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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1947
Page
13
Oscar Ebe of Bellingham Washington a seed potato grower visits Shafter with his son. He recently flew to Bern Switzerland to see relatives not met since World War I.
Mr and Mrs Phil Jeffries and Mr and Mrs Harold Miller flew to Stockton to spend a day at the fair and horse show. Mr and Mrs Billy Lachen maier remain in Stockton with horses racing.
July 25 1947 set as termination date for the war under readjustment allowances for unemployment and self employed veterans. California veterans discharged before July 26 1947 have until July 25 1949 to draw. those discharged after have two years from discharge. Enlistees between Oct 6 1945 and Oct 5 1946 are exempt. Veterans may have rights under both the 1944 act and California Unemployment Insurance Act.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Gaede their son Kenneth Bob Bergman and Art Penner drove from Shafter to Morro Bay early Wednesday. They fished all day at the Gaede summer house and brought in a fair catch of halibut. They returned home late Wednesday night.
Mr and Mrs Rolf Jacobsen and Rolf Jr flew to San Francisco for a multi day visit. They planned sightseeing and expected to attend local events during their stay.
Mr and Mrs Tom Wedge completed a two week trip to San Francisco aboard a streamliner staying a week visiting sights and five baseball games at Seal Stadium between San Francisco and Portland. They then went to Portola to visit son Don and proceeded to Lake Tahoe and Virginia City visiting mining era sites including an old opera house once featuring stars like Schuman Heinek Caruso and John Barrymore ending with Reno before returning to Shafter.
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