Adult Night School Classes Begin In Shafter
The second semester of adult night school starts January 29 in Shafter. Registration at Shafter High School January 25 and 26 from 7 to 9 pm. Courses include typing bookkeeping citizenship public speaking shorthand and physical education with 20 enrollments needed to form a class. The 10 week program follows 418 enrolled in the first semester though attendance fell short of that total.
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Shafter
Eugene Ford
Ity
Ford
Mayor Returns On Crutches After Hunting Accident
Mayor Phil Channeson returned to Shafter on crutches with a cast on his foot after a hunting accident in the northern state left him toe lost and hospitalized in Sacramento. He hopes to have the cast removed later this week and plans to return home permanently after Christmas.
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Phil Channeson
Shafter
Sacramento
Funeral for Rio Bravo Man James Rice Saturday
Funeral services were held for James Henry Rice at 10 o clock Saturday morning at Janzen Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Wilcoxon officiating. Rice, born in Missouri, would have turned 86 in February, lived along old stage roads in Colorado New Mexico and Arizona, helped build the Santa Fe railroad to Needles, and later settled in Rio Bravo, California. He is survived by three sons Oscar Clarence and Harry, 21 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. burial will be in Wetunka Oklahoma where Mrs Rice is buried.
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James ‘Henry Rice
Janzen Funeral Home
Sam Wilcoxon
Mr. Rice
Missouri
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Santa Fe
Needles
Carrie Deliah Bunton
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
Rio Bravo
Wetunka
Rice
Oscar
Clarence
Harry
Morgan Dairy Tops Purebred Class Leaders in Butterfat
Mitzie carrying 70 pounds and Carmel at 66.8 pounds butterfat led the Nell J. Morgan dairy herd in Kern County recent purebred results. Seven Morgan cows and two Woods Stone cows made the north unit honor roll, with one additional heifer from each herd listed. Across 31 herds, 2,314 cows were tested, producing 449 cows above 40 pounds of butterfat.
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Mitzie
Carmel
Nell. J. Morgan
Kern County
Morgan
Woods Stone
Morgan and Stone
Wealth in Ships Lies on Erie Bed
A Erie Ohio overview recounts sunken cargoes in Lake Erie from ships like the Erie and Atlantic. Treasures include foreign coins whisky and locomotives with recoveries dating from 1855 onward. Bootleggers dumped crates near Put-In-Bay as coast guard vigilance rose.
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Erie
Loraine
Ohio
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
T. J. Titus
Buffalo
Chicago
Dunkirk
N. Y
Richmorth
Young Lion
Walnut Creek
Point Pelee
Ont
Kent
Cleveland
Detroit
Clarion
Atlantic
Long Point
Lake Erie Islands
Put-In-Bay
Admiral Perry
Coast Guard
Edward A. Nagel
Toledo
Boy in Swimming Hole Killed by Falling Plane
Greensburg PA near a swimming hole seven miles southwest of Greensburg where an air plane crashed due to control failure. Peter Kodylak 13 of Greensburg was crushed to death. Joseph Voyers 15 of Armbrust sustained a concussion. Pilot David Patterson of Greensburg escaped unhurt. student pilot Nicholas Plevin of Monongahela River Lock No 4 had a bruised knee.
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Greensburg
Peter Kodylak
Joseph Voyers
Armbrust
David Patterson
Nicholas Plevin
Monongahela River Lock No. 4
Caveman Lives Decade In Underground Burrow
Modesto California police ejected 77 year old Hans Hansen from an underground burrow beneath a warehouse floor where he had lived for ten years eating, sleeping, reading and cooking. Employees discovered his mole like existence after his tapping on the floor prompted an inspection.
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Modesto
Calif
Hans Hansen
Hansen
Rail Mileage Equals Four Trips to Moon
Bellevue Ohio. James Furlong, dean of Nickel Plate railroad engineers, retired after 51 years of service. Friends counted his mileage at about 2,000,000 miles, roughly four round trips to the moon. He notes the moon is about 228,857 miles away, placing his rail travel at over four lunar journeys.
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Bellevue
Ohio
James Furlong
Nickel Plate Railroad
Furlong
D L Schellenberg Reelected Leader of Shafter Mennonite Church
D L Schellenberg, Maple district rancher, was reelected chairman at a Shafter Mennonite Brethren church meeting held Friday to map future work and review past activity. Officers H F Janzen, secretary. A F Bergen, choir director. Ed Peters named treasurer, replacing the late Z C Bartel. The treasurer reported $9 667 raised for the church fund in 1939 while membership reached about 425, up 35 from last year.
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D. L. Schellenberg
Maple District
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
H. F. Janzen
A. F. Bergen
Ed Peters
Z. C. Bartel
Mennonite Brethren Church Christmas Schedule
Church notices outline services at 400 Kern. H. D. Wiebe, pastor. Sunday school 9 30 a m preaching 11 00 a m Christmas program 7 p m primary and intermediates December 25 Christmas services 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m seniors of the Sunday school 7 30 Wednesday midweek prayer 7 30 Friday Bible class
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
First Mennonite Church Christmas Service Schedule
Sunday morning sermon in German at 9 30 with John J Unruh Sunday school 10 to 11 led by superintendent John J Unruh. Evening Christmas program at 730. Monday morning services 10 to 11 on Seven Confronting views of Jesus. Theme Thanks be unto God for his un Speakable Gift.
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First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
John J. Unruh
Jesus
First Baptist Church Schedule on East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAillist er serves as pastor. Bible school at 10 a.m. P. A. Schmidt, superintendent. Morning service at 11. Ser Joy. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. Christmas program by Bible school under Schmidt. Midweek prayer on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAillister
Bible School
A. Schmidt
Ser Joy
The
P. A. Schmidt
Reformed Church Shafter Christmas Services Planned
R Klaudt pastor announces Sunday school at 10 a m morning service at 11 o clock in English on Significance of Communion. Evening service at 7 o clock features a Christmas program. Monday December 25 10 o'clock services in German and English with communion will be celebrated.
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Reformed Church
Shafter
California
R. Klaudt
St John’s Catholic Church Services Wasco California
St John’s Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco California led by Rev Owen McMullan offers Sunday masses at 8 am and 10 am Confessions Saturday at 7 pm and weekday masses at 7 am.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Calif
Owen McMullan
Wasco Christian Science Society Services Text
Christian Science Society branch of The Mother Church in Boston lists Sunday service at 11 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 a.m. Corner Sixth and E streets in Wasco hosts the gatherings.
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Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
World Wood Pulp Use Surges Over Ninefold Since 1925
Global consumption of wood pulp used in rayon and staple fiber rises from 50,000 tons in 1925 to 950,000 tons in 1937, marking a 1,900 percent increase over twelve years.
Kern County crops report shows 1939 output and value
Agricultural commissioner Lewis A Burtch states Kern County produced over 25 000 car loads of fruits and vegetables in 1939 with total crop value around 25 000 000 including livestock. Cotton led in acreage and value with 69 000 acres yielding about 105 000 bales. potatoes, grapes, alfalfa and deciduous fruits closely follow in importance and value.
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Kern County
Lewis A. Burtch
Card of Thanks for Sympathy
Oscar and Clarence Rice and families and Harry Rice thank friends of the community for their expressions of sympathy during the bereavement.
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Oscar
Clarence Rice
Harry Rice
Haag family plans Christmas in Rio Bravo travels
Edward Haag and relatives visit Martinez for a weekend stay as they head to Rio Bravo to spend the holidays with kin. Other families, including Mr. and Mrs. Lane and Marvin and Lois, depart for Oklahoma for several days with relatives. Rafe Martin, UC student, will celebrate Christmas with his parents. Frank Munsey and R P Kirkham attend events in Lompoc and Placienta respectively, while Carl Haag hosts a Monday dinner with C L Martin Roy Newman and Conrad.
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Edward Haag
Martinez
Mrs
F. W. Haag
Rio Bravo
Albert Lane
Marvin
Lois
Oklahoma
Rafe. Martin
U. C
T. M. Martin
Frank Munsey
Lompoc
R. P. Kirkham
James Forbes
Kirkham
C. L. Martin
Roy Newman
Conrad
Carl Haag
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Payne’s
Shafter, California
Klingenberg & Unruh Service
Shatter, Calif
Don Klingenberg
Waldo Unruh
Business Credit Service
Anderson Bros
Morgan Dairy
CSE Sia
Payne
Payne Furnace & Supply Co., Inc
Beverly Hills
Loewen Plumbing
Dan Loewen
Moon
M. B. Church
Church News
GREL
L. H. McGrane
Sunset Ave
D. O. Moore
Shafter, Calif
Merrie
Home Appliance Co
Emil Stoller
Kmaca
Christian Bros
Mumm
Twin Peppers
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