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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
5
Olen A. Fletcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Webd Fletcher of Shafter, earned the right to wear training tabs after completing five jumps including a tactical descent. He serves as a Parachute Specialist with duties in communications, demolition, and parachute maintenance.
A community tea in Shafter welcomed members of the local Campfire group and highlighted plans for Miss Nova opment work. Attendees discussed potential benefits for the town and the campfire program.
The Richland School Parent Teachers Association will hold its annual Christmas program on December 15 at 8 p.m. in the Women's Clubhouse. Principal Mrs. Jen Juneman will present the Nativity story with Mrs. Lewisé New- as guiding organizer.
Ray Josephs, author of Argentine Diary, told a Minter Field audience that without strong U S countermeasures against Argentina’s militarist regime a new war could erupt soon. He urged sanctions such as halting meat purchases by the United States and Britain to pressure Buenos Aires.
Burtch warns growers about seed potato shipments this season. All railway cars must be inspected before unloading by the grower. Unlicensed trucks and uninspected loads violate state law and risk crop health. County Agriculture Department inspectors cover potato growing sections to ensure compliance.
At the December assembly in the Shafter High School auditorium athletic awards were presented. Coach Lowell Todd issued block S letters for one season of varsity play to Everett Elms Wayne Estes Max Wilcoxon Allen Mettler Buford Reynolds J C Sanders Billy Grumbles and Gene Harless. Emblems were awarded to Harold Gipson Gerald Ray Elmer Bob Devlin and Herbert.
Rio Bravo students under Mrs Hicks plan a Christmas program at the Rio Bravo School. The group will present a play titled The Toy Maker. Nearby residents welcomed guests including Mr and Mrs J D Wade and daughter Shirley from Oildale.
In Shafter a woman was wounded by a bullet while a man fired near a residence. The injured woman was taken to medical aid after a passerby and Constable Hanley Witcher responded at the scene. Earl Crum, husband of the victim, is currently working in Canada.
177 veterans receive job appointments under an employment program. The action highlights government effort to place former service members in civil positions and aid workforce reintegration.
Ames Simmons was wounded in action in France on November 12. The report notes the injury and places Simmons in the current military casualty context. Mrs. Cockrell Leaves for Oklahoma on December 4 to visit a ill relative in Canadian.
Mr and Mrs Fred Miller of McKittrick learn their son Pvt First Class Johnnie Miller was seriously wounded in action on Leyte Island on October 5. The family awaits further word as details remain limited.
Hobart Sharp departed December 1 for Grand Junction Colorado to see his ill father. The note mentions an Oklahoma ranch and a person named Mrs Pieta B Duttin who reportedly was taken prisoner in Germany via Red Cross notification.
Readable fragments note Pat Mettler as Laurion editor with reference to state work that week and informal snaps of class officers and Alice Veach noted as editor in partial text.
In 1043 at Walnut California Soya eta area about 932 acres were surveyed with 116 908 acres bearing. The record notes the extent of bearing land and overall acreage in the region.
Report notes the earliest English series in California are believed to involve bone introduction by Spanist party. Notable names or dates are not clearly provided in the readable text. Further context remains unclear due to fragmentary OCR.
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