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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
7
Local residents and visitors fill weekends with family trips. Shafter figures include Herb Schirmer's Berkeley graduation, Kinman recovery, and the Jacksons in Santa Cruz. Also noted are trips to Los Angeles, Visalia, Santa Ana, Napa, and Gilroy plus army and civic activity updates.
The Kern County Summer Camp at Three Falls Scout Reservation shifts opening from Sunday June 21 to Saturday June 20. Four camping periods run Saturdays only, with a camp fee of eight dollars per period and a one fifty dollar round trip transport option. Located sixty miles from Bakersfield near Lockwood valley west of Lebec, the site accommodates up to 64 Scouts per period with C J Cap Stevens directing, aided by Mark Linscott and H D McMasters.
A survey by the council area chairperson Fox calls on Scouts to forward their applications to Scout headquarters at an early date.
Postmaster Lois L. Rosenstiel announced approval to add one mile to the Shafter post office rural route and to alter the carrier line. The changes respond to road closures in the Shafter oilfield this week.
The Richmond yard No. 2 on San Francisco Bay commissioned a 10,000 ton freighter just 37 days after launching, setting a national shipbuilding record. The rapid completion underscores wartime production gains and the efficiency of the yard and its workers.
Tourists in the San Praticisco area spent 33 5 109 937 dollars or 7.14 dollars per day, during average visits of 4.4 days. The figures reflect tourism activity and per visit expenditures for the period reported.
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