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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1947
Page
3
The Faculty Women's Club met at Mrs. Burley Dooley's home with Miss Helen Ganyu as co host. Ganyu was elected president and Mary Schacht secretary treasurer. Horizon Club guardian Jeanette Wheeler announced a formal initiation on October 20 at the Legion Hall.
Murray C. Arthur 1st Lt in charge announces limited openings for qualified applicants at posts across California Arizona Utah and Washington. Assignments exist at Fort MacArthur MacCornack General Hospital Camp Cooke Camp Stoneman Fort Ord Fort Mason Presidio of San Francisco Sacramento Signal Depot Yuma Fort Douglas Fort Lewis Fort Worden Fort Lawton Madigan General Hospital.
Mrs. D. C. Honea and her children from Antioch arrived in Shafter on Thursday for an indefinite visit with her father Pete Dirksen who recently had surgery and is now home from the hospital.
A record-smashing convention of Kiwanis delegates gathers in San Diego for the three day state meeting starting Thursday October 16. Shafter chapter sends Jack Hill Ted Kinman and Hanley Witcher with alternates Lee Thomas Earl Weil and Ray Rose. Kiwanis President Art Hemingson attends unofficially.
Lieutenant M C Arthur commander of the local recruiting office announced Army participation at the Kern County Fair is surpassing previous records. Units from Fort MacArthur Long Beach Army Air Field and Castle Field attended the opening day. A Buzz bomb display highlighted the Army exhibits and combat movies were shown nightly at the recruiting office.
Kern Academy unveils a banner enrollment of 143 students this year, with 45 in academic classes and 98 in elementary. Principal H H Mauk leads the school as it adds a 40 by 140 foot auditorium, cafeteria space, redecorated classrooms, new fluorescent lighting, 300 metal folding chairs, and organ and piano instruction by Norman Nelson joining the faculty.
Mrs. Walker state extension chair of P T A will be in Wasco Wednesday Oct 1 from 10 a m to 12 noon for a unit conference in the Wasco high school small auditorium. Richland P T A members and others are urged to attend. Call Mrs David Jones at 5984 for details.
William Van Evwert chairman of Bakersfield College social science spoke at the Kern County Press Club dinner in the Normandie Room Bakersfield Inn on an anecdotal tour of Western Europe. He urged a clear non political US policy to ease world unrest and noted England economic woes while France showed recovery potential and signs of deception both from occupation and within government. He praised Scandinavian unity but warned Sweden’s standing in Norway and Denmark is weak.
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