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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1946
Page
4
The Hi Y Club of Shafter and 45 members and guests spent Sunday skiing and sledding at Mt. Abel. They left Shafter on an Orange Belt bus at 7:00 am and returned at 6:00 pm with Holgar Hansen accompanying the group.
Pfc Wayne Heffley moved from Yokosuka Japan to Tsing Tao China waiting for reorganization after his regiment disbanded. He expects shipment to Bombay India soon and will likely remain overseas until October. Address: Pfc Wayne Heffley U S M C Hdy Co Hdy Batt 6th Marine Division c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco Calif
Corporal Clarence L. Leach son of John T. Leach Route 1 Box 93 Shafter California was honorably discharged at Camp Beale Separation Center. Entering in October 1944 he served with Army Ground Forces and the 77th Division overseas from February 1945 earning 47 discharge points and receiving the Combat Infantry Badge Goggles Conductor Medal Asiatic Pacific Ribbon Philippine Liberation Ribbon American Theater Ribbon and the Victory Medal.
The city of Berkeley in Alameda County was incorporated on April 1 1878 establishing local governance and municipal status.
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Lee Everett were held Sunday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elder Carl Becker officiating. Born in Oklahoma on September 8, 1919, she died February 13, 1946, in Oakland California after a life in Shafter as a beauty operator, wife, and mother. She leaves her husband John Everett a son and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Oblander and three brothers Harvey Ralph and Chet.
Fort Ross derives its name from a Russian poetic word meaning simply Russian, chosen by lot by early Russian settlers.
Private First Class Carl O Grantt wife Mrs Ruby Grant Shafter California received his honorable discharge at this post under RAF Personnel Distribution Command aimed at quick civilian reintegration. Visitors Francelia Hansen Beverly Smith and Billie Brunton Fresno State College spent weekend in Shafter with Hansen family. San Francisco Bar Pilots, the oldest maritime organization on the Pacific Coast, guides ships through the Golden Gate.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a service member’s entitlement to entertainment during a brief Micostay period before receiving an Honorable Discharge, indicating a formal processing or listing item in a military record.
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