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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
6
Help brighten up with twelve flowering plants free with each one year new or renewal subscription to the Shafter Press between March 8 and March 31, 1945. Choice of petunias, snapdragons, English daisies, stocks and asters.
SGT Farr returns to Camp Barkeley Texas after a short furlough in town. M/Sgt and Mrs Burke and son visit Oildale with Mr and Mrs Sebastian and their new daughter. E G Kolbenstetter spent the weekend in Los Angeles. Thelma Kayser and daughter Judy of San Jose visit Shafter guests of Mr and Mrs John Peters. Mrs Kayser, formerly Thelma Fisher, was a Maple School teacher and plans to go to Indiana where her husband a Army doctor is stationed.
Private Trofilo M. Lopez, 19, of Shafter California, wounded by rifle fire near Derlin gen France during a night patrol. He is hospitalized at 162nd General Hospital England and has earned the Purple Heart. His ward surgeon reports satisfactory progress.
Harvey A. Dahl of Shafter was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army on March 12 after completing the Officer Candidate Course at Fort Benning Georgia. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H S Dahl of Blaine Washington and previously served with the Infantry after enlisting February 9 1944.
Pvt Dudley Paslay a paratrooper has been released from an Army hospital in England after treatment for frozen feet suffered on the Western front. He took part in the invasion of Holland and Luxembourg and has been awarded the combat medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Paslay of Shafter and expects to return to active combat duty soon.
Two new clerks Alma Lail and Alfred Cornell join the local post offices. A part time after school worker is Jerry Mathis. Lawrence A. Kattenhorn resigns to join W. H. Hitchcock at the Shafter Warehouse Co.
Mrs Don Hart and Mrs J L Hill hosted a bridge luncheon Saturday at Ca welo Motel. Attendees included numerous local women such as Mrs George Enns Mrs Ed Gamegan Mrs H W Kelly and Mrs Glen Crampton among others.
The Shafter Rotary Club sponsors a teen-age dance on Saturday evening April 14 at the Women's Clubhouse from 8 30 to 11 30. Music will be provided by the Smith Family Orchestra from Buttonwillow.
Mrs Elmer Aderson hosted a dessert bridge party last Thursday evening. Guests included Mrs Dick Arnold, Mrs P L Arnold, Mrs M L Thomas, Mrs Harry Thompson, Mrs Thomas Wedge, Mrs Ed Warren, Mrs Orvin Mettler, Mrs George Enns, Mrs Gordon Churchill, Mrs Don Hart, and Mrs Harold Greene. Churchill had the high score and Enns the second high.
Pvt Salvador H Martinez of Shafter serves in the 173rd Field Artillery Battalion which fired its 110000th round on the 5th Army front in Italy. The unit uses twelve 155 mm rifles nicknamed Whispering Death and operates in the Po Valley at 5 to 12 miles. The battalion marks 400 days in combat and once held a 4000 yard front near Rochetta with British and Moroccan troops after Cassino entry on November 26, 1943.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Morss and son Richard departed Shafter on Wednesday for Ocean Beach to establish their new home. Morss has been transferred by Bank of America from the Shafter branch to the larger Ocean Beach branch.
Mrs. Phillip Gormley and daughter Marilyn of Stockton visited Shafter at the home of Mrs. Gormley's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Janzen.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Guenther of San Luis Obispo formerly of Shafter spent the week end here visiting friends and relatives.
The family of James B Witcher thanks friends for kind expressions of sympathy during their recent bereavement.
Mr and Mrs Ben Giesbrecht and family were the Sunday dinner guests of Rev and Mrs Chris Ummel. The visit highlighted family hospitality at the Ummels home.
Mr and Mrs H Midgley attend a reception in Bakersfield on Sunday celebrating the Fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jack Allen. The couple have two sons in service a third was killed in action in Italy last fall.
Sam W. Frantz MoMM 2/c U S Navy is reported missing in action somewhere in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J J Frantz of Wasco. A classified ad will reach readers seeking information.
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