Social Realm Club Hosts Kern County Women’s Clubs
The Wednesday event in Shafter features morning and afternoon sessions of the Kern County Federation of Women’s Clubs with a 12 o’clock luncheon at the Union Congregational Church parlor. Preceding the sessions a 9 o’clock Parliamentary Law class will meet under Mrs. W. G. Ulery Wasco. Reservations by Mesdames Guenther and Hill.
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Shafter
Kern County Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs
Union > Congregational
Mesdames P
Frank McGregor
Bakersfield
County Federation
C.L. Tomerlin
Corres
Mrs S I Wood Jr Honored At Tuesday Shower
Mrs S I Wood Jr was honored at a layette shower Tuesday afternoon hosted by Mrs Les Hobson at the Hobson home. Guests included J W Lassiter Taylor Tabb Al Anderson Elvin Schmidt George Gaede W O Fuqua Herb Schirmer Maxine Sanders Clair Dragoo H B Starr J D Star and C R Holt and Miss Novella Stewart and Donna Sutton.
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S. I. Wood, Jr
Les Hobson
Hobson Hoome
Mesgames
J. W. Lassiter
Taylor Tabb
al Anderson
Elvin Schmidt
George Gaede
W. O. Fuqua
Herb Schirmer
Maxine Sanders
Clair Dragoo
H. B. Starr
J. D. Star
C. R. Holt
Novella Stewart
Donna ‘Sutton
Mrs Ed Brown Reviews Book At Club Meeting
About 25 ladies attended the Wednesday Afternoon club book section meeting at Mrs. Robert McClain s home. Mrs Ed Brown reviewed New England Indian Summer by Van Wyck Brooks as the program feature. Mrs Dick Arnold introduced her as book section chairman.
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Robert McClain
Ed. Brown
van Wyck Brooks
Brown
Dick Arnold
al Eckmann
Times Magazine
Ernest Schnidt
Dinner-Bridge Party Honors Ruby Ann Williamson
Mr. and Mrs Glen J Colbert hosted a dinner-bridge party this week for Ruby Ann Williamson's birthday. High scores for men and women went to W E Johnson and Mrs J R Edgar respectively. Present were Dr and Mrs J R Edgar Mr and Mrs W M Johnson John Scarbrough the honored guest and the hosts.
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Glen J. Colbert
Ruby"Ann, Williamson
W.E. Johnson
J. R. Edgar
W. %. Johnson
John Scarbrough
Business Women Meet Tonight at Peters Home
Members of the Shafter Business and Professional Women's club will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Al Peters. Peters is vice-president of the organization. Constitution revision will be discussed and plans made to send representatives to the district meeting in Porterville on February 23.
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Wasco
Daisy Powers
South Fork
Helen Stewart
Tehachapi
Shafter
Frank Forcini
Wasgo
Merle Burroughs
McFarland
McGregor
George Coyne
Ella P. Smith
Bessie Pcrafts
Milton Brandins
R. R. Jackson
Helen Phillips
R. McGray
Thomas Nelson
A. B. McKinley
J. W. Dodds
Shafter ‘Business and Professional Women’s Club
al Peters
Wedding Unites Esther Wittenberg Shafter and Irvin Weins
Esther Wittenberg Shafter and Irvin Weins of Bakersfield were united in marriage Sunday at the Mennonite Brethren church. Rev. H. D. Wiebe read the service with Rev. D. C. Eitzen of Reedley also speaking. A reception for about 600 followed in the church basement with a program led by Sol Bartel Wasco and musical selections by local performers.
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Esther Wittenberg
Shafter
Irvin Weins
Bakersfield
Mennonite Brethren Church
H. D. Wiebe
D. C. Eitzen
Reedley
D. W. Nikkel
John Balzer
Glen Bergthold
A. F. Beese
Alvin Karber
John Janzen
Theodore Heinrichs
John Boese
Sol Bartel
Wasco
K. G. Neufeld
Helen Schellenberg
Betty
Shafter High to Crown Campus Queen at Coronation Ball
Helen McBride will be crowned campus queen at a Shafter High School coronation ball this Saturday evening at the Wednesday Afternoon club, with student body president Leroy Witcher officiating. Music by the ac ts, sponsored by the Girls' Letter club, completes the event.
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Helen McBride
Shafter High School
Leroy Witcher
Acts
Founder's Day Program At Richland P T A Meeting
Founder's Day observance includes Richland School P T A meeting held February 17 in the school cafeteria. Mrs Laurence Baughman presided as president while seventh grade students described foreign trade work and Singapore model. Misa Warner kindergarten class presented a pet show and sang songs. Mrs Wendall Allen sang two songs with accompaniment by Mrs Trew. Guest speaker Mrs R W Loudon of Bakersfield, president of the seventh district, spoke on how P T A can be a community force, underscoring religious education and adapting to changing conditions.
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Richland P.-T.a
Richland School
Laurence Baughman
Engle
Singapore
Misa
Warner
P.T.A
Wendall Allen
Allen
Trew
R. W. Loudon
Bakersfield
Loudon
Bakersfield Roller Skating Party Attended by Kattenhorn Family
A Bakersfield skating party Saturday evening drew Lawrence Kattenhorn Clarence Kattenhorn Frances Kattenhorn Marion Kattenhorn Pansy Jones Paul Jackson Rosalie Hitchcock Jane Pasley Louise Fotheringham and Wayne Guenther.
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Bakersfield
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Clarence Kattenhorn
Frances Kattenhorn
Marion Kattenhorn
Pansy Jones
Paul Jackson
Rosalie Hitchcock
Jane Pasley
Louise Fotheringham
Wayne Guenther
Colorado River Survey Costs Run Over Three Million
The federal government and seven basin states have spent more than 3 million dollars on surveys of the Colorado River to determine reclamation and power possibilities.
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Colorado River
Secret of Washing Wool
The secrets of washing wool are to use lukewarm water for washing and rinsing, to use mild thick soapsuds never a cake of soap rubbed on, and to dry in a place that is neither very hot nor very cold. Extremes of heat or cold shrink wool and once shrunk nothing can be done.
Ninety-One Men Slated For Draft Within Next Month
Shafter residents face a February 21 train out for military preparation as 91 local men join a regional draft, joining 335 from Kern County. Draft Board 137 announces the timing and quotas, with rejections affecting totals and reasons including vision teeth and ear diseases. California’s third call totals 11 662 men with Negro enlistment included.
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Mag
Shafter
Kern County
R.E. Mittelstaedt
Mittelstaedt
Barber and Customer Die in German Barber Shop
In Bodenburg near Salzderfurth a barber dies of a heart attack while shaving a customer. The razor slips as the barber falls, severing the customer’s carotid artery. the man dies within two minutes.
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Bodenburg
Salzderfurth
Germany
Two Men Confess Murder in Uruguay District
Police in Rio Negro Uruguay report two men confessed to the murder of Jaime Lozado in the Es tancis San Roman Department. One suspect named Santos admitted guilt first and was followed by another confession as investigators pursued motives and details.
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Jaime Lozado
Estancis San Roman
Rio Negro
Uruguay
Santos
Union Church Services and Activities Featured at Local Congregations
Congregational Church at 311 Jarhes Street lists minister Alfred T Chandler Sunday School 945 am director Miss Carol Pulcifer church service 11 am sermon The Inner World of God choir directed by Kenneth Helvey with Miss Doris Davis piano rehearsals Wednesdays 730 pm junior choir 4 pm Youth meet at Plymouth House 630 pm Brethren Church 400 Kern led by H Wiebe with 930 am Sunday School 11 am German preaching 1110 am American preaching church choir 630 pm prayer circle 645 pm Christian Fellowship 7 pm Bible reading 745 pm general singing 8 pm revival services 730 pm Wednesdays midweek prayer 7 30 pm Friday Bible Doctrine First Mennonite Church J P Glanzer pastor Sunday 10 11 am Sunday School 11 12 sung by choir sermon On Having Convictions Evening 730 pm General Christian Endeavor Wednesday prayer and Bible study Pray for country in critical days the prayer of a righteous man availeth much James
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Union ‘Congregational Church
Jarhes Street
Alfred T. Chandler
Carol Pulcifer
Kenneth Helvey
Doris Davis
Christian
Plymouth House
Brethren Church
Kern
H.-D. Wiebe
Hstor
Christian Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
General Christian Endeavor
James
First Baptist Church
William Jackson
PA. Schmidt
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Wasco
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Sunday church services and community activities listed
First Baptist Church announces a Sunday schedule with Bible School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Evening Worship at 7:30 p.m. includes youth programs and a stage presentation. St John’s Catholic Church and local Christian Science Society also host services and lessons in Wasco.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Owen McMullan
Hawaii trip prize in California high school speaking contest
California Bankers Association announces statewide high school public speaking contest on The Responsibility of American Citizenship. Winners receive a Hawaii vacation plus other prizes including Yosemite and Catalina trips. finals in San Francisco.
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Hawaii
California Bankers Association
M. L. ‘Thomas
Bank of América N. T. & S. A
Bankers of
Shafter
California
America
Camp Curry
Yosemite Valley
Aetna Springs
Napa County
Catalina Island
Veterans War Memorial Building
San Francisco
Storage Potato Statistics Given By Farm Advisor
Kern county farm advisor M A Lindsay reports January 1 stocks of merchantable potatoes in 37 states at 118 555 000 bushels with 1940 sales 249 390 000 bushels after deductions. Regional holdings show 109 588 000 in 18 surplus states and 7 127 000 in 12 late states. Savings for food rose to 51 942 000 bushels, seed saves near 29 057 000, and 130 835 000 bushels were sold from the 1940 crop as of January 1.
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Kern County
Jawal
Citiny Board of Agricultura Keting Service
M. A. Lindsay
Lindsay
Delano Hosts Shatter Teams In Nonleague Night
Delano high school basketball teams A and B will meet the Generals and Colonels in non league play Tuesday at 3 o clock. The Bucks travel to Delano for a return date after losing to the same squads earlier in the season.
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Delano
Eyear
Bucks
Delano Cl
Walter Boyce Rites Held at Janzen Chapel
Funeral service for Walter Boyce conducted by Rev. Alfred T. Chandler at Janzen chapel this morning. Interment followed in Shafter Cemetery. Boyce, long employed by Shafter Farms in Lerdo, is survived by a son.
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Walter Boyce
Janzen Chapel
Alfred T. Chandler
Shafter Cemetery
Boyce
Lerdo
Shafter Farms Company
Perry Potter Improves After Two Week Hospital Operation
Perry Potter is improving at a Bakersfield hospital after an operation about two weeks ago, according to reports this week.
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Perry Potter
Bakersfield
Science and Health extracts on Soul and God
The passages present Life as the law of Soul and Spirit and define Soul as God, describing Soul as eternal and unchanging. They state man is the image of God and that Soul reflects God, linking spiritual law with divine representation.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Girls Schedule Basketball Game At Local High School Gym
A girls basketball game between Shafter high school Pep club and junior senior class is set for February 20 at the high school gym. Jane Pasley and Jessie Nelms organize the game and a pregame program with intermission acts. Tipoff is 7 30, public invited with a small admission charge.
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Shafter High School
Jane Pasley
Jessie Nelms
San Jose State Brass Choir Plays Shafter Programs
The San Jose State College Brass Choir presented programs today at Richland Elementary School and Shafter High School. Kenneth Helvey of Richland faculty arranged the visit. The group was hosted at lunch by the high school club, which prepared and served the meal.
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Richland
Shafter High School
San Jose State College Brass
Kenneth Helvey
Iodine Disinfectant Cuts Ring Rot In Potatoes
Kern county researchers in 1940 in cooperation with the UC farm advisor show iodine used to disinfect cutting knives can reduce bacterial ring rot spread from 75 percent to as low as five percent. Growers develop band saw circular and disc knives designed to cut each potato after iodine disinfection.
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Kern County
M. A. Lindsay
University of California
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