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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
3
Local residents and visitors extended across California over the weekend. Names like Jessie Balderson W W Tannahill Ed Kolbenstetter Tillie Straut and Clyde Bell appear with trips to Fresno Pasadena Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additional notes cover weddings and community events including a Barnes Daugherty wedding and Wasco birthday gathering.
Viola Martin visited her husband Burton Martin in southern California while her son stayed in Glen dale and San Fernando. Local guests shared meals with the Corneliuses Moore and Davidson. Bessie G. Thomas shows improvement in Hollister. Earl Unruh and Ira Unruh families vacation between Cristobal and Los Angeles. Jack Neufeld toured the middle west with scenic stops. Miss Helyn McCormick visited southern California for UC LA Oregon game. H C Janzens returned from Nebraska trip. Otto Becker toured the midwest including Yellowstone. Holger Hansen spent weekend in Fresno visiting family and watched SFU football game.
Word came from Shafter this week of the marriage of Miss Pearl Chafin to J D David son of Oklahoma City. The ceremony was in Oklahoma City where the couple plan to reside. Mrs. Davidson had lived in Shafter for two years and returned to Oklahoma last August.
A new electric conduit crafted from wood pulp is claimed to resist rust and corrosion, offering a durable alternative to metal pipes. The innovation suggests use in electrical infrastructure where moisture or humidity could affect traditional conduits.
Dr. George F. McEwen of UC Scripps predicts a warm dry winter across most of the state. He cites a twenty-five year cycle and a five year cycle with sea surface temperatures indicating less precipitation for 1939 40 than last season.
The motion picture Birth of a Nation debuted at the Liberty theater in New York City on March 3, 1915.
Manuel T. Henley son of Mrs Ora C Henley of Shafter recently passed exams and enlisted in the army to serve with the Coast Artillery in the Hawaiian department. Announcement by Colonel Aubrey Lippincott cites Ser get Frank Hosko in Bakersfield for enlistment.
Switchland leads the world with a per capita milk consumption of 238 quarts annually, signaling strong dairy intake. The figure highlights national dietary trends and dairy industry prominence.
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