Birthday Party for Three Relatives in the County
A Sunday celebration honored three relatives with birthdays in late August and early September. Attendees included extended family from Avenal Wasco and Wasco areas, with grandparents C. V. McKenney and relatives Jay Rowl Leonard Williams Benny Spencer and more. A large chicken dinner followed moving pictures of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeu Okkaten
Adrian Rowl
Ronnie McKenney
Charles V. McKenney
Lee Lonnie
Ronnie
Leonard Williams
Bonniie
Johnnie
Jay Rowl
Avenal
Adrian
Jackie
Weekend in Los Angeles Report for McClain Family
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McClain and their sons Carl and Charles spent the last weekend in Los Angeles. The visit featured family time and sightseeing in the southern city.
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Bob McClain
Carl and
Charles
Los Angeles
Carole Schadler Returns to Alameda After Visit
Miss Carole Schadler returns to her Alameda home Friday morning after an extended stay in Shafter with her Aunt Mrs. Jessie McClain.
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Shafter
Jessie McClain
Carole Schadler
Alameda
Week Vacation Plans Of Mr and Mrs Cohen Jr
Mr and Mrs J Cohen Jr plan a southern vacation lasting about a week. They will visit Pomona first, then spend two days sightseeing on Catalina Island, and finish with visits to friends and relatives in San Diego.
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Fi Pomona
Catalina Island
San Diego
Shower Held For Newly wed Mrs. Carl Taffera
A linen shower for Mrs. Carl Taffera hosted by Ferrelene Parker and Barbara Fox was held at Parker's home with blue and yellow decorations and flowers. Prize in Kootie went to Mrs. Jim Parker before cake and refreshments. Guests included Patsy Kelly Barbara Peterson Marjorie Peterson Mrs. Carlene Thomas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Taffera
Bessie Thomas
Shafter High
Ferrelene Parker
Barbara Fox
Miss Parker
Jim Parker
Shafter Road
Shafter
Carl
Clint Parker
Patsy Kelly
Barbara Peterson
Marjorie Peterson
Carlene Thomas
John Fox
Los Angeles shoppers include two notable women
Mrs. Vivian Neuman and Mrs. Betty Osborne were seen shopping in Los Angeles this week highlighting local social activity and public interest in these individuals.
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L. A. Trip
Vivian Neuman
Betty Osborne
Los Angeles
Trip details recall Corcoran weekend visit
The Benny Spencers planned a weekend trip to Corcoran to see a sister and return Sunday afternoon. Miss Roberta Anderson comes home to Shafter after an extended vacation visiting her parents in Salem South Dakota and friends in North Dakota. She stayed with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs LeRoy Owens in Kenmare North Dakota.
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Corcoran
Benny Spencers
O. W. LeBlanc
Roberta Anderson
Shafter
John Anderson
Salem
South Dakota
North Dakota
Jamestown
Pingrie
Carrington
Newhome
LeRoy Owens
Kenmare
Wedding Unites Penner and Williams in Wasco
Miss Mary Lou Williams and John L. Penner of Shafter wed at First Baptist Church Wasco in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Edwin Kohfield. The reception hosted about 300 guests in Wasco elementary school, with a large attendance, choral numbers, and a two tier cake. The couple, both Wasco High School graduates, planned a lengthy honeymoon before settling in Shafter.
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First Baptist Church of
Wasco
Mary Lou Williams
Jack Williams
John L. Penner
Shafter
John F. Penner
San Jose
Edwin Kohfield
Jesse Penner
Harry Wedell
Jack Wiens
Ongle
Roberta
Lorene Panter
Lillian Thiessen
Kenneth Vogt
Bernice Rohfield
Viola Penner
Fresno
Long Beach
Catalina Island
Carlsbad Caverns
N. M
Santa Cruz
Wasco High School
Navy
Messrs
Mmes
J. F. Penner
Nick Wall
A. W. Willems
A. B. Huebert
P. Willems
Jack J. Klassen
John Klassen
Parker
Harry C. Wedell
Carmel
C. Willems
Exeter
John Braun
Mervin Loewen
A. D. Wiens
C. K. Edison
Reedley
D. Leppke
John Becker
Dinuba
J. F. Wiebe
Pasadena
D. B. Hulbert
Corn
Okla
Harold Schmidt
San Diego
A. W. Schmidt
Bessie
John.Funk
Pixley
H. ¥. Lee Santa Cruz
A. D. Willems
Betty Nutwell
Fresnofeld
Virginia Funk
Geneva Molloy
Visalia
Helen Gayle Schmidt
No Draft Board Visit as Described in Local Column
A humorous Bakersfield Californian column laments the empty postwar draft procedure. It jokes that no officials or doctors appeared, only a formality, and pivots to a wide-ranging slice of local gossip and boisterous humor about celebrations, supervisors, and readers.
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Draft Board
Board of Supervisors
Bakersfield
SeCuAne
Bakersfield College ‘of Beauty
Charlotte E. Fay
Chester Ave
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