Faculty Wives Honor Theodora Richards With Bridal Shower
The ninth biweekly meeting of the Faculty Wives and Women’s Club was hosted at Mrs. Wesley Linda’s home with Mrs. Cecil-Rhoads as co-hostess. The highlight was a kitchen shower for Mrs. Theodora Richards who recently married, receiving items including a pressure cooker. Attendees included Mesdames Cornell Nay Schacht Graf Bruner Richards and others with Mrs. Harris as a guest.
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Faculty Wives and Womens Club
Wesley Linda
Cecil-Rhoads
Theodora Richards
Richards
Mesdames
Amelia Cornell
Gertrude Nay
Mary Schacht
Dona Graf
Dorothy Bruner
Theodora ‘Richards
Ruth Hilbert
Helen, Ganya
Jeanette Wheeler
Margaret ‘Smithberg
Jean Waffle
Mrs. Nay
Mrs. Harris
Deep Sea Fishing Trip At Morrow Bay Yields Longest Fish
A group from Shafter Ingalls Hillsboro Reedley and Rosedale enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip at Morrow Bay last Thursday. They reported a clear day and a quiet sea catching 150 pounds of fish and a 30 inch longest fish.
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Morrow Bay
Dan Loewen
Wallace Loewen
Shafter
Henry Penner
Ingalls
Kansas
A. F. Penner
Hillsboro
Walter Penner
Rosedale
M. S. Gaede
Reedley
California growth seen as nation's key state in coming years
Bank of America pamphlet titled Whats Happening in California highlights rapid population and industrial expansion. It notes California accounts for one third of U S population gain since 1940, rising from 1 485 000 to 6 907 000 since 1900, and lists Los Angeles Fresno Kern Tulare and San Joaquin as top counties. The piece frames the state as a hub for agriculture industry oil and commerce. It also covers a local high school basketball result and a Wasco Wasco Wasco-Wasco feud context.
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Bank of America
California
United States
Los Angeles
Fresno
Kern
Tulare
San Joaquin
Richland Teacher Weds Inyokern Man
The announcement notes the marriage of Miss Leona Nosskee to Mr. Dale Fields. They wed at Fresno. Mrs Fields teaches first grade at Richland Primary School and Mr Fields works at the U S Naval Ordnance Test Station in Inyokern.
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Leona Nosskee
Dale Fields
Fresno
Fields
Richland
Inyokern
Baptist Ladies Sew Bandages for Missionaries
The Ladies Missionary Fellowship met at the Baptist Church Thursday afternoon January 30 to sew bandages for the White Cross which sends these supplies to missionaries in Japan. The monthly gathering includes a luncheon.
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Ladies Missionary Fellowship
Baptist Church
White Cross
Japan
Auditions Open for Atwater Kent $15,000 Contest
Vocal artists from Shafter and nearby areas may audition for the 1948 Atwater Kent Auditions with a $15,000 prize pool. Ten winners will share the awards. entries due March 1 with no fee. Opera stars, film figures, and music personalities named to the committee include Lily Pons Ezio Pinza Richard Bonelli Greer Garson Billie Burke Coburn Pickford Pidgeon Iturbi Rubinstein and Warren Bowron Rinehart among others.
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Shafter
Atwater Kent Foundation
P. O. Box
Hollywood
California
Atwater Kent
Lily Pons
Ezio Pinza
Richard Bonelli
Greer Garson
Billie Burke
Charles Coburn
Mary Pickford
Walter Pidgeon
Gene Raymond
Aubrey Smith
Jose Iturbi
Arthur Rubinstein
Earl Warren
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
Donald M. Nelson
Lady Mead
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Richland Students In Piano Recital
Piano recital by Mrs. Cornel s pupils at 3 00 pm Saturday January 24 at Mrs. Irvin Fike home. Performers included Belza Moor Nona Lee Johnson Roseva Fike John Thompson Gary Weyant Mary Margaret Revell Kathleen Revell Jean Thomas and Lottie Schuh. Ill list none were Joan Eckman Mary Brown Patsy Cornell. Mrs Cornell offers music classes Tuesdays at Fike home and Saturdays at Ed Brown home.
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Cornell
Irvin Fike
Belza Moor
Nona Lee Johnson
Roseva Fike
John Thompson
Gary Weyant
Mary Margaret Revell
Kathleen Revell
Jean Thomas
Lottie Schuh
Joan Eckman
Mary Brown
Patsy Cornell
Birthday Wishes This Week For Local Residents
A local page lists birthdays for February with names and dates. Mrs. Claude Camp and Victor Siemens share February 3, followed by Mrs. E. C. Eckman February 4 and others through February 9 including Rev. W. S. Harper and Paul McCoy.
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Claude Camp
Victor Siemens
E. C. Eckman
Leonard Gaede
Harold Lamas
Dean Unruh
Myrtle Gittinger
Dan Wendland
W. S. Harper
Paul McCoy
Ernest Hofman
Louie Jarrard
Roy Farrell
Claude Voth
Shafter Cagers Defeat Wasco In City Rivalry
Shafter high school beat Wasco with guards Counts and Hillblom leading on offense. Forwards Ryan and Byrd contributed while Wasco balanced fouls, 12 to 13, in a hard fought county matchup.
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Hillblom
Ryan
Byrd
Tigers
Wasco
Shafter
Wasco Pos
Scnececoacs Ou
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Sounding
Phil Horwith
State Chamber of ‘Commerce
Generals
Shafter Press
Wally Shafer
Charley Hardoin
Congoleum
E. 18Th St
Bakersfield
Kern Bag Company
16Th St. Bakersfield
Sepey
Jarvis Wheeler
Sam Lachenmaier
Richland Chevrolet
Sagu
Firestone
Tia
Mme Esc
E. Central Ave
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