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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
3
A collage quotes Governor Warren and others on reelection, civil liberty, medical bills, and rationing. Milton Maxwell argues for less meat in civil life, Dr. Lowell Goin warns against state subsidy eroding autonomy, and Clara Noyes cites OPA rationing using Webster’s definition for leeway.
Mrs Otis McClain of Bakersfield visits her parents Mr and Mrs W C Grose in Shafter while recuperating from an operation. Cpl and Mrs Wallace Loewen announce the birth of their son John Wallace born February 3 in Brigham City Utah weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. He is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs Dan Loewen. Union Square in San Francisco derives its name from pre Civil War Union demonstrations.
Readers are invited to submit brief poems and philosophical pieces for publication in this column. All material will appear under a pen name or anonymously. Contributors must include their real names for submission records. The editor assigns publication responsibility to Ar-8 to discover and publish talent in poetry and philosophy from our valley.
The passage recalls Lincoln rising to champion the United States through industry and commoners. It notes his youthful dreams and romance with Anne, and credits Mary as the mother figure guiding him as war loomed and fate dimmed his star.
The Maple School Parent-Teachers Association met in the auditorium last Friday. The program featured two motion pictures The Perfect Tribute about Abraham Lincoln and a Grand Canyon travel film loaned by Santa Fe Railroad. Bobby Haag of Rio Bravo played three piano solos and refreshments followed in the cafeteria.
Pte Manuel T Henley son of Mrs J M Henley of Shafter arrives home on furlough from the Southwest Pacific theatre after 61 months of duty with the Field Artillery Division.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hansen and daughter Mary Ellen spent the weekend in Modesto visiting relatives. Mary Ellen, on SPAR leave, will return to her post in Jacksonville Florida at the end of the week.
A 1945 notice certifies J. W. Burch Welding and Repair Shop operates as a fictitious firm in Shafter Kern County California. J. W. Burch of Route 1 Box 1270 Shafter is named owner. Notary A. J. Morss witnessed the acknowledgment on January 22, 1945.
Warrant Officer and Mrs Glen Cooper are on two weeks furlough from the U S Marine Corps in San Diego to visit Mrs Cooper's parents Mr and Mrs Wiebe at Shafter.
Mrs Anna Strauss and Henry D Peters of Wisconsin announce their marriage set for February 17 at the First Mennonite Church of Shafter. Mr and Mrs C G Lindquist were guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Wright in Bakersfield on Sunday evening.
Mr and Mrs Ted Visser of Semitropic welcomed a 7 lb 13 oz daughter Sharon Ann born February 8 at Wasco Maternity Home. Mrs Visser is a niece of Richard Hays of Shafter Press staff. Sunday dinner guests included Dr and Mrs P C Guenther Miss Billie Graves and Pvt Wayne Guenther home from Camp Roberts. The Central Valley Project began in 1937.
Pvt. J. W. Frizzell Jr. writes to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frizzell that he is somewhere in Belgium as a rifleman in the Infantry. He notes the Belgian countryside is beautiful yet the snow is deep and the cold is severe.
Mrs. Ann Maynard leaves Shafter on Tuesday to return to Santa Cruz after a two week house guest stay with Mrs. Tom Rootes.
Sgt Virgil Farr visits wife Mrs Alice Farr and their two children Harold and Doreen in Shafter during a ten day furlough. He has been stationed in Springfield Missouri and will report to Camp Barkeley Texas at the end of the leave. Encephalomyelitis is cited as a major factor in the prehistoric horse’s elimination.
Mrs. Edna Brumbaugh and her four daughters, formerly residents of Kern County, move into a new home on Ash Street in Shafter. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Grose.
Cpl. Vernon Streigle and his wife Maxine Hull spent the weekend in Shafter. Streigle is stationed at Kingman Arizona. The 1944 California ion crop brought returns of ee to growers, compared with 798000 for the 1943 crop.
Fragmentary entry notes a score or measurement with Mor. 56 and 18e8 and phe. item. Context unclear in OCR.
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