Year 1904 US snapshot stunned mind with century gap
A compact, fact filled look at 1904 United States life covering life expectancy, home amenities, costs, professions, birth patterns, education, death causes, flag stars, population and social norms. This brisk card notes limited technology, low wages, rural dominance, and the vast changes expected in another century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
New York City
U.S
Alabama
Mississippi
Iowa
Tennessee
California
Eiffel Tower
Canada
Arizona
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Hawaii
Alaska
Las Vegas
Nevada
Richland school music groups shine in district program
On December 9, Richland Band Richland Jazz Band Richland Choir Richland Honor Choir Richland Strings Richland Bells and Richland Mallets presented a first class performance for the Shafter community. Mr Gross Ms Nyenhuis and Ms Manoso guided students while Richland PTA members assisted, delivering a standout concert featuring Beginning Band Beginning Strings Trojan ensembles and concert Choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Marines
US Navy
Army
Air Force
Navy
Richland Band
Richland Jazz Band
Richland Choir
Richland Honor Choir
Richland Strings
Richland Bells
Richland
Gross
Nyenhuis
Manoso
Shafter
Richland Pta
PTA
Conert
Combind
Trojan
Memories of 50s and 60s Words and Ways in the Northwest
A reader reflects on vanished terms and retro pleasures from the 1950s and 60s. The column recalls fender skirts curb feelers and store bought items, notes shifts to dinner not supper, and envies old technology from black and white TV to 8 tracks, while praising simple childhood routines and neighborly life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Admiral
SpectraVision
Clarabell
Milton Berle
Dad
Mom
Grandma
Farm memories and community life from a long-ago Christmas
Margaret Baker recalls visits to grandparents on the farm with outhouse chores and tub baths on Saturdays. She describes a one-room school, Sunday church across the road, rodeos, the Okie Stomp in El Monte, square dancing, Little League, American Legion events, and family horses. She notes high school days at Bonita in San Dimas and a memory of meeting a young man on the field, plus hospital visits to Verna and wedding memories from nearly fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
Grandma
California
Michigan
Sheriff's Posse
el Monte
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Larry
Dad
American Legion
Mom
The
Auxilary
Brownie
Deacon
Bonita High School
San Dimas
P.E
Verna
Loma Linda
Trini Escalante Rodriguez a WWII hero honored on Pearl Harbor day
Trinidad Escalante Rodriguez known as Trini was a WWII veteran from Shafter who saved comrades in the South Pacific. Drafted at 19, he served two years in Luzon and New Guinea, reportedly blowing up two enemy machine gun nests to protect his platoon. His family recalls the quiet heroism and a battlefield memory shared by a fellow veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad Escalante Rodriguez
Trinidad
John
Trini
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Shafter
U.S. Army
Philippine Islands
New Guinea
Luzon
Philippines
Pace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dean Sutton
Margaret Baker
Reed Print Inc
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
Congress
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Diane Givens
Lerdo Highway
P.O. Box
Que Pasa
Rodriguez
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