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Fourth of July Observances Around Shafter
Local residents spent the Independence Day weekend at beaches, mountains, and nearby towns. Many traveled to Pismo Beach, Avila, Long Beach, Catalina, and Sequoia for holiday leisure, with several families visiting relatives in Reedley, Bakersfield, Lodi, and Fresno.
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Eureka
P. Schultz
Harry
Ben Friesen
Carmel Highway
Taylor Tabb
Pismo Beach
Shafter
Dellois J. Wilson
Charlie ©. Morgan
Bakersfield
Vikiton
David Derksen
Africa
Denali
Derksens
Jake Neufeld
Derksen
First Mennonnite Church
Leonard Gaede
Long Beach
Art Garnes
Hugo Zimmerymann
Pismo
Arnold Pfieffle
Riverbank
Mrs
W. W. Tannahill and
Louis Edwards
California
Thomas Wedge
Annabelle
Donald Wedge
Wedges
Tommy
Catalina
Arthur Stepp
Howard Payne
John Schroeder
Catalina Island
Mrs. Merwin Hunt
Estiline
Buford
Margaret
Mr. Hunt
John A. Hunt
Southland
Mrs. Harvey Wheat
Miss Pearl Chafin
Bill Rains
Henry Hildebrand
Wilmer
R.S. Wardell
Los Angeles
Sequoia
Louis Osuna
Sequoia National Park
Herbert Midgley
Herbert
Dittman
Fred
Evelyn
San Francisco
J. W. Beath
Springville
Don Christensen
Fred Christensen
Christensen
Oceanside
W. C. Grose
Henajean
Nations
Jack Janzen
John Dalke