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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
8
Mr and Mrs P L Arnold spent the week end at Summit Lodge and Mrs Frizzells father A J Frizzell of Los Angeles returned to Shafter with them.
Shafter High School will add many new classes next year under principal Jack M. Hill. A full time music teacher will create a complete music department with an orchestra and boys glee club and two daily periods for vocal and instrumental lessons.
War Assets Administration announced a surplus sale exclusively for WWII veterans beginning May 20 at Port Hueneme. About 5000 mostly new trucks and trailers will be sold to veterans with priority certificates from California Nevada and Arizona. Cash or guaranteed funds only. in-person purchase required.
J. R. Dick Murphy has been honorably discharged after four years in the Armed Forces serving in Germany and two South Pacific missions as a Staff Sergeant. He graduated from Creighton University School of Law and is admitted to the Nebraska Bar. Murphy and Al Mortimer, friends of Mr Ohanneson, plan to settle in Shafter and work together once Mortimer returns.
Pfc. David S. Prendez of E company 187th RCT 11th Airborne reenlists for Army of Occupation duty in Japan. He entered service August 1 1945 at Fort McArthur California and served in Okinawa with the 27th Division. He later trained as parachutist at Camp Schemmelfenig Sendai and will wear Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen and her son Rolf Jr. left Saturday by plane to visit Mrs. Jacobsen's mother Mrs. C. H. Mills at Edgar Nebraska.
Glenn O Nay and Burley Dooley Shafter high school agriculture teachers returned from the California Sheep Show and Ram Sale at Galt where they sold 6 corrie d ales from the Shafter high school farm and bought several lambs for feeding and later livestock shows. The sale drew the largest crowd in its history and preceded the Far West International Sheep Dog Trials.
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