Social Gatherings Highlight Eastern Star Wasco Event
Mr and Mrs W H Janssen hosted an old fashioned breakfast for out of town friends including Dan Thomas Danny Mary McCullum Marie Cottelle and Albert Pitts who then joined Mr and Mrs John McCord for a Delano dinner. Shafter representatives attended the George Washington birthday program at Wasco by the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Janssen
Compton
Dan Thomas
Danny
Mary McCullum
Marie Cottelle
Downey
Albert Pitts
Nevada
John McCord
Delano
Shafter
Order of Eastern Star
Wasco
Taylor Tabb
Joe Channeson
Henry Neufeld
Norval Fair
Dean Potter
Bryant Home Hosts Big Monday Gathering
Mrs. T. L. Bryant entertained out of town guests Monday afternoon. Attendees included Mrs. Cleo Jarrett and her son Billy of Long Beach, Mrs. Jim Hughes of Santa Monica, and Mrs. Judge Dent of Imboden Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Bryant
Cleo Jarrett
Billy
Long Beach
Jim Hughes
Santa Monica
Judge Dent
Imboden
Arkansas
Coffman Attends Birthday Party in Los Angeles
Mrs. Francis Coffman left Shafter Saturday morning for Los Angeles where she attended a birthday party Sunday for her brother in law Jack Grey. Fourteen persons sat down to the birthday meal. She returned with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E Losee who will visit her a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Coffman
Los Angeles
Jack Grey
Maple grammar school meeting set for March 2 in Kern county
Maple group led by J. J. Siemens will hold its first major meeting of the year Tuesday night March 2 at 7 30. John Terry of Tulare will speak on Peace and readings will cover reports of interest to parents and teachers. Open to the public. Also report of trips by Shafter high school students to California Hot Springs with nine attendees returning Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Siemens
P.T. A
Kern County
Maple Grammar School
John Terry
Tulare
Maple Group
Shafter Hgh -School
California Hot Springs
Mike Janzen
Jack White
Elmer Anderson
Lewis Bergen
Art Hein
Herbert Neumann
Buddy Marvin Neumann
Tommy
Car Agency and Service Station to Be Built
General Petroleum corporation will erect a combined super service station and automobile display room at the Y intersection of Lerdo Road and Santa Fe Avenue. Construction is expected to start within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Petroleum Corporation
Lerdo Road
Santa__Fe avenue
Kern County Unincorporated Areas To Share About 22752
Shafter and other unincorporated Kern County communities will receive about $22 751 63 as their share of alcoholic beverage license fees collected in 1936 according to a state board of equalization report. Half of earnings from license fees go to unincorporated areas and Kern County will get its allotment in March after minor adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
Mellon
State Board of Equalization
Sacramento
Tree and Shrub Planting Adds Value and Comfort
The article argues planting trees and shrubs boosts property value and comfort, noting shade cools homes and enhances aesthetics. It highlights Krauter Nursery at 501 18th Street, Bakersfield, offering advice and free landscape plans for those improving homes in Kern County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noth
Krauter Nursery
18Th Street
Bakersfield
Kern County
Goya's Rise From Peasant Roots to Renowned Painter
Artist Francisco Goya, born 1746 in Fuenderodos Aragon to peasant parents, earned an art scholarship at twelve after painting a barn pig. He created masterpieces into old age and once climbed St Peter's Rome to carve his initials despite the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Goya
Fuenderodos
Aragon
St. Peter’s
Rome
Tulare Light and Power Takeover Proposal Is Defeated
In a special Tulare election the plan for municipal ownership of the local light and power plant failed, 866 to 737. The vote outcome marks a setback for city control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulare
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Jack’s Garage
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Magnetos
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Rte
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