Maple Notes From Maple Notes By Madamine Nicol
Mr and Mrs Vernon Isaac hosted a Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs way Reimer and their two children. The Dan Heinrichs family moved with daughter Bonnie ten Delano to the Caratan farm. The Heinrichs son and daughter in law joined them and young Heinrichs will stay employed by John Wiens.
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Vernon Isaac
Mrs
Way Reimer
Dan Heinrichs
Bonnie
Delano
Caratan
Heinrichs
David Heinrichs
John Wiens
Ehrhorns Host Clergy Guests For Holiday Conference
Mr and Mrs Arthur Ehrhorn hosted relatives including Rever ends William Clarke of Oakland and Melvin Friesen of Los Angeles. The Friesen party headed to Lake Tahoe for a Christmas outreach among foreign students, Friesen serving as Western director for Intervarsity Christian Youth, with his mother J Friesen listed as a resident.
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Arthur Ehrhorn
William Clarke
Oakland
Melvin Friesen
Los Angeles
Friesens
Lake Tahoe
Christian University
Friesen
Intervarsity
Chicago
J. Friesen
Birthday Party at Prince College for Student
Parents Mr and Arthur Enhr horn hosted a birthday surprise for their son at Prince College on Sunday evening. About 22 guests attended, with a New Year motif buffet and an informal, convivial program.
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Prince College
Arthur Enhrhorn
Former Teacher Visits Mettler Station Principal
Former teacher visits Mrs. Marion Wells who led Richland and Maple Schools and now serves as principal at Mettler Station School. The encounter highlights her career path and ongoing involvement in local education.
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Marion Wells
Richland and
Maple
Mettler Station
House guest returns home after Christmas visit
The text notes a house guest of Mr and Mrs John J Peters spent Christmas in San Francisco with relatives. Wells traveled back to Bakersfield with her hosts who then headed to Santa Barbara to return their son Johnny after a three week school break.
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John J. Peters
San Francisco
Wells
Bakersfield
Santa Barbara
Johnny
Family Pot Luck Hosts Named in Fragment
A fragment lists hosts for a family pot luck including Mrs. Herb LeWwen and family along with Simos Mr. and Mrs Peters and family. Further names appear as Jeane and Mrs. Simon Peters in the incomplete text.
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Herb LeeWwen
Ae Peters
Abe
Jeane
Simon ‘Peters
Return Visit Plans For Oklahoma Family
Mr and Mrs Willard Janzen were returning recently from Oklahoma to visit relatives.
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Oklahoma
Willard Janzen
Church Society Continues Appeals for Aid 1954
The Seventh Day Adventist welfare society seeks to aid worthy needy persons. Citizens can donate clothing and repairable items at the welfare center located at Poplar and Riverside on the first and Wednesdays of each month. Mrs. Victor Bonilie is named among supporters.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Welfare Society
Poplar
Riverside
Shafter
Mr and Mrs Ernest Siemens Return from Oregon Visit
Mr and Mrs Ernest Siemens recently returned from visiting Mrs Siemens sister in Oregon.
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Ernest Siemens
Mrs. Siemens
Oregon
Kern County posts record 1954 building activity and gains
Kern County’s 1954 report shows bank debits surpassing two billion dollars, and building permits totaling 60,085,106 a record. 3,452 new dwellings pushed total permits to 6,215 while county population neared 270,600 amid a 7,500 birth year.
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Kern
Kern County
Board of Trade
A. B
Tex) Newby
Newby
Ted Bakersfield
Board of Building
Delano
Shafter
Wasco
Tehachapi
Taft
Burpee introduced new flowers and garden classics
The article lists Burpee's new varieties Glam our Girls and Happiness pansy hybrids, plus blue cornflowers and other colors like Snowman white Red Boy pink and Black Boy maroon. It covers growing tips, soil and fertilizer needs, and highlights Snap and Trysomic Hi Double hybrids with rust resistant strains and sandy, fertilized soil for best results.
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Burpees
Burpee
Class Hears Talk on Insurance in Shafter High School
Mrs. Clara J. Scinaidt, operator of a local insurance and real estate agency, spoke to Hall Williams' class at Shafter High School last Friday. She discussed automobile, fire, accident and health insurance.
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Clara J. Scinaidt
Hall Williams
Shafter High School
Shafter High Student Writes Mood Piece on Daily Existence
A Shafter High School junior in Miss Lee Speich’s class presents a mood piece describing modern life as a repetitive grind. The narrator compares daily routines to ants marching toward a cold hearted dawn lamp and the relentless buzz of alarms and crowds.
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Shafter High Girl
Lee Speich
Shafter High School
Barbara Wilcoxon
Richland School to Get New Fence and Staff Changes
Richland School District prepares for a new fence installation by Cyclone Fence Company of Bakersfield. Opal Ratzlaff fills first grade, Lois Tucker to begin the school year. A letter from C Carson Conrad praises the district’s physical education program as among California’s finest.
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Cyclone Fence Company
Bakersfield
Opal Ratzlaff
Lois Tucker
C. Carson Conrad
Bureau” of Health Education
State Department of Education
Richland
California
Suggestions for 1955 license renewals in Shafter
Realtor Clara Schnidt offers tips to speed up automobile registration renewals in Shafter. Check name, address, and vehicle description on the 1955 registration card. Include pink slip with registration when mailing transfers and sign on the correct line. Call Schwidt Real Estate and Insurance for renewal questions.
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Clara Schnidt
Shafter
Schwidt Real Estate and Insurance Office
Ethics Emphasis Marked at Shafter High Faculty Meeting
Eldon Miller and Fred Gibbs spoke on teacher ethics at Shafter High School Faculty Club. Miller outlined professional relations committees ethical roles locally, while Gibbs described cases from the California Teachers Association Ethics Committee. District Superintendent Theron L. McCuen discussed transferring between Kern County schools. Dr. Wilson Stone summarized the CTA state convention at Asilomar.
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Shafter High School
Eldon Miller
Fred Gibbs
Beardsley School
Miller
Gibbs
California Teachers Association
Theron L. McCuen
Kern County Union High School
CTA
Asilomar
Wilson Stone
Stone
Hal Williams
Amelia Cornell
Editor's Mailbox voyage and world trip reflections
Reader Bob Gates recounts a rough voyage from Le Havre to New York aboard the United States and a grand around the world trip visiting Scotland Ireland England France Luxembourg Holland Germany Austria Switzerland Italy Jordan Israel Cyprus Greece Monaco Spain and more. He notes personal growth and urges tolerance and comments on government systems while requesting press forwarding and subscription status.
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le Havre
New York
United States
U.S.A
California
Scotland
Ireland
England
Paris
France
Shafter
Columbia University
Bob Gates
Librarians Plan National Book Week in Wasco Meeting
Northside Librarians gathered in Wasco to map a March to 12 national book week plan led by county coordinator Nina Hathaway county librarian Eleanor Wilson and press chair Eve Miller. Attendees included Clara Jackson Ferna McIntire Regina Goodman Loraine Giesbrick Ina Bergman Lawrence Thair Alberta Baughton and Mrs Wheeler from Wasco Migratory and other communities.
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Wasco
Northside
Nina Hathaway
Eleanor Wilson
Eve Miller
Clara Jackson
McFarland
Ferna McIntire
Regina Goodman
Lost Hills
Loraine Giesbrick
Shafter
Ina Bergman
Maple
Lawrence Thair
Delano
Alberta Baughton
Minter Village
Wheeler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madamine Nicol
Theodore Richard
Jennifer Collins
Church Society
Victor Bonilie
U.S
Wilson’s
BACON
Wilson’s Cello
Corn King
Bisquick
Betty Crocker
S. Shafter Ave
Chuck Roast
M.J.B. Maxwell House
van Camp Tuna
Mrs. Lloyd Helm
Porterville
George Guenther
Chester
Dorothy
Woody Wilson
Cara
Healey
Richland School
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Peters
Maple Leaf
Librarians
Christian Science
George Channing
C.S.B
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Eighteenth
Cc Streets
Hirst Church of Christ
Via Scientist
Bakersfield, California
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