Norris Pison and Sherry Move to New Home
Mr and Mrs Norris i Pson and Sherry formerly of Vallejo and Bakersfield relocated to 256 Marengo Ave last week. Thompson left Bank of America after a week and moved. In the Theis residence at 216 Euclid St the visitors included Mrs S F Johnson of Sanger and Mrs Eleanor McIlroy of Phoenix Arizona.
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Norris i Pson and Sherry
Vallejo
Bakersfield
Marengo Ave
Thompson
Bank of Amer
Raymond Theis
Euclid Sti
S. F. Johnson
Sanger
Eleanor McIlroy
Phoenix
Ariz
Shafter Cotton-Spud Festival Promises Pageant Driven Growth
Community pride and tradition fuel the sixth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival. For the first time the May event will open with a pageant highlighting Shafter’s agricultural and civic development, celebrating 39 years of the city’s growth and future potential despite water shortages.
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Shafter
Mississippi
Sergeant Kopp on Way to Korea
Mrs. A J Loewen of Marengo Avenue visited briefly with her son S/Sgt Rudolph Kopp en route to Korea. Kopp recently sailed from Camp Stoneman after being stationed at West Point and served in World War II, with earlier postwar Panama duty. Makersfield stop noted.
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A. J. Loewen
Marengo Avenue
Rudolph Kopp
Korea
Kopp
West Point
New York
Camp Stoneman
Local Woman's Sister Dies in Audubon Iowa
Mrs Ralph Gribble received word of the death of her sister Mrs Russell Herbert last Thursday in Audubon Iowa. Funeral services were held on Saturday. Mrs Herbert had been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. Gribble had gone east last fall to be with her sister for a time.
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Ralph Gribble
Russell Herbert
Audubon
Wesley Buerkle Leads Buttonwillow Honorary Mayor Race
Wesley Buerkle takes a slim lead in Buttonwillow's honorary mayor contest benefiting the March of Dimes and Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce. Buerkle has 405 votes, passing Jack Frey at 323 while multiple newcomers enter, including Grace Brandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Buerkle
Buttonwillow
March of Dimes
Buttonwillow ~ Ber of Commerce
Buerkle
Jack Frey
Frey
Kenny Ringsdorf
Darrel Tracey
Ford Williams
George Parker
Dick Adams
Bilk Brodbeck
Harold Reed
Curtis Graves
E. L. Goodspeed
Ringsdorf
Evelyn Smith Bridal Shower Honors Miss Smith in Buttonwillow
A bridal shower was held for Evelyn Smith, daughter of W. L. Smith, as she prepares to wed Robert Scales of Shafter. The event at Buttonwillow Grange Hall featured silver and white decorations, white lilies, camellias, and red berry accents, with hostesses Irene Hunter, Leota Adams, Gladys Deltino, Richard Mundy, and Wayne Smith. Ice cream and cookies were served after gifts and games with prizes awarded.
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Buttonwillow
Evelyn Smith
W. L. Smith
Robert Scales
Shafter
Buttonwillow Grange Hall
Irene Hunter
Leota
Adams
Gladys, Deltino
Richard ‘Mundy
Wayne
Buttonwillow Farm Bureau Opens Year With Dinner Meeting
Buttonwillow Farm Bureau held its first meeting of the year with a turkey dinner and a Variety Show titled Keen Age Rapers. Dr Phillip Dunford Jr outlined Bakersfield Memorial Hospital plans and requested support. Curtis Graves said a rear Farm Bureau building was approved by Kern County Park Department for relocation to the park for youth groups. A Freyberger resolution urged safer highway crossing strips for farm equipment. Freyberger also announced blood typing cards would be handled by local home department groups. Mrs Jack Thomson, home department chair, announced the next meeting featuring Mrs Fannie Tracy on spring planting and camelia culture. Chairman Jack Thomson said the next Farm Bureau meeting would be Feb 23 with George Ferry and slides of his cotton work.
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Buttonwillow
Buttonwillow Farm Bureau
Phillip Dunford, Jr
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Curtis Graves
Farm Bureau
Kern County Park Department
Jim Freyberger
Freyberger
Jack Thomson
Home Department
Fannie Tracy
George Ferry
Maple School Hosts Cowboy Music Program
Ken Jarnagen presented a cowboy music program to Maple School pupils last Tuesday. Dressed in Western attire he accompanied songs on an electricity controlled steel guitar and showed his six shooters said to have belonged to his grandfather a century ago. Sponsored by the Maple Parent-Teachers Association.
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MAPLE
Ken Jarnagen
Japanese visitor studies atomic casualty work in Texas
Miss Yuka Sato of Japan has stayed two weeks with Dr. and Mrs. Ted Worden in Buttonwillow. She works with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and will spend two years in the United States researching effects. The commission operates labs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with 700 workers and 120 Americans. She plans further study at Duke University and has previously worked with the Wordens in Shanghai.
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Buttonwillow
Yuka Sato
Japan
Ted Worden
Miss Sato
Grant Taylor
University of Duke
S. C
States
Miss. Sato
Mrs. Worden
Shanghai
China
School proposal debates plan for new facilities
The article notes debate among Buttonwillow residents over a proposed school expansion including an auditorium music department administrative quarters and a library. It suggests local sentiment may settle after children adapt to the Shafter school and references Bakersfield High School overcrowding worsened by last summer's Valley earthquake.
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Shafter School
Bakersfield High School
Nephews Surprise Adams Family Visit from Huntsville
Mr and Mrs Richard L Adams greet surprise visitors Gene and Don Hall from Huntsville Ohio for a few days vacation The brothers also plan to visit Bob Adams a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student and Mrs Adams brother Fred Buckingham Porterville during the trip.
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Richard L. Adams
Gene
Don Hall
Huntsville
Ohio
Bob
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo
Buttonwillowans Plan Founders Day Program At School
Buttonwillowans Plan Founders Day program Feb 11 in the school auditorium. Mrs. Curtis Graves presides with guest speaker Mrs. C E Webster, life membership presentation, past president introductions, and PTA election. Glee club and Mothersingers perform. committees led by Mrs. Jean Mefford and others. Fundraising for a kiln continues.
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Buttonwillow Bareasreachers Association
Curtis Graves
C.E. Webster
PTA
Altar Society Officers Named at St Marys Buttonwillow
Ricci's Cafe hosted the recent installation of St Marys Altar Society officers in Buttonwillow. Father James Collins installed Natalia Ghilarducci as president with Lena Antongiovanni as vice president Patsy Andreotti as secretary and Quintilla Romanini as treasurer. Eda Giannini outgoing president for six years received a camellia corsage from Mrs Fannie C Tracy.
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Buttonwillow
Ricci
James Collins
St. Mary’s Church
Natalia Ghilarducci
Lena Antongiovanni
Patsy Andreotti
Quintilla Romanini
Eda_ Giannini
Fannie C. Tracy
Sunday dinner guests at the Bobst home
Mr and Mrs Ji Bobst hosted a Sunday dinner at Orange Road welcoming guests Mr and Mrs Martin Loepp and their daughter Diane.
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Ji Bobst
Orange Road
Aft
Martin Loepp
Diane
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Hedda Hopper
Venus
Civil Air Patrol
Jack Fleming
Schneider & Wikoff
North Kern
Zenith
Raytheon
Hoffman
Stewart-Warner
RCA
Western Automotive & Radio Co
Central Ave
Channel 29
HP Ser
Chester Ave
Isaite Ene Plays and Loan Association
Time Tested Savings Institution
Elmer A. Goertz
Moet
Iowa
Bittounillew
Miss Evelyn Smith
First Farm
KWSO
IKWSO
San Luis Obispo County
J. RW
Mrs. MP
Wasco
Shafter Studios
James St
Buttonwillowans Plan
Glee Club
Buttonwillow School Girls Glee Club
Jean Mefford
Thelma Norton
Hazel Rimmer
Dorothy. Fawn
Leland Whitaker
Marie Tracy
Ruth Palla
Altar Society
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B. T.U
J.eonard Jordon
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pogl
Peace Strings
J. Martin Wagner
EZEE
Lear
California
Shafter Mennonite
Brethen
She
California and
Kern Streets
Waldo Wiebe
Arnold Bergen
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