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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
6
Around Town lists visiting relatives in Shafter and nearby areas. Mrs. Wilma Guenther and Mrs. Winnie Kincannon visited Anaheim. Family and friends attend rallies, birthdays, and dinners. Local residents travel to Long Beach, Mojave, San Francisco, and Bakersfield for surgery, ship visits, and social gatherings.
In a Los Angeles area report several families including Mrs Hazel Franz, Mrs Jennie Schnuckel, and Miss Evelyn Schnuckel note their collie Sparkie wandered from 347 Oak Street. The Mason children Susan and David are distraught. Mr and Mrs Richard Lynd and kin left Friday for Santa Barbara for a seaside fishing trip.
Dr Loren Yaussy warns that lack of knowledge and skill in water safety leads to drownings and near drownings in Kern River. He cites dangers of swimming with a full stomach, cold water early spring, cramps, and overexertion. Advice includes waiting after eating, conditioning gradually, swimming with a partner, and using Red Cross safety courses at the local chapter.
On August 29, 1928 Gov. Al Smith's acceptance speech came through a large new radio at E. B. Stringham's drug store, crowded with patrons listening to the event.
William Neuman and his famous hounds hunted on November 3, 1925, returning with a large coyote that had been feeding on Shafter farmers’ chickens.
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