Silver wedding anniversary observed at Hildebrand home
The 26 year marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hildebrand was celebrated with a social afternoon at their Saskatchew an origin and Shafter district home. G J Siemens spoke briefly, songs were sung by Johnny and Alma Penner and a group including Etta Wiehe Josephine Klassen and Alma Penner performed. A D Klassen played guitar and Mrs J C Penner read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hildebrand
Hildebrand
G. J. Siemens
Johnny
Alma Penner
Etta Wiehe
Josephine Klassen
A. D. Klassen
J. C. Penner
Saskatchewan
Canada
Shafter
Messrs. and Mesdames G. J. Siemens
Jacob Peters
J. E. Klassen
A.D. Klassen
Henry Bergman
Leland Bergman
Gideon Bergman
Johnny Penner
Viola Penner
Art Peniner
SueWa Klassen
Ella Wiebe
Bill Hildebrand
M A S Members Celebrate Valentine Party at Schnaidt Home
M A S members and guests enjoyed a Valentine themed gathering at the Schnaidt residence. Prizes went to Maxine Moore Durward Annis Harvey Gaede and Al Peters. Annis gave corsages and red white decor dominated the refreshment tables as violets quince and almond blossoms adorned the living room. Midnight refreshments followed for Walter Bergen Harvey Gaede Al Peters Durward Annis Harlin Wilson Laurence Annis Raymond Mettler Miss Maxine Moore and Nathan Withans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Schnaidt
Maxine Moore
Durward Annis
Harvey Gaede
al Peters
M and Mesdames
Walter Bergen
Ard Gaede
Sewing Circle Holds Meeting At Agnes Koehn Home
Members of the M. B. Circle gathered at Agnes Koehn home Monday for sewing and a short business session led by president Mrs. John Balzer. Miss Rosie Unruh led singing and devotions, with poems read by Luella Klassen and Mary Ann Pp. Refreshments served to numerous members and guests including Elmer Klassen and Ruben Becker. A later February 14 Wiener roast at Maple school featured many youths from local and Wasco communities sharing games and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Circle
Agnes Koehn
John Balzer
Rosie Unruh
Luella Klassen
Mary Ann Pp
Harvey Gaede
Earl Becker
Don Klingenberg
Henry Harder
John Walzer
Leonard Gaede
Harold
Maple School
Ruth Warkentine
Clara Nikkel
Alma Penner
Esther Becker
Gertrude Wittenberg
Martth Gloeckler
Martha Epp
Josephine Klassen
Ella Wiebe
Johnny Penner
Ed Nikkel
Arnold Funk
Adolph Goertzen
Gideon Bergman
Elmer Unruh
Wasco
Doris Funk
Alvina Bergthold
Wesley Funk
Jona Nik
Farewell Party Honors Lodi Guest Here Tuesday
Miss Esther Nies of Lodi was honored Tuesday evening at a farewell party at the Dan Wendland home in Shafter. Hostess Erma Wendland led games and a wiener roast with guests Bill Bestwater Harvey Gaede Bill Siemens Ralph LachENmaier Rudean Lockard Luella Klassen Livya Gaddy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Nies
Lodi
Shafter
Dan
Partridge Anniversary Observed With Open House
The forty second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Partridge was celebrated with an open house and buffet luncheon at the Partridge home. Lois L. Berry and Mrs. Milton Lohr hosted. Miss Norma Lohr attended. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cashier of Selma from the wedding party 42 years ago, along with Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Peters and their son of Inglewood and locals from Shafter Wasco and Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Partridge
Lois L. Berry
Milton Lohr
Partridge
Norma Lohr
A.'C. Cashier
Selma
Lewis Peters
Inglewood
Shafter
Wasco
Bakersfield
Surprise Party and Library Tour News in Kern County
Mrs. Thomas Wedge and Mrs. Beatrice Henderson hosted a Saturday library party in Shafter for the Kern County Free Library Association as members began a caravan tour of north and west county libraries, planning more tours and ending with tea in Taft. Ed Wiedenbach hosted a surprise birthday party Saturday with guests including Emil and Ben Stoller and others. Legion Post 213 set plans for a March 16 dinner for members and spouses. An Associated Oil official, Bleasdale, spoke to Maple School pupils about drilling fluids used in oil wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Free. Library Star? Association
Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Beatrice Henderson
Wedge
Taft
Ed Wiedenbach
Wiedenbach
Hos
Messrs
Emil Stoller
Ben Stoller
Jack Stoller
Henry Schnidt
Paul McCoy
Calvin Mettler
George Niel
Wasco
Legion
Leslie L. Robinson
Ameri Légion ‘Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Mesdames Genn ‘Nay
W. W. Tannahill
Maple
Associated. Oil Company
Bleasdale
Maple School
Quaker Relics Preserve Port Bottle at Euston Road HQ
At Friends House in Euston road London the Quaker headquarters preserves a solitary bottle of port sent into the old Fleet prison over 150 years ago by a sympathizer for three Quakers jailed for non payment of tithes. The trio kept the unopened bottle as a pledge until church and state severance abolishes tithes. The bottle sits with old Quaker hats and poke bonnets as relics of distant days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ House
Euston Road
London
Milwaukee Journal
Old Fleet
Dog Receives No Payout After Estate Trust Rejected
The San Diego shepherd-spaniel left $10,000 by Mrs. Hattie A. Fletcher in 1937 faced a court ruling denying perpetual trusts for a dog. The funds were given to another legatee and the dog was placed in a veterinarian home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie A. Fletcher
San Diego
Calif
Dust With Paper A New Cleaning Product Advocate
A new dusting paper claims triple virtues by cleaning and polishing while removing dust. It is presented as more practical and sanitary than cloths and urged for shoppers to watch for it on their next purchase.
Marriage Unites Allie V. Myrick and Al C. Goodman
Allie V. Myrick of Shafter and Al C. Goodman of Wasco wed in a Sunday ceremony at the Wasco Church of Christ with Rev. William Harrison officiating. Dale Permenter served as best man and Lorain Sanderson as bridesmaid. A reception followed at the Janzen home and the couple plan to live in Wasco after a brief Southern California trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie V. Myrick
Shafter
al C. Goodman
Wasco
William ‘C. Harrison
X Ray Techniques Reveal Hidden Details in Paintings
Harvard's Fogg Art Museum showcases over 100 photographs illustrating how Roentgen rays infrared and ultraviolet tools expose original work and retouched areas. X rays reveal order of painting and tell whether works are genuine or altered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Fogg Art Museum
Museum
Copley
Niccolo da Foligno
Forest Fires Endanger Wildlife and Waterways
Forest Service warns fires cut wildlife habitats by destroying nests eggs and young. Heat from burned canopies warms streams and lowers oxygen while ashes foul streams. Loss of cover disrupts fish food and breeding grounds and raises water level fluctuations. Green forests sustain wildlife. fires destroy them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Milk Homogenization and Its Uses
Homogenization breaks fat globules in milk to create a uniform mixture. A homogenizer forces milk under high pressure to separate fat from serum, producing smooth cream that resists separation. It enables sweet milk and cream and is used in butter chocolate milk and ice cream production.
Postman Bypasses House Under Postal Regulation Quirk
Postal rules permit a mail carrier to pass by a residence in certain situations leaving residents puzzled about delivery. The item notes a house skipped during a routine route and questions why the mail wasn’t delivered despite potential access.
Robot bloodhound opens new era in crime detection
In a New York case a spectrographic robot bloodhound identified suspect Anton Myslivec as the killer of William Dobitz. The machine matched soil elements from the crime site to Myslivec’s shoe dirt, leading to a first degree murder conviction and his death sentence in Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anton Myslivec
Wiliam Dobitz
Trand
Myslivec
Fred Munder
Suffolk County
Myslvee
Jamaica
L. J
Dobitz
Farmingville
L. L
L. Marion Hill
Sing Sing
Mystivec
Biographical Talks From Rotarians At Shafter Club Meeting
At Cafe Neuman in Shafter the Rotary club heard noon talks by .H. R. Janzen A. P. Ohanneson and Judge F E Manuel about incidents from his deputy constable days in Clipper Gap California in the 1880s Manuel discussed his world trip as a young man and a cautionary tale of killing resisting Indians and a later camping episode where friends of the dead Indian tried to shoot him Visiting Rotarians included Bob Ford and George Kunst Bakersfield and H L Nelson and W H Nicholson Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Janzen
A. P. Ohanneson
F.E. Manuel
Clipper Gap
California
Shafter Rotary Club
Cafe Neuman
Manuel
Bob Ford
George Kunst
Bakersfield
H. L. Nelson
W. H. Nicholson
Taft
Class Yell Leaders Named at Shafter High
Minne Koop and Lois Hamilton were elected yell leaders of the sophomore class at Shafter High School during a class meeting held yesterday morning on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minne Koop
Lois Hamilton
Shafter High School
Barrister Arrested After Flask Scene in London Court
Toronto barrister Remington White defended James Elliott in a London Ontario court. White loudly attacked the liquor control board and drew a flask of whisky from his pocket claiming it was by doctor's orders. He was arrested after the flask was found to contain liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Remington White
Toronto
James Elliott
White
C. W. Hawkshaw
Liquor Control Board
Amateur burglar complains after failed break-in
A self styled amateur burglar broke into William Keane's home in Cincinnati and left a written critique of the protection. The note praised the homeowners dog for alerting the household and claimed the theft would have been profitable with more experience. The culprit signed Jack Conners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gincinnati
William Keane
Coppers
Washington Birthday Civility Rules Taught At Richland School
Pupils above the third grade at Richland school study 24 of George Washington’s rules of civility and decent behavior to honor his birthday. Washington copied 110 of these rules at age 16 as penmanship practice, and teachers highlight the most outstanding rules for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Richland School
Washington
Bill White Plans Hawaiian Student Tour
Shafter high school coach Bill White announced plans for a summer student tour through the Hawaiian islands. He expects to sail from California on a small schooner with his group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill White
Shafter
Hawaiian Islands
White
California
Mrs. Rightmire Recovers From Monthlong Flu Illness
Mrs. H. A. Rightmire is this week able to be up after a month in bed with flu. Her daughter Mrs. Velma Downey of Sonoma has stayed at the Rightmire home during the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Rightmire
H.A. Rightmire
Velma Downey
Sonoma
Rightmire
Check Writer Bound Over to Superior Court
Thomas Haazelwood, 46, faces four felony counts for passing four fictitious checks in Shafter and one in Wasco during Christmas, bound over after pleading guilty at a preliminary hearing before Judge H. A. Rightmire. He was arrested weeks ago in Santa Ana. Checks totaled over $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Haazelwood
Shafter
Wasco
Justice Court
H. A. Rightmire
Haazelwood
Santa Ana
Social Work Jobs Open Under Civil Service
Open competitive examinations announced by the United States Civil Service Commission for positions in social group work an exhibits specialist in extension service and a technical expert in educational publications design and distribution. Full information from John F Roskam secretary at the Shafter post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
John F. Roskam
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Shafter Post Office
Rio Bravo 4-H Club Meeting Reports
The Rio Bravo 4-H club met last Friday in the school auditorium. Members reported on projects including a senior club meeting in Bakersfield and home furnishing work. The rummage sale was postponed due to no suitable venue. A snow party was discussed, Valentines were exchanged, games played, and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Haag
Bakersfield
Rosalyn Sears
Kiwanians Attend Hanford Meeting by Special Train
Shafter Kiwanis members gathered in Hanford for a divisional Kiwanis meeting. Attendees included Ed Friesen Al Anderson Bill White Jake Siemens Harry Wilkinson Laurence Baughman Emory Johnson Noel Roberts Jack Lighthill Norbert Baarten John Wastbinder and Herb Schirmer. A special train carried 150 Kern county Kiwanians to the event.
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Henry Hildebrands
Schnaidt Home
Sewing Circle
Nmiss
Jack Conners
Superior Court
Rio Bravo
Hanford
Safeway
Dwight Edwards
Los Angeles
Edwards Coffee Ib
Tess
NOB Hill Coffee
Nob Hill
Ledmont Choice Mayonnaise
Dred Fruit
Sale
Agen
Brend
Cholce Ae
Alber
Artichokes
Pippin
Staveapeet Quality
B. Bey
Etter
Lola
Sofewey
Eatonen
Eink Sau
Beta
Castle Crest
Emerald Bay
Troco
Sia
Sea Grape
Zipper Welch's Grape Real
Ry-Krieo MS
Van
Canterbury
Hersiy
Milt. Redick
Sisres
Wilkia
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