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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
5
A three and a half month old daughter of Mr and Mrs P McCoy who suffered a fractured skull in a fall from a car weeks ago is home again. The baby had previously won the contest a year ago.
Funeral services for Harmon Martin, 79, of Wasco were held at 2:30 p.m. at Rob Jones Funeral Home. Mr. Martin, who resided at 7th Street, had lived in Wasco for 25 years.
Survived by wife Grace Ford Reed and son C Gordon Reed of Wasco. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery Wasco. Subscribe to the Shafter Press.
Shafter’s Community Art Association opens its fall season with vacation photos and movies. E B Stringham will show colored stills from his trip through several states and Ernest Panero will present Endochrome movies of Rio de Janeiro. Dr O G Ohlsson urges members to bring snapshots for a judging panel to award prizes. The event is public and invites all interested in the arts.
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota covers 1686 acres. The figure places emphasis on the extent of the memorial area and identifies the site by its official designation and location.
A fire at Patterson potato shed caused about 500 dollars in shed damage and around 10 000 dollars loss in 90 bales of sacks with most equipment saved. Fire crews from multiple towns assisted Shafter and the shed was back in operation by 4 30 p m. Earlier a truck fire at Lachnemaier Ranch damaged a Model A Ford and a flat rack due to a gas line leak and ignition.
Alexandria Ornelas 25 of Buttonwillow died June 10 in Camarillo State Hospital. Services were held June 14 at St Marys Catholic Church with burial at Shafter Cemetery. She was born March 11 1923 in Restford Texas and had lived in Buttonwillow 13 years. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Martin Ornelas and siblings Irene Ruben Buttonwillow.
William Henry Jahant a Wasco resident for 22 years died at home last week at age 71 He served as District Manager of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and sat on the California State Planning Commission and Kern County Planning Commission Services were held at Jones Funeral Home in Wasco He was born in Stockton on December 19 1876 and is survived by his wife Mary J Jahant
Mae Saunders a Bakersfield Californian reporter led a veteran housing committee to convert Minter Field buildings into housing for veterans. She organized veterans civic groups and pressed Congressmen and California senators, battling Army demobilization and housing authorities to prove need and push the plan forward. The piece notes San Francisco has fifty four parks and plazas.
Five month old Lorenzo Rodriguez died June 10 after birth Dec 28, 1947 in Shafter. Son of Manuel and unnamed mother, he lived in the Mexican Colony. Flickinger Janzen Mortuary led arrangements with services set for June 11 at 4 p.m. at Shafter Cemetery following a Rosary at 8 p.m. prior to burial.
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