Maple District Activities Speaker From Wasco Plans January Talk
Mrs J W McNeil of Wasco will speak at the January 1 8 oclock meeting about her travels from Greece and Austria. The program includes musical numbers and a short business meeting with refreshments for mothers of third and fourth grade children. Mrs Robert Sturges urges Maple PTA workers to join Richland School in a leadership study course led by Miss Bartlett. Four meetings are set for January 11 12 and January 18 19 on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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J. W. McNeil
Wasco
Robert Sturges
Sturges
Maple P.T. A
Richland School
P.T. A
Miss Bartlett
New Year Outing From Shafter At Frazier Mountain Park
A group from Shafter spent New Year’s Day at Frazier Mountain Park enjoying snow with picnics, snowmen, and snowball games. Families including the Gaede, Russell, Weins, Siemens, Neufeld, Nickel and Isaac members joined in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses trip and watched floats. Leroy Neufeld stayed home to mind the ranch. The day featured heavy traffic in Pasadena and a cold but memorable outing.
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Frazier Mountain Park
Shafter
Harvey Gaede
Kenneth
Leonard Gaede
Dennis
Marilyn
Frank Russell
Jimmy
Patricia
Harold Weins
Rodney
Gordon
Menno Siemens
Barbara
Diana Strauss
Barbara Wiens
Elmer Neufeld
Pasadena
New Scout Troop Planned at Maple
Plans for an Explorer Troop of senior scouts are under way at Maple. About 10 boys of Troop 77 sign applications and petition for a charter has been made. Reuben Siemens will act as scoutmaster for both groups until a new scoutmaster is found.
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Maple
Reuben Siemens
Buttonwillow Singers Share Monday Radio Recital
Miss Barbara Reese of East Bakersfield and Miss Rochelle Miller of Buttonwillow performed as guest artists on KERO in the Kern County radio recital titled Starring Kern County Artists. Reese played three piano pieces while Miller sang selections from Mozart and others. The broadcasts are sponsored by the Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission, the Kern Philharmonic Society, and Radio Station KERO.
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Kern County
KERO
Barbara Reese
East Bakersfield
Rochelle Miller
Buttonwillow
Mendelssohn
Chopin
Chicago
Roosevelt College
Maple Teacher's Engagement Fold
At a San Francisco luncheon Mr and Mrs George C Dennis announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Marion Dennis to Mr Gilbert Adams. Both teachers. Miss Dennis teaches kindergarten in San Francisco and Mr Adams teaches seventh and eighth grade at Maple school. They are San Francisco State alumni, class of 1948. A June wedding is planned at St Johns Presbyterian in San Francisco with plans to live in Kern County.
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San Francisco
George C. Dennis
Dennis
Marion Dennis
Gilbert. Adams
Adams
Maple School
San Francisco State
Kern County
Roads ease after parade and football game crowding
The piece notes lighter traffic after the parade and football game. It mentions Henry Penner learning his father’s health worsened after a Christmas trip to Vancouver, B C. His father receives care in an old peoples home near Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
Henry Penner
Chiliwac
Shafter
Robert Sturges
Katorn
Bakersfield
Dorothy Wilkinson
Scout Committee Hosts Maple Meet and Dinner
The Scout Committee held a Maple Meet for Bakersfield and hosted the annual adult scout dinner at the El Tejon Hotel on February 24. The Air Scout Troop of Delano announced a model plane exposition at Delano High School on January 16. Jerry Winslow reported a Christmas trip to Death Valley by a small group, later postponed for seniors and county scouts. Maple representatives Ed Peters Reuben Siemens Walter Nicol and Robert Wiebe attended with Shafter’s Art Craig Ed Schacht. Next meeting is planned for Wasco.
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Bakersfield
el Tejon
Air Scout
Delano
Delano High School
Jerry Winslow
Death Valley
Peters
Maple
McFarland
Wasco
Shafter
Ed Peters
Reuben Siemens
Walter Nicol
Robert Wiebe
Art Craig
Ed Schacht
First Argentine Railway Concession Dates Back to 1854
The article notes that the inaugural railway concession in the Argentine Republic originated in 1854 marking a pivotal development in the nation’s transport history. It highlights the early push for railroad expansion and the foundational role of this concession in shaping subsequent infrastructure projects.
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Argentine Republic
Annual City Firemen's Banquet in Shafter
Members of the Shafter City Fire Department and their guests will hold their annual banquet on Thursday night at Shafter Otel.
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Shafter City
Wasco Grange Names Committees for New Year
Wasco Grange will name committees and install new officers led by Ken neth Anderson of Shafter as master at the first meeting Thursday evening January 13. The session will also cover committee appointments for the year. Newly installed officers include Al Pellet overseer, Joe Henderson past master gate keeper, Bernice Henderson Ceres, Leona Pellet Flora, Madeline Nicol pianist.
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Kenneth Anderson
Shafter
Wasco Grange
Wasco
Kern
Pomona
W. L. Smith
Buttonwillow
al Pellet
Joe Henderson
Bernice Henderson
Ceres
Leona Pellet
Flora
Madeline Nicol
Shafter B P W Club Holds Health Theme Meeting
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club met January 6 at Blythe Monroe and Beulah Bartletts home. President Jeanette Wheeler led a brief business session before a roundtable on Your Health and You. Betty Waymire was program chair. A mince pie and coffee dessert was served to members and the two hosts. The next meeting is January 20 at seven at Cawelo Motel with a guest speaker to be announced.
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Shafter Business and Professional
Faber Street
Blythe Monroe
Beulah Bartlett
Jeanette Wheeler
Betty Waymire
Helaine Goodman
Burnis Morris
Helen Hobson
Louise Musgrave
Alvina Enns
Jean Bristow
Letha Brock
Martha Gloeckler
Helen Holmes
Emily Hunter
Lorraine Kleinkauf
Ida Mae Mathis
Fern Morse
Esther Possehl
Florence Smith
Jean Waffle
Helen Wilson
Cawelo
City Fire Dept Officers Installed
Officers for the coming year were installed last Thursday night. Melvin Parrett was re elected Fire Chief for another year and Al Finkbeiner became Assistant Chief. Lincoln Goddard was also re installed as member of the Department.
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Shafter City Fire Dept
Melvin Parrett
al Finkbeiner
Lincoln Goddard
Corporal Jordan Now Serving in Yokohama Japan
Corporal William J. Jordan son of Mrs Betty Cremeen Ro Shafter serves as a military policeman with the 519th Military Police Battalion in Yokohama Japan. He is part of the Occupation Forces and works with a two way radio equipped unit patrolling the city. He arrived in 1947 after entering service in 1943 and is a Bakersfield High School alumnus.
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William J. Jordan
Betty Cremeen
Shafter
519Th
Yokohama
Japan
Te Eighth Army
Jordan
M.P
Hon City
Bakersfield High School
Wildcats Rally For Victory Over Shafter In Prelim
In a three quarter rally Shafter led 31-30 before Gleason sparked the Wildcats. Gleason scored 26, Gill 13, Morris 5 as the Wildcats pulled away to win. Packard 18 and Cato 11 led Shafter with Edwards and T Kelly each six for the Colonels.
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Shafter
Gleason
Wildcats
Gill
Morris
Packard
Cato
Colonels
Edwards
T. Kelly
Cash
Zumbro
Taft
Harris
Passing of Mrs Wall Disclosed
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Wall, details her residence, and mentions her life including a move from Russia in 1859 and following two daughters to America about twenty years ago. No further information about the daughters has been heard in recent years.
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Wall
Russia
America
Fry Bend
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