Surprise Party For Dick Kirkham Birthday
Dick Kirkham was surprised Saturday night for his 13th birthday hosted by his mother Mrs. R P Kirkham. Dick arrived with Reiford Farrell to find a crowd of guests, games, prizes for Donna Mixon and Reiford Farrell, and a buffet supper with hats numbers. Attendees included Donna Weitz Donna Hare Donna Friesen Mary Jane Crawford Joyce Allen Dixie Sturges Elaine Stoller Rei ford Farrell Morty Brown Rolf Jacobsen Jr Max Tudor Lee Fike Kenneth Handel. Billy Hinsley absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Kirkham
R. P. Kirkham
Reiford Farrell
Donna Mixon
Donna Weitz
Donna Hare
Donna Friesen
Mary Jane Crawford
Joyce Allen
Dixie Sturges
Elaine Stoller
Morty Brown
Rolf Jacobsen Jr
Max Tudor
Lee Fike
Kenneth Handel
Billy Hinsley
Visit Here Ended After Two Week Stay
A two week visit ended Saturday at the Morgan McMillans home with Mrs. McMillan's mother and brother from Los Angeles Mrs Grace Lodderdale and Zollie Lodderdale accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan McMillans
Mrs. McMillan
Los Angeles
Grace Lodderdale
Zollie Lodderdale
Ohlssons Visit Dr Ohlsson Father in California
A recent guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. G. Ohlsson was Dr. Ohlsson's father Carl J Ohlsson of Rye New York. The Carl Ohlssons were in California to spend the Christmas holidays near Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohlsson
O. G. Ohlsson
Dr. Ohlsson
Carl J. Ohlsson
Rye
New York
Carl Ohlssons
California
Los Angeles
Shafter family heads to Stigler Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Claude Amos and family and their son in law and daughter Mrs Herbert Heflin left Shafter Monday for Stigler Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Amos
Herbert Heflin
Shafter
Stigler
Oklahoma
Kern County Art Competition Plans Final in Bakersfield
Fifteen committee members will meet in Bakersfield next Wednesday to plan preliminary contests for the Kern County Art Competition. The final show will occur during the Spring Festival in May in Bakersfield. Prizes total 100 for oil in senior division and smaller awards for other media. Residents of Kern County meeting January 1 to May 1, 1949 qualify. Committee members include A W Eckman Shafter LaVerne Swift Wasco and Tess Norris Buttonwillow.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
Paralee Kohlstedt
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission
A. W. Eckman
Shafter
LaVerne Swift
Wasco
Tess Norris
Buttonwillow
Entertain at Beach Guests at Pismo Beach Home
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClain entertained Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Koehn as weekend guests at the Pismo Beach home of Mrs. McClain’s mother, Mrs. Ruth Ingalls. Sunday breakfast at the Ingalls home included Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lane.
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Robert McClain
Arnold Koehn
Pismo Beach
Scouts And Cubs Present Program At P T A Meet
Mrs. Jack Battaglia presided at the Richland PTA meeting where boy scouts and Cubs performed behind the scenes work. Beulah Bartlett and others read by-laws. $15.37 was raised for March of Dimes. apron raffle netted $30.37. food and fancy work sale grossed $73.00 for PTA projects. District toy drive announced for Juvenile Hall Bakersfield with next meeting set for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Battaglia
Richland Parent-Teacher Association
Rolf Jacobsen Jr
Gladys Hyland
Morton Brown
Ed Brown
Kennneth Kin
Beulah Bartlett
Homer Craig
H. P. Wilson
William Dalke
Henry Moor
P.T.A
Battaglia
Bakersfield
Guenthers Host Guests From Lodi
Recent visitors at the home of Dr and Mrs P C Guenther were Mr and Mrs Harry Guenther of Lodi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
P. C. Guenther
Mrs
Harry ,Guenther
New York Visitor Stays With Ohlssons in California
Miss Betty Jolley of New York City visited for a few days at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. G. Ohlsson. An old friend of the family, she was in California on a vacation trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. G. Ohlsson
Betty Jolley
New York City
Jolley
Ohlsson
California
Turner's Return and Holiday Visits Reported in Town
Turner Duncan has returned home from Kern General Hospital. Ethel McBroom and daughter Gloria have come back from Lompoc after holidays with her parents and friends. Bakersfield and Wasco visitors joined families for dinners and gatherings during the period. Lois Cox and fiancé Tommy Robinson visited Mrs. McBroom on January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Duncan
Kern General Hospital
Ethel McBroom
Gloria
Lompoc
McBroom
Crawford
Bakersfield
W. T. Smith
Viola Smith
Georgia Cooper
Doris Tiner
Wasco
Wilbur Smith
Wayne
Lois Cox
Tommy Robinson
Lois
Shafter
Mattie’ Thompson
Roy Thompson
Anna Mae Ballard
Oakland
J. Wharton
Mildred
Lee Richardson
Hilton Talbert
Binonia Talbert
Los Angeles
Surcey Finnie
Arkansas
Farm Bureau Week Observance Opens County Campaign
Farm Bureau Week kicks off with visitors and center coordinators listed across Kern County as 1376 members renewed in 1949. Executive Secretary John W Tribolet assists Chairman Voth in organizing the drive to promote farm, home and rural community prosperity through organized action and statewide cooperation with the California and American Farm Bureau Federations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paigh
DeWitt Mattson
T.B. Olsen
Buttonwillow
Andrew Helmforth
Rosedale
Harlan P. Wilson
R. C. Sturges
Alkman
Shafter
Lorenzo Vasco
C. B. White
al’ Davis
McFarland
Don Barkley
Arvin
Sing Lum
Kerh
Delta
R. R. Pitney
Fred Deuel
Magunden
John W.tribolet
Tribolet
Voth
Farm Bureau
Kern County
California
California and American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Organization
Community Notes From North Shafter and Nearby
North Shafter residents report visits and illness recoveries including Mrs. Fred Montgomery and her daughter Freda. Church youth plan a snow trip to Frazier Park as a reward for Christmas program participation. Other items note relocations, visits from relatives, and birthdays in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
Frazier Park
Christmaa
Gordon Jans
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Central Hardware
Kero - 1230
P.T.A. Meet
Sunset School
Irvin Fike
Ernest Panero
Bill Ashmore
Henry Ashmores
Bill” Young
North Shafter News
W. D. Taylor
Barbara
J. A. Bonds
Myrtle Wiley
Stanford
Texas
Ray Jordan
Marvin Jordan
John Anthony
Daphne
Gus Kulasebese
Helen
George
Tehachapi
Estallene Millard
North Shafter
Fred Montgomery
Freda
Luther
Rosa McCaslin
Gene Browner
Earl Jordan
King City
Alice Luker
Avery Roper
Blooming
Tommie
Jess Rightnour
Rightnours
Cora Mayo
Shafter Warehouse Co
Central Ave
Oultry & Fish
Sea Bass
Buffalo
Catfish
Wittenberg
Poultry & Fish Market
Santa FE
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