Ella Mae Starrh Tours with Whittier College Choir
Miss Ella Mae Starrh daughter of Mr and Mrs George Starrh of Poplar avenue sings alto with the Whittier College a capella choir on a January tour starting in Santa Barbara and visiting Ventura Oxnard Palo Alto Berkeley San Francisco Porterville and Visalia before returning to Whittier as a sophomore. She also sings contralto and plays piano and flute. The Tracy pumping plant in San Joaquin County shut down for the season in late October and the Friant Kern Canal will operate until about December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mae Starrh
George Starrh
Poplar Avenue
Whittier College
Cappela Choir
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Oxnard
Palo Alto
Berkeley
San Francisco
Porterville
Visalia
Whittier
Miss Starrh
Tracy
San Joaquin County
Friant-Kern
Richland School Programs Discussed for Parents
Richland officials hosted a series on school programs with topics including School Organization and Administration and Curriculum. Miss Beulah D Bartlett organized the first session, noting overcrowded classrooms and teacher shortages while outlining pupil selection by learning groups to balance classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah D Bartlett
Richland Curriculum
Crawford
Richland
Mrs. Bender Celebrated at Luncheon and Bridge
Mrs. E C Eckman of Mannelaenue hosted a Tuesday luncheon in honor of Mrs. William Bender. The centerpiece featured fruit and candles in green and chartreuse. Mrs. Bender received a gift and won first prize in the following bridge session with attendees including Mesdames H W Kelly Glen Putman C J Vignolo George Vannatta Phil Clarkin J H Fuller Pete Bender Lena Gladden and Bill Bender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Eckman
Mannel Aenue
William Bender
Ronnie Baker Celebrates Seventh Birthday With Party
Seven year old Ronnie Baker son of the Rev and Mrs oeaen Baker of Shafter Avenue celebrated his birthday Saturday at noon with a party for young friends. After games and a film strip show the cake featured cowboys around a campfire and kites and candy were favors. Attendees included Michael Crafton Raydon Fortenberry Sheryl McClure Annette Dooley Mary Thomason George King John Enns Julie Todd Margaret Baker Kathleen Eckert and Paul Bellows. Gifts came from Herbie Jacobsen Pudge and Cissie Green. Mrs Baker was helped by Mrs Elmer Eckert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Baker
Oeaen Baker
Shafter Avenue
Hunt
Michael Crafton
Raydon Fortenberry
Sheryl McClure
Annette Dooley
Mary Thomason
George King
John Enns
Julie Todd
Margaret Baker
Kathleen Eckert
Paul Bellows
Herbie Jacobsen
Pudge
Cissie Green
Baker
Elmer Eckert
Faculty Wives Model Pajama At Meeting
The Faculty Wives of Shafter High School met for their monthly gathering at Mrs. Robert McLean's home. Pajama fashion, a bedtime decor theme, and a brief business session preceded games and prizes for Mrs. Dan Bledsoe, Miss Shirley Harris, Mrs. Ernest Graf, and Mrs. Burley Dooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Robert McLean
West Lerdo Ave
Dan Bledsoe
Shirley Harris
Ernest Graf
Burley Dooley
Edward Schacht
Beverly Gist
Mesdames
Tom Letizia
Jordan Eliades
C. .C. Rhoads
Thomas Oary
Lowell Todd
Grant Jensen
Elliott Garrison
A. H. McLean
A. M. Cornell
Robert Richard
Dick Heber
Joan Bell
Sally Jung
Jeanette Wheeler
Marjorie Rose
Daughter, Family Visits at Wiebes
Mr and Mrs Prank Wiebe of the Maple area host their daughter Mrs Glenn Cooper and her three children as they await furniture from Oceanside to Bakersfield. The husband and father, a Navy warrant officer, has been sent to Korea and left for San Francisco by air last week. Mrs Cooper rents near her sister Mrs Robert Larimer in Bakersfield. She is the former Margaret Wiebe from Maple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Heinrichs
Cottage Hospital
Oildale
Dan Heinrichs
Donna Leigh
Delano
Shafter
Alloberoes Quartet To Entertain At Club Luncheon
The Alloberoes Quartet from Bakersfield will entertain Wednesday Afternoon Club members at a 12:30 p.m. luncheon in the Women's Clubhouse. Guests from Wasco and McFarland will attend for a reciprocity event. Readings by Mrs. Leslie J. Fry of Bakersfield accompany the program. Members include Mesdames Digler Howell Borer and Mossman. accompanied by Mrs. A R Hossington and Mrs. George Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Thednesday
Wasco
McFarland
Leslie J. Fry
Mesdames Frank Digler
Philip Howell
Ray Borer
Clarence Mossman
A. R. Hossington
George Harrison
J. L. Hill
FE. K. Grant
Bert. Ware
E. C. Eckman
S. A. Camp
W.C. Handel
G. L. Starrh
J. R. Roscamp
Edward Schacht
Ned Smith
Dessert Bridge Honors Sister Of Mrs. Arnold
A dessert bridge event honoring Mrs. Sue Sievers of Glen Dale was hosted by Mrs. P. L. Arnold at 549 Sycamore St with a Valentine motif. Prizes went to Mesdames Stringham Ohanneson and Bul. guests from Shafter and Bakersfield attended including numerous local women and the Sievers party arrived with Mr and Mrs F Warren returning from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Sievers
Glendale
P. L. Arnold
Sycamore St
Valentine
Mesdames
E._ B. Stringham
A. P. Ohanneson
J.L. Bul
Sievers
Shafter
F. Warren
Southland
Clive Gibson
T. Mettler
John Murdock
Fert ™ K King
Cotton gift marks Voths second wedding anniversary reception
An ounce of cotton symbolizing their second wedding anniversary was given to Dr. and Mrs. Henry Voth at a Saturday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dalke at 650 Pacific Street. Co-hostess was Mrs. Lawrence Horn. After dinner the couple cut an anniversary cake with guests including Lawrence Horn, Jack Janzen, William Dalke, J. H. Dalke, and the Voths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Voth
J. H. Dalke
Pacific St
Reedley Visitors Share Family Outing to Oceano
Reedley residents Mr and Mrs Herman Janzen visited daughter Mrs Loepp in Reedley last week. The Loepps then took them to Oceano to visit another daughter Mrs Minnie Godfrey. Also joining the outing was Agatha Loepp of Forgan Oklahoma, the elder Loepp matriarch spending the winter here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Martin Loepp
Herman Janzen
Reedley
Loepp
Loepps
Minnie Godfrey
Oceano
Agatha Loepp
Forgan
Okla
Kids Enjoy Snow Trip at Mt Abel Near Maricopa
A Kern Academy group led by parents and children spent a Sunday at Mt. Abel for a snow party. They enjoyed tobogganing and lunch in the lower lodge with numerous families including the Neumanns Andersons Isaac Neuman Wisters Wolcott Cramer Baerg Wikoff Lorenz and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Academy
Mt. Abel
Maricopa
Willard Neumann
Alice
Robert
Allen Anderson
Allene
Bunny
Norman Isaac
Fred Neuman
Harold
Victor Bowlie
Dean
Evelyn
George Wister
Danny
LaVern Wolcott
Dale Few
Gideon Richert
Betrothal Announcement From Wasco Couple
Mr and Mrs Claude Bratcher of Wasco announce the engagement of their daughter Lucille to Walfred Deher son of Mr and Mrs Edward Deher of Tehachapi The bride elect is a senior at Wasco Union High School The fiancé a 1951 graduate of Tehachapi Valley Union High School works for the Monolith Portland Cement Company The Bratchers son Claude and Mr Deher’s grandfather Henry Pressler live in Shafter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Bratcher
Wasco
Lucille
Walfred Deher
Edward Deher
Tehachapi
Wasco Union High School
Tehachapi Valley Union High School
The
Monolith Portland Cement Company
Miss Bratcher
Claude
Mr. Deher
Henry Pressler
Shafter
Middletons Spend Week in Lodi
Mr and Mrs James Middleton of Merced avenue are spending a week in Lodi with his mother Mrs Jackie Williams. Middleton recently served in Alaska with the Army and received emergency leave to attend his stepmother’s funeral. He is due to report for reassignment on February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Middleton
Merced Avenue
Lodi
Jackie Willaims
Middleton
Alaska
Army
Arizmendez Marries Ozuna in St. Marys Nuptials
Sophie Arizmendez daughter of Mr and Mrs Caprino Arizmendez wed Robert Ozuna at St. The Rese's Catholic Church in a nine oclock Mass officiated by Rev Patrick Breslin. The bride wore a white gown with veil and carried an orchid bouquet. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs Rudy Palomo and maid of honor Miss Mary Arizmendez. A reception followed at Memorial Hall and a dance in the evening. The couple resides in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Arizmendez
Caprino Arizmendez
Robert Ozuna
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Patrick Breslin
Rudy Palomo
Mary Arizmendez
Viola Ramirez
Bakersfield
Mary Contreras
Jennie Vicenta Carrasco
Salema Silva
Alejandra Rodriguez
Trébie Banuélos
Paul Hernandez
Arizmendez
Frank Beadle
Lucio Lopez
Ysidro Garcia
Prosilo Lopez
Mike Carrasco
Zavier Marquez
Memorial Hall
Miss Arizmendez
Shafter
Rudy. Polomo
Twin Girls Born to Evans Family in Ridgecrest
Twin girls Janet Cheryl and Janice Carol were born Friday morning at Miss Freise's Maternity Home to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evans of Ridgecrest, former Shafter residents. Janet Cheryl weighed 4 pounds 15 ounces born at 7:25 am, Janice Carol 4 pounds 4 3/4 ounces born at 7:35 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Freise
W. F. Evans
Ridgecrest
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Janet Cheryl
Weed
Janice Carol
Bobbie Nichols
Rochester
Engel Family Hosts San Diego Guest in Shafter Home
Harold Engels and his wife visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Engel in Shafter. He assists Adolph Goertzen at Shafter oe Covering W, a former place of employment for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Engel
San Diego
H. G. Engel
Shafter
Engel
Adolph, Goertzen
Shafter Oe
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Kentucky
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Hill and Hill Kentucky
Hill and Hill Company
Louisville, KY
Mrs. Bender
Harold C. Stellmacher
16Th
H Sts
California
Bill Elliott
Ronnie
Wiebes
Alloberoes Quartet
ASW
Arnold
Middletons
George Guenther
H C. Hull
Alvina Howe
Carl J. Neumann
Earl Anderson
Eva Isaac
Keith Hammon
Claude Camp
Victor Siemens
Dorothy Eckman
M. M. Kincannon
Dean Unruh
Myrtle Gittinger
Dan Wendland
Leon Templeton
Camp & Barrows Motor Company
Robert ‘Ozuna
Hote
Dick Morrim
Stork
Harold Engels
Cotton Growers
Kern Cottonseed Acid Delinting CO
Cawelo
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