Social Realm Notes From Local Gatherings
Mrs W E Johnson hosted a dessert bridge for her club on Tuesday at her home. Ed Gamegan was honored with a handkerchief shower before a Richmond trip. Also attending were Arthur Johnson Dick Eckmann Murray Arnold Laurence Baughman Herbert Comfort Lawrence Magee E H Gamegan and Mrs Johnson. Eileen Nightingale was pleasantly surprised by a birthday party with many guests. Attendees included Margaret Dowell Della Berg Oletha Spady Marie Sitter Barbara Whalen Marcella Duerksen Juanita Buller Florence Barling Ruth Kay Bernice Jensen La Vera Dirksen Raymond Sloan Clair Reed Billie Duerksen Rudolph Nightingale Howard Conely Raymond Duerksen Vagnon Bi and Mr and Mrs FE D Smith. Khesma Klub members met in Bakersfield at Mrs Henry Regier home for knitting followed by chow mein. Present were Edna Nikkel Vivian Bartel Edna Boese Aldeen Boese Erma Wendland Rosie Unruh Mrs Don Klingenberg and Mrs Henry Regier. Samuel C Schaeffer of Wasco will speak on Lincoln at Richland P T A meeting Tuesday at 2 pm in Richland auditorium. Mrs J L Hill presides. Program features fifth grade songs directed by Jane Jensen eighth grade playlet under Edna Wisely minuet and folk dance class led by Edythe Magee.
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W. E. Johnson
Ed. Gamegan
Richmond
Arthur Johnson
Dick Eckmann
Murray Arnold
Laurence Baughman
Herbert L. Comfort
Lawrence Magee
E. H. Gamegan
Mrs. Johnson
Eileen Nightingale
Cooty
Margaret Dowell
Della Berg
Oletha Mae Spady
Marie Alice Sitter
Barbara Whalen
Marcella Duerksen
Juanita Buller
Florence Barling
Ruth Kay
Bernice Jensen
la Vera Dirksen
Raymond Sloan
Clair Reed
Billie Duerksen
Rudolph Nightingale
Howard Conely
Raymond Duerksen
Vagnon Bi
FE. D. Smith
Khesma Klub
Bakersfield
Henry Regier
Edna Nikkel
Vivian Bartel
Edna Boese
Aldeen Boese
Erma Wendland
Rosie Unruh
Mesdames
Don Klingenberg
Samuel C. Schaeffer
Wasco
Lincoln
Richland P.T. A
Richland Auditorium
J. L. Hill
Jane Jensen
Edna
Edythe Magee
Gamegan Transfer prompts relocation from city to Richmond
Mr Gamegan, employed by the Santa Fe railroad, is slated to move with his wife to Richmond soon. The gathering honored them with guests including Mr and Mrs F L Hudson M L Thomas Mrs Bessie G Thomas and hosts Mr and Mrs Eckman. Mary Catherine Lockard Dean Lockard and Tomie Lockard were welcomed as Sub Deb club members at Eleanor Fox’s home with plans for initiation next week. Attendees included Eloy Bergen Eleanor Reimer Jane Lachenmaier Mary Crandall Norma Neufeld and Eleanor Fox.
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Mary
Catherine Lockard
Dean Lockard
Tomie Lockard
Eleanor Fox
Eloy Bergen
Eleanor Reimer
Jané Lachenmaier
Mary Crandall
Norma Neufeld
Child Welfare Theme At Wednesday Afternoon Club
The Wednesday Afternoon club will meet in the clubhouse with Mrs. Max B. Arnold state chairman of child welfare as speaker. Mrs. Ben Sill serves as chairman. A Bakersfield High School girls octet directed by Kathleen Cassidy will perform with Ardis Davis on piano. Members include Heather Moon Betty C A Vita Corley Mildred G McCauley Mary Jean Tucker Zane Johnson Eva Boyton Olivia Gingraf. Hostesses are Mesdames Frank Latta L. H Hitchcock Walter Eckman A. B. McKinley and W. E. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max B. Arnold
Ben Sill
Bakersfield High School
Kathleen Cassidy
Kern County Union High School
Heather Moon
Betty Co A Vita Corley
Mildred G’“Mccauley
Girl Scout Valentine Party Planned at Legion Hall
Wasco Girl Scouts to attend as guests at a Valentine party hosted by local troop. Decorations with hearts and lace, a Valentine box at the door for exchanged valentines, and final committee reports on games reception and refreshments scheduled for 4 o'clock this afternoon.
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American Legion Hall
Wasco
Food sale plans discussed at American Legion Auxiliary meeting
Tuesday evening at the Legion hall the American Legion Auxiliary planned a Saturday sale with Mrs. Taylor Tabb as president naming Mrs. P. C. Guenther and Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram to assist. Members urged to contribute as the annual paper con ee opens May 27 and a concert for veterans at Sawtelle was noted along with 10 year pins. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Jack Janzen and Mrs. J. P. Hansen. Other attendees included Mesdames W. W. Tarnahill Glen O. Nay H. C. Neufeld J. B. Henderson Elizabeth Ingram H. G. Comfort Floyd Penn Taylor Tabb Frank Annis P. C. Guenther and Clyde Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Taylor Tabb
P. C. Guenther
Elizabeth Ingram
Veterans’ Hospital
Jack Janzen
J. P. Hansen
Mesdames W. W. Tarnahill
Glen O. Nay
H. C. Neufeld
J. B. Henderson
H. G. Comfort
Floyd Penn
Frank Annis
Clyde Bell
Book Section Plans Special Meeting Tuesday at 12 P M
A special meeting of the Book Section of the Wednesday Afternoon club is set for Tuesday at 12 p m at Mrs Phil Ohanneson s home. Mrs J F Silver state nature chairman will review several books and give an illustrated talk on Java and Haiti in costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil .Channeson
J. F. Silver
Federation of Women's Clubs
Java
Haiti
R. W. Jacobsen
Murray Arnold
Marjorie Sharp
Bessie. G. Thomas
The
Blade
Mary Merrill Miller
San Joaquin Valley
Mesdames
Phil Ohanneson
A. P. Ohanneson
William Lachenmaier
Marion Stockton
J. P. Howland
Ike Peters
P. C. Gu
Shafter C Team Upsets Richland on Richland Court
The Shafter high school C basketball team defeated Richland on its home floor. The grammar school led 12 to 3 at halftime thanks to fast breaks and Harold Friesen's shooting, but the high school boys dominated in the second half as Richland tired. It was the rematch after the grammar school won the first game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Richland
Grammar School
Harold Friesen
Passion Play vow to ward off plague at Oberammergau
The Oberammergau villagers vowed to present the passion play every decade forever after the Black Death swept Europe. About 600 locals including peasants wood workers and farmers set a brush fire belt and guard the valley while a villager Karl Schisler briefly breached the lockdown. The plague struck hard, 48 villagers died, and the council formed the historic vow later kept despite wars.
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Oberammergau
Europe
Oberammerau
Karl Schisler
Effort To Oust Agey Fails To Clear Hurdles
County Supervisor Wimmer's bid to remove Purchasing Agent Ralph Agey stalled after a lengthy hearing. Testimony showed a 1937 overcharge on a heating element by a Bakersfield firm. the county was credited after the error was acknowledged. Chairman Woollames ordered a transcript for the grand jury and the records.
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Wimmer
Ralph Agey
Board of Supervisors
Bakersfield
Agey
Woollames
Grapa
Harty
Interest Shown in Kern County Library at Maple School
Considerable interest is shown in the new Kern county branch library at Maple school with steady circulation growth. New acquisitions include Land of Big Rivers Chisholm Tiger of Cloud River and many additional titles across fiction and reference works, highlighting a wide range of authors and subjects.
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Kern County
Maple School
George Nikkel
Land of Big Rivers
Chisholm
Cullum
Cuthrell
Whiteoak Harvest
de la Roche
Doherty
Fisher
Gann
Hueston
Jealous
House
Kelland
Lords of Lonely
Valley
Kyne
Powdersmoke Range
MacDonald
Mainwarning
T. Mulford
Storm House
Norris
Halo
Pedler
Porter
Raine
Yearling
Rawling
Reynolds
the Uplands
Roe
Harlan
Seltzer
Sharp
Amy
Sprague
Stevens
Thane
Tuttle
Valice
Scotland Yard
Wallace
Weekes
Wells
White
Wilson
Wister
Wren
New International
Starrett
King
Daniel
Haskell
Charles
Barton
Norwood
Kristin Laurendatter
Holsey
Hill
Steever
Cook
Shrine Band Performs Free Concert at Treasure Island
The Al Kader Shrine band from Portland Oregon gave a free concert during a Treasure Island visit to preview the World's Fair of the West.
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al Kader Shrine
Portland
Ore
Treasure Island
Brother Of Local Woman Dies In Monterey Fire
Arvid Brightwell, brother of Mrs. Charles Henderson, died Thursday night in a fire that destroyed an auto cart in Monterey where he was staying. The funeral was held Monday at Selma, home of Brightwell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brightwell, with Mrs. Henderson traveling to Selma for the service.
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Monterey
Arvid Brightwell
Charles Henderson
Brightwell
Selma
C. E. Brightwell
Shafter Leads County Areas In Onion Acreage
Shafter leads Kern county onion acreage with 669 acres split 556 in Whites and 113 in Bermudas, compared with 614 last year. Whites grow in Lerdo Norris Delano Wasco, Bermudas in Lerdo Delano Wasco. Onions expected to harvest late April or early May with peak in June and July. Planting began in November and continued after Christmas. A 1,200 acre lettuce crop is also reported for Kern county, with five acres in the Gus Weyand ranch after district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
Jack Hare
Lerdo
Norris
Delano
Wasco
Del
McFarland and
Nebraska Man Aged 1000 Years Unearthed in Nebraska
Lincoln reports a newly discovered ancient Nebraska type with a long narrow skull found near Ponca Stanton and O'Neill. Dr Earl H Bell of the University of Nebraska places the Woodland culture in this region about a thousand years ago and links it to cotta spread from Wisconsin to Iowa. Copper arrow points glass beads and flasks suggest contact with white settlers.
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Lincoln
Neb
Earl H. Bell
University of Nebraska
Ponca
Stanton and
O'Neill
Nebraska
Bell
Wisconsin
Iowa
Stanton
Doctor Bell
Classroom Banks Teach Thrift to Cleveland Third Graders
In Cleveland public schools, third grade pupils run classroom banks as tellers behind desks. A child may open an account with 25 cents and a parent signed card, and deposits are mostly nickels and dimes. Students learn budgeting by estimating what goods 10 or 25 cents can buy, such as rides, milk, bread, a handkerchief, a toy, or ice cream cones.
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Cleveland
Rain total 3.45 inches marks storm season in district
The district measured 3.45 inches of rain yesterday morning with 0.27 inches since Monday, official gauge at the experimental farm north of town. The storm broadened across the state bringing rain and snow to mountains and foothills, isolating some small Sierra communities and closing the Ridge route intermittently. Local cotton operations halted and potato planting paused as weather clears.
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Shafter
High Sierra
Williford Killed Sunday on Santa Fe Way
G B Williford 63 died Sunday morning on Santa Fe Way outside the city when a car driven by Yer ry Leake of Bu an collided with him after Leake dimmed lights and could not stop. Coroners inquest ruled accidental death. Williford, a Shafter butcher for 21 months, came from Porterville and is survived by a son Sam C Williford of Livermore, daughter Lucille Phetro, and brother Henry Williford of Porterville. funeral at Porterville.
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C. B. Williford
Santa Fe
Yerry Leake
Buan
Theo
Shaftertown
Leake
Shafter
Williford
Porterville
Sam C. Williford
Livermore
Lucille Phetro
Henry Williford
Sonja Henie to Host at Norwegian Exhibit at Fair
Norwegian skating star Sonja Henie will serve as hostess at various times this year in the Norwegian Sports Cabin housing the exhibit at the World's Fair of the West.
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Sonja Henie
Canine Crime And Timely Repentance in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania a fox terrier named Mickey killed a newborn kitten at the home of Sebastian Cassarino. The family chastised the dog and he fled. The next day Mickey returned with a living kitten in his mouth and the Cassarinos adopted the survivor. Mickey now avoids the kittens.
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Erie
Sebastian Cassarino
Mickey
Cassarino
Cassarinos
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G. B. Williford
Santa Fe Way
Pacific
Canada
United States
Western Auto Supply Co
Grocery Department
Shafter Market
Buck Osborn
Meat Department
W. C. Grose
Sierra Vista Tract
F.H.A
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Pacific Ave
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