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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
4
A Shafter family seeks a trustworthy caregiver for an 18 month old boy. Position runs weekdays 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Contact phone number available during work hours at 335.41tic for inquiries and an interview.
Five second grade classes from Richland School with teachers Mrs. Glen Crampton Mrs. Louise Neufeld Miss Alma McClain Mrs. Mary Tomney and Mrs. Marion Wells visited Adams Dairy as part of their activities program. Mrs. Frank Adams escorted the group and the dairy barns. The children witnessed milking and some attempted to milk.
Funeral services for Mrs. D. H. Baerg daughter of Isaac Nickel are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Calhoun Mortuary in Bakersfield with interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Ben Meyers of the U S Coast Guard arrived in Shafter on leave to visit his mother Mrs Fred Luders. He has spent 13 months in the south and central Pacific and plans to stay until February 13 before reporting back to Boston Massachusetts.
Sgt Floyd Swan was photographed with his dog in Belgium and his wife confirms the image ran in a US Army paper in England before appearing in the Shafter Press. She notes Swan arrived in England February 1, 1944 and took part with invasion troops on D Day in France, then moved into Belgium. Ann Maynard of Santa Cruz visits Shafter residents Mr and Mrs Tom Routes.
Pvt Lawrence Mendenhall has returned to the United States after ten months in England. He underwent an ankle operation there and is now stationed at Hammond General Hospital in Modesto. His parents Mr and Mrs O M Mendenhall and sister and husband S/Sgt and Mrs Collier Duncan visited him last week and the family reports he is getting along nicely.
James S. Son Aer M 3c and shipmate Robert R. Wood S1c of Oakland spent four days in Shafter last week visiting James Williams and his wife Mrs. Frank Williams.
Marion Hess 35 died at his Shafter home January 25 after a long illness. Funeral was January 27 at First Baptist Church with Rev. E M Anderson officiating. Survived by wife Frances Kattenhorn Hess, parents Lawrence and Mrs Hess of Atascadero, brothers Rev. Robert Hess Seattle and Ensign Harold Hess U S Navy. Burial at Pine Mountain Cemetery in A. Hess studied at California Institute of Technology and earned A B from UCLA in 1935. He taught mathematics at Colton Union High and Brawley Union High School and Junior College while pursuing a master’s degree. He married Frances Kattenhorn in 1941 before illness.
Members of the Khesma Klub held a progressive dinner hosted by new club members. The evening began with soup at Mrs. Lee Bergman home and concluded with dessert at Miss Clara Nikkel in Bakersfield, with several members attending.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational Church sponsors a church food sale Saturday in Sam Maier's office on Central Ave. Sales open at 11:00 am until all food is sold. Wm. S. Harper and Mrs Fred Ruhlman lead sale arrangements.
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