Groups Bring Christmas Cheer to Destitute Families
Local women from the American Legion Auxiliary Wednesday Afternoon Club nearly all Shafter Churches Shafter Community Welfare and the Salvation Army organized two days of baskets of food clothing and toys for destitute families. Merchants Western Auto Supply Company Shafter Mercantile Johnson Neuman Dry Goods and Central Hardware supplied a Ford truckload of toys distributed by the workers.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Shafter
Shafter Community Welfare
Salvation Army
Western Auto Supply Company
Shafter Mercantile, Johnson,Neuman Dry Goods
Central Hardware
Alcatraz Light Rises 214 Feet Over Bay Waters
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay features a towering beacon that stands 214 feet above mean high water, among the coast's most powerful lights.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Airforce Band Seeks Musicians in California
Colonel L W Jefferson announced 23 musicians are urgently needed for the 695th Air Force Band at Fairfield Suisun Army Air Field near Oakland. Trumpet piano and saxophone players are among openings, to be filled by veterans with prior service ratings.
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California
Public Utilities Commission
State of
L. W. Jefferson
Army
Air Force
Southern
695Th Air Force
Fairfield - Suisian Army Air Field
Oakland
Charles H. Belt
American Legion Hall
Kensington St
Delano
Speedometer Survey Finds Most Autos Off 10-20 MPH
The Automobile Club of Southern California reports postwar speedometer errors in a survey of about 4000 new and nearly new cars. Forty percent read higher than actual speed, forty eight percent lower, eleven percent both. only one percent were accurate. Most errors were 10 to 20 mph.
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Southern
California
Moitor
Sis
The
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Club
Miss Gaede Visits Relatives During Christmas Break
Miss Hulda Gaede visits Shafter to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Gaede before returning to Bethel College in Newton Kansas after the holidays.
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Hulda Gaede
Shafter
Henry Gaede
Miss Gaede
Bethel College
Newton
Kansas
Veterans Celebrate Christmas Party at Shafter Motel
Veterans group from Shafter High School held a Christmas party at the Shafter Motel on December 22. Twenty veterans in the evening class, directed by Bob Davidson, attended with their wives. The dining room was decorated for the Yule season and the event offered a festive holiday treat.
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Shafter Motel
Shafter High School
Bob Davidson
Practical kitchen tips for holiday meals and leftovers
A collection of home cooking advice includes making nutment toppings with paper bag and rolling pin, browning whipped cream with brown sugar and spice, orange juice for ham baste, and methods to extract juice from citrus. It covers broiling steak prep, stuffing with sausage, orange shell hors d oeuvres, sausage patties from leftovers, egg yolk garnish ideas, cauliflower with Bollancaise, and improving pie crust drying.
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Shivas
Neufeld’s Automotive Parts
Shafter, California
Party
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lewis G. Schaeneman
East Longmeadow
Mass
A & P Food Stores
Samuel C. Engle
Young Schaeneman
National Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Jackson
Miss
Lewis
Airforce Band
Shafter News Agency
Amooth Sailing
Johnny
VibTan
Chrysler
Plymouth
Central Ave
Wai
Ania
Wwoobd
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