Jubilant 35th Wedding Anniversary at Bergen Home
Mr and Mrs J E Bergens family and friends gathered last Friday to honor their thirty fifth wedding anniversary with hymns at the Bergen residence. John Bergen and family of Escondido surprised the group with a late arrival and presented a gift from eight attending children. The couple wed February 23 1905 in Corn Oklahoma and later moved to California residing in Shafter Dos Palos and finally returning to west of town in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bergens
Bergens
John Bergen
Escondido
Menno Bergen
Arnold Bergen
Lois Roskam
Wasco
Thomas Petker
Helena Young
Fruitvale
Anna Fast
Frank Bons
Otto Becker
Jake Bergen
Wesley Bergen
Mary Fast
Vivian Bartel
Shafter
Double Wedding Unites Local Couples in Las Vegas
A double wedding at the Las Vegas Methodist Church united Miss Bettie Lou Reily with James Woodrow Osborn and Miss Mary Crandall with Kenneth Howell. Osborn and Howell both have Shafter roots. the brides are Shafter High School graduates. The Osborns plan to live in Oildale while the Howells move to Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford.Gilbert
Las Vegas
Nevada
Bettie Lou Reily
James Woodrow Osborn
Mary Crandall
Kenneth Howell
Bakersfield
Osborn
Constable
John Reily
Shafter
Howell
E. W. Crandall
Myrtle Osborn
Wasco
Fred Howell
Missouri
Shafter High School
Mrs. Osborn
Oildale
Mrs. Howell
Layette Shower Honors Mrs Al Winkels At Home
Mrs Buren Mayfield hosted a layette shower at her home Thursday evening honoring Mrs Al Winkels. Friends played games and enjoyed a social hour as Mrs Bircheard Ennis Hughes J B Moore Horace Cornelius Willard Koop Henry Moor Orle Richardson Harvey Blankenship and Leroy Dillingham attended.
Mrs. Fred Stillman Hosts Bridge Party at Home
Mrs. Fred Stillman acted as hostess at her Stillman residence on February 21 for a luncheon and bridge party. Guests included Mesdames Clarence Neuman Milton Koop and Smith of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stiman
Stillman
Mesdames
Clarence Neuman
Milton Koop and
Smith
Shafter
Party Climax at Ed Schnidt Ranch Potato Planting Banquet
Saturday evening at the Ed Schnidt home a banquet closed the potato planting season. Guests included George Kliewer and son Adolph Mettler Henry Moor William Guenther Marion McEndree Tom Mizell Tom Horn Orvie Coward Jack Typer Ernest Schnaitd Ed Schnaitd and Reyna Ann Moor Elaine Klaudt and Harold Schnaitd. Entertainment featured Miss Patricia Mettler singing Nah Nah Said the Fox with Mrs Typer on guitar and Mr Typer on banjo and harmonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Schnidt
Patricia Mettler
Jack Typer
Mr. Typer
Hacen Messrs
Mestemis
George Kliewer
Adolph Mettler
Henry Moor
William Guenther
Marion McEndree
Tom Mizell
Tom Horn
Orvie Coward
Ernest Schnaidt
Ed Schnaidt
Reyna Ann Moor
Elaine Klaudt
Harold Schnaidt
Rio Bravo 4 H sewing club meets with plans for manners and yard shrub
The Rio Bravo 4 H girls met in the school auditorium Saturday afternoon with leaders Mrs Carl Haag Mrs Floyd Sears Mrs Agnes Spurlock and Mrs Tom Devlin assisting. A short business meeting followed with Jettie Stevens presiding and the fourth Saturday of the month set for future gatherings. The group plans to plant a tree or shrub in the school yard when the new building is finished and to pursue a new phase on good manners personality and charm. Present were Gladys and Evelyn Beman Rose and Gladys Hustin Joyce and Jennie Haag Rosalyn Sears Marjorie Calder Lois Lane Dassie Foster Muriel Kirkham and Reva Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Haag
Floyd Sears
Agnes Spurlock
Tom Devlin
Jettie Stevens
Spurlock
Gladys
Evelyn Beman
Rose
Gladys Hustin
Joyce
Jeannie Haag
Rosalyn Sears
Marjorie Calder
Lois Lane
Dassie Foster
Muriel Kirkham
Reva Owens
Camp Scout Troop to Get Charter Monday
The Boy Scout troop at Shafter Farm Workers camp will receive its charter Monday at 7 30 p m in the camp community center hall. Harry Paulden will present the charter with Chet Bartlett and Roy Woollames in attendance. A candle light court of honor and tenderfoot badges will be featured along with a short musical program and demonstrations of scout work. A full troop of 32 boys is ready to receive the charter, formed through Shafter Kiwanis club efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Farm Workers
Kiwanis Club
Harry Paulden
Delano
North District of
Nho County
Chet Bartlett
Roy Woollames
County Board of Supervisors
Paul Pietsche
Tenderfoot Baeges
Jack Lighthill
Shafter
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Scout Committee
al Anderson
Karl Teget
Bill Brown
Herb Midgley
Bill White
Arvin
Shafter High Set April 5 For The Hoosier Schoolmaster
The date of the Shafter high school play The Hoosier Schoolmaster has been set for April 5 in the new school auditorium. Bill White of the high school faculty directs the production. The cast has rehearsed several times weekly in recent weeks.
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Shafter High School
Hoosier
Bill White
Shafer High Group Enjoys Kern River Dam Outing
Members of the Shafer high school California Scholarship Federation drove to the Kern River Dam in Kern Canyon for a picnic and hiking. About 30 people joined with advisors J. H. Walters and Lloyd C. Pack as a hard rain soaked several participants.
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Shafer High School
California Scholarship Federation
Kern River
Kern Canyon
J. H.walters
Lloyd C. Pack
Camp Fire Girls Plan Nature Hike In Country Today
The Tuhohi group of Camp Fire Girls held a regular meeting last Thursday. They collected money from sold doughnuts and planned a nature hike for today. Earlier, members met with their guardian Miss Ellamarie Crawford at the Burns home for breakfast. Committees formed to prepare, serve, and wash dishes as a project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuhohi
Camp Fire Girls
Ellamarie Crawford
Charles Burns Home
Wood pulp consumption surges worldwide
World use of wood pulp for rayon and staple fibers has jumped from 50,000 tons in 1925 to 950,000 tons in 1937, an increase of 1,900 percent over twelve years. The rise reflects expanding demand for textile fibers and related industries.
Maple Teams Second Best In Delano Tournament
Two Maple teams were defeated in an elementary school basketball tourney at Delano Saturday. Maple A lost 21 to 17 to a Delano team in a hard fought game. Maple B fell 12 to 7 in its contest. Players for Maple A included Warren Baugh Jim Gloeckler Leonard Schaeffer Hubert Mayberry LeRoy Grumbles Billy Lancaster. Maple B players were Alex Chernabaeff Bob Klassen Johnny Penner Lloyd Ratzlaff Clarence Harder Charles Klassen Wallace Krause.
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Maple
Delano
Maple Bs
Warren Baugh
Jim Gloeckler
Leonard Schaeffer
Hubert Mayberry
LeRoy Grumbles
Billy Lancaster
Alex Chernabaeff
Bob Klassen
Johnny Penner
Lloyd Ratzlaff
Clarence Harder
Charles Klassen
Wallace Krause
Kern Canyon Road Work Urged By Paul Newell
Paul Newell of Bakersfield urged straightening and improving the Kern Canyon road to protect the canyon’s scenic value and assist tourists and sportsmen. He spoke before the Shafter Rotary club noting past discussion without action and referenced a Kern County Conference on Community Needs meeting discussing road improvement.
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Kern Canyon
Paul Newell
Bakersfield
Shafter
Newell
Kern County Conference On
Girls Camp Fire unit formed in Shafter Workers' Camp
The Camp Fire Girls group was organized last evening in the Shafter Farm Workers' camp. Sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon club of Shafter, the unit will include girls aged 10 to 15. A committee with Mesdames Howland Midgley Lighthill Arnold and Brown met with Catherine Fowler to finalize plans. The aim is to give girls a fuller community and personal life and follows the creation of a Boy Scout troop in the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Farm
Shafter and
Mesdames J. P. Howland
Herb Midgley
Jack Lighthill
Dick Arnold
Eddie Brown
Lighthill
Catherine Fowler
Scout Council Backing Expansion to Include Girls
The camp council voiced support for the Scout troop and stated readiness to back any organization that would aid a program for girls, signaling campus approval for broader youth activities.
Local Scout Troop Grows Aids New Farm Camp
Shafter's Boy Scout Troop No. 41 plans to help install the Farm Workers' Camp troop next Monday evening. The town group has 32 members, with 25 new recruits this year and seven continuing from last year. Efforts by local merchants, teachers, and residents aim to provide full uniforms by June, with 8 or 9 boys earning outfits through Saturday work at 25 cents an hour. The scout cabin operates Saturdays as a recreation and scouting center for the 32 scouts.
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Shafter
Don Little
Don Latta
Don Loewen
New Tenderfoot Scouts Named for Saturday Meeting
Wade Hamilton Ralph Browner George Neufeld and Glynn Martin announced eleven new tenderfoot scouts. The group includes Eddie Reeves Jewell Witten Dale Weidmann Joe Burkes Lee Wade Luther Greer Paul Nikkel George Hakill Jack Lewis Richard Jordan and Virgil Sanders who have passed the tenderfoot tests and expect more to complete this first step at this Saturday's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Hamilton
Ralph Browner
George Neufeld
Glynn Martin
Eddie Reeves
Jewell Witten
Dale Weidmann
Joe Burkes
Lee Wade
Luther Greer
Paul Nikkel
George Hakill
Jack Lewis
Richard Jordan
Virgil Sanders
Irrigation Board Urges Opposing Reclamation Budget Cut
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District directors urge Congressmen Hiram Johnson A J Elliott and Sheridan Downey to oppose reductions in the reclamation budget now before Congress. They argue continued reclamation projects will stabilize employment in California and support the outlined 75 year program. All board members signed the letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Hiram Johnson
A. J. Elliott
Sheridan Downey
Shafter- Wasco Irrigation District
California
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Y. E. Bergens
Harlin Wilson
MA. S
Robert Stoddard
Harvey Gaede
John Siemens
Leonard Gaede
Lawrence Annis
Layette
Mrs. al. Winkels
Mrs
Fred Stillman
Sewing Club
Rio Bravo
Camp Scout Troop
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Shafter Theatre
Russell Hayden
Victor Jory
Nan Grey
Vincent Price
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
George Brent
Alan Hale
Joan Bennett
Adolphe Menjou
Thomas Mitchell
Tim Holt
Freddie Bartholomew
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Richland
Richland School
Giants
Eagles
Cubs
Irrigation Board
Reclamation
Patromize Press Advertisers
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Safeway
Specia
Gil Safeway
Ted Geet
Russetts
Julia
Mission Inn
Glenn Aire
Sunny Dawn
Stokely
Sparhett! Delgado
Hormel
Aigway Coffee
Nob Hill Coffee
Edwards Coffee
Golden City
LUX Soap
Soap OF the Stars
Leslie
Kingsford
Pilsner Boer
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