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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
8
In England the first engineer on a BOM tells Vier he will go to bed for the time being as part of a temporary pause. The note implies a quiet period while duties rest.
Mrs Opal Schmidt received a ten from the War Department Private First Class Cleatus D Schmidt seriously wounded in action in Italy on Oct 16. Leo Schmidt Navy petty officer on furlough visits wife and son in Buttonwillow. Mrs J S McKibbens of Bakersfield visits daughter and son in law in town. Bridal shower honors Miss Bruna Pera with sixty guests and several prizes. Louise Carter visits Bakersfield. Mr and Mrs Bergen visit Santa Barbara. Mary E Ross returns from Mercy Hospital after influenza. Judge Kemp convalesces at home after a week in San Joaquin Hospital.
Quartermaster J A Cates of the U S Navy spent the weekend with his brother in law Mr and Mrs Davy Palmer. Cates has been in the Mediterranean area for two years. A Classified Ad Will Buy It.
A 1944 Kern California notice records a fictitious firm name Mercantile with owners Arthur J and Private D ames Street and others. The document is dated November 16 1944 with notary Ruby E Moore and publication dates November 16 23 30 and December 7 1944. It also notes a birth announcement for Annie Faye Long on November 14 at Shafter Maternity Home.
The Shafter club has received six new record albums and eight more are expected. The collection includes symphonies by Schubert Beethoven Dvorak and Tschaikowsky along with popular works by Bach Wagner and others recorded by major symphony orchestras. A large assortment of phonograph needles is included. Residents are welcome to visit the U.S.O. hall and listen.
Pfc. Paul J. Gay 27, son of Mrs. Tare Gay of Shatter California, completed a 25 month tour in Egypt with the Quartermasters Corps and is en route home to California.
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