Judge Grant Receives Charley McCarthy Mazuma
E K Grant is richer by one "smacker" of Charley McCarthy Mazuma given Sunday by designer Orpha Klinker who wrote the script. Miss Klinker and Grant's niece Mrs Marjorie Duncan visited him as the piece features a likeness of Charlie with a Washington wig and mock slogans.
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E. K. Grant
Charlie McCarthy
Orpha Klinker
Bergen
Scroodge
Mortimer Snerd
Effie Klinker
John Dough
the Pleasury
Clean-Up Call Targets Spitting at Shafter Bank Corner
In a letter to the Shafter Press editor Bill Brown urges town cleanup during the annual effort. He decries morning spitting at the bank corner as a filthy disgrace and asks enforcement of ordinances to stop it for visitors and residents.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Bill Brown
Lemoore Doctor Benjamin Pratt Files for Congress
Dr. Benjamin H. Pratt of Lemoore California announces his decision to run for Congress as a Republican on both tickets. A longtime physician and educator, Pratt has served as country doctor in Lemoore for 21 years and held leadership roles in Kiwanis, the American Legion, Masonic orders, and local chamber of commerce.
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Benjamin H. Pratt
Lemoore
Calif
Pratt
Kansas
Washington California
University of California
San Quentin
Hana
Hawaiian Islands
California
Kings County School Trustees’ Association
American Legion
Pete Hei Is Back Home From Bakersfield Hospital
Pete Hei returned home Thursday from Bakersfield Hospital after an emergency appendectomy. He is reported progressing splendidly through recovery.
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Pete Hei
Bakersfield Hospital
Motor to San Fernando
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vannatta and family motored to San Fernando Sunday to visit with friends.
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San Fernando
Harry Vannatta
Kern Homes News and Social Club Happenings
Kern Homes residents attended a Santa Anita racing opening trip and enjoyed Friday night movies. A bridge club session produced high and low scores with plans for a spring benefit party and refreshment duties noted. A March 30 birthday for Nancy Curtain and various visits and gifts were recounted along with Easter themed decorations and birthday prizes.
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Donald M. Hart
Southern California
Santa Anita
Recreation Hall
Jack Curtain
Edward Damus
Eldon Maynard
Richard Walsh
Barbara Watts
Kern Homes
Buffalo Love
Louis Walcott
Donald Hart
Nancy
Joe Barker
Richard Foster
Rodney Weems
Jan James
Margaret
Jimmie Hill
Bakersfield
Jay Foster
Robert Cardiff
Salinas
B. A. Ill
Los Angeles
Carson Way
Ill
CAA
Mel Elliott
Oxnard
Alfred G. Mortimore
Omaha
Nebraska
Jack Galleher
Galleher
Charles Wilson
Burlingame
Subscription Rates For California And Out Of State
The notice lists subscription pricing at four dollars per year for California residents and four dollars and fifty cents per year for subscribers outside California. Single copies are five cents each.
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California
Christian Science Lecture Friday in Bakersfield by MacRae
Dallas Texas lecturer Harry B. MacRae of the Mother Church will speak on Christian Science healing mission Friday April 9 1948 at 8 pm in the Bakersfield church at Eighteenth and C Streets. He serves on the Mother Church board of lectureship in Boston. First Church Bakersfield invites the public to attend.
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Harry B. MacRae
Dallas
Texas
Christian Science
Bakersfield
Mre MacRae
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
New Arrivals Bring Joy at Local Homes
The article notes a 6 pound girl, Donna Lee, born April 4 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Gloeckler with grandmother Mrs. T. Wiens proudly mentioned. A correction states a 7 pound boy born March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dansby at Kern General. Mrs. Dansby is the daughter of Mr. Newell of Smith's cafeteria. A new arrival, a 7 pound 2 ounce baby named Rightnour, was born about 2:00 a.m. April 1 at Mercy Hospital. the family lives three miles south of town and sire is employed by Superior Oil Co. Mrs. Rightnour is formerly Gladys Mayo of North Shafter.
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Donna Lee
Gladden
Lawrence W. Gloeckler
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
T. Wiens
Joe Dansby
Kern General
Dansby
Newell
Smith
Mrs. Alice Spydell Receives Visit From Vannatta Family
Mrs. Alice Spydell of Inglewood hosted a visit from her daughter Mrs. Harry Vannatta and the Vannatta family last week, sharing time with relatives and friends.
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Alice Spydell
Inglewood
Harry Vannatta
Los Banos May Day Festival Details Announced
California centennial celebrations boost the Los Banos May Day festival set for April 29 to May 2. The 1948 event marks the 105th Adobe Inn anniversary and the 70th May Day, with 100000 attendees expected and three moving pageants telling California's century story. John Erreca leads thirteen directors guiding the four day program.
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California
Los Banos
Merced County
Henry Miller
Miller & Lux
San Joaquin Valley
Great West Side Empire
John
Chuck) Erreca
Weekend in Los Angeles Highlights Local Residents
Mr. and Mrs. John Branner and Mrs. Gloria Andrews spent the week end in Los Angeles. Mrs. Harry Vannatta, president of the Wednesday Afternoon Club, attended the county federation meeting at Taft Friday.
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L. A
John Branner
Gloria Andrews
Los Angeles
Harry Vannatta
County Federation
Taft
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