Local Social News Highlights From Shafter Area
Dinner guests at the Hiebert home include Miss Helen Fleming. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Olen E Treat at Kern General hospital Bakersfield. Travelers Dan and Mrs. Loewen visited Los Angeles on business. Wanda Joan Brown born to Mr. and Mrs Floyd Brown of Shafter at Kern General. Visitation and social calls abound with the Davidson, Moore, Hiebert, Wiedenbach, McCoy, Curran, Manuel, Freeman, Schirmer, and Strom families noted. Herb Midgley leaves Shafter for Los Angeles on a brief business trip and Rev J J Penner extends revival services in Shafter through the week. Snow day at Frazier Park enjoyed by Neufeld Lockard Newman and Anderson. Norval Fair of Fair's Garage makes a Los Angeles trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen E. Treat
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Dan Loewen
Los Angeles
Loewen
Floyd Browns
Wanda Joan
Floyd Brown
Shafter
Visalia
G. M. Davidson
Mart Moore
Norma Neufeld
Mary Lockard
Marvin Newman
Elmer Anderson
Frazier Park
Skating Party Visitors and Local Appointments in Shafter
Skating party members Luella Johnson Letha Becker Nina Peters and Murial Gage with E Gage spent Friday in Bakersfield skating at the Rollo Dome. Various locals including Mrs R Neuman hospital visit Mrs Lee Stagner and Mrs Lawrence Zelman vacationing in Shafter. Reggie Brown Delano visits. Esther Bauder leaves for Alpena South Dakota due to family illness. New warden Buttler Siebert replaces Martin. Darby Day begins a new duplex project in Stone tract. H E Unruh travels to Los Angeles. Rov Skages works on a boat project with a 16 hp Neptune motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella. Johnson
Letha Becker
Nina Peters
Murial Gage
E. Gage
Bakerfield
Rollo-Dome
Former Shafter Residents Visit, Stopping In Bakersfield
Former Shafter residents Mr and Mrs Boots Perry now of Bakersfield spent the weekend in Shafter visiting relatives and friends. Perry previously worked in a local barbershop. J H Porterfield, ex Shafter high and current Mc Farland high principal, visited Shafter Tuesday, attended the Rotary meeting at noon, and paused at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots” Perry
Shafter
Bakersfield
Perry
J. H Porterfield
Shafter High School
McFarland High School
Rotary Club
Missionary Fred Seegardel to Lead First Mennonite Service
Fred Seegardel, international traveler and missionary, will conduct the morning service Sunday at the First Mennonite church. In the evening he will speak on Russia with slides from his own photographs. Mrs. Calvin Hofman and companions visited friends en route from Moorpark to Madera, stopping near Wasco. Rev. Wm. J. Bestwater and Mrs. Bestwater left for Los Angeles for weeks of religious meetings and a later midwestern trip. H. E. Unruh accompanies them to visit relatives in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Unruh
Los Angeles
J. W. Suderman
Wm. J. Bestwater
Fred Seegardel
First Mennonite Church
Russia
Calvin Hofman
M. Critton
Madera
Duke Clark
Fillmore
Shafter
Moorpark
Bertha Pixley
Wasco
Bestwater
Los Anegeles
Bestwaters
Kansas
Midwestern
Government buys about 60600 bushels of Irish potatoes
The Federal Commodities Corporation purchased approximately 60 600 bushels of Irish potatoes in 1938 for relief distribution. The announcement came from the San Francisco office of the corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Federal Commodities Corporation For Relief Distribution
San Francisco
Corporation
Rabies Vaccination Clinic Set for Shafter Dogs
A veterinarian under county direction will vaccinate dogs at Shafter City Hall on Friday January 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Owners must vaccinate before licensing. fees are 1.50 for city dogs and 1.50 for females or 1 for males outside city limits. County and city officials join to curb the rabies epidemic as quarantines extend around Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Frank Shaw
Bakersfield
Shafter District
Premium Offered Winning Horses Bred In State
Hollywood Turf Club to pay California breeders an extra ten percent on stakes and purses for California bred horses that finish first through fourth in mixed races. Jack MacKenzie, general manager, says the bonus excludes races limited to California bred entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hollywood Turf Club
Jack MacKenzie
Hollywood Turflub
Kentucky
MacKenzie
Hollywood Park
Addition Made To Lachenmaier Boarding Stable
A five stall extension to the Lachenmaier boarding stable near Shafter nears completion. The wooden structure with sheet metal roofs runs alongside the original barn and each 12 by 12 foot stall holds horses. Currently 10 animals may be housed with plans for an exercise ring if demand allows under Charles Lewis care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lachenmaier
Shafter
Lachenmaier
Charles Lewis
California Legislature Proposes Water Rights Bill
A bill by D. Jack Metzger of Tehama county would authorize a $50,000 appropriation to negotiate rights of way, execute water sale contracts, and send a representative to Washington to advance the Central Valleys project. Funds would be managed through the department of public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Valleys
D. Jack Metzger
Tehama County
Department of Public Works
Lecturer to present four more talks this week in Shafter
The noted lecturer who spoke on Russia at Menno nite Brethren church will extend his stay in Shafter. He will give four illustrated lectures this week starting tonight at 7 30 at Maple school auditorium on Palestine Jewish immigration and the Civil War with Britain as a third party. He will speak Friday evening on Russia at Maple with a 7 30 start time to suit business men and students. Two weekend church meetings are planned with talks at the German Adventist church Saturday and the First Mennonite Sunday both at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Seegardel
Mennonite Brethren Church
Russia
Shafter
Maple School
Palestine
Great Britain
Maple
Seegardel
First Mennonite
Doctor Taylor Tabb to Move Offices After Remodeling
Dr Taylor Tabb began remodeling the log cabin on Central avenue near T V corner. Interior and exterior work are underway with plans to relocate offices into the structure once finished, expected to be completed shortly before month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Tabb
Central Avenue
T. V.’s Corner
Seventh Standard Railroad Crossing Repairs Sought
Rio Bravo Farm Center members discuss securing cooperation of road and railroad crews to repair the Santa Fe crossing on Seventh Standard road. They hear reports on the 1939 cotton program, quarantine restrictions, and 4-H activities. Mrs. Fay Martin discusses Home Department work. Irene Wilson resigns as secretary and Effie Frey is appointed. Entertainment includes film reels from Yuatan and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Seventh Standard Road
Rio Bravo Farm Center
Oscar Rice
Walter Haag
A. W. Reach
Fay Martin
Home Department
Robert Curtis
Irene Wilson
Effie Frey
Horace Strong
Yuatan
J. L. Bruce
Bakersfield
Africa
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Olen
Dan J.oewen
Buttonwillow
Erma Wendland
Luella Klassen
Powell eCoy
Frank Russell
Wes Hiebert
Wiedenbachs
Ed.Wiedenbach
Paul McCoy
Lerdo
Roland Curran
Kern County Water Commission
Shafter-Wasco
Manuel
F. E. Manuel
Otis
Freeman and Son
Allen
Taftz
W. O. Fuqua
Freemans
Taft
O. H. Stroms
Stroms
Morro Bay
Herb Midgley
Shafter Mercantile Company
J. J. Penner
Norval Fair
Fair
Nebraska
H. T.”Fast
Jansen, Nebraska
Ands. H.C. Janzen
Jangen
Fast
R. Neuman
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Lee Stagner
Lee Stagner
W. E. Johnson
Stagner
Johnson
Lawrence Zelmans
Lawrence Zelman
F. L. Houk
Riverbank
W. W. Tannahill
Tannahill
Houk
Reggie Browns
Reggie Brown
Delano
Brown
Jack Zimmerman
Esther Bauder
South Dakota
Alpena
Buttler Iebert
Darby Day
Darby
Paul Martin
County Fire Department
Buttler Siebert
Martin
Rov Skaces
Rov Skages
J. H. Porterfield
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Sunset Ave
Calif
Seventh Standard
Charles Starrett
Melvyn Douglas
Virginia Bruce
Pat O’brien
James Cagney
Angels
Dirty
Harry Carey Dennis O’keefe Burn ‘Em Up
O'Connor
The
Shafter Furniture Co
Central Ave
Cali
Philce
Ae Ee Rem Boerne
Roy Bledsoe
A. E. Feltes
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