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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1943
Page
5
Local notes report H F Nikkel released after Kern General Hospital operation. Returns and visits include Mrs Kingston back in Riverbank, A R Duehren from San Francisco, and coastal service member Bill Pearce on furlough in Santa Monica. Also mentions Dr Gaede’s San Francisco trip and Janzens hosting in Fresno, Wendlands’ short trip, Jane Evans visiting parents, Arnold and family, and several local social events and health updates.
Rev William Harper spoke at Motel Cawelo on the History of Wormer with Bible woman and modern woman comparisons. Doris Davis played Clair De Lune and Spinning. The club approved writing the Sanitation Board to clean Shafter streets and sidewalks and voted to sponsor the Bluebirds for grammar school girls. Beulah Bartlett heads the group with Martha Gloeckler Thelma Christopher and Erma McCoy supervising, plus a new club flag purchase approved.
The next meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club is set for November 18 at the Red Cross station. Members Geede, Lyle Comfort, Helen Hobson, Aldine Janzen, Koleta Osborn, Thelma Christopher, Dorothy Frye, Lucille Crawford, Erma McCoy, Celeste Crawford, Myrtilla Allen, Ves ta Adams, Olive Thomas, Helen Locke, Doris Davis, Florence Smith, Rev. Wm. S. Herper and Roy Crockett are urged to attend the social evening and bandage-rolling for the Red Cross.
The city is described as the world’s third largest center for communications, reflecting its prominent role in networks, media, and tech infrastructure. The statement highlights San Francisco’s standing among global hubs in connectivity and information exchange.
The Richland P T A met in the school cafeteria on Tuesday November 9 with Mrs Cecil Steele presiding. Miss Helen Holmes led the pledge and David Powell sang God Bless America with Mrs Olive Thomas at the piano. Miss Martha Gloeckler directed student performances and Miss Freda Beebe spoke on Nutrition. Public Braille classes are taught in San Francisco by library certified instructors. Over 40,000 carloads of citrus fruit were shipped from Northern and Central California in 1942.
A Chinese hospital operates in San Francisco becoming the sole such facility in the United States, providing care to Chinese immigrant communities and others seeking specialized medical services in the city.
In World War I, for every man killed in battle, six were wounded illustrating the heavy toll on troops. The statistic emphasizes the scale of injuries among soldiers and the broader impact on military personnel.
Miss Emily Myers has spent several days in Los Angeles visiting friends and relatives during her vacation.
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