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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
5
Dahl, son of Mr and Mrs Dahl of Shafter, has entered the Army Air Forces Tra Command school at Yale University under Col Raymond J Reeves. He will receive intensive training to become a technical officer in photography with the rank of second lieutenant. Courses include photography principles projection printing mosaic work photo mission planning and aerial camera systems.
After commission, Av iation Cadet Elmer W. Dahl will command a crew of enlisted men trained at other Army Air Forces Training Command schools as specialists in photography.
Spitzer, a popular Shafter High School student, is praised in the report. The article notes many students would like a ride with him, reflecting his standing among peers.
Shafter high school students Francelia Hansen Joel Wiebe Neva Helsley and Joanne Becker will attend a Bakersfield Lions Club luncheon on March 1. The event honors Kern county union high school students in a Lions clubs sponsored speech contest on Winning the Peace for American Man Power.
The Richland Elementary School board in Shafter seeks bids to demolish four classrooms and the auditorium of the old school district. The condemned buildings are deemed unsafe for classroom use by the State Board of Architects.
A food and clothing sale will be held under the Seventh Day Adventist church of Shafter on March 3. The event takes place in the store room beside Duehren's hardware store with Mrs. J Baerg in charge.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr issued a signed message in a local sponsored advertisement thanking Americans for supporting the Fourth War Loan. He urged continued bond purchases as long as the war continues, noting participation by newspapers magazines radio and TV networks motion picture outdoor advertising and many local sponsors and sponsors.
Shafter Rotary hosted Oildale Rotary members Tuesday noon at Cafe Neuman. It served as the pay-off for the losing team in the membership contest with fines assessed by captain E B Stringham. War pictures were shown by the Standard Oil Company.
Odell Thomas Dunkin, 23, husband of Hally May Dunkin of Shafter, has joined the U S Navy at the Great Lakes training station TL. He undergoes boat training and indoctrination into Navy life learning seamanship and drill. Aptitude tests will determine his next assignment to a service school or active duty at sea.
A humorous poem notes Mrs. Roosevelt rubbing noses with a Maori woman during a South Pacific trip and imagines a tourist rubbing a Roosevelt nose for a fee. The speaker muses whether the running nose will endure as a monument and hints at the vanity of celebrity memorabilia.
Richland Teachers Club held a surprise birthday party February 22 in the primary building first grade room for Miss Beulah Bartlett. Olive Thomas and Ralph Bribbles led the program as students from Richland and Santa Fe schools performed charades. Ida Mathis and Mrs O Thomas chaired the food committee with Miss Margaret Bennett assisting as MC.
The Wednesday Afternoon Club will hold a business meeting at 2 p m on March 1 at the clubhouse. Mrs T V Little presiding. Mrs Oscar Wiedman is program chairman with hostesses Mrs Phil Channeson Mrs George Harrison Mrs J W Frizzell Mrs Ed Schnidt Mrs Glen Crampton and Mrs J A Roscamp.
A 19th century New York Herald issue describing Lincoln's death was brought to the Press office this week by G. M. Barnes. The paper was his grandfather's cherished keepsake and details the last moments of the Great Emancipator.
Bank of America statewide drive ran from August two to February fifteen and raised 616 297 756 for war bonds. The campaign quota was 300 million and Californians through the bank have bought over 1 150 000 000 in U S war bonds since 1941.
Bakersfield attorney Harold D. Leddy announced his candidacy for Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 1. Born in Philadelphia, he moved to California in 1904, studied at UC and USC, served in World War I, became a prosecutor in Kern County, then started private practice in Bakersfield and later joined the district attorney's staff.
The article notes a veteran leader who served as Veterans of Foreign Wars official and Past Commander of Frank S Reynolds Post No 26 American Legion. He also belonged to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Disabled American Veterans. War Bonds are highlighted as security for the individual and the nation.
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