Campus Queen Coronation Postponed By Army Restrictions
Patricia Stringham wins campus queen title at Shafter High School with runners up Minnie Koop Iris Perry Charlotte Lee. Coronation delayed due to Kern County Union High School rule banning evening events until year start. Choral Club social planned at Lerdo Base and Red Cross knitting classes forming for Tuesday sessions.
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Patricia Stringham
Shafter High School
Minnie Koop
Iris Perry
Charlotte Lee
Dom’ Aise Jane Pasley
Royal Court
Army 4Th Interceptor Command
Army
Christmas Party Held by Mennonite Brethren Sewing Circle
Annual Christmas gathering at the J. E. Unruh home featured hostesses Mrs. Leonard Gaede Mrs. Harvey Gaede and Mrs. Waldo Unruh. Prizes awarded to Aldene Boesé Mrs. Bill Siemens and Mrs. Bill Bestwater. Members and visitors attended and gifts were exchanged for mission workers Miss Rubena Shultz and Miss Hulda Suderman. Next meeting set for December 22 at S. L. Becker home. Pauline Gator of Long Beach visited Shafter for property interests.
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Mennonite Brethren Sewing Circle
J. E. Unruh
Leonard Gaede
Harvey Gaede
Waldo Unruh
Aldene Boesé
Bill Siemens
Bill Bestwater
Esther Becker
Rubena Shultz
Hulda Suderman
Abe Karber
John Kliewer
Allen Schapansky
Jack Neufeld
Bakersfield
Sewing Classes Make Dresses For Red Cross Use
Members of Shafter high school's sewing classes are producing dresses and sweaters for Red Cross distribution. Twenty dresses were completed. volunteers include Vas Fares Breight Potts Muriel Kirkham Pat Jones Beckey MonsivaisMod en Ruth Choate Willene Skinner Jackie Nichols Lois Sullivan Mary Lee Hefner Aldyth Aust Alice Bender Linda Gloeckler Bonnie Peters. Knitters include Minnie Brown Betty Campos Bernice Potts Doris Davis Betty Bayless Mary Lee Hefner Nagma Fenton Thelma Warden Joyce Townsend Goldie Fenton Aldyth Aust Ida Hukill Alberta Mey.
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Shafter High School
Red Cross
Vas Fares
Breight Ttt
Bernice Potts
Muriel Kirkham
Pat Jones
Beckey Monsivais
Modeen
Ruth Choate
Willene ‘Skinner
Jackie Nichols
Lois Sullivan
Mary Lee Hefner
Aldyth Aust
Alice Bender
Linda Gloeckler
Shafter Junior Women Host Christmas Program
Mrs Henry Ce Neufeld led Shafter Junior Women's Club in a Tuesday meeting featuring a Christmas program by Letha Bartel with Doris Davis on trumpet and Elsie Dahl reading. Gifts were exchanged for donations to county camp near Shafter, with carols and group singing. Future meetings are announced for January at Mrs A J Hill yard.
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Henry Ce. Neufeld
Wns
Shafter
Letha Bartél
Doris Davis
Elsie Dahl
A. J. Hillyard
Shafter Theater
Christmas Party Held by Les L. Robinson Post Auxiliary
The Les lie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion Auxiliary held a Tuesday evening Christmas gathering to raise a fund for local needy families. Members donated to charity rather than exchange gifts, and new member Mrs. Burt Hebel joined the group. Hostesses were Mesdames Frank Annis and Grace Annis, with the Christmas motif featured in decor.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Burt Hebel
Frank Annis
Grace Annis
Children’s Books Reviewed Before Club Group
Miss Irene Branham of Bakersfield reviewed children's books suitable for Christmas gifts for the Kern County library before a Wednesday Afternoon club meeting at the clubhouse. Country carols from England Bohemia and Norway were sung by Mrs. Otis Hymer with Mrs. Ober accompanying. A book-sale list was read and refreshments followed.
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Irene Branham
Bakersfield
Kern County
England
Boemia
Norway
Otis Hymer
Ober
T. V. Little
Ted Vignolo
Marion Stockton
Chamber Favors Name Shafter Field
The Kern County Chamber of Commerce rejects naming the U S Army Air Corps Basic Training field near Shafter as Shafter Field, while Emory G Hoffman notes the chamber did not recommend that name and the Shafter group still supports Shafter Field.
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Shafter
United States Army Air Corps
Basic Training School
Kern County
Bakersfield Meeting Of County Justices And Constables
Judge H A Rightmire Court Clerk John Penner and Constable Blake Witcher attended a meeting of the County s Justices and Constables association last evening at the El Adobe in Bakersfield.
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H. A. Rightmire
John Penner
Blake Witcher
County’ Justices’ and Constables’association
el Adobe
Bakersfield
Letter depicts quiet life on eve of war and farm bureau call
A Kern County Farm Bureau Livestock Shipping Association circular urges stockmen to join for low cost group shipping to Los Angeles and joint sales through the Farm Bureau market. The letter notes non profit operation, $1 dues, and benefits to small cattle producers, with planned shipping to start late January or February 1942. In a separate piece, Karl Schroeder writes from Fort Statesenburg about life in the Philippines on the eve of the war, describing morale efforts, home letters, camera projects, weather, a local park, and mixed feelings about poverty and beauty abroad.
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Kern County Farm’ Bureau Livestock Shipping Association
Association
W. E. Haag
Rio Bravo
Monolith
Frank Stockton
Arvin
E. G. Buerkle
Edison
E.R. Martin
Glenville
Livestock Shipping “Association
San. Luis
Obispo County
Los Angeles
Farm Bureau Marketing Association
Tulare
Kings
Fresno
Madera
Kern County
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Extension Service
En Army
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Karl Schroeder
J. E. ‘Schroeder
Hillsboro
Kansas
Schroeder
J. E. Unruh
Shafter
Fort Statesenburg
Japan
U.S. A
South America
Australia
Great Britain
Manila
China
War News From Hawaii Report Cables Safe Amid Attacks
Frank Lauisch reports this morning that American troops stationed with the United States Navy at Hawaii were uninjured in recent Japanese attacks. Telegram said we are well and mail letters will follow. Merry Christmas.
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United States Navy
Hawaii
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