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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
8
Ontario man Wallace Iverson visits his wife Myrtle Iverson over the weekend, reporting a family reunion in a small community setting.
Mr and Mrs J R Neufeld plan to relocate to San Jose the latter part of next week after living in Shafters for twenty six years.
The 63rd annual University of Southern California graduation convocation in Open Air Theatre Exposition Park honored 325 graduates. Governor Earl Warren delivered the commencement address. Local graduates included Maruth Gloeckler with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Walter Robert Cloud III with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
William B. Hancock first class USNR son of G. A. Hancock Shafter California aided in capturing Ominato Naval Base northern Honshu Hokkaido Fare Futo and the Kurile Islands aboard the USS Salt Lake City a North Pacific Force unit. The ship began in Pearl Harbor and fought in major Pacific battles.
Mrs Mary L Reed of Escalon is in Shafter visiting her daughter Mrs J P Hansen during a brief family trip.
Kitchen guidance from Southern California Gas Co urges planning with summer canned foods. It highlights non acid vegetables for relishes and sauces, emphasizes tested recipes, and provides step by step methods for corn relish and piccalilli, including quantities, cooking times, and sterilization directions.
Otha A. Havins yeoman second class USNR and son of W A Havins of Shafter California arrived in San Diego on September 26 with 300 other survivors from the USS India. The ship served in the Marianas Palaus Marshalls Gilberts Caro lines Iwo Jima and Okinawa and in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. It shot down nine Japanese planes and was damaged at Okinawa when hit by a plane from its own side.
CAPT SAM YORTY former L A assemblyman returns from war and says no more politics he wants to practice law and serve as a citizen. Navy LT D L Duckham from Long Beach notes in a letter about crossing the International Date Line and jokes about Easter Sundays, V E Day and V J Day.
Bliss Coty pinudl Ghaber Une and Mrs Pauline Sndartanesse of Stockton are named as sisters of Mrs Eckman in the readable probate notice fragment.
Editor notes about nearly 400 landmarks registered by the California State Department of Natural Resources. Readable items include Fort Ross Sonoma County No 5 built 1812 with preserved stockade and buildings, Montgomery Block San Francisco No 80 built 1853 center of legal activity, Woodsider Woodside No 93 built 1945 on a former 1849 store site, Chimney Rock Modoc County No 109 fireplace and cabin remnants.
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