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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
3
Miss Martha Gaede of Los Angeles spent part of her Christmas vacation at the homes of Dan Loewen and A W Gaede.
Mr and Mrs C V Hitchcock welcomed Mrs Doris Vaughn of New York and Mrs Lyda Sanborn of Bakersfield as relatives visiting. Also listed were Mr and Mrs A Hull and daughter Maxine of Shafter along with Christmas guests at P H Krocker’s home including Vernon Kroeker Dave Kroeker and Dave Penner families from Shafter and Clinton Oklahoma.
Christmas greetings and homecomings fill Shafter notes with Sgt Walter Reed returning from furlough to Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and families gathering for dinners. Others include Viola Voth nurse in Los Angeles visiting, H C Mettler and Bender families sharing Christmas moments, plus a public notice of intention to sell alcohol at Buttonwillow’s Pool Hall & Cafe under James Giovannetti and Gino Pera.
Monterey’s rich past spans Spain Mexico and US rule with Vizcaino’s harbor name in 1602, Junipero Serra founding San Carlos Mission, and a theater dating to 1847. It housed early newspapers brick houses adobe districts and notable residents like Wil Tecumseh Sheridan and Robert Louis Stevenson. Nearby Oakland notes Lt Commander Gaede’s Shafter holiday visit with family before return to duty.
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