Benders In Family Christmas Dinner
The August Bender home hosted a Christmas Day dinner with guests including the Mettler, Benter, Bender, Bender and Hamman families from Shafter. Edwin Bender’s brother Calvin Bender of South Dakota also attended, while Melvin Vaux of Kingsburg could not. After the meal, gifts were exchanged throughout the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bender
Aduel Mettler
Edwin Benter
Leon Bender
Russell Hamman
Curtis Carter
Shafter
Calvin Bender
South Dakota
Edwin Bender
Melvin Vaux
Kingsburg
Ruhlmans Return From Ohio Christmas Visit
Mr and Mrs Fred Ruhlman returned home after visiting their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Charles Hall in Ohio during the Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ruhlman
Ohio
Charles Hall
Kern County Man Named Assistant U.S. Attorney
Herschel E. Champlin from Kern County has been appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He is a Stanford AB graduate (1934) with an LLB from Southeastern University (1941) and was admitted to the California bar in 1943. He served as Deputy District Attorney for Kern County (1947 onward) and will work in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Carter
U.S
Herschel E. Champlin
Kern County
U. S
Mr. Champlin
Kern County Union High School
Bakersfield
Stanford University
University of California
Southeastern University
Washington, D. C
State Bar of
California
Champlin
Woodmen of the World
Ker
United States Army
Los Angeles
Shafter social news highlights January 1935
Shafter community events fill January pages with bridal shower gifts for Lloyd and Grace Howell at Kern Academy chapel. A boys quartet performs as Hazel Marie and Nina Mae Davis sing. John Maurer Jr opens an implement salesroom on Main Street with ranch activity noted. The Five Hundred Club hosts card games and refreshments. Grace Weyand recovers from appendicitis while D E Myrick works in California repairing refrigerators. Loewen acquires the Peter Klassen ranch and plans forty acres of cotton. Olivia Mayer hosts Lodi friends for games, prizes, and refreshments with a large group present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Progress Files
Lloyd. Howell
Kern Academy
Oildale
Wilmer Buller
Lee Berg
Lawrence Heath
Leo Stokut
Miss Heath
Hazel Marie
Nina Mae Davis
John Maurer, Jr
Messrs and Mesdames
Il. A. Anderson
R. E. Sanderson
C. E. Weidman
G. E. Lindquist
J.P. Hansen
Joe Engle
Tillie W. Strait
Rose Willis
L. M. Ingram
Grace Weyand
Kern General Hospital
Miss. Weyand
D. E. Myrick
Los Angeles
San Diego
Loewen
Peter Klassen
Shafter
Olivia Mayer
Shafter and
Lodi
L. G. Mayer
Ethel Suckitt
Alice Mayer
Rachel Roeb
Ethel Suckut
Mabel Suckut
Ida Miller
Lod
Emma Weitz
Anna Goertzén
al Suckut
Clarence Voth
Gideon Rickert
Edward Roeb
Walter Suckut
Dave Merkel
Sam Knittel
John Baerg
Siver
Jake Baerg
Glendale
H.T. Janzen
J. B. Warkentine
Reedley
E. B. Stringham
Helen Stringham
Gideon
Rueb
Rachel Rueb
Mable Suckut
Shower for Fletcher Family After Home Fire
A charity shower was held at Mrs. Peter Ohanneson’s home for Mrs. Desmond Fletcher whose Buttonwillow district residence was destroyed by fire. The event, on Monday January 5 at 2 30 p m, continued a Christmas theme with a decorated tree and gifts for the guest of honor. Hosts coordinated tea service and guest list included local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desmond Fletcher
Buttonwillow
Peter Ohanneson
Mesdames Harold Freedman
Clyde Zachary
Joe Cosgrove
John Revell
George Vannatta
Glen Putman
Bill Carpenter
J. W. Lassiter
Pete Bender
Ed Brown
John Jacobsen
O. G. Ohlsson
H. Brandt
J. L. Hill
Frank Sill
Hugh Sill
Joe Frizzell
H. W. Kelly
Jack Battaglia
Charles Burns
al Eckman
J. Fuller
Jack Hill
Glen Nay
Lowell Todd
J. C. Cody
Barnett
Scales
George Harrison
Don Fletcher
Putman Parents Visiting Shafter For Holidays
Mr and Mrs Glen Putman Sr of Altus Oklahoma are spending the Christmas season in Shafter with their son and family Mr and Mrs Glen Putman Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Putman, Sr
Altus
Oklahoma
Shafter
Glen Putman, Jr
Five Pound Eight Ounce Baby Girl Born in Bakersfield
J M Wimer and Judy Wimer welcomed Susan Joy born Sunday at 10 11 am in a Bakersfield hospital. The 5 lb 8 oz girl is healthy and the mother is reported fine. The couple, residents of 281 Golden West Shafter, has family ties to Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
J. M. Wimer
Bakersfield
Susan Joy
Judy Wimer
Dan Prosser
H. W. McGowan
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pimers
Golden West
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Ruhlmans
Shafter Press
Harris Calorifec CO
Cleveland
United
Hitchcock
Auto Parts
Corner
Lerdo & Munzer
Fletcher
Putman
L M. Wimers
By D. Winter
S. A. Camp Ginning CO
M. B. McFarland
C. R. Wedel
Rosedale
WASCO
McFarland
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