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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
3
Shafter residents make visits and embark on trips and returns. Pete Goertzen Jr. visits family in Shafter while Exeter guests stay with the Fitzfarrells. Various locals travel to Catalina Island San Jose San Francisco Greenhorn mountain and beyond with family friends and newspapers sponsors.
Shafter families and residents Virginia J C Siemens and son visited Los Angeles and Santa Barbara for business and leisure. T C Payne with Emma Swift and the Strayhorns planned a two and a half week Northwest trip. Principal E P Janes and Mrs Janes returned from a two plus week journey to Portland and San Francisco. Mrs P J Gaede and companions spent a day at California Hot Springs. Roland Curran, Sacramento secretary manager of the Central Valley Project, visited Bakersfield for a county water officials meeting. Harvey Thomas and Harvey Gaede returned from Kern River trout fishing near The Needles with their wives at Quaking Aspen meadow.
A local group including Mrs. Jack Janzen Mr. and Mrs. John Dalke Dr. and Mrs. A D Wipf and Mrs. Joseph Wipf return today from Yosemite valley where they traveled since Sunday The Wipfs visit from South Dakota E B Stringhams party also departed for eastern states for about six weeks visiting scenic points and the New York world fair Miss Lela O Connell is enjoying Hawaii summer school and swimming Vernon L Bitzer left for Fresno to work in a broom factory for several months Local friends report fishing on Tobias creek with Janzen catching 17 trout Byron H Rightmire left for the Sawtelle veterans hospital for an extended stay R E Gribble and family visited Portguese Meadows Y M C A camp where their son Richard serves on staff
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