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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Dan Tucker spent a few days in Santa Barbara recently There are now eight teenage centers operated by the Recreation Department in San Francisco with three more in process of construction
Visitors from Stockton stayed with Mr and Mrs Louis LeDoux last week and included Bob de Doux Joe Schwab and Fred Gre ther.
Lieut. Ray LeDoux in Shafter on leave after completing 31 missions as a bombardier navigator on a B 17 in the European Theater. His last mission saw the tail detach from the fuselage sending the tail gunner to a rough cornfield landing with minor injuries.
Miss Ruth Wilson Kern County Librarian will review several new books at the next meeting of the Junior Women's Club of Shafter. The gathering is set for March 14 at the Women's Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m.
Mr and Mrs George Guenther announce the birth of their son Frederick Barton in Shafter on Sunday morning. The baby weighed eight pounds and is the couple’s first child.
Virginia Frizzell, Gloria Janzen and Bonnie Bender cooked a fried chicken dinner for their Campfire Girls group and guests last Saturday evening. Present were Patsy Kelly Donna Baughman Mary Frances Channeson Doris Loeweh Miss Beulah Bartlett Mrs. Frances Hess and Mrs. J. W. Frizzell.
Pfc. Manuel T. Henley son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Henley reports to the Army rest camp and redistribution center in Santa Barbara after furlough. He served five years in the Pacific as a machine gunner-driver with a field artillery unit and saw extensive combat during three years in active zones.
The Richland School P T A will host a food and fancy work sale on March 13 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Richland Cafeteria and 4 to 6 p.m. outside the Safeway Store. Food sale chairman is Mrs Aduel Mettler. assistants include Mrs O T Olson Mrs Carl Steele and Mrs Ed Brown. Sixth grade posters announce the event under Miss Beulah Bartlett. Proceeds support a worthwhile P T A cause.
Dale Voth 2/c U S Navy left Shafter on Monday to return to his base in San Diego after spending a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Dan Voth.
Lieut. Rollin E. Dargatz of Wasco and Shafter, California, piloted a Fifth Air Force troop carrier in the first paratroop drop in the Philippine battle. His unit reinforced south of Manila with troops, parapacks, artillery and supplies. A Jungle Skippers flyer, he flew missions from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and joined the Philippines liberation campaign after training at Pam pa Texas. He previously farmed in Kern County and attended Shafter High School.
Rotary Troop 53 held a weekend camp at City Ball Park, rain did not deter the Scouts. Under junior assistant Scoutmaster Bill Blizzard and helper Max Wiles the group used extra pup tents for water proofing and cooked meals over open fires. Participants included Greg Channeson Dean Flaming Bob Mansfield James Grumbles Bob Juneman Cy Pearce and Willard Stoller.
Cpl. Laverne Kliewer reports obtaining another 24 hour pass to Paris calling it hard to obtain but worth the wait. Lieut. Ben Kliewer of the U S Merchant Marine says he has landed somewhere in Europe but cannot disclose the location. Both youths are sons of Mr and Mrs Dan Kliewer of Shafter.
Lt Gladys Grant Mandaville of the Army Nurse Corps writes from England to her parents that she has been promoted to first lieutenant. She now wears two overseas service stripes indicating a year of overseas service.
Rev Menno Schellenberg presented color films from a Boy Scout Troop 53 Christmas outing at a Thursday meeting. Lt Johnny Shearer, Army flier with 33 missions, shared plans to become a flying missionary to Africa after the war.
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