virginia ranked third in commercial apples in 1952.
The first group of Women’s Army Corps members deployed abroad during World War II landed in North Africa in January 1943 marking a milestone for women’s military service. The move underscored expanding roles as Allied forces pressed into the theater.
The prompt asks to fill missing terms for a geography question about Korea's western shore and surrounding sea. The likely completed phrase is Korea's western shore and the Yellow Sea.
Mr and Mrs Al Lillie Hoorn of Rio Bravo have returned from a vacation trip to the North Bay Area.
An advertisement touts T-4-L for athlete's foot claiming outer skin peeling exposes fungi and kills on contact. It guarantees satisfaction with a 40 cent refund at any drug store, and promotes today’s availability at McClure Drug Store.
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