P T A Meeting Reviews Activities and Founders Day
Friday P T A session at the school auditorium featured a business meeting led by Mrs. Merrill. Reports covered 41 members and welfare work. plans included donating clothing to 4 H, a First Aid course, and a Founders Day program with a candle lighting ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T. A
C. A. Merril
E. B. Suydam
Clyde Zachary
Carl Haag
Merrill
Myrtle Haag
F. J. Schierlmann
Leonard Duck
Hiram Johnson
T. J. Clannin
Bakersfield
Harry Lange
Bakesfield
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Suderman Tuesday Evening
Friends gathered at the Suderman home for a social time Tuesday evening honoring Mrs John Suderman on her birthday. Guests included Dave Schmidt Louwie Becker Earl Becker Abe Karber Dave Strauss H J Harder John Balzer and Nic Johnson as gifts were received and opened.
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John Suderman
Suderman
Messrs. and Mesdames
Dave Schmidt
Louwie Becker
Earl Becker
Abe Karber
Dave Strauss
H. J. Harder
John Balzer
Nic Johnson
Mrs. R. L. Newton Feted At Surprise Birthday Party
Mrs. R. L. Newton was honored Tuesday evening at a surprise party hosted by Misses Helen and Jessie Buller. Guests included Mesdames Herbert Russell of Tulare and H. E. Koop, with Maurine Newton among the attendees. gifts were given and a large birthday cake served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Newton
Helen
Jessie Buller
Gift Presented To Ladies Aid At Meeting Today
The Ladies Aid of Union Congregational church met in the Plymouth House with Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram in charge of entertainment and Rev. Al Chandler directing the program. A devotional book was presented by the minister as a token of appreciation for aiding Plymouth House. He spoke on group work and its role in Christian living. Shower: Mrs Creed Lail Honored At Linen Shower
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Ladies Aid
Union Congregational Church
Plymouth House
Elizabeth Ingram
Neils. Pedersen
al Chandler
Janes to Preside Over County Y Meet in Bakersfield
Shafter high school principal E P Janes will preside at the annual county Y M C A meeting tomorrow evening at the First Congregational church Bakersfield. Local reservations are taken by Janes and all Shafter Kern county residents interested in Y work are invited. Dr Vierling Kersey LA city schools superintendent will speak and a musical program is planned.
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Richland P.-T. A
Richland Band
P.T. A
E. P. Janes
Shafter High
First Congregational Church
Bakersfield
Shafter
Kern County
Janes
Vierling Kersey
Los Angeles
Cotton total climbs to 13893 bales in Shafter district
The Shafter district reports 13893 bales this week as gins ran 134 bales. Camp West Lowe totals 4905, D o Moore 4540, and Shafter Wasco 4448 bales. If good weather continues, all cotton in the district may be ginned by early March.
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Shafter
Camp-West-Lowe
D. O. Moore
Shafter-Wasco
Rain Totals Rise to 3.28 Inches in Shafter District
Rain total this week in the Shafter district rose to 3.28 inches with a trace Tuesday evening and .19 inches recorded February 1 .41 inches February 2 and .39 inches February 3. On February 8 last year the season total was 3.45 inches. Figures come from records at the experimental farm north of town.
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Shafter
Song Contest At School With Pep Club Direction
A school song contest directed by the pep club and faculty assembly committee will be held tomorrow in the student body assembly at the high school. The high school band will also appear on the program.
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Pep Club
Facult Assembly
Fire crew changes shift duties in Shafter and Bakersfield
Dick Dodson of the Shafter forestry fire crew was transferred to Bakersfield this week. Vernon Russell, formerly based in Bakersfield, has been reassigned to Shafter to assume duties in the fire suppression unit.
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Dick Dodson
Shafter
Bakersfield
Vernon Russell
Web footed hen to headline Shafter poultry show
J W Nickel, local hatchery man, will exhibit a web footed hen at the first annual Shafter Central Valley Poultry and Small Stock show in March. He also plans Reds Rocks and possibly White Leghorn chickens and may display ring neck pheasants. Nickel runs the largest hatchery in the district with an incubator of 34 000 eggs capacity in three weeks.
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Shafter-Central Valley
J. W. Nickel
Nickel
Shaffer Hatchery
Station Robbers Draw 110 Years For HoldUp Here
Elmer Ferrell Milton Allen Long and Lawrence Ferrell were sentenced this week after a Kern County Superior Court jury found them guilty of armed robbery in the N and K service station holdup at Lerdo Road and Santa Fe Way. The trio was arrested in San Diego by Chief Murray Arnold and Kern County sheriff aides acting on a Southern California tip. Constable John Reily assisted in the investigation.
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Elmer
Lawrence Ferrell
Milton Allen Long
Bakersfield
Lerdo Road
Santa Fe Way
San Diego
Murray Arnold
Kern County
California
John Reily
Freshmen Plant Garden Crops at Shafter High Farm
Freshman students in the agricultural department at Shafter High School set out garden crops this week. Each student without a home project receives a row of vegetables to record through the growing season. Varieties include peas kale carrots radishes beets spinach and lettuce. fifty six students are involved, led by Glenn O Nay.
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Shafter High School
Glenn O. Nay
German and Mennonite Church Services Announced
First Mennonite Church led by J. P. Glanzer offers German service at 9:30 AM with Sunday school and morning sermon on God's Four Questions. Evening programs include Junior Endeavor, adult Bible classes, and a general Christian Endeavor. Rev J J Esau from Mountain Lake conducts two weeks of meetings nightly with topics Christ and the Rich Young Ruler and What Prospects Do We Have for this World. Mennonite Brethren Church led by H D Wiebe holds 9:30 AM Sunday school in two departments and 11 AM German and English preaching, 6:15 PM prayer circle, 7:30 evangelistic service Achieving a Revival, Lent session Feb 14. Lowercase summary of weekly church events.
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First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
Christ
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
M. B
Christian Fellowship
First Baptist Church Schedule at Edgar H. McAllister Pastor
Bible school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent P. A. Schmidt. Morning service at 11 with sermon The Right Place. Young People societies and Prayer League at 6:30 p.m. Evening service at 7:30 with sermon A Boy and A Girl. Intermediate B Y P U officers to be installed. Midweek prayer Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible
P. A. Schmidt
Prayer League
St John’s Catholic Church Wasco Masses Listed
St John’s Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco California served by Rev Owen McMullan with Sunday masses at 8 am and 10 am Confessions on 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 Schedule
The Wasco branch of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Massachusetts holds Sunday services at 11 a m and a Sunday school at 10 a m at Corner Sixth and E streets.
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Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
Free Flow Of Goods Basis Of Prosperity Jaggard Says
Guy Jaggard Bakersfield junior college faculty member argues a free flow of commodities or gold drives world prosperity and United States growth. He favors trade agreements over high tariffs and cites Germany as a key partner while England remains a top competitor. He traces shifts in foreign policy since World War I, noting Europe’s unrest post 1930, Manchuria Ethiopia and German rise. He emphasizes Pan American ties Monroe Doctrine and freedom of the seas shaping policy while warning against costly war involvement. An open discussion followed the talk led by Bu Ford of the high school staff.
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United States
Guy Jaggard
Bakersfield Junior College
Shafter High School
Hull
Germany
England
Jaggard
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Manchuria
Italy
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Hitler
America
South America
Alf Landon
High Seas
Bu— Ford
Farm Bureau Favors County Control of Relief
Kern County Farm Bureau urged placing welfare responsibility under county control in a Bakersfield resolution. The group asked Governor Olson and state legislators to transfer duties to Kern County as soon as possible. Attendee A. W. Eckmann of Shafter spoke. other resolutions favored Farm Credit Agency independence and opposed funds unfreezing for the Central Valley project power system.
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Kern County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors
Bakersfield
Culbert L. Olson
Kern County
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Central Valley
California Farm Bureau Federation
Shafter
A. W. Eckmann
County Farm Bureau Board
Valentine origins traced to year 270 and Saint Valentine
The article explains that Valentine’s Day heritage goes back to 270 when Bishop Valentine was executed by Claudius. It notes he was later sainted and that youths drew names for partners on the eve of Saint Valentine’s Day, which evolved into the modern observance observed next Wednesday.
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Valentine
Claudius
Rio Bravo School Building Plans Are Completed
A Rio Bravo Union school trustees meeting approved the construction contract for a new building. H. Pedersen and Son of Fresno won the bid with Fred Gribble Jr of Bakersfield as building inspector. The project includes an auditorium to seat 450, classrooms, a kitchen, cafeteria, corridors, and connecting structures.
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Rio Bravo Union School
John P. Perriner
H. Pedersen
Fresno
Fred Gribble, Jr
Bakersfield
Honor roll listings for first semester at school
The article lists students named for the honor roll based on a three to two to one point system including activities. Names include Letha Bartel Letha Becker Alice Bender Mollie Brewer W R Cloud Elsie Dahl Muriel Gage Mabel Herbert Louella Johnson Marie Jones Miriam Klaudt Maimie Kroeker Hattie Mecham Robin Mettler Buell Mouser Geneva McCoy Norma Neufeld Helen Nickel Clara Nikkel Merwin Olson Harold Schnidt Patty Stringham Gwendolyn Voth Lloyd Warden Merton Wiedmann Leonora Witenberg.
Training Session Announced For Volunteer Firemen
Plans for two training sessions on fire equipment were announced by Shafter Volunteer Fire Department. Captain Steinhouser of the state education department will teach in Shafter next Tuesday and Wasco on Wednesday. Members from both towns will attend both meetings. Also approved were new membership forms and a $4 fee for Chief Jack 1’s National Fire Chiefs Association membership. Patrol captains Oliver Sly and Dan Loewen will manage crowd control, with Wimpy Bender named salvage captain.
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Shafter
Jack 1
National Fire Chiefs’ Association
Oliver Sly
Dan Loewen
Bender
Twenty-Six Students Named to Shafter High Honor Roll
Twenty-six students at Shafter High School are listed on the high honor roll and named to the California Scholastic Federation. The report highlights top academic performers from the school community.
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Shafter High School
California Scholastic Federa
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W. E. G. Little
Decker
Manitoba
Canada
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
W. We'Pannabill
P. C. Guenther
Koehn
H.C. Neufeld
George Enns
H G. Comfort
Fred Vandenberg
Taylor Tabb
Frank Annis
Betty Spry
Mrs. Little
Robin Lampson
Gretchen Knell
J. C. Channeson
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Berkeley
Creed
Creed Lail
Alma Skaggs
Lail
Hugo Zimmerman
County “Y
Church News
Frank R. Wilson
St. James Episcopal Church
Hyde Park
N. Y
Farm Bureau
Rio Bravo
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Troner
Homecraft Institute
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
Merte
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