Sub Deb Group Holds Christmas Dinner Party
Miss Normal Neufeld hosted a Sub Deb club Christmas dinner at her home on Friday. The event featured a served dinner, gift exchanges, and a pleasant social time. Attendees included Eleanor Fox, Eleanor Reimer, June Lachenmaier, Mary Crandall, and Elcy Bergen.
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Sub Deb
Normal Neufeld
Sub Deb Club
Eleanor Fox
Eleanor Reimer
June Lachenmaier
Mary Crandall
Elcy Bergen
Christmas Party Hosted by Khesma Klub at Nikkel Home
Miss Edna Nikkel hosted Khesma Klub members at a Christmas party Friday night. Chinese checkers and pick-up sticks were played, followed by a social period and refreshments. Attendees included Erma van Bartel Edna Beese Rosie Unruh Daisy Gl o eckler Mesdames Gaede Klingenberg Waldo Unruh Allen Bartel Jake Bergen Harold Wiens Don Klingenberg Harold Miller Everett Shaeffer and Powell McCoy.
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Edna Nikkel
Khesma Klub
Nikkel
Erma van Bartel
Edna Beese
Rosie Unruh
Daisy Gloeckler
Mesdamesnard Gaede
Don Klingenberg
Waldo Unruh
Allen Bartel
Jake Bergen
Harold Wiens
Harold Miller
Everett Shaeffer
Powell McCoy
William White to Speak at Wednesday Afternoon Club Meeting
William White of the Shafter high school faculty will address the Wednesday Afternoon club at its regular meeting at the club house. He speaks on observations from a tour through southern Europe last summer. Mrs. R. Jacobson chairs, with Arm and Jackson plus Miss Lorene Jackson on accordion providing vocal selections. Hostesses include Mesdames G. L. Starrh J. P. Hansen W and Lois.
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William White
Shafter High School
Europe
R. Jacobson
Armand Jackson
Lorene Jackson
Mesdames G. L. Starrh
J. P. Hansen
W and Lois
Christmas Party Honors M A S Members in Bakersfield
Annual MAS Christmas party hosted by Miss Frances Wilson in Bakersfield featured gifts and games. High prize went to Mrs Leonard Gaede and consolation to Mrs Harlan Wilson. Attendees included Mesdames Harvey Gaede Walter Bergen Leonard Gaede Harlan Wilson Johnnie Siemens and guests from Bakersfield and Rosedale.
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Frances Wilson
Bakersfield
Wilson
Leonard Gaede
Harlan Wilson
Mesdames Harvey Gaede
Walter Bergen
Johnnie Siemens
Robert Stoddard
Frances Wiron
Christmas Party Held By American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Christmas party after a brief business session led by president Mrs. Taylor Tabb. Gifts were exchanged, baskets prepared for community distribution, and a song festival with Mrs. Guenther at the piano closed the event.
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Taylor Tabb
George Enns
American Legion Auxiliary
P. C. Guenther
W. W. Tannahill
Alhce
Mesdames P. C. ‘Guenther
Ella Immell
Bellingham
Washington
Lois Berry
Frank Annis
Albert Annis
Floyd Penn
H. G. Comfort
Jack Janzen
Elizabeth Ingram
Cecelia Rightmire
Clyde Bell
J. B. Henderson
H. C. Neufeld
George W. W. Tannahill
Miss Spry
Couple Married Christmas Day At Baptist Parsonage
Miss Emma Inez Marlette wed Spencer Glenn Tinin in a Christmas ceremony at the First Baptist church parsonage. Rev. Edgar H. McAllister married the couple, both residents of Shafter, with witnesses G. H. Fox and Miss Wilmerth. Tinnin is a native of Oklahoma and Mrs. Tinnin of Texas. they plan to reside in Shafter.
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Emma Inez Marlette
Spencer
Glenn Tinnin
Edgar H. McAllister
First Baptist Church
Shafter
G. H. Fox
Wilmerth
Rio Bravo
Tinnin
Oklahoma
Texas
Kattenhorn Christmas Party Hosted By E V Kattenhorns
Mr and Mrs E V Kattenhorn entertained at their home Saturday evening with a Christmas party. A buffet lunch was served to many young people and after a candlelight service of Christmas carols the group participated. Attending included Esther Van Gorkom Gladys Breckenridge Josephine Klassen Sepha Larsen Louise Livers Larue Livers Louise Fotherintham Molly McAllister Rosie Unruh Frances Kattenhorn and Margaret Wood from Wasco. Also present were Alfred Wedel Frank Unruh Ernest Sie mens Ernest Schellenberg Everett Devine James Livers Richard Hetz John Hetz Paul Wiebe Lawrence Kattenhorn Clarence Kattenhorn and Willie Zumwalt.
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E.V. Kattenhorn
Esther van Gorkom
Gladys Breckenridge
Josephine Klassen
Sepha Larsen
Louise Livers
Larue Livers
Louise Fotherintham
Molly McAllister
Rosie Unruh
New Year's Eve Dance Planned By Club Women
Members of the Wednesday Afternoon club plan a New Year’s Eve dance at the club house starting 8 o'clock Saturday evening and continuing to 1 30 in the morning. Miss J J Peters hosts assisted by Mesdames Chenneson Camp Liehthill Plymale Sill Burns with Bakersfield Parents Orchestra providing music.
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Bakersfield
Peters
Mesdames
Phil Chenneson
Jack Liehthill
L. FE
Plymale
Ben Sill
Charles Burns
Celuic
Wedding and Family Reunion at P. J. Gaede Home
A wedding and family reunion were held at the P. J. Gaede home near Shafter for E. J. Kraft of Angwin California and Miss Helen Dumbler of Covina. The ceremony was by P. J. Gaede with Irene Neufeld on the wedding march and Evelyn Kraft singing I Love You Truly. The couple will reside in Covina after a reception and return from southern California.
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P. J. Gaede
Shafter
E. J. Kraft
Angwin
California
Helen Dumbler
Covina
Irene Neufeld
Evelyn Kraft
Kraft
Japan
Arlington
P. A. Sufficool
Jack
Betty
Delano
Edwin Kraft
Tom Powell
Ruben Heinrichs
Gaede
Veteran battered by ill luck seeks start over in Canada
West Chester, Pa. Sgt. J. A. Foster, 66, a World War II veteran of the Thirteenth Black Watch, travels with his wife and two children in a hand pushed cart from Miami toward Hamilton to obtain a war pension. He recounts losing 14 homes to flood, hurricane, and fire, and the death of five daughters, mother, and two sisters in a hurricane, while maintaining he will persevere and start anew.
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West Chester
J. A. Foster
Thirteenth Black Watch
Forty Eighth Highlanders
Miami
Fla
Hamilton
Ont
Foster
Beatrice
Willie
Canada
McTiddler
Moorhaven
Key Largo
Girl 12 Makes 80 Mile Bicycle Trip in 7 Hours
Pauline Jean Baker rode 80 miles from Rochester to her aunt's farm in 7 hours. Her father gave the go ahead and after she did not return by midnight police and family searched. She arrived in Ransomville unharmed and was brought back home by car.
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Rochester
Edward Baker
Pauline Jean Baker
Ransomville
Pauline
Pauline Jean
Everyone, It Seems, Is Lucky in This Accident
Sacramento report recounts officer Clarence Renner on a San Diego incident where a speeding driver, 83 mph, caused Renner’s motorcycle fire. Renner saved a fainting woman passenger and helped extinguish the blaze, then forgot to issue a speeding ticket. He quipped that everyone was lucky.
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Sacramento
Calif
Clarence Renner
San Diego
Renner
Sketches Underwater Life In Shark-Infested Red Sea
Robert Gibbings a Reading University lecturer sketched underwater life in the Red Sea while wearing only trunks and a diving helmet. He returned to London with drawings to illustrate a book on subterranean life.
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Red Sea
London
Robert Gibbings
Reading
Dog Leads to Rescue Of Trapped Hound
A collie signaling dramatic help guided the Pontiac chief of detectives to a hound pup tangled by its chain in brush. The collie trotted from the woods as the chief’s car neared, rolled over and whined to draw attention, then led the officer through the brush to the entangled dog.
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Pontiac
Mich
Sleepwalking thief mistaken as husband in Chicago
In Chicago, Margaret Liebson believes her sleepwalking husband Arthur prowled the house in dawn light. A burglar unseen by others steals $1.90 while Irwin Rumbaugh, lodger, claims the man was the husband all along, saying he thought it was Liebson sleepwalking.
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Chicago
Arthur Liebson
Margaret. Liebson
Arthur
Mrs. Liebson
Liebsons
Irwin Rumbaugh
Rumbaugh
Liebson
Society Girl Will Dive For Treasure Off Cape Cod
Three women including a society girl join the crew of the Story II, a 65 foot schooner, seeking sunken gold off Cape Cod and along the Massachusetts coast. Owner Herbert Talbot and his family helm the expedition using modern diving gear as they plan to search until weather halts the effort.
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Society Girl
Boston
Mass
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Herbert Talbot
Talbot
Story
Boston Harbor
Veteran Cleared After 78 Years at Lyman School
Cy rus M. Bryant, once 15 and an inmate at the Lyman school in 1860, ran away before serving with the Union in the Civil War and earning a valor decoration. He later worked as cemetery caretaker in Little Rock, and for decades served as superintendent there. At 93 he surrendered at Lyman, and his record was cleared.
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Westboro
Mass
Cyrus M. Bryant
Lyman School
Bryant
Little Rock
Ark
Lyman
Bees Tease Boys in San Jose Incident
In San Jose California Sergt Ray Blackmore and Patrolman Jack Patrick advise residents not to call police over boy harassment of bees. Responding to a complaint they found the bees were teasing the boys, reversing the expected dynamic.
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San Jose
Calif
Ray Blackmore
Jack Patrick
Vinita Fire Chief Loses Patrol Car In Lake
Vinita fire chief Elmer Gentry left his parked car on an incline and walked away. The vehicle rolled into a lake and was found under five feet of water after an investigation.
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Vinita
Okla
Elmer Gentry
Death after stealing third base shocks Girard game
In Girard Ohio D A Wellington aged 26 collapsed from heart disease while attempting to steal third base in a neighborhood baseball game. The incident highlights the sudden risk of athletic play in casual contests.
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Girard
Ohio
D. A. Wellington
Women Younger and Longer-Lived Than Men
Forum columnist Eudora Ramsay Richardson cites Lloyd Jones on higher blood specific gravity in older women, suggesting they are biologically younger and live longer past middle age, with implications for insurance annuity pricing and the dominance of women in intellectually stimulating activities.
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Lloyd Jones
Eudora Ramsay Richardson
Forum
Why Guereza Monkeys Are Described as Invisible
The guereza, a forest dweller in equatorial Africa, has a long black coat with a white mantle from the shoulders down. South African naturalists say the contrasting colors help camouflage him among the mossy, shadowed trees, making the monkey effectively invisible to enemies.
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Equatorial Africa
Why Electricity Is Dangerous Near Plumbing Fixtures
The piece warns that lighting in kitchens bathrooms laundries and rooms with plumbing fixtures must be carefully placed for proper illumination and away from fixtures. It advises switches should be distant from plumbing to avoid shock risks and notes that a water drop could create a fatal contact when operating a switch.
Why Engineering Students Flunk in College
Engineering students fail mainly because they neglect daily work due to college distractions, choose fields other than engineering given their interests, and show general lack of ability, interest, or preparation.
Why Balancing Remains Essential in Tire and Wheel Design
The text explains that it is impossible to manufacture an automobile tire or tube in which every inch of its circumference has identical material weight. It notes that this inconsistency extends to wheels, rims, and brake drums, and concludes that balancing is therefore necessary to ensure proper operation.
Hampton Roads Named For Hampton Creek
The article explains the origin of the name Hampton Roads as a contraction of roadstead, a harbor area. It notes Hampton Roads is a broad deep channel linking the James River estuary to the Chesapeake Bay.
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Hampton Roads Roads
Roadstead
Anchorage
Hampton Roads
Hampton Creek
James River
Chesapeake Bay
President's Birthday Drive to Aid Crippled Children Formed
A new county committee under the President's Committee To Aid Crippled Children was announced after a Bakersfield dinner with 22 attendees. Ten cent lapel buttons will fund infantile paralysis care at Warm Springs and local treatment in Kern county, with county and Shafter committees named and officers listed.
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Kern County
el Tejon Hotel
Bakersfield
Warm Springs
Georgia
Shafter
Joe Smith
W. J. Schultz
Private Cecil Horton Furlough Visit Ends in Shafter
Private Cecil Horton of the Sixth Coast Artillery at Fort Scott on San Francisco Bay spends a 50 day furlough in Shafter. Horton is a former resident of the district and has lived here for several years.
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Cecil. Horton
Sixth Coast Artillery
Fort Scott
San Francisco Bay
Shafter
Horton
Johnsons celebrate Christmas visit with Davis family
W. E. Johnson manager of the Shafter Safeway store and Mrs. Johnson with son Dickie spent the Christmas weekend in Davis visiting the Johnson families at Mr. Johnsongs home.
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W. E
Family holiday visit to Caldwell home over Christmas
Mrs V R Caldwell hosted a Christmas weekend gathering with George Caldwell his fiancé Miss Helen Glassmer and Miss Glassmer mother Mrs Edna Glassmer of Los Angeles staying at the Caldwell residence.
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George Caldwell
Helen Glassmer
Miss Glassmer
Edna Glassmer
Los Angeles
V. R. Caldwell
Washington's mother Mary Ball born in Virginia estate
Mary Ball Washington was born in 1706 on her father's Lancaster County Virginia estate. Her father Joseph Ball had four children named Joseph Jr Susie Mary and an unknown fourth child.
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Washington
George Washington
Mary Ball
England
Lancaster County
Virginia
Joseph Ball
Joseph Jr
Susie
Mary
Rochester Flour City to Flower City nickname shift
In early times Rochester earned the Flour City title as Genesee valley led wheat production. A later shift to the Flower City reflected growing industry and a broader urban identity.
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Rochester
Genesee Valley
Feng Ae Bn Nln
Biscuit Tortoni Origins and Pronunciation
Biscuit tortoni is pronounced bisk we and denotes a rich ice cream. When coated with ground almonds or macaroons, it becomes biscuit Tortoni named after a Paris restaurant of the last century where it was served.
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Paris
How Soap Bubbles Form From Shaking a Soap Solution
Shaking or stirring a soap solution in contact with air introduces air into the liquid surface creating a suds emulsion. The resulting suds resemble an endless array of soap bubbles formed by surface tension and film stability.
Crackers Turn Soft From Air Moisture After Drying
The article explains that crackers are baked dry and, once stored, absorb moisture from the air, causing them to become soft.
Largest Chair Display Advertises Thomasville Output
A massive chair on the highway center in Thomasville Georgia proclaims the city as the world leader in chair production. The display highlights Thomasville’s claim of producing more chairs than any other city.
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Thomasville
Rome as City Supervising the Immortal Gods
An examination of Rome viewed as the governing center for divine oversight. The piece discusses civic authority and sacred power shaping public life and rituals in ancient times.
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Rome
Pascoes Spend Christmas Week in Shafter Taft Wasco Visitors
Mrs M W Pascoe of San Gabriel and her husband Dr M W Pascoe visited Shafter over Christmas with Mrs Pascoe and Mrs Mark Rice of Los Angeles. They also called on friends in Taft Wasco during the holidays. Christmas guests at Mr and Mrs Thomas Wedge included Mr and Mrs Donald Wedge and family of Long Beach who visited from Saturday to Monday before returning home.
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MM. W. Pascoe
San Gabrial
Shafter
M. W. Pascoe
Pascoes
Mark Rice
Los Angeles
Pasco
Taft Wasco
Thomas Wedge
Donald Wedge
Long Beach
Donald Wedges
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