Local girl on radio program from Kern County
Virginia Cato a senior at Shafter High School was heard on KERO Monday evening on the program Starring Kern County Artists. She was among 26 selected after a Harvey Auditorium audition last fall and two finalists will perform with the Kern County Philharmonic this spring. Ernest Graf, Shafter High music director, has tutored Virginia for two years. She sang soprano solos Still as the Night Crying Water and Dear Child of Bondage.
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Virginia Cato
Shafter High School
KERO
Kern County
Virginia
Harvey Auditorium
Kern County Philharmonic
Ernest.Graf
Miss. Cato
Bohm
Campbell
Donna Hare's 14th Birthday Party Observed
Miss Donna Hare celebrated her 14th birthday with a Saturday evening party at the Hare home on Golden West Avenue. Guests included Max Tudor, Rolf Jacobsen, Dixie Sturges, Elaine Stoller, Morty Brown and others as games such as banca and cootie were played and a patriotic theme with a cherry tree centerpiece featured.
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Donna Hare
Hare
Golden West Avenue
Donna
Jack Hare
Helen Holmes
Max Tudor
Rolf Jacobsen
Dixie Sturges
Elaine Stoller
Morty Brown
Donna Weitz
Billy Hinsley
Marijane Crawford
Glen Unruh
Marjorie Vannatta
Dick Kirkham
Kenneth Handel
Donna Mixon
Kern County Launches Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
The Kern Philharmonic Society and Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission announce a new Kern Junior Philharmonic Orchestra for county students aged 9 to 16 with two years of instrument study. Dr Seymour Strongin and Mr Harry Gardner chair a planning committee. Mr Charles Jones and Mr Leon Guide among others. Director will be Mr Guide, who led Bakersfield's previous Junior Symphony. Expect 75 to 100 players as rehearsals begin with occasional Kern Philharmonic participation.
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Kern Philharmonic Society
Keith McKee
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission
Kern Junior Philharmonic
Kern County
McKee
Seymour Strongin
Harry Gardner
Strongin
Gardner
Helene Chamlin
Beverly Lambourne
Blanche Patton
Bethyl Rheabottom
Charles Jones
Leon Guide
Leland Keniston
John Rojas
Bakersfield
Guide
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Bakersfield Junior Symphony
Junior Philharmonic
Farewell Dinner for Lydia and Gertrude Heller in Shafter
Mrs. Lydia Heller and Miss Gertrude Heller hosted a farewell dinner at the John Reimer home on Poso Street as thanks for kindnesses during their stay in Shafter. They, with son Anthony Heller and others, planned the event before leaving by train for Milwaukee. A baked ham supper followed by movies of Canada and the northwest were shown by Jake Neufeld.
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Lydia Heller
Gertrude Heller
John Reimer
Poso Street
Jake Neufeld
Marie Gaede
Harvey Reimer
Anthony Heller
Steven
Charles Alfred Returns From Chicago Fruit Convention
Charles Alfred came back to Shafter on Saturday after attending the Chicago convention of fruit and vegetable growers.
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Charles Alfred
Shafter
Chicago
of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Baby son born to ex Shafter couple in Bakersfield
Mr and Mrs Floy Harp welcomed a baby boy on February 18 in a Bakersfield hospital weighing five pounds. The infant is the great grandson of Mrs Cora Mayo of Shafter and marks the Harps’ status as former Shafter residents now living in Edison.
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Floy Harp
Bakersfield
Cora Mayo
Shafter
Church Young People In Snow Outing
A group of about 90 youths from First Mennonite Church and the churches of Paso Robles Reedley and Winton spent a Sunday at Camp Gaines near Sequoia National Park. Morning services were followed by a noon luncheon and an afternoon of snow sports. Shafter attendees included Jack Nikkel Jean Gorsching Donald Neuman and Eugene Smith.
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First Mennonite Church
Paso Robles
Reedley
Winton
Camp Gaines
Sequoia National Park
Shafter
Jack Nikkel
Jean Gorsching
Donald Neuman
Eugene Smith
Evangeline Steel Visits Bakersfield Parents
Miss Evangeline Steel, book keeper at the Press office, spent the weekend with her parents Rev and Mrs John Steel in Bakersfield. She attended a dancing party at the Bakersfield Inn and dined with Miss Beulah Blair. The Steel family plans an evangelistic tour of southern states soon.
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Evangeline. Steel
Bakersfield
John Steel
Bakersfield Inn
Stanford
Steel
Beulah Blair
Mrs. Steel
Surprise visit brightens Mrs Mayo’s Saturday
Mrs. Cora Mayo hosted a pleasant evening when family members arrived on Saturday bringing the makings of a delicious supper. Present were Mr and Mrs Claude Wi and son Johnny, and Mr and Mrs Emmet Harp and son Robert.
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Cora Mayo
Mayo
Claude Wi
Johnny
Emmet Harp
Robert
Oxnard Trip Brings Mr and Mrs Jack Hare News
Mr and Mrs Jack Hare traveled to Oxnard Sunday via M Pass. They enjoyed the day meeting friends and relatives.
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Jack Hare
Oxnard
M Pass
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