Ducor and Shafter Social News Roundup
Ducor residents Mr and Mrs Joe Heekin visited at 248 California avenue with Mr and Mrs E K Grant and family. Mrs Abe Isaac, healing hip fracture, returned to Shafter from Bakersfield hospital and will be bedfast for eight weeks. John Maurer plans an extended motor trip through the southwest to Chicago then north via Wyoming. Katherine Stubblefield and Lena Hein visited Fresno. Mr and Mrs J B Henderson hosted Mrs Herman and family plus a nephew for a weekend. Wed Afternoon club plans a Saturday dance. William Handel and wife welcomed son Glenn Howard born February 14 in Bakersfield. mother and baby reported thriving.
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Ducor
Joe. Heekin
E. K. Grant
California Avenue
Heekins
Abe Isaac
Shafter
San Joaquin Hospital
Bakersfield
Isaac
Abe Strauss
John Maurer
Chicago
Maurer
Wyoming
Wiliam Handel
Glenn Howard
Wittmayers attend funeral for Bobby Grant and uncle
Mr and Mrs G A Wittmayer traveled to Los Angeles to attend funeral services for 16 year old Robert Bobby Grant and his uncle Dallas Baucher who died in a traffic accident Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Robert
Bobby) Grant
Dallas Baucher
Shafter News Briefs Tally Local Events and Moves
Harvey Kilburn of Los Angeles works the potato beat for the 1938 harvest while Allen Zenk of Inglewood and R. E. Zenk of Shafter plot the Santa Fe way opening. Mr and Mrs Reynold Duchtin move into 233 California Ave. Leta Belle West injures her hand at the high school chemistry class. The Book Section meets Tuesday at 2 PM hosted by Mrs George Harrison. Visiting families from Shafter and Compton share 15 days with relatives including the Strauss and Zenk families.
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Harvey Kilburn
Independent
Los Angeles
Kilburn
Atlantic Commission Company
Shafter
Reynold Dueh- Ten
California Avenue
H. Midgley
Shafter Mercantile Company
Compton
George Strauss
John Strauss
Gerhard
Convention of mineral society held in San Francisco
The California Federation of Mineral Societies convened in San Francisco for a two day meet. Attendees included Mr and Mrs T V Little and son Don Edward Little George Crag Dan Symmes and Jack Hare. Safi Bernardino was chosen as the 1939 convention city.
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California Federation of Mineral Socities
San Francisco
T. V. Little
Don
Edward Little
George Crag
Dan Symmes
Jack Hare
Safi Bernardino
California
George T. McCoy
Frank W. Fuller, Jr
Los Angeles
Argonaut
Jackson
Donner
Paul A Wright
Lane
John Kimmel
al de Ruiter
Colton
Mexicali
Yuma
Arizona
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino
Kern
Ventura
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Tricot Club To Meet Monday Night
Tricot club members plan a Monday evening gathering hosted by Miss Mable Stockton at her home. The event will include an informal social period and light refreshments.
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Tricot Club
Mable Stockton
Lion dies at Trivandrum Zoo after thirty years
Epitome of The Week's News reports Bobby the matriarch lion of the Zoological Gardens in Trivandrum India died this week. The piece recalls her as mother to all lions at the zoo and notes other global calamities and events from the period.
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Bobby
Zoological Gardens
Trivandrum
India
Japan
Tiajuna
Juan Castillo Morales
United States Army
Buenos Aires
Miami
Florida
Ima
Peru
North Pole
Greenland
Prices and poultry ads fill Los Angeles market note
Fragmentary Los Angeles market text lists prices on February 23 for eggs poultry and checks. The garbled item mentions Candied clean extras and hen and fryer types with mixed percentages and weights, reflecting a chaotic newspaper market brief.
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Los Angeles
Medien
Searses
Travel Lore Atop West Coast Exposition In 1939
The article highlights travel lore and outdoor adventure themes as a standout feature of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in the Western States. It emphasizes scenic journeys and leisure trips showcasing regional landscapes and tourism prospects.
World Fair exhibit on disease life in tropics shown
Island in San Francisco hosts a Pasteur Institute exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. The display aims to graphically portray tropical diseases and their impact on life in the tropics, as announced recently.
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San Fr Francisco
The
Pasteur Institute
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Katherine Stubblefield
Lena Hein
Evelyn Devine
Fresno State Teachers’ College
J. B. Henderson
Henderson
Ernest Herman
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A. B. McKinley
Taylor
Inglewood
Allen Zenk
R. E. Zenk
Shaf
Santa Fe Way
George Harrison
Phil Channeson
G. J. Zenk
Lodi Reformed Church
Shafter People
E. J. Thiessen
Thiessen
J. J. Penner
Reedley
Frank Enns
Frank Russell
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M. C. Rasmussen
J. C. Ohanneson
Ohanneson
Greenhorn Mountain
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Herb Neuman
Marvin Potter
Tommy Dorris
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Wasco
Wilkinson
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Murray Arnold
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Earl Becker
Lerdo Highway
Beech Avenue
Becker
Charlie McCarthy
Ed. Bergen
Don Ameche
Hollywood
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Rio Bravo District
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Jackie
Mrs. McDowell
Marengo Street
Christian Church
Rumsvill
Oregon
Henry Porter
Merizon
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C. B. Kelley
Edward Bowman
Valparaiso
Indiana
Rodessa
Louisiana
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
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Dallas
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T. P. Alford
Anti- Thief Association
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Kern Commission
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William Allen Kanawyer
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Cliff
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Ori
Southern Pacific
Belle Berry
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League of California Municipalities
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Pond
Germany
United States
Lowell Harper
Southern California Gas Company
Harper
Delano
Sunny Terro
Autocrat
Penn’ S Toggery
Central Ave
Helen
James St
Lee
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Areonure Island
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Entamnent
Buck Jones
Wayne Morris the Kid
Sonja Henie
Leo Carrillo
Little Miss Roughneck
NoMa Bey
Fisher
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N &K Chevrolet CO
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