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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
3
Eight grade students of Battonwillow School will graduate on June 1 in the school auditorium. Graduation ceremonies will follow under the supervision of school superintendent B. M. Crawford. Over the weekend Donald W. Douglas and his son, currently in the U S Navy, were guests nearby.
Fifty two members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship from the local church took a hayride last Saturday. They rode ten miles west to the Kern River, spent time in games and enjoyed the old fashioned outing.
Cadet Jack Thompson, honor graduate of the Navy Pre-Flight School at St Marys Moraga California, spends two weeks at home. He is in the 44th Battalion among 76 honor graduates in a class of 250. After leave he returns to Livermore Flight School for further training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson of Buttonwillow.
The Home Department of the Farm Bureau met last Friday at the Farm Center to learn sewing machine care. Mrs. Winon Benson assistant County Home Demonstration Agent led demonstrations with 18 ladies present and 11 machines brought to the session were set in good running order per Benson's instructions.
Information on a Massey War prisoner arrives via telegram sent to Waldo Massey. The telegram reportedly comes from the International Red Cross and was received last week.
Batonwillow Lions postpone their Charter Night banquet to May 25 due to prior difficulties. President Ken Bray announced the new date at last Thursday's meeting where Judge Robert B. Lambert spoke on the judiciary's role in American life.
Buttonwillow California hosts Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. led by Mannie Gray with lessons on Paul and Corinthians. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. and a 8:00 p.m. night service. Four study groups meet by age with leaders Pastor Berniece Olsen Bettie Hair Mrs Landers and Jackson ot Houston. Navy ROTC member Donald Jackson from McKittrick attends Rice Institute in Houston since July 1 last year. Mrs Perry Paschal hospitalized in Los Angeles for three weeks due to a nervous breakdown.
S/Sgt and Mrs Collier Dun announce the birth of a boy Collier Boyce on May 9 at Shafter Maternity Home weighing 7 pounds. Several service members and family are listed with postings in California and overseas, including Paul Villalous in Ireland and Manuel Villalous arriving at an overseas port. A variety of local movements, visits, and community notes wrap the page.
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