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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Coker and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder of Los Angeles were house guests over the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lassiter.
Mrs. P. L. Arnold is improving after an eye operation Tuesday morning at Mercy hospital Bakersfield. She is expected home today.
The W. S. Crockett family visited their son and daughter in law Marion and Mrs. Crockett for two weeks over the holidays. Others at the Crockett home included brother-in-law Professor G. M. McCune and his friend Professor Lantzeff. McCune teaches history at the University of California Berkeley and Lantzeff heads the history department there.
John C England 20 motor machinist's mate third class, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph England of Shafter California, serves aboard the USS Arcadia after transferring from the USS Koiner. He joined the Naval service in December 1943 and trained at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California.
A compact list of historic milestones in California and San Francisco from 1777 to 1935. Highlights include the founding of Mission Santa Clara in 1777, Bakersfield's incorporation in 1898, Amelia Earhart's Oakland landing in 1935, Ventura to Rodeo oil shipment in 1896, San Francisco's charter ratification in 1932, and the first California Star issue in 1847.
Reverend and Mrs Walter Penner and their two children Nathana and Arlee of Fresno stayed with Mrs Penner s aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Dan Loewen last week staying overnight guests presented in this social note from the Fresno area.
Tom Fletcher and Joyce Bender won first prize in a noon Tuesday waltz contest at Shafter High School as part of the noon recreation program. They received a figure of Bucky the mascot. Calvin Goereich and Barbara Fox placed second, winning bags of candy. Dances occur at the high school two noons weekly with other games such as ping pong horseshoes shuffleboard and badminton. Miss Elsie Mettler and Ray Kitts judged the event.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Loewen and children Johnnie and Judy of Los Angeles visited Dan and family during Christmas vacation, meeting Wallace Loewen’s parents.
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