Bridge Club Meets at Mrs. Weidman’s Country Home
Mrs Oscar Weidman hosted a Thursday afternoon bridge session on March 31 at her country home. Prizes went to Mrs Ella Immel of Bellingham Washington and honors to Mesdarmes P C Guenther Ralph Sanderson and E B Stringham. Present were Mesdames Sanderson Stringham Lowe Little Roscamp Guenther and Immel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Weidman
Mesdarmes
J. A. Roscamp
P. C. Guenther
Ella Immel
Bellingham
Washington
Phi Delta Kappa Meeting Slated
Dr. Emery Stoops district representative District 2 Phi Delta Kappa will be the guest speaker tonight at the annual Boys Night held by the Phi Delta Kappa field chapter. The fraternity is a national men’s professional education group with campus chapters at leading colleges and universities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Stoops
Phi Delta Kappa
Barbara Wroten Wins Auxiliary Poster Contest
Barbara Wroten won the auxiliary poster contest with a 10 point neatness score. Judges were Mrs. J H Fuller Mrs. George Vannatta and Mrs. Glen Nay. Her poster advances to district then state then national judging with the national winner appearing on the next year’s poppy seal. Posters will be displayed in merchants windows during Poppy Week in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H Fuller
George Vannatta
Glen Nay
Wroten
Guenther
Bakersfield fraternity chartered in December 1940
The Bakersfield field chapter of Alpha Rho received its charter in December 1940. The fraternity emphasizes service, research and leadership with Ed. De Mello as secretary and Robert Krause as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carhous
Bakersfield
Alpha Rho
Ed. DeMello
Shafter
Robert Krause
Grand National Entry List Swells for Cow Palace Exposition
Entry blanks show 1,171 participants for the Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition at the San Isidro Cow Palace April 9 to 11. California Oregon Nevada Idaho and Utah youths will show 807 beef cattle 453 dairy cattle 1,558 hogs and 683 lambs with 94 female 4 H members among 827 FFA exhibitors and 344 4 H'ers. The event includes a major Intercollegiate Rodeo Association National Championship Tournament as the headline attraction for April 9 to 11 with housing and meals arranged for six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
4-H Club
San Is Aioe Cow Palace
California
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Future Farmers
Cow Palace
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
Wasco Man Sues For Auto Injuries
James Allen Pickelsimer of Wasco filed a Superior Court suit seeking 27000 dollars over injuries from a February 18 accident on Highway 99 a mile north of Canelo. He accuses Walter L. Bailey of Visalia, the approaching driver, of striking him as he walked with a gas can. The case has not been heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 99
Canelo
James Allen Pickelsimer
Wasco
Walter L. Bailey
Visalia
Pickelsimer
Revell to Lead Shafter Cancer Society Campaign Drive
Dr J H Revell will head the Kern County Cancer Society fund drive in Shafter as part of the annual countywide campaign opened April 1. The statewide quota is 15000 dollars with 40 percent staying locally and 25 percent for regional medical research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revell
Cancer Society
Shafter
Kern County
American Cancer Society
J. H. Revell
John E. Loustalot
Theron McCuen
Kern
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
The
Bakersfield
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Congress
National Cancer Control
Brewer Building
Margaret K.ee
McCuen
Loustalot
Albert S. Goode
C. C. Chappelle
Robert M. Sheldon
M.D
Glenn E. Stanfield
John J. Wilt
Albert E. Phillips
Hugh S. Jewett
Robert Strauss
O. P. Broderick
Congregational Church Spring Tea Planned for April 22
Plans are under way for a Congregational Church Spring Tea scheduled for the afternoon of April 22 at the A. Peter Channeson residence. Mesdames O G Ohlsson and Arthur Hemingson lead as co chairmen with a spring theme for sociability and outreach. Chairmen and committees include decorations Mrs Jack Hare refreshments Mrs Rolf Jacobsen program Mrs A W Eckman and Mrs Glen Putman Jr reception Mrs John F Jacobsen and invitations Mrs Bill Neessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
A. Peter Channeson
Merced
Manuel Avenue
O. G. Ohlsson
Arthur Hemingson
Jack Hare
Rolf Jacobsen
A. W. Eckman
Glen Putman Jr
John F. Jacobsen
Bill Neessen
Kern County Land Co. Directors Here
Kern County Land Co. operates cattle ranches in Oregon Arizona and New Mexico with calves raised and fattened locally. The firm also rents land on royalty, runs a water system from Kern River canals, and expanded into oil since 1901 with the 10 section field southeast of Bakersfield now yielding more than cattle and crops. About 8 500 people hold shares as a Gosford area feed lot and feed mill are completed.
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Land Company
Oregon
Arizona
New Mexico
Kern County
Kern County Land Company
Miller & Lux
Kern River
Bakersfield
County Optometrists Set Meeting in Bakersfield
Kern County Optometric Association announces a regular dinner meeting at the El Tejon Hotel in Bakersfield on Wednesday evening April 6, 1949. Dr Bernard I Hansen of Hollywood will speak on activities of the California State Board of Optometry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Optometric Association
California Optometric Association
el Tejon Hotel
Bakersfield
Gregg. Poloynis
Taft
Bernard I. Hansen
Hollywood
State Board of Optometry
California
Journey in Song by Young People's Society
The Young People’s Society of the Seventh-day Adventist Church presented a musical program titled A Journey in Song on Friday night March 25. Leader Mrs. Lucille Roth, assisted by Norman Nelson, organized audience participation with a 26 fill-in blanks story, plus a varied musical lineup and choral performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Lucille Roth
Norman Nelson
Kerch Academy
Floyd Hoeger
Melvin Ruth
Mitchalenko
Academy Boys
Academy Girls
H. B. Duerksen
Paul Rice
H.B. Duerksen
Emma Horst
Sam Dirksen
Emma. Horst
Hilda Siebel
Study of Minter Area For Industrial Development Urged
Kern County Chamber of Commerce backs Advisory Director Burt Green proposal to study industrial development at Shafter Airport formerly Minter Field. Green calls the Minter base a natural site with all necessary facilities for new industry. The chamber plans full investigation soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Burt Green
Shafter Airport
Minter Field
Green
Minter
County Chamber
Shafter Seaman On Duty At San Diego Naval Center
Tony L. Mansfield seaman USN of 260 Marengo St Shafter is serving aboard the Naval Training Center San Diego Calif He entered Naval service February 10 1948 and completed recruit training at the Lee Training Center San Diego Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony L. Mansfield
USN
Marengo St
Shafter
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Mansfield
Naval Service
Lee Training Center
Upholstery and Mattress Firm Opens Here
A new mattress and upholstery shop opens in a 30 by 50 ft building at 535 Santa Fe just north of Shafter City limits. Owner Carl Smith has Wasco experience with his parents George and Mrs Willis who run What Not Shop in Wasco. Smith previously worked in Santa Paula and the firm focuses on furniture upholstery and renovating old mattresses with cotton mattresses and springs.
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Santa Fe
Shafter City
New Shafter
Carl Smith
Wasco
George Willis
Willis
Smith
Santa Paula
Bill Lowe Elected Treasurer of Shafter Kiwanis
William M. Lowe, chief auditor for L A Camp Companies, was unanimously elected treasurer of the Shafter Kiwanis club last month. The post had been fused with the secretary’s duties held by Ralph Tucker, but the office was reinstated to ease the secretary’s load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Lowe
L. A. Camp Companies
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Ralph Tucker
Lowe
Nevada Farmers Plant Over Twenty Thousand Trees in 1948
Nevada farmers planted more than 20 000 small forest trees in 1948 as part of a state effort to reforest and expand timber resources. The program reflected postwar renewal goals and supported rural economies and watershed protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bridge Club
Phi Delta Kappa Meeting
Barbara Wroten
Mexico
Guatemala
Kern Travel Service
E,. H. Kreyenhagen
Herb
Seventh Street
Justesen’s
Studebaker
Seventh St
Kern County Land Co
County Optometrists
Shafter Seaman
Bill Lowe
Airco Oxygen
Airco
Frank Russell Mfg. CO
Pacific Ave
Shafter, Calif
Southern Pacific Depot
Sumner Street
Flickinger
Janzen
L. Clayton Wikoff
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