City Briefs Highlight Local Gatherings and Personal Updates
Kern County Rangers gather at Cawelo Motel for a Saturday dinner and dance while Phi Alpha Gappa plans a postweek event at the same venue. Oildale Rotary schedules a December 12 dinner, with no guest speaker announced. Bakersfield District oil company seniors joined a get-together at Cawelo Motel, forty in attendance. Phil Channesson suffers a heart attack, remains hospitalized at Mercy with restricted visits. Olive Thomas of Van Nuys stays with Robert Holmes residence briefly. Filing notice shows Leon Clark and Esther Joy Stevens planning marriage in Bakersfield. St Therese’s Altar Society votes to host Christmas party December 12 at Mrs. J. W. Frizzell’s home. business meeting precedes gift exchange. Mrs. Jack Battaglia.
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Cawelo
Phil Channeson
Mercy Hospital
Olive Thomas
van Nuys
Robert Holmes
Richland PTA to Host Holiday Board Meeting
Richland P T A will host its executive board and committee chairmen next Monday evening December 12 at 321 Faber Street. Business will be conducted and a festive holiday party with gift exchanges will conclude the gathering. Burton Kendrick and his wife spent last week in Shafter with his mother and stepfather, then Bakersfield before returning to Quincy California. John Doubenmeir Kern County Hospital Administrator says the proposed 2 million dollar Kern General Hospital expansion has been eliminated by improving operation efficiency. Kern County Land Co announces 1760 additional acres in McFarland leveled and leased on 5 year share-crop terms to several owners including S A Camp of Cawelo and Lachenmair Bros. Shafter residents joined Death Valley Centennial travelers. new Valley Wells highway Jayhawker Trail dedicated in memory of 1849 emigrants. Elizabeth Ingram Circle Union Congregational Church will hold a potluck luncheon and Christmas party on December 15 at 12:30 pm at Mrs Christine Roscamp’s home with co-hostesses noted.
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Richland P.T. A
Faber Street
Burton
Kendrick
Shafter
Jack Loewen
Kendricks
Bakersfield
Quincy
California
John Doubenmeir
Kern County
Kern General Hospital
Kern County Land CO
McFarland
S. A. Camp
Cawelo
W. B. Camp & Sons
Lerdo
Lachenmair Bros
Death Valley
J. C. Channeson
Charles Burns
Jim. Bobst
Wallace Loewen
Valley Wells
Trona
Governor Warren
Jimmy Stewart
A. W. Noon
Ardis Walker
Ferde Grofe
Frank Allen Hubbell
Elizabeth Ingram
Union Congregational Church
Christine Roscamp
Shafter Seeks $45000 Christmas Seal Sale Goal
Kern County set a $45000 quota for Christmas Seals with Shafter leading the pro rata share. Volunteers again push to meet the target as Mrs. O G Ohlsson chairs the Shafter Seal Sale Committee.
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Kern County
Shafter
O. G. “Ohlsson
Nine New TB Cases in Shafter Report
Mrs. Ohlsson notes nine new known tuberculosis cases in Shafter with uncounted likely additional cases. She urges constant vigilance and Christmas Seal fundraising to stamp out TB in the Shafter area, stressing citizen responsibility and disease control. Shafter helpers include Anina O’Hanneson, Mary Starrh, Wilma Bell, Julia Potter, Leona Richards, Lola Parker, Christine Roates, Maggie Neuman, and Elizabeth Buller as Boy Scouts distribute posters.
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Shafter
Anina O’hanneson
Mary L. Starrh
Wilma Bell
Julia Potter
Leona Richards
Lola Parker
Christine Roates
Maggie Neuman
Elizabeth Buller
Boy Scouts of
Red Shoes Shown At Kern Theater
Filmgoers at the Kern Theater will view The Red Shoes a Technicolor romance opened yesterday with a vacation trip through Europe’s famed resort locales. The film plays twice daily with all seats reserved and features elaborate singing and dancing sequences.
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Kern Theater
Europe
Christmas Party Set by Couples Club at Union Church
Mrs Pete Buller and Mrs George Collins are hosting gifts and decor. Couples Club of Union Congregational Church meets next Thursday night December 15 in the church hall to decorate for the holidays and enjoy a Christmas party. Co hosts are Mr and Mrs Arthur Kadel and Mr and Mrs Paul Pilgrim.
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Union Congregational Church
Arthur Kadel
Paul Pilgrim
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kern County Rangers
Strong
Cawelo’ Motel
Rangers Brave
PHI Alpha Gappa Sorority
Oildale Rotary Club
Cawelo Motel
Standard Oil CO
Leon J. Clark
Esther Joy Stevens
ST. Therese's Altar Society
J. W. Frizzell
Mrs
Jack Battaglia
Houck
K Street
NO. Pushinc
Mardi Gras
Tessier
H. Douglas King
T. B
Kern
Pete Buller
George Collins
Aes Cal
LA Cresta
Alta Vista Drive
Progressive Bakersfield
Kurth Battery Co., Inc
Western States
Earth Battery Co., Inc
Lakeview Avenue
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