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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
2
John wishes to thank his many friends in Shafter for their prayers during a serious illness. A personal message notes Emma Miller and a 21 year reunion with relatives as they travel from Oklahoma to visit son Walter Foth, an attorney there.
Emma Spitzer hosts Sunday visitors from Cuyama and her family. The gathering includes relatives and neighbors joining at her home for a casual afternoon.
Fragmentary text notes WFA's controls and spoilage records as a trial to faith. The snippet hints at governance issues within the organization, suggesting concerns over how spoilage and control processes affect trust and operations.
A Philadelphia report notes 1,000 pounds of meat products were lost as Flers Rel zer vats. The issue centers on the need for cold storage space for highly perishable meats ordered from storage facilities.
Opinion piece suggests renaming the program to New Hats and proposes invoking the stork in an advisory role to curb diaper needs domestically and abroad, framing a whimsical yet pointed critique of wartime aid policies.
A garbled passage mentions a Senator reacting to material valued at 600,000 shipped to the north and notes Arabs wearing turbans. The wording is unclear but implies a report on trade or material shipments and cultural attire.
Vivian Bartel daughter of Mrs Ida Bartel and Jake F Bergen son of Mr and Mrs J R were married in a Mennonite Brethren Church ceremony led by Rev Sam Kleinsasser. About 400 guests attended the reception in the church basement. The groom left Shafter for Ft McArthur for Army induction. the bride will remain with her mother.
Ill Mayer remains in Kern General Hospital improving slowly. Wayne Heffley summered at the Devlin ranch working for Union Oil. Hazel Hage now teaches 7th and 8th grades at Rio Bravo School. Shirley Perry returns from Tulare. Sydam and Clyde of Pomona visited E C Calder home, once Rio Bravo residents. Mrs Turner visits sister E Calder then heads to Long Beach for winter. P T A met with Mrs Anderson presiding. Laura Bolt spoke on proper diet. corsage presented. next meeting led by Mrs Cady.
James K. Nightingale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cota Amma, enlisted at Minter Field last December after graduating Shafter High in January and studying at Bakersfield Junior College. He turned 18 on April 24 and was known for football with Shafter Generals in 1943 and Golden Gloves success. A farewell party was held by friends before induction.
Seventeen year old Alaska Indian William Williams spoke at the Pentacostal Church of God in Shafter on Tuesday evening September 26. He visited with Tempa Swan in Ketchikan, who left Shafter three years ago to work as a missionary in Alaska where she started an orphanage and a church. Williams has attended Bible school in Seattle this past year and will sail October 15 to return to Alaska to continue missionary work with his people.
Mr and Mrs H W Kelly hosted a Sunday afternoon tea at their home for the high school faculty and school board members and their spouses. Guests included Sidney Dawe Phil Ohanneson and daughter Mary Frances, Mrs Hazel Brockett and others.
Bill Kliewer leaves Shafter Monday for Santa Catalina Island to attend the U S Maritime Service training school. He is a Wasco High School graduate and Phi Chi fraternity member who has donated ten pints of blood since Pearl Harbor. He is the third Kliewer son to enter military service. Ensign Ben Kliewer has crossed the Atlantic eight times since Navy training, and Cpl Laverne serves with the 9th Air Force in England. Berean class party Monday hosted by Mrs F C Rainey at 8 pm at her home. all class members invited.
Roma Stone and Howard Russell wed in a garden ceremony attended by 150 guests. The bride wore blue and the groom wore peacock, with Rev E M Anderson officiating and Wilmer Hildebrand singing. Family members included Mrs S L Russell and Mrs Woods Stone. The couple will reside at 176 Lerdo Road in Shafter.
Miss Loa Starrh returns to campus in San Jose after leaving Shafter last Friday to resume her senior year. She majors in dietetics and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Starrh of Shafter.
The Ladies Aid meet this afternoon at 2 30 p m in the W T basin bus tes for business and planning. Mrs O A Weidman assists as hostess.
A fragmented line prompts readers to consider placing a classified ad as a response to an unclear prompt about personal announcements. The ad concept remains unclear with no concrete details, dates, or names to verify.
Mrs. Irvin Fike attended the gathering held last Saturday for her aunt Zerkel at the family home with relatives and close friends in attendance.
A fragmented report notes lodgepole and jack pines keep seeds in closed cones for years and release them after a forest fire. The text also contains a garbled phrase about theft.
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