Annual Christmas Party by Faculty Wives and Women's Club
Faculty Wives and Women's Club held their annual Christmas party for the high school faculty at the Hill residence. Chaired by Blanche Hill and assisted by Theodora Richard Evelyn Linda and Mary Schacht, the event featured jig saw toy games, six charades, carols, and gifts read aloud by Ray Kitts.
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Hill
Blanche Hill
Theodora Richard
Evelyn Linda
Mary Schacht
Santa Claus
Santa
Mary Todd
Margarette Smithberg
Betty Lund
Martie Kitts
Jack Hill
Holger Hansen
Burley Dooley
Ray Kitts
North Pole
Messrs and Mesdames
Glenn Nay
Dan Bledsoe
Robert Richard
al Cornell
Cecil Rhoads
Lowell Todd
Wes Linda
Ed Schacht
Rosie Meyer
Merle Hilbert
Ruth Hilbert
Jean Waffle
Jeanette Wheeler
Messrs
Tom Letizia
Ernie Graf
Ed DeMello
Dick Heber
Starrhs Host Weekend Guests and Family in Hanford
STARRHS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. G L Starrh entertained weekend guests their sons and families including Mr and Mrs Gerald Starrh of Los Angeles Mr and Mrs Lewis Starrh and daughter of Hanford and Mr and Mrs Irwin Starrh of Hanford Also was Mr Starrhs brother E Starrh of Hanford.
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Starrhs
G. L. Starrh
Gerald Starrh
Los Angeles
Lewis Starrh
Hanford
Irwin Starrh
Mr. Starrh
E. Starrh
Visual Aid Film Shown To Shafter School Students
The Standard Oil Company of California sponsored a traffic safety film for Shafter School students. Captain Williams noted speed accounts for most highway deaths and cited four and a half million licensed drivers in California. The film, shot from a car with a motion picture camera, shows real traffic violations including a patrol car at 93 mph and another car passing at speed, illustrating the three E's of driver safety enforcement engineering and education.
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Standard Oil Company of California
Shafter
Williams
Whittier
Leaves for New Home in Greenfield Oklahoma
Billy Jackson son of Mrs Willie Simpson left Shafter on Tuesday for Greenfield Oklahoma. He will make his home with his grandparents.
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Billy Jackson
Willie Simpson
Shafter
Greenfield
Oklahoma
Pasadena Visitor Heads Home for Christmas
Mr and Mrs H D Ficken host Miss Ruby Gowett of Pasadena as a ten day house guest. Miss Gowett will return home for Christmas.
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Pasadena
H. D. Ficken
Gifts Exchanged At Richland P T A Christmas Party
Mrs. Jack Battaglia hosted the Richland P T A executive board Christmas party at her Faber Street home. Gifts were exchanged with Mrs. Ernest Panero as Santa Claus. A prep session planned the January 11 cooked food and fancy work sale in the Richland Cafeteria.
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Jack Battaglia
Richland -P.T. A
Battaglia
Faber Street
Richland
Irvin Fike
Wallace Weyand
Ernest Panero
Elmer Anderson
Henry Moor
Rolf Jacobsen
David Muir
Harlan Wilson
Santa Claus
Madonna and Angels
Mesdames Harlan Wilson
John de Vincenzo
Jack Thompson
C. J. Vignolo
Dave Muir
Martha Gloeckler
Beulah Bartlett
Helen Holmes
Burnis Morris
Fred Curtain
W. S. Adamson
Sunday School Christmas Program At Union Church Shafter
The Union Congregational Church of Shafter hosts a Christmas program Sunday at 6 30 p m. Reverend Gordon Baker offers a message and the Sunday school presents carols recitations and musical pieces led by Mrs Arthur Hemingson. Children perform songs solos and an acrostic while audiences bring white gifts for needy families.
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Union Congregational Church of
Shafter
Gordon Baker
Arthur Hemingson
Marsha Craig
Harold Greene III
Christ
Cheryl McClure
Tommy Marsh
David Muir
Jack Brown
Morton Brown
Ross Outlines Kern County School Needs
Kern County is a good example of wealthy areas with poor districts says John G. Ross administrative consultant for Kern County schools He outlines state aid for school construction and notes over 5000 first graders and 3000 eighth graders in the county The 20 million dollar state program funds only essential classrooms toilets and storage as applications total about 150 million and funds are exhausted
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Kern County
John G. Ross
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Ross
Campfire Group Hosts Christmas Party At Ed Brown Home
The Campfire Girls marked their annual Christmas party at the Ed Brown residence on Manuel Avenue. The Merry Girls hosted the Bluebirds troop, with Santa Claus giving out presents, followed by games and carol singing. Mrs. Brown’s group included Dorothy Weitz and others. Mrs. Thomas’s group contributed Paula Allen and more as guests.
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Ed Brown
Manuel Avenue
Birthday Party Held Saturday for Shirley Linda
Shirley Linda celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday afternoon with a party at the Linda home on Lerdo Road. Group games were played and prizes awarded to winning teams. Santa Clauses made from gum drops were given to each guest. Place cards were made of nut
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Shirley Linda
Linda
Lerdo Road
New Eastern Star Officers Seated in Wasco Chapter
The Wasco Chapter No. 489 Order of Eastern Star held a Monday evening installation in the Wasco Masonic Temple. Dorothy Lee was named worthy matron with Charles Lee as worthy patron, among a full slate of officers and rays of the Central Star.
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Wasco
Order of Eastern Star
Wasco Masonic Temple
Dorothy Lee
Charles Lee
Alma L. Fuller
Eleanor Clemens
Ruth Jacobsen
Lillian Pritchke
Margaret Hess
Eleanor Warder
Lucille Galbraith
Evelyn Lyle
Sadie Gill
Katherine Putman
Clarence Kleist
Winifred Kincannon
Elma
Ruth
Evelyn K. Ohlsson
Esther
Anni Niles
Martha
Lenora Porter
Unnamed gathering features shells gum drops and treats
The event featured shells and gum drops with animals represented, ice cream and cake served, and invited guests including Sharon Grundy Paula Nix Carol Hooks Carol Witcher Carol Becker Su zette Fuller Kathleen Revell Mary McKinney Lana Lachen maier Pat Kirschenmann Patsy Stoller Beverly Tatum Eileen Donna Morris.
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Sharon Grundy
Paula Nix
Carol Hooks
Carol Witcher
Carol Becker
Suzette Fuller
Kathleen Revell
Mary McKinney
Lana Lachenmaier
Pat Kirschenmann
Patsy Stoller
Beverly Tatum
Eileen and
Donna Morris
Cigarette Sale To Minors Draws Public Attention
Merchants in Shafter warned that selling cigarettes to anyone under 18 is unlawful. Minors have tried to purchase tobacco, and some parents believed a note from a child could authorize the sale. Merchants advise against such practices and remind that selling to minors makes the seller legally liable.
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Shafter
Richland PTA Hosts Christmas Program
Richland P T A presents a holiday program with Mrs. Jack Battaglia as president welcoming attendees. The Richland grammar school band led by Fred Curtion plays Silent Night as first graders sing carols and a nativity scene is performed by Mrs. Louise Neufeld along with second grade scenes.
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Jack Battaglia
Fred Hasty
Annabel Thompson
Richland Grammar School
Fred Curtion
Katherine Wheeler
Lorraine Kleinkauf
Dianna
Santa Claudine
Ronald Witcher
William K. Jenkins Jr
Nancy Pierce
Ethel
Legion Auxiliary Membership Drive Intensified in Shafter
The Shafter Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary launches a membership campaign led by Mrs. Jane Hahn and Mrs. Edna Camp. They invite wives mothers sisters and daughters of American members and women who served in the armed forces to join, aiming to surpass one million members after 1949.
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American Legion
Shafter
American Legion Auxiliary
Jane Hahn
Edna Camp
Auxiliary
Business Trip Brings Battaglias Family Reunion
Jack Battaglia left Tuesday for Oklahoma City on business. Returning to Shafter with him will be Mrs. Battaglia's parents from Oklahoma City, in time for Christmas.
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Jack Battaglia
Oklahoma City
Shafter
Mrs. Battaglia
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Doings
Helen Neessen
Faculty Wives and Women’s Club
P.T.A
Whitman
Saylor
Johnston
Central Ave
Laboratories, Inc
Shafter Warehouse Co. Central
Eastern Star
Dorothy Lee Smith
Jean Waugh
Wanda Little
Suatiarenes Howard
Faye
Richland P.T. A
Legion Auxiliary
Mrs
Nell Ruble
Burbank
California
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