Pilot recalls famed 1946 Swiss air crash survive tale
Ralph Tate, then Major in the Air Force, spoke at the Shafter Kiwanis meeting about the army transport crash in November 1946. All 12 aboard walked away after five days marooned on a Swiss glacier. Tate described survival and rescue details. His mother later wrote Twelve Walked Away.
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Ralph Tate
Shafter Kiwanis
Tate
Air Force
Vienna
Austria
Pisa
Italy
Munich
Swiss Alps
Bill Lowe
Blake Witcher
Earl Weil
Fuqua's Cafe Repainted In Fresh Cream and Sky Blue
The Shafter Maintenance Company freshened Fuqua's Cafe with a full interior and exterior repaint this week. Owner Lena McQuilliams kept the staff and prices unchanged as customers found a welcoming, revived space despite a brief closure.
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Fuqua’s
Shafter Maintenance Company
Lena McQuilliams
Annual fishing trip for two anglers along Hot Creek
Mr. Joe Frizzell and Mr. C. L. Hudson plan a week long fishing trip along Hot Creek beyond Mammoth Lakes and northward. The annual excursion aims to catch a lot of trout as they have done in past years.
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Hot Creek
Mammoth Lakes
Joe Frizzell
C. L. Hudson
Shafterite
Bakersfield
Birthday gathering in Pismo for Linda Gloeckler
A quartet of Shafter residents joined Linda Gloeckler for her birthday celebration in Pismo Beach on Saturday August 21. Agnes Koehn, visiting with her parents, traveled from Pismo to Shafter after the event.
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Pismo
Linda Gloeckler
Pismo Beach
Shafter
Agnes Koehn
Linda
Hitchcock Hosts Dance for Champion Ball Club Members
Charlie Hitchcock of Hitchens Auto Parts hosted a dinner dance at the Woman's Clubhouse for his winning ball club last Friday. A Bakersfield seven piece band entertained over fifty guests and a waltz contest awarded $5 prizes to Charlie Rasmussen of Dial Cleaners and partner Carolyn Garrett. Baseball themed decorations and a buffet featuring fried chicken complemented the event.
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Charlie Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Bakersfield
Dial Cleaners
Charlie Rassmussen
Carolyn Garrett
Pat Steele Returns to Army Base in Alaska
Pat Steele now a Pfc in the U S Army 57th fighter wing MP squadron returned to his Alaska base Sunday after a thirty day furlough. The 19 year old son of Mrs Lois Steele has served since January 1947. A baked ham supper with many guests marked his homecoming. He expects to stay in Alaska another year and a half.
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Pat Steele
U. S. Army 57Th Fighter Wing
Alaska
Lois Steele
Pat
M. H. Hayes
Burbank
Jack Tidwell
Jack, Jr
Bakersfield
Andrew
Billie Searcy
Troy Etheredge
R. B. Stewart
Jean Stewart
Barbara
David Steele
Shafter
Fire Department Hosts Officials at Social
The city fire department hosted an ice cream and cake social at the county park last night at 7 30 for members and families of the fire department the city council police department public utility board and Judge Grant. It also welcomed new fire department members. Games included volleyball. Mr and Mrs Irvin Nickel attended a lawn party at the Jack McManamin home in Bakersfield Saturday evening.
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Police Department
Public Utility Board
Judge Grant
Nick Johnson
Verlin Jenson
Owen A
Mrs
Irvin Nickel
Jack McManamin
Bakersfield
Draft registration doubts and small town humor
A witty columner frets about draft registration August 30 noting past war service and a hoped role for him on the draft board. He laments health and money woes, jokes about age limits and a Bakersfield home sale, and vents a string of pithy observations on life, traffic, manners, and sayings.
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Wally Shafer
Mrs. McClain Honored on Birthday in Shafter
Mrs. Jessie McClain, thirty one years a Shafter resident, celebrated her birthday August 24 with a dinner at the Crystal Inn Bakersfield. Family gathered including daughter Mrs D H Sanders from Los Angeles while Bob McClain and another daughter in Oakland were absent. Friends and relatives brought gifts and cards, recalling her pioneer years when few families lived in the desert and Shafter grew into a vital agricultural hub.
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Shafter
Jessie McClain
Crystal Inn
Bakersfield
Bob McClain
Oakland
D. H. Sanders
Los Angeles
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National Venetian
Champ Ball Club
Army Base
Fire Department
Beth Eden
Apt
Stone St
Lerdo Road
J. C. Penner
Banger
Joe
Louis
Gunnarson
Gruen
Diamonds and Watches
Central Ave
Mrs. McClain
Re . Roach
Radio & Appliance CO
Aya
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Catsup
Campbell's Chick Soup
Bordens
S & W—Orange
Argo
Swifts Cleanser
Justesen
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Mercantile CO
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