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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
2
Mrs. Christine Roscamp was honored Tuesday evening with a surprise handkerchief shower and dessert bridge at Mrs. Jack Battaglia’s home to mark her birthday. Guests included Mesdames Cosgrove, Hall, Frizzell, Baughman, Ruhlman, Cooper, Channeson, Rootes, Hansen, Guenther, Brown, Arnold, and Fuller. Card prizes went to Roscamp Cooper and Fuller.
Second class matter designation at the Shafter California post office under the 1879 act. Indicates mailing status and processing category for periodical distribution.
Mrs Arnold’s mother the former Mrs Minnie Nash wed July in Las Vegas. She and her husband Michael Pegues of San Leandro visited the Arnold home for several days last week. The Pegues reside in San Leandro where Mr Pegues works as a CPA and auditor for Ford Mercury in the East Bay.
Mrs Burley Dooley and her children have returned to Shafter from a vacation that included two weeks in Reno two weeks at Lake Tahoe and a week with Mr Dooley at Davis where he attended a month long UC session. He has begun work on a master's degree in agricultural education.
Local women weigh in on the latest dress lengths with mixed views. Barbara Kinman denounces the looks as hiding legs, while Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Threadgill prefer modest extra length though not extreme. Leona Glockler welcomes change as flattering, Donna Graf notes practicality issues for a small city. The Kentucky veterans club jokes about wives and campus dating norms.
George Cooper departed this week for Davis where he is enrolled at the State Agricultural College. His father Floyd Cooper accompanied him by auto to the campus and returned to Shafter the next day.
The All-Year Club unveils a national autumn travel push to boost Southland tourism during the off season. California Fruit Growers Exchange's Paul Armstrong says large ads in Eastern and Midwestern cities promote a fall that blends summer and winter vacations at seashore, valley, mountain and desert.
Mr and Mrs Ed Brown were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Bert Ware Saturday evening at their home.
Mrs Lillie Bell has returned from a trip visiting relatives and friends in Houston and Fort Worth Texas and Arkansas. She saw a sister in Hot Springs whom she had not seen for 15 years and also visited Benton Arkansas before returning to California.
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