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Shafter Press in Shafter, California

15 Jul 1954

Page 6

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Shafter Press

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Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1954

Page

6

Servicemen Aid Korean Public Works Projects

In Korea Pfc John R Ford of Shafter California and Cpl John Craig of Buttonwillow California serve with the 7th Infantry Division and the Engineer Corps respectively. Both are part of efforts to build schools roads and bridges under army supervision as South Korea’s revitalization program proceeds. Ford arrived in Korea in July after training at Camp Roberts and serves as a jeep driver. Craig recently marked the Army Engineers Corps anniversary while driving a dump truck on construction projects.

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Korea John R. Ford B. L. Ford Shafter Calif 7Th Infantry Division Ford Lorrain C. Street Bakersfield U. S. Forces John Craig Pierson Craig Buttonwillow Army Engineer Corps Craig 76Th South Korea San Luis Obispo
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Grant’s Shafter Judge Career Mirrors City Growth

The article recalls E K Grant’s path from unpaid deputy sheriff to Shafter judge. He resigned from the California in 1944 at 65 to start cabinet work but filled Justice Harry Rightmire’s term. E K Grant won three terms without opposition, noting cash totals rising from 1660 in six months to thousands monthly, reflecting Shafter’s expansion. the piece also mentions a family trip in 1926 for daughter Gladys’s nursing graduation in Santa Barbara.

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Bakersfield Californian Shafter Rosedale The Justice of the Harry Rightmire Grant E. K. Grant Little Son Santa Barbara Gladys Cottage Hospital of
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