Social Highlights Include Bakersfield Dinner Party
Social notes report Mr and Mrs George Isaac hosting friends at a Bakersfield Motel dinner with Isaac family members. The merge lists attendees and multiple intercity visits across Oregon Washington Canada Dakotas and Montana including Marysville San Francisco Dallas and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Isaac
Bakersfield
John Isaac
Ed. Isaac
John Dalke
Bill Dalke
John FE. Kroeker
Muriel
Oregon
Washington
Canada
Dakotas
Middle West
Marysville
San Francisco
Henry Kroeker
Dallas
J. H. Fast
Salem
H. Penner
Portland
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Paul Wilson
Mrs. Paul Wilson was honored at a stork shower hosted at Mrs. Harlin Wilson's home. Guests enjoyed games such as Babies, Pinning the Diaper, and Dressing Clothes Pin Dolls with prizes awarded to Eudora Baldwin, Mrs. Lawrence Annis, Mrs. Walter Bergen, and Mrs. Ernest Schnidt. Pink and blue decor and miniature diapers were featured with gifts in a bassinet. Attendees included Mesdames Peters, Annis, Gaede, Bergen, Siemens, Williams, Janzen, Williams, Bergman, and Misses Wilson and Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wilson
Harlin Wilson
Eudora Baldwin
Lawrence Annis
Walter Bergen
Ernest Schnidt
Mesdames
Albert Peters
Durward Annis
Leonard Gaede
Harvey Gaede
Johnny Siemens
Nathan Williams
Darrel Janzen
Vercl Williams
Lee Bergman
Ray Mettler
Frances Wilson
Irene Wilson
Effie Frey
Registrations Open for November Election in Shafter
Registrations for the November election are being taken in the Shafter district by Frank Shaw at the city hall and by Mrs. Dean H. Potter at her home on Shafter highway and Santa Fe way. Move or ineligible voters must update or register by September 26 to cast ballots in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Frank Shaw
Dean H. Potter
Shafter Highway
Santa Fe Way
Nance Family Welcomes 10-Pound Son Kenneth Ray
Mr and Mrs John Nance announce the birth of their son Kenneth Ray weighing ten pounds at the Nance home Saturday Cloud Camp spent a couple days in Shafter this week returning from Mountain Home where he has been for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nance
Kenneth Ray
Nance
Cloud
Shafter
Mountain Home
Bakersfield Ranger in Shafter on Station Business
Harold Bowhay state ranger from Bakersfield visited the Shafter Ranger station Tuesday to handle routine business affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bowhay
Bakersfield
Shafter
Cotton Picking Wage Set At 85 Cents In Fresno Meet
Growers in the San Joaquin valley approved a cotton picking scale of 85 cents per hundred, a five cent rise from last year and ten cents above 1938. The Fresno meeting criticized Olson administration policies in California and announced 10,000 pickers will be available for the 1940 harvest. Farm labor union leaders had not responded to the proposal. Last year workers had demanded $1.25 per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Olson
California
Peruvian Stallion Brought to Selma for Breeding
A rare Peruvian stallion, the first of its kind in the San Joaquin valley, has been purchased by R. C. Cole of Selma. The horse will be used to breed saddle stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
R. C. Cole
Selma
Heartbeat ranges from infancy to adult norms
The article compares heart rates across life stages noting infancy around 120 beats per minute, while adults typically range from 60 to 75, with men about 62 and women about 69 beats per minute.
Union and nearby churches schedule Sunday services
Union Congregational Church lists Sunday school 9 45 to 11 with Jack Shore as superintendent during Rev Alfred T Chandler absence Bessie Thomas teaches adult class Regular services resume September 8 First Mennonite Church holds German sermon 9 30 am Sunday school 10 11 choir 11 12 singing subject The Ruins of the Race A labor day slogan Work is not from the devil It is a contribution to humanity There is no evening service due to a wedding Mennonite Brethren Church 400 Kern Sunday school 9 30 two departments 11 am German preaching 11 10 am American preaching Communion postponed to September 8 afternoon No evening preaching Midweek prayer 8 pm St Johns Catholic Church Wasco 9th and Broadway Mass 7 to 9 Confessions Saturday 7 pm Christian Science Society Wasco branch of First Church of Christ Scientist Corner Sixth and E streets services 11 am and Sunday school 10 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational Church
Jack Shore
Bessie Thomas
First Mennonite
John Un*rah
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
Greenhorn Mountain Conference
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bestern
Massachusetts
E. Streets
Wasco
Jamaica Mahogany Exports in 1753 Reach England
In 1753 Jamaica, once a major mahogany supplier, shipped 521 300 feet of logs to England. The same year North American colonies likely received large mahogany shipments from Jamaica as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
England
Patriotism Fueled Strikes Across Massachusetts 1915 1918
A study on strikes shows that zeal for patriotism triggered labor stoppages in Massachusetts from 1915 to 1918. Workers at two plants walked out over perceived German influence and democracy concepts, with Italian buyers of war stamps also prompting two sizable but successful strikes. Russian inspectors at New England Westinghouse plants in Springfield and Chicopee joined the wave, protesting a German foreman and misreading the term democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New England Westinghouse Company
Springfield
Chicopee
Invention of Friction Matches Timeline
The first true friction match is credited to John Walker of Stockton on Tees in 1827. It used chlorate of potash and antimony sulphate with gum to adhere when wetted, and was struck on sandpaper. Later 1829 to 1830 saw Watts Jones and Bell & Co contributions, with Dr. Alonzo D. Phillips of Springfield obtaining the US patent in 1836.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
Stockton On Tees
Durham
England
G. F. Watts
Samuel Jones
Richard Bell & Co
Alonzo
Szechuen Guests Privately Bless the Wooden Fish
In the Chinese province of Szechuen fish is a luxury for the few yet appears in menus as honored. A wooden replica of the prized Mandarin or Yellow fish is placed on the table, guests protest they are unworthy, the wooden fish is removed, and the feast continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szechuen
Father Guido of Arezzo and the birth of modern notation
Guido of Arezzo is regarded as the father of modern music for introducing the staff lines and interval system and for naming the first six solfege syllables ut re mi fa sol la. Ut was later replaced by do for euphony in the chant tradition to St John the Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guido of
Arezzo
Sinking Near Cape Hatteras Signals US War Risk
World War I actions brought the conflict to the U S Atlantic coast as three ships were torpedoed near Cape Hatteras. The Diamond Lightship, the wooden freighter Happanage built in Wilmington North Carolina, and the tanker Mile sunk off Nags Head North Carolina. The lightship crew rode an open boat to shore after abandoning ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Atlantic Coast
Cape Hatteras
Diamond
Wilmington
N.C
Nags Head
N. C
Intelligence Gains After 40 Tests Say
Sacramento California reports University of California experts found intelligence increases after age 40 in radio tests of 2,331 people aged 10 to 90. Those over 50 averaged one point above the overall mean, while those over 70 were half a point higher. Two participants over 85 scored near the average, challenging the idea that aging always dulls mental power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
University of California
University
Explorer
Frank N. Freeman
Freeman
Monarch of Aborigines Dies as He Predicted
King Jaringoorli of the Wolmin Yowaroo tribes in Broome western Australia died after predicting his death. At about 90 he remained sharp and dignified, recalling two scars from diving for shells and a final cup of tea given by a native woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Jaringoorli
Broome
Western Australia
Roebuck Bay
Lore of Indian Alien To Youth of Full Blood
Kenneth Talchief a 19 year old Seneca Cayuga descendant from Pittsburgh says camping is too much trouble and he has not learned the Indian language He and his 18 year old sister Garnette live on the North Side and wear American clothes He is a notable local athlete and the family vacation with relatives in houses rather than tents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Talchief
Kenneth
Garnette
Minister Joins Colors Wife Takes Over Pulpit
IPSWICH ENGLAND The Tacket Street Congregational church Sunday sermon was delivered by Mrs O D Wiles wife of the pastor after he joined up She spoke simply to about 300 listeners mostly women telling the Prodigal Son story and urging mothers to wait confidently for the return of their sons and husbands from the crisis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
England
Tacket Street Congregational Church
O. D. Wiles
Woman Taxi Driver Calls Job Enjoyable
SHELBY OHIO Mrs C L Miller runs a cab service started a year ago after her husband left factory work to help build a new home She is one of the country s few women cab drivers and says maintaining day and night taxi schedules is enjoyable work She has a five year old son and finds the job easy to manage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Ohio
C. L. Miller
Veteran of A E F Recalls Arresting Hitler in Mayen
Carroll Boswell, assistant city engineer in Saranap, recalls arresting Adolf Hitler in Mayen in October 1920 while serving with the 50th Infantry. He and Corporal Jeffries tripped the heckler, turned Hitler over to provost officers, and Hitler was later handed to German police. Boswell served in France, the Rhineland occupation, and returned to Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranap
Calif
Carroll Boswell
United States
Occupied Territory
Germany
Boswell
Adolf Hitler
France
Fiftieth Infantry
Rhineland
Mayen
Jeffries
Hitler
Poland
Hofbrau
Oakland
Austria
Hardy Skiers Use Skipping Skiplane in St Gallen
The St Gallen Aero Club operates a mountain skipping skiplane for skiers. The special plane departs near rail and air routes and flies over the Alps to Engadine resorts. It carries the pilot, two passengers, and three pairs of skis, with an extra pair for the pilot. Top speed is 112 mph and it can land on flat ground over 40 yards long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Gallen
Switzerland
Stephen Decatur Trophy Recovered From Pawnshop
A silver goblet awarded to War of 1812 hero Stephen Decatur was found in a Washington pawnshop left as security for a 50 cent loan. Detectives noted the inscription praising Decatur. a man named Johnson used a fictitious address and provided no theft record for the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen Decatur
Philadelphia
Johnson
Shafter High Names Jack Montgomery New Football Coach
New coach Jack Montgomery announces Tuesday afternoon football practice at Shafter High School. The Generals prepare to defend the Sierra league title with Calvin Newton in the backfield and a single wing offence. Equipment issue and first workout set for Tuesday follow his return from UCLAs football program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Montgomery
Footaall
Shafter High School
Generals
McFarland
Wasco Tigers
Shafter
Montgomery
Calvin Newton
Shafter Council Concludes Equalization Board Session
The Shafter city council adjourned after three evenings as the board of equalization with no tax assessment protests filed and the city assessment roll approved at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Rev Phillip Dennis to Fill Baptist Pulpit Sunday
The Rev Phillip T Dennis of Bakersfield will be guest speaker at the First Baptist church for both morning and evening services next Sunday. Dennis helped establish the Shafter church years ago and has many friends in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip T. Dennis
Bakersfield
First Baptist Church
Mr. Dennis
Shafter Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Kroeker
Pacific Northwest
Bonnerville
Grand Coulee
Fort Lewis
Soap Lake
Glacier National Park
Montana
John Krocker
Abe Funk
Dalmany
Saskatchewan
Mountain Lake
Minnesota
David Regehr
Marie Regehr
South Dakota
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Stoller
Emil Stoller
LaVenne
LaVelle
Ben Stoller
Phyllis
Henry Schnaidt
Henry
Wiliam Stoller
Willard
Elaine
Glenn Stoller
Pete Joertzen
Margaret
Dave Strauss
Diane
Bobbie
Paul MecCoy
Dan Weitz
Ann Neil
Evelyn
Charlotte
Beverly Voth
Grose Home
Edna Louise . Brumbaugh
W. C. Grose
Albert Major
Connie
Betty Lee Tanksley
Donald
Darrell Windsor
Verna Mae
Roberta Jean Brumbaugh
Major
Clyde Windsor
H. R. Brumbaugh
Stork Shower
Shaffer Acere
Chester Morris
Charles Bickford
God's Country
Martha Raye
Joe Penner
Syracuse
George Raft
Ann Sheridan
Rosemary Lane
Wayne Morris
John Nances
Shafter Man
Church News
St. John's Catholic Church
9Th and
Broadway Streets
Owen McMullan
America
Colors
A.E.F
Fuehrer
Southern California
Council
Miss Jo
CARON
Phillip Dennis
Baptist
Wm Morris Agency
Union Ave
Dance Pavillion Adm
Phillips & Tone
el Tejon
Padre Hotels
Mills Newstand
Royal CP
Southern California Gas Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!