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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
7
A list of Shafter area businesses appears including blacksmith shop Neuman and Sons Automotive Parts Neufelds Automotive Peters A Okanneson attorney Janzen Funeral Home Shafter Theater and more. The page features a mix of shops services and local firms such as drug grocery hardware lumber and beauty salons serving the community.
Mrs. Josephine Davini received notice that her son Private Dan Andreotti was killed in action on December 23 in France after an initial report of missing in action. Other items note Hensleys leaving for Oklahoma, Mrs Busby in San Francisco, Weldon Stokes transferred to a camp near Menlo Park, Cecil C. Shellenberger slightly injured in Germany, W L Smith at a convention in Sacramento, Schmidt family visit to Palm Springs for their wounded son Cleatus, Robert Archuletta visiting his brother Samita, and Kemp's Frozen Food Lockers now open for inspection.
Sgt Otto Reich of Shafter serves as a mechanic on a B 26 Marauder at a Ninth Air Force bomber base in France. His unit the Anniliators transferred from England and earned a Presidential Citation for 300 plus missions over Nazi targets in France Belgium Holland and Germany. Reich is the son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Reich and attended Shafter High School.
Paul Palantos intends to obtain an alcoholic beverage license for 248 East Front Street Buttonwillow Kern County The notice was published January 18 1945 as part of the State Board of Equalization licensing process for the premises
The Kern County Postwar Planning Council convened at the El Teja Hotel Bakersfield choosing a new chairman and officers. The council discussed county projects postwar development and the inclusion of the West Side alliteee highway and Kern Canyon Highway in their recommendations. Supervisor A Wy Now urged council support for the West Side route.
J B Spellacy of Taft chaired the Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission meeting at the Kern County Chamber of Commerce building where Alec Smith was introduced as the new full time recreation director. The board approved the appointment after a year of planning and Smith begins duties this week with offices in the Chamber building.
Edward Willard Crisp, Shafter resident in the U S Naval Reserve, has graduated from the aviation metalsmith school at the U S Naval Air Technical Training Center Hexman Okla Eleventh Naval District officials announced. Before joining the service he worked in the aircraft industry and attended Shafter High School. His wife Mrs Eileen Marian Crisp lives in Los Angeles and his mother Mrs Jane Woods lived in Shafter.
Pvt Arnold Morss Jr spent the weekend in Shafter with his parents Mr and Mrs Arma Morss. Pvt Morss is stationed at Camp Roberts. Mrs Don Klingenberg left Shafter on Saturday for Edison to visit her sister. Miew Klingenberg had spent a week in Shafter at the A F Beese home after returning from Texas where her husband serves. Klingenberg was recently transferred to the east coast. John Bidwell's wagon train entered California in 1841.
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