Sergeant Avon Fine Returns to Army Detail
S/Sgt Avon Fine son of Thomas J Fine reports back for duty after a one day leave. He enlisted in 1943 at Fresno Air Base and served three months overseas in England as flight engineer. He later helped drop food in Belgium Holland and the Scandinavian countries. Discharged in 1946 re enlisted in 1949 at Bakersfield, moved to Lackland Texas, now in stratocruiser ling department at Parks Air Force Base awaiting reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butftonwillow
Avon Fine
Thomas J. Fine
Fine
Fresno Air Force Base
England
Belgian
Holland
Pakersfield
Lackland Field
Texas
Persent
Parks Air Force Base
Parents Honor Girl on Birthday
Four year old Jermyne Ohlsson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O G Ohlsson, celebrated a Saturday birthday at their Sycamore Street home. Guests included Janet and Herbie Jacobsen, Mary Sharon Brown, Janet Tudor, Beverly Lane, Michael Lane, Robert Miller, Mollie Murrell, and Jermyne’s sister Mardo. The party featured comic movies, games, ice cream, cake, and hot chocolate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jermyne
O- G. Ohlsson
Sycamore Street
Janet
Herbie Jacobsen
Mary
Sharon
Brown
Tudor
Beverly
Michael Lane
Robert Miller
Mollie Murrell
Mardo
Queens Pageant Crown At Pototo n Cotton Festival
The article notes the queen will be crowned as the festival’s pageant climax. Third place earns 300 and 200 dollars. She rides on the Shafter Chamber of Commerce queen float with princesses and oversees events like barbecue acquacade and wind-up dance. A press radio banquet will announce her week before the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Janet Kloeppel Party Honoree
The eighth birthday of Janet Kloeppel daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Kloeppel Lerdo highway was celebrated with a television party Saturday afternoon. The children played games with prizes going to Janice Schardt and Mary Caraway. Baskets balloons and homemade ice cream. Those present were Janice Scharat Mary Caraway Charlotte Bartel Jenna Kliewer Wasco Pamela Hendricks Gwen Boyd Bakersfield Jackie Fairbanks and Kathy Goertzen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Kloeppel
Alex Kloeppel
Lerdo Highway
Janice Schardt
Mary Caraway
Janice Scharat
Charlotte Bartel
Jenna Kliewer
Wasco
Pamela Hendricks
Gwen Boyd
Bakersfield
Jackie Fairbanks
Kathy Goertzen
Davino Ghil Arducci Family Visit Details
Mr and Mrs Davino Ghil Arducci of Buttonwillow spend a week with their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Val Valente of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davino Ghilarducci
Buttonwillow
Val Valente
San Francisco
Lerdo Youths Enter Kern County Marbles and Jackstones Tourney
Lerdo elementary schools prepare for the 1953 Kern county Marbles and Jackstones tournament. Rex W. Cunningham will run local contests with two classes for seventh and eighth graders and for younger students. Local deadline is March 13 with county finals on March 21 at the Standard School playgrounds in Oildale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo
Kern County
Rex W. Cunningham
Alec Smith
Arvin
China Lake
Cecil. Avenue
Fremont St
Delano
Kiwanis Club hears speech by new Shafter economist
John Turner, newly appointed economist at the Shafter Experiment Station, spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon yesterday. Harlan P. Wilson, Kiwanis president, reported the address to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Turner
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Harlan P. Wilson
Here and There Personalities and Visits
Local notes list visits and stationing of military personnel including Jimmy Stewart in Shafter, Bobbie Ray Powers at San Luis Obispo, and numerous family gatherings in Shafter and nearby towns. Also mentions farm sales by Frank Gafner and a fire at Minter Field hangars. The spring meeting of the Women’s Fellowship at Union Congregational Church is planned for March 5 with Frank Gale as speaker.
Welfare institute guests invite Shafter Kern county event
Four Shafter women Mrs Ned Smith Mrs Elmer Richards Mrs George Guenther and Mrs Elmer Ziemkke attended a welfare institute in Kern county last Friday invited by Gov Earl Warren. Youngsters may view National Boy Scout Jamboree films at Valley Forge at 2 30 p m Sunday. St Therese's Altar Society to meet 8 p m Monday at Mrs A G Mortimore 580 Acacia St. Phil Channesson entertained Rev Gordon Baker and Don Ruggenberg at dinner. Shafter and Bakers Field Civil Air Patrol squadrons 111 and 113 joined in a mock search in the Valley. About 10 to 15 sacks of cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Welfare Institute
Kern County
Earl Warren
Ned Smith
Elmer Richards
George Guenther
Elmer Ziemkke
Valley Forge
ST. Therese’s Altar Society
A. G. Mortimore
Acacia St
Phil Channeson
Manne] Avenue
Gordon Baker
Don. Ruggenberg
Shafter and
Bakersfield
111
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Daughter Fetes Father's Birthday in Shafter
The first birthday of E. S. Stonecypher was celebrated with a surprise party at the home of his son in law and daughter Jack Battaglia and wife Lerdo highway. Stonecypher, a Oklahoma City native, moved with Mrs. Stonecypher to Shafter last July. A buffet supper followed by a birthday cake and color films of the Rose Parade capped the evening with Aden Stonecypher Albert Wea ver and families among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Stonecypher
Jack Battaglia
Lerdo Highway
Stonecypher
Oklahoma City
Shafter
Aden Stonecypher
Redondo Beach
Albert Weaver
Leonard Williams
Local Social Notes Highlight Fresno and San Francisco Visits
Mr and Mrs Alfredw Goehrings of Fresno avenue hosted Mr and Mrs Eugene Corkum of Boston over a weekend in San Francisco. Recent guests at Mr and Mrs Pete Neufeld included Uncle and Aunt Mr and Mrs Sam Reimer and Sharon of Dulles Oregon. Dick Fast visits his brother and family at 275 Golden West Ave. he is a serviceman formerly of Shafter. Mrs Roy Packard accompanies her husband to Fort Ord to receive his Army discharge this week and visits friends in Salinas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Ray Powers
San Luis
Obispo
Carl Tuck
Thomas Lane
Mrs
Melven Darling
San Jose
Minor Roden
Buttonwillow
Darling
Evelyn Roden
Alfredw Goehrings
Fresno Avenue
Eugene Corkum
Boston
Mass
San Francisco
Pete Neufeld
Sam Reimer
Sharon
Dulles
Oregon
Ray Fast
Golden West. Ave
Dick Fast
Shafter
Roy Packard I
Fort Ord
Salinas
Chicago preacher to speak at Kern Association dinner
Dr. Robert Cashman of Chicago national moderator of Congregational Churches will address a dinner meeting of the Kern Association of Congregational Churches tomorrow at the Masonic Temple in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cashman
Chicago, Ill
Congregational Churches
Kern Association of Congregational Churches
Masonic Temple
Bakersfield
Fortenberrys Visit Santa Cruz Family
Mr and Mrs Ray Forten Berry with Radon of 161 Munzer Ave drove to Santa Cruz last weekend to see their son and family Rev and Mrs Norman Fortenberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fortenberry
Munzer Ave
Santa Cruz
Norman Fortenberry
Methodist Missionary To Address Fellowship
The Women's Fellowship of Union Congregational Church meets at 2 p.m. next Thursday in the church parlor with Frank C. Gale as guest speaker. Gale, a former Methodist missionary in China, and his physician wife served in China from 1908 to 1950 and will discuss the 1950 escape from Red China in a talk titled Our God Is Able.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of
Union Congregational Church
Frank Gale
China
Women's Fellowship
The
Frank C. Gale
Gale
Red China
Delegates to Attend Fellowship Meeting
Representatives from Union Congregational Church will attend a meeting of the Women’s Fellowship of Kern County next Thursday in Bakersfield at the Masonic Temple. Speaker will be Miss Elsie Ferris, Long Beach attorney and recent returnee from Africa. She is moderator of the Conference of Congregational Churches in the Los Angeles area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational Church
Womens Fellowship
Kern County
Bakersfield
Masonic Temple
Elsie Ferris
Long Beach
Africa
Conference of Congregational Churches
Los Angeles
Birthday Party Fetes Woman at Local Home
Mrs. L. F. Cotton, who has been ill for two weeks, was honored at a birthday party held at her Central Valley Highway home on Friday. Cake and coffee were served. Attendees included Mesdames John Nichols G. H. Biddle Edward Crane mond Crawford Walter Cotton and an Cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Cotton
Central Valley Highway
Mesdames
John Nichols
G. H. Biddle
Edward Crane
Mond Crawford
Walter Cotton
An Cotton
GE House of Magic to Demonstrate Exploding Paper Disk
GE Magicians will present the House of Magic at Shafter High School gym on March 10. A paper disk on a motor shaft spins until it explodes as a flash and disk shadow appears on a fluorescent screen. The show explains scientific phenomena from GE Research Laboratory at Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
House of Magic
Progress
Chicago
Ressearch Laboratory
General Electric Company
Floyd Gibbons
CAP Members Attend Dance at Los Angeles Police Academy
CAP members from the local squadron attended the first annual CAP dinner dance at the LAPD Academy in Elysian Park. Capt Vernon Pierce and Lt Addie Pierce received a meritorious award for devoted service as a couple, with Pierce also honored for air search and rescue work. Attendees included Lt Priscilla Spencer and WOs Don Little and Evelyn Little, plus Lt and Mrs. Fred Lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Civil Air Patrol
Los Angeles Police Academy
Elysian Park
Vernon Pierce
Addie Pierce
CAP
Pierce
Priscilla Spencer
Don Little
Evelyn Little
Fred Lamp
Mishap Injures Local Man In Non-Collision Accident
Ben Paslay aged 55 was rushed to Kern General Hospital with serious injuries after a non collision accident while avoiding a machine. Police Chief John Reily said the car overturned and then righted itself before ambulance transport by Armstrong. His daughter Anita remained uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Paslay
Kern General Hospital
John Reily
Paslay
Armstrong
Anita
Camellia Fanciers Tour Los Angeles Gardens
Buttonwillow residents toured Camellia gardens of Frank Williams and Descanso Gardens in Los Angeles. Attendees included Mrs. Francis Selvidge and others. The Camellia Society will hold its fifth annual show March 7 and 8 at the San Joaquin Tractor Co. in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank Williams
Descanso Gardens
Francis Selvidge
Martha. Frey
Nona Holliway
Fanny C. Tracy
Darrel Tracy
Gladys Smith
Shafter
Darylim. Tracy
Nancy Frey
The
Camellia Society
San Joaquin Tractor Co
Bakersfield
Mar
Guests Visit Home Of Mr and Mrs Toews
Several guests visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Toews on Riverside Avenue. From Sheridan Texas came Mr and Mrs G E Turner and family Miss Eva Toews and Mrs Vivian Clanicker who left last week after a 10 day visit. Over the weekend they were joined by her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Johnny Weigand and by Judy and Gail of Heaton North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toews
Dan Toews
Riverside Avenue
Sheridan
Tex
G. E. Turner
Eva Toews
Vivian Clanicker
Johnny Weigand
Judy and
Gail
Heaton
N. D
Giant Sequoia Ring Count Suggests Ancient Age
Scientists estimate the giant sequoia known as Sequoia gigantea approaches 40 600 years based on tree-ring analysis. The finding implies the tree survived through many early geological periods and highlights the species’ ancient lineage.
Squadron Attends El Adobe Event Dinner Meeting
Members of Kern County Squadron 111 Civil Air Patrol at Shafter Airport attended a dinner in El Adobe and a Harvey Auditorium meeting. Lt. Col Ron Ormond of Los Angeles led a roundtable while Maj. William A. Easter of Bakersfield served as medical officer. Attendees included squads from Bakersfield and Inyokern.
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Kern County
Civil Air Patrol
Shafter Airport
el Adobe
Harvey Auditorium
Ron Ormond
Los Angeles
California
William A. Easter
Bakersfield
Shafter Group
Inyokern
Visalia Suspect Admits Passing Bad Checks Here
James D. Moring 21 was arrested in Visalia on charges of passing more than 25 bad checks to furniture stores across the Valley. He admitted to two Shafter offenses and to bad checks at Wheeler Furniture Co. and Kirby's Shoe Store. The Shafter police planned to hold the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
James D. Moring
Visalia
Moring
Witcher
Shafter Department
Wheeler Furniture Co
Kirby's
Train emergency stop slows liner after late request
AStream liner halted four miles from town after an unidentified passenger pulled the emergency stop cord. The man told the conductor he feared the train was moving too fast and wanted the train to slow down. The writer notes the line has run safely for seven years.
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Clara Schnaidt
Clara J. Schnaidt
Central Ave
Emma Lou Pennington
Richland
Maple
Fio
Grayson Moore
Lynn Tyler
Ronald Philips
Kirvschenmarn Park
Walnut Street
Minter
J.L. Dandy & CO
California Ave
Eidsen Shafter
Chevrolet
Cne
Jimmy Stewart
Navy
M. J. Trent
Stone St
J. H. Turner
Pacific St
Lakeside
W. G. Lewis
Frank Gafner
Selma
Reef
Caswell-Martin Meat Co
Hanford
Farm Bureau
Elmer Engel
D. F. Schapansky
Reedley
Paul Rorebaugh
Sacramento
Matilda. Kliever
K. G. Neufeld
Marvin Jost and Son
Dwayne
W. L. Thompson
Fresno Ave
Charles Edwards
W. M. Thompson
East Orange Ave
Herman Dickers
Corona
Carlos Thompson
Lynn
Porterville
Seed
W. B. Camp
Shafter, Minter Field
Hal Whelliams
Christine
Tommy
Jeanette Wheeler
Charles Wheeler
H. D. Murrell
Nancy
Mollie
Lincoln, Neb
Harold Miller
Frank Roselle
Pasadena
Merle Henry Cowgill
Glenda
Cowgill
Richland Chevrolet Co
Rutter Armey
Central California
ARMEY
Jewett
Camellia Fanciers View Prize
Tine
Cal Shafco
Call
Shofco Plumbing & Electric
California Ave. Shafter
Joe Marsh
Pe Warak
United States Brewers Foundation
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