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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1948
Page
4
Veterans urged to file for terminal leave pay before August 31 1948. Enlisted personnel receive pay for unused furlough time at discharge, cash or government bonds, with survivors and guardians of incapacitated veterans also eligible. Henderson Veterans Service Center at 454 Central Valley Highway provides free guidance and forms.
A compact list highlights key milestones in California history including the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War and ceding California to the United States. It notes the incorporation of Arcata on February 2, 1858, Marysville on February 5, 1851, Antioch on February 6, 1872, and the founding of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910.
Mr and Mrs Fred Hasty escorted the high school age students of the First Baptist Sunday School to a Friday evening January 30th weiner roast and picnic at Kern River Park. The event drew great enthusiasm as the young folks sang around the camp fire.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Schirmer enjoy a leisure stay in Palm Springs at the Desert Retreat Hotel as they take a well earned rest in the resort town.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Siemens and family traveled to Long Beach via Lancaster last week, joined by Bertha Kroeker for the trip.
The mixed league sees Eda Gaede top individual standings with a 168 average, overtaking Al Thompson who sits at 166. Thompson posted a 220 game and Gaede a 189, while Dave Unruh climbs to 160 with a 214 game and 508 series. team leaders include The Trotters and Rem Cabinet tying for first with 13-5.
Rev. R. Monroe reports a favorable outlook for Christianity next year as the Church of Christ at 767 Santa Fe expands. Elders and Deacons are appointed, Monroe reemployed for a fourth consecutive year, and attendance and membership rise with fourteen new members admitted since New Year. Community welcome to Sunday worship.
The Altar Society of St. Therese's Catholic Church reports a Spanish dinner at the Women's Club House drew a larger crowd than expected. Two hundred tickets were sold with fifty extras, many turned away as food ran short, funding the church building fund.
First Baptist Church members hosted a pot-luck for guests Mr. and Mrs. Lu, Chinese missionaries with the China Native Evangelistic Crusade, arriving in San Francisco January 24. The couple, who will study at the California Baptist Seminary in Los Angeles, shared a hymn in Chinese and joined a choir program after the service.
The sixth broadcast in the Kern County radio contest series featured Ruth Shelton and Donna Clanin in a program from the Standard School auditorium on Station KERO at 8:30 P.M. The free recital is presented under the Kern Philharmonic Society and local cultural commissions and will award two artists, an instrumentalist and a vocalist, as first and second prize winners.
The Bureau of Ships Volunteer Naval Reserve Unit 11 7 will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday February 4 at Bakersfield Inn Motel Eleventh Naval District officials said. The Bakersfield Engineer's Club will join, with future meetings on the first and third Wednesdays. The annual Military inspection of Unit 117 will occur, uniforms optional, and a film The Salvage of the Lafayette will be shown.
Helen Holmes, sixth grade teacher at Richland School, returns to Minnesota due to her mother’s grave illness. Miss Esther Unruh will substitute for her during the absence.
Mr and Mrs Peter Ohanneson entertained dinner guests at their home last Wednesday evening. Attendees included Mr John McKinley of San Francisco and Mr and Mrs Paul Newell with Paul Peter and Eve.
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