Pastimes by T D Bayless recalls Shafter in 1927 reminiscence
T D Bayless describes his arrival in Shafter from Oklahoma in 1927 and chronicles a long list of early town businesses and landmarks along Main Street and Lerdo Street. He details memories of stores, shops, depots, theaters, gas stations, the bank, the post office, hotels, and eateries, naming many local figures and family ties while inviting further reader submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.D. Bayless
Shafter
Oklahoma
Iva
Mr. Bayless
Theodore F. Bayless
Shafter Progress
Marine Lance Cpl Shane Duckett in CA exercise
Marine Lance Cpl Shane Duckett of 268 Atkinson Shafter California participated in Combined Arms Exercise 7-84 in the California desert. A member of the 2nd Marine Division Camp Lejeune North Carolina he took part at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty nine Palms California to train realism and coordination between air and ground units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance Cpl
Shane Duckett
Atkinson, Shafter, Calif
California Desert
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune, N.C
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Twenty-nine Palms
Calif
Marine Corps Air
Also Mentioned on This Page
Neufeld
T. V. Little
Joe Zieglar
Jonnie Manater
McKinley
Dave Nikkel
Jim Burros
John Scaroni
Bank of Italy
America
Italy
Stringham’s Drug Store
Doc
Angie
E.K. Grant
Finley Osborne
Safeway
Main Street
Jake Neufeld
Midgley
King Lumber Company
Mr. Meadows
Hitchcock's Hardware and Grocery
Slim White
Central Avenue
Doctor Kay
Nikkel
Charlie Hitchcock
Bank
Shaw
Frank
A. R. Darden
Oliver Sly
Lerdo Street
Shafter Press Office
T. D. Bayless
Mr. True
T. D
Mr. McNew
Duckett
Wasco
Central Ave
State Farm
SONY
Pira Ee
Columbus
Bakersfield
Ming
Cecil
Delano
6Th St
Taft
Hwy
Antonio
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