Last Rites For Buttonwillow Man
Ysidro Dalgado Ruiz of Buttonwillow, 35, to be buried today at Shafter Cemetery after a Requiem Mass at St. John's Wasco. Rosary held at Flickinger Janzen Mortuary in Shafter. Ruiz killed in Salinas January 5. Survived by wife Lorenza and three daughters Olive Maria and Luisa. Born Mexico May 15 1912. Lived Kern County four years and worked for Blue Moon Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ysidro Dalgado Ruiz
Buttonwillow
Shafter
Wasco
Father Breslin
Flickinger- Janzen
Ruiz
Mexico
Kern County
Buttonwileu
Blue Moon Ranch
Ehrhorn Family Hosts Christmas and New Year Guests
Mr and Mrs A W Ehrhorn and family entertained relatives throughout Christmas and New Year with several family dinners including Christmas Day and New Year's. Visitors included Reverend M J Friesen and daughter Sandra of Los Angeles, Reverend B J Friesen of Portland, and L Grieve and Wm Grieve of West Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Ehrhorn
Los Angeles
M. J. Friesen
Sandra
Ehrhorn
B. J. Friesen
Portland
Oregon
L. Grieve
Wm. Grieve
West Los Angeles
Foundations of Family Living Seminar at Maple P T A
The Maple P T A meets at 7:30 Tuesday evening to discuss Foundations of Family Living with a "father's night" program. Ruben Siemens leads a talk on clubs in family life, Reverend Bruner covers school and religion, and Dave Schellenberg discusses family and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Siemens
Joseph Bruner
Dave Schellenberg
Funk Guests From Hillsborough Visit California
Mr. and Mrs. G B Toews of Hillsborough Kansas, parents of Mrs. Harvey Funk, have been guests in the Funk home during the past month. They have taken trips about California to Reedley, Dinuba, Winton, Oakland and Napa. The Toews lived in Winton several years ago.
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G. B. Toews
Hillsborough
Kansas
Harvey Funk
Funk
California
Reedley
Dinuba
Winton
Oakland
Napa
Toews
Time studies improve farm efficiency and labor use
Agricultural colleges report practical work on farms showing dramatic savings from simple motion studies. A dairy farmer cut walking by two miles a day and chore time by two hours five minutes using improved milking and barn layout. Five steps daily save a mile yearly. five minutes daily yields three extra days a year. A four step plan guides workers to study tasks, compare methods, adjust, and apply new practices with public bulletins like Purdue Number 307 guiding plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Swift & Pany
Purdue University
Lafayette
State Agricultural College
Tea Honors New Shafter Resident During Holidays
Mrs Emil Bender hosted a neighborhood tea at her father Chris Handel s home on Thursday afternoon to welcome Mrs Chris Handel who recently moved to Shafter. The Handel couple were married in November and many neighbors called to greet them.
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Emil Bender
Chris Handel
Shafter
Mrs. Handel
Mesdames
Fred Ruhlman
William Lachenmaier
Rolf Jacobsen
Ed Schnaidt
Fred Schnaidt
J. H. Fuller
Glen Putman
Altar Society raffle for Crosley radio phonograph
Shafter Altar Society offers tickets at 50 cents for a Crosley radio phonograph on display at Shafter Radio and Appliance Co. Proceeds support the society with an award planned for March 17, 1948. The radio is valued at 314 dollars. A stray note references the Argentine constitution aligning with the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosley
Shafter Radio & Appliance Co
Shafter Altar Society
Food ‘Town Market
Car Dealer and Garage Workers Get TB Chest X rays
Over 250 Kern county new car dealers and garage owners were X rayed over December 29 and 30 at Motor Center by the Tuberculosis and Health Association portable unit. Director William Causey said the heavy twelve part unit requires full assembly and plans to mount it in a trailer to X ray smaller groups at lower cost, contingent on reaching a $40 000 goal. To date $28 155 79 has been raised and 17 000 Christmas Seals holders have not responded.
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Kern County New Car Dealers
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Motor Center
William Causey
Causey
Daniels Weds Bakersfield Girl
The marriage of Miss Mary Moore of Bakersfield and Roswell Daniels of Shafter is announced in Shafter. The ceremony occurred Saturday January 3 1948 in Bakersfield with Rev A H Green officiating. Miss Moore has lived in Bakersfield. Daniels is the son of long time Shafter residents and a Bakersfield Junior College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Moore
Bakersfield
Roswell Daniels
Shafter
A. H. Green
Miss Moore
Daniels
Willie Daniels
Shafter Boys Enter National Model Contest in Detroit
Two Shafter California youths join entrants from across the United States in the 1948 Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild competition for designing and building model cars. Cecil Brooks and Billy B Hull are listed as participants with a total of 65000 in awards including eight university scholarships. Entrants aged 12 to 20 are split into junior and senior divisions with regional and national honors and trips awarded to 40 regional winners. The deadline for model shipment is July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Shafter
Calif
United States
Fisher Body
Craftsman’s Guild
Cecil Brooks
Billy B. Hull
Shaft
Sexton Completes Navy Basic Training
James Sexton of Shafter California has completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center San Diego and has been advanced to seaman second class. The program covers seamanship Navy customs ordnance signaling navigation diving life saving and shipboard firefighting. Recruits are then assigned to fleet units or service schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sexton
USN
W. R. Sexton
Shafter
Calif
Naval Training Center
San Diego
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Ehrhorns
F. Gutcher
Baldwin Piano Distributor
Seventeenth Street
Shafter Press
Shafter Progress
Paul Newell
Juanita Battaglia
Society Star
Hafter
Maple P.T.A
E. J. Peters
P.T.A
Soda Bill Sez
Martha Logan
Indimuna
George H. Chamness
Reader's Digest
Zibethicus
Swift & Company
Chicago
Illinois
America
New Shafter
Altar Society
Argentine Republic
A. J. Dyer
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture
Missouri Experiment Station
T.B
Shafter Boys
Sexton
Navy
Just
White Rose
Maple Leaf Industries
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