Weekend Visit Notes From Lodi Arrivals and Departures
Spend Week End Mr and Mrs J P Weitz visited relatives in Lodi. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Glen Nay included Mrs Nay's sister and family Mr and Mrs Jack White and daughters Gwendolyn and Phyllis and Miss Janet Ayres of Fresno. Edith Harris accompanied the Whites back to Fresno after two months with the Nay family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Nay
Nay
Jack White
Gwendolyn
Phyllis
Janet Ayres
Fresno
Norman Kyle
Nancy
Wasco
War Bonds Promise Rewards After Victory
Wartime bonds are pitched as a path to securing future purchases and stability for families. Officials tout the program as a means to support victory while offering citizens a tangible stake in postwar prosperity.
Reily Boys in New Guinea Describe Front-Line Life
In letters from Sgt John Reily and Pvt James Reily the brothers recounts from New Guinea. Jim writes of a shack built from Jap netting, a Jap stretcher bed, and a buried enemy corpse nearby with a strong odor. John recalls meeting his brother after two years and sharing clothes, while noting cooler yet damper conditions and moldy clothes. Both mention seeing Bill Scaroni and adjust to scarce funds and rationed comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ters
Sgt
John
James
New Guinea
Jim
Bill Scaroni
Jimmy
Shafter
G O P All Set For Big Show Enter Convention as Favorite
G O P figures position for a major event as Ben Kliewer, Merchant Marine engineer, returns from Oran and Mediterranean trips. Laverne Kliewer serves with the 9th Air Force in Europe invasion. The Kliewers are sons of Mr and Mrs Dan Kliewer of Shafter. Mrs Bud Bodholdt and Jackie visit Mrs Helene Hobson in Shafter. Navy man Marry Leon Martin visits the Lindquist family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kliewer
Merchant Marine
Virginia
Oran
Africa
Mediterranean
Cpl
Laverne Kliewer
9Th Air Force
Europe
Dan Kliewer
Shafter
Mrs. Hobson
Bud Bodholdt
Jackie
Helene Hobson
Leon Martin
VU. S. Navy
Oceanside
C. G. Lindquist
Lindquist
Shafter News Briefs Show Births Weddings and Travels
Raymond Browner returns from Arkansas to Shafter after a visit. Mr and Mrs C G Lindquist visit in Avenel. Mr and Mrs P J Karber of Dinuba visit friends in town. Howies welcome a son Larry Aron born June 18 at Shafter Maternity Home. Adolph Buhler has a daughter Norma Jean born June 16 at Shafter Maternity Home. Minnie Lucille Diamond and Jesse J Speegle wed June 20 in Shafter. Andrew H Evans and wife greet a daughter born June 16 at Shafter Maternity Home. Sonora sidewalks noted in local mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Howze
Shafter
Larry Aron
Buhlers
Adolph Buhler
Norma Jean
Sweenie-Diamond
Minnie Lucille. Diamond
Jesse J. Speegle
Bakersfield
Congregational Church
Wm. S. Harper
Virginia McCafferty
Cpl
Quinton Sheppard
Evans
Andrew H. Evans
Allen Butler wedding in Ventura records
Miss Myrtilla Allen former fifth grade teacher in Richland school married Charles W Butler of Bakersfield June 2 in the Methodist church at Ventura. Butler works for Shell in Bakersfield. The couple are at 2218 Center Street Bakersfield and plan to reside in Los Angeles.
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Myrtilla Allen
Richland
Methodist
Ventura
Charles W. Butler
Bakersfield
Butler
The
Shell
Los Angeles
Wee Seleneck
Center Street
California Speaks Major Joe Foss in Pacific battle area
In wartime dispatches from California leaders urge home support for troops. Quotes from Mayor Lapham and others emphasize digging in, backing Roosevelt, and sustaining morale as the war effort continues with heavy fighting ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Foss
South Pacific Battle Area
Roger’ Lapham
S. F
Robt F. Hannegan
Dem
Sacramento
Roosevelt
Caliornia
Walter J. Tappe
H.E.P
U. S. Navy
Striker
Plan Fiesta S F In 49 to Open World Trade Exposition
A proposed 1949 San Francisco civic celebration marks the opening of a permanent World Trade Exposition and the California gold rush centennial. The Downtown Association envisions a half‑square‑mile center near the waterfront with a Foreign Trade Zone free port. Consulates and exporters would cluster there to promote American goods to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
The
Downtown Association
New York
Exposition
Orient
Pacific
Treasure Island
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J. P. Weitz
Lodi
FBI
Bill Boyd
Andy Clyde
Kay Kyser
Marilyn Maxwell
Swing Fever
Gene Kelly
Peter Lorre
Cross OF Lorraine
Noah Berry, Jr
Martha O’driscoll
Reily Boys
Guinea
Hoover Library
Stanford University
John Harvey Furbay
Ph.d
Eliever
France
Charles VI
Robert E. Peary
Terenas
John A. Bricker
Ohio
Eric Johnston
Lee Merce
Earl Warren
Alee Precidentie
Chicago Stadium
Raymond Browner
Arkansas
Avenal
Avenel
Ray Wright
P. J. Karber
Dinuba
Howies
Sonora
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Harrison Spangler
Republican National Com
Herbert Hoover
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Aioe
Joseph W. Martin JR
House of Represabashine Ahilesomein Task Dietaar
Consult
Panamin and Germazone
Acidoxphenathiazene
WALCO
Veterinary Biologicals
Stringham
Shafter Drug Store
America
Ee Man
At Tome
Bill Brown
Tequila Kooler
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