This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
5
The Gilmore Service Station announces its new head manager, appointing a long serving technician to lead operations and customer service improvements at the station.
Rowland Kemp Tiernen Lewis and Mrs Joe C Lewis hosted a meeting at their home Thursday to hear the president speak and discuss the club's formation. Refreshments were served by Mrs Joe C Lewis after the address.
Two hundred students attended the Freshman Sophomore party at Shafter High School on Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. Activities included a peanut push race, pie eating contests won by Janie Jackson and Edna Rogers, cracker eating by Ferlaene Parker, and various games with refreshments. Faculty chaperones were H. W. Kelly James V. Wilson Mrs A Cornell and Miss Frances Ezquer.
A new club year opened with the first monthly meeting yesterday. Members received the year book with a pale blue cover and gold sweet pea motif designed by Mrs. Max McKinley. The next book section meeting is set for Oct. 18 at Mrs. Phil Channeson’s home.
Richland Parent-Teachers Association meets at 3 PM on Tuesday October 10 in the Richland Cafeteria to discuss Citizenship in Our Town. J W Frizzell will speak. first grade pupils perform. Blue Birds Camp Fire Girls Horizon Club Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Hi Y Club give brief talks. refreshments to follow. all district parents invited.
Allene Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Anderson celebrated her fifth birthday with a party last Friday afternoon. Guests included Peggy Hunter Beulah Ann Mona Vie Moore Iona Weishaar Mary Ellen Brown Suzanne Northrup and Gay Wil OKLAHOMAN HERE Mrs J K Schmidt of Cordell Oklahoma visited in Shafter along with Mrs Matilda Brown. Private First Class Heckler son of Mr and Mrs Claude Heckler of Shafter enlisted in June 1942.
The meeting decries altering the 365 day year to 364 days split into 91 day quarters claiming it would disrupt religious observances of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths. Advocates seek an educational campaign to spread awareness of the proposed calendar starting January 1 1945 with Sunday December 31 declared a world holiday.
Miss Yvonne Le Doux returned to Shafter on Sunday after a two week trip to Stockton and Mt. Angel Oregon.
Marine Private First Class William Anderson Hetkler, 21, Route 1 Shafter, a Tarawa and Saipan veteran, is recovering at Naval Hospital San Leandro after being wounded. He lost an eye and was hit in the hand and both knees by shrapnel on Saipan. He recalls Saipan as grim yet preferable to Tarawa where combat was closer and the island smaller, leaving little room to maneuver.
Bricker, the GOP vice presidential candidate, announced by William Reichel will make stops in Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, and Fresno on October 14 to 19.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.