Legion Auxiliary Sets Weekly Sewing Day Plan
At the regular meeting the American Legion Auxiliary agreed to a weekly sewing day to produce hospital bed jackets wheel chair robes and mattress covers. Members discussed sending a year’s subscription of the Spanish Reader’s Digest to their Spanish neighbors to foster ties with the Pan American group. Poppy poster contest winners will be named later. April 25 is essay contest deadline. Donations of 10 to Livermane Hospital and 5 to the cancer fund were approved. Easter themed refreshments were served by Helen Hobson and Mildred Guenther.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Wilma Bell
Elizabeth Ingram
Poppy Foster
Léah Wolf
Livermane Hospital
Cancer Fund
Helen Hobson
Mildred Guenther
Richland PTA installs new president and officers
Mrs. David Jones was seated as Richland P.T.A. president at a regular Tuesday meeting in the school cafeteria. Installing officer Mrs. Jack Battaglia led the formal installation alongside officers including Mrs. Hanley Witcher secretary and Roland Mettler treasurer. The session featured reports from committee chairs and a brief discussion on a theatre petition before adjourning for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Jones
Richland P.T.A
Jack Battaglia
Jones
Mesdames Hanley Witcher
Roland Mettler
Aduel Mettler
Emil Stoller
Jack Thompson
Fred Hasty
William
Bestwater Health
Beulah Bartlett
Homer Craig
Hanley Witcher
George Gaede
Bernis Morris
Irvin Fike
Ed Brown
Elbert
Committee On the Theatre
R. C. Sturgis
Mesdames Henry Moor
Ernie
Panero
Mr. Panero
Shafter Theatre
Ernest Graf
Lloyd Handel
Richland
P.T.A
Easter visit and dinner in Bakersfield with notable club woman
Mrs. Jesse McClain hosted her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs D H Sanders of Los Angeles over Easter. They joined Mrs G M Harris for Easter dinner in Bakersfield. Mrs Sanders is a noted club woman and former president of the Reciprocity Club in Los Angeles, well known in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse McClain
D. H. Sanders
Los Angeles
Visit in North
Jack Battaglia travels to Stockton and San Francisco this week and plans to return home Sunday. He spent Easter with his mother who has not recovered from injuries after a fall several months ago.
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North
Jack Battaglia
Stockton
San Francisco
How to plant hardy hybrid tea roses for spring bloom
Author of Sister Marys Kitchen explains selecting climate suitable varieties for amateur rose growing. Growth tips include using hardy stock, preparing beds before frost, and planting with deep holes and manure enriched soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring
Nay Family Motor Trip Over Easter Holiday
Mr and Mrs Glen Nay traveled south along the coast over the Easter holidays visiting San Luis Obispo. Mrs Nay’s mother Mrs Edith Harris accompanied them returning home for a several week visit.
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Glen Nay
San Luis Obispo
Shafter Men Named To Kern Spud Committees
Kern County Potable Growers Association appoints Shafter residents to committees. Jack Hare J C Siemens F A Ruhlman Rolf Jacobsen and E A Brow named committee members. Ernest Marx chairs traffic with George Burger as vice chair. assistants include Corsaro Kovatevich Craig Walker and Botkin. Walker leads the membership committee with Hanes of McFarland as vice chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Ferguson
Kern County
Carl Walker
A. S. Hanes
McFarland
Wilma James Weds Marvin Spady in Judge Grant Home
Wilma James became the bride of Marvin Spady late Monday afternoon at the home of Judge E. K. Grant. Mrs. Mary Blanken ship and Mrs. Grant witnessed the ceremony. The couple plans to reside at Wheeler Ridge where Spady works as a mechanic.
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Wilma James
Marvin Spady
E. K.grant
Mary Blankenship
Grant
Spady
C. C. Spady
Shafters
James
Smith
Texas
Wheeler Ridge
Mother's Death Claims Mrs Mary E Helm
Mrs Mary E Helm 86 mother of Mrs Mable Prather and grandmother of Leonard Prather died last Friday in a Bakersfield hospital after residing in Kern County 44 years Funeral services were held Monday at Greenlawn Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Prather
Leonard Prather
Mary E. Helm
Bakersfield
Kern County
Greenlawn Chapel
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Basutos
George
South Africa
Bobby Riggs
Tony Owen
Vincent Richards
Richards
Owen
Riggs
Legion Auxiliary
P.S
Per Central
Shafter’s Complete Food Center
Emil Kirschenmann
Wm. Stoller
Mrs. McClain
Mary E. Dague
Helen Hunt Jackson
Shafter
Kern Spud
Prather
Walter Winchell
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