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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
9
A large Lions group with wives and guests enjoyed a May 25 ladies night dinner at the Farm Center. Two W. I. films were shown, one about life in the U. S. Merchant Marine and another on Brazil.
The final observation post use occurred Wednesday night between 10 and 11 o clock. Observers were asked to call Army Flash and reveal their names to receive thanks directly from the Army. Sgt Gardenhier and R L Hughett led Bakersfield and Buttonwillow operations, and no further post use is planned unless emergencies arise.
Pvt. Orville Sims arrived in town last Saturday to visit his wife Ocell during furlough. He recently completed basic training at Camp Fannin near Tyler Texas. Orville was employed by Adder Milk Farms before his induction.
A lavish garden party farewell for Buttonwillow School graduates was hosted by the seventh grade under Miss Rose Aubert. Mickey Hair served as master of ceremonies with a floor show by Charlotte Martin and Ernce Craig performing songs.
Fifteen Buttonwillow school teachers their escorts and guests gathered at the farm center building last Sunday evening where they enjoyed a baked ham and bean dinner. The evening featured games singing and dancing under informal guidance of hostesses Mrs Helen Braun and Mrs Marian Lowell.
Pastor A Landers announces a community school at the church starting June 12 at 9 a.m. All Buttonwillows children and nearby residents are invited. Sunday school classes are led by Mrs Mamie Gray with 11 a.m. worship and Lord's Supper, followed by an 8 p.m. Youth Fellowship hour in four groups.
The final musical program of the year was held on the Buttonwillow school lawn at 9 30 AM. Miss Rose Aubert conducted the orchestra performing The Desert Song I’ll See You Again My Hero Allahs Holiday and Holiday for Strings. Miss Marianne Massach led the Glee Club with April Showers I Heard a Forest Praying Cant You Hear Me Calling Caroline Smiles Hallelujah The Band and Suddenly the Spring.
Harvest of the local grain crop starts next week with about 12 000 acres planted to wheat and barley in the area. Andy Winkler has re established his shoe repair business in Buttonwillow after returning from Avenal where he lived with his daughter during illness.
Grace Brandt resigns as Miller & Lux and Buena Vista Water Storage district secretary stenographer effective June 1 and will remain chamber of commerce secretary. Dorothy Weston to replace her. Hair ranch reports an eight by six and three quarter inch egg and a wrinkled brown prune egg. Lillie Hair and Martha Hair in Bakersfield accident with no injuries. Calanchini promoted to Coast Artillery. furloughs for Sheppard and Henson in Marfa. War bonds urged. Buttonwillow dancing recital draws crowd. Tomato harvests near peak in Imperial Valley Coachella and San Joaquin valleys see early picking.
Mrs Mattie Cockrell is seriously ill at her home.
Thirty seven eighth graders graduate from the local elementary school signaling a shift from passive learning to active study. The speaker urges the newly minted students to embrace learning as a banquet of knowledge and strive to become scholars whose appetites fuel the nation’s future.
Mr. Joe Citizen voices sympathy for a man sparked to violence by a noisy juke box from a restaurant below. Mrs. C. praises decorative juke boxes resembling Coney Island at night. Mr. C. notes the nuisance of Sinatra's repeated Black Magic performances affecting a resident upstairs.
A fragmented discussion argues that banks lend money rather than loan it, asserting loan as a noun not a verb. The piece notes the distinction between lending action and the loan itself, with stray garbled text appended.
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