Buttonwillowans Attend Wool Growers Barbecue
Mr and Mrs Davino Ghilarducci and son Ernest attended the Wool Growers French Barbecue at Hart Memorial Park June 25. About 3300 people joined the sheepmen event. 40 lambs and one beef were barbecued. Attendees from Buttonwillow included the Pierucci Grassis Franchesci Giannini Romannini Banducci and Payne families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davino Ghilarducci
Ernest
Golf Park
Hart Memorial Park
Buttonwillow
Louis Pierucci
Bobby Grassis
Arlene
Frank Franchesci
Jimmie. Antoniovanni
Geno Romannini
Tommie Giannini
Elmo Andriotti
Joe Banducci
James Payne
Cotton Kid Wins Boat Race at Long Beach
The racing boat The Cotton Kid, built by Elmo Belloumani and Orlando Torigianni, won two first places at Long Beach. The owners plan to enter her in future races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Kid
Long Beach
Elmo Belloumani
Orlando Torigianni
Chicago Priests Visit Pastor at Buttonwillow
The Rev. Fr. Richards hosts four newly ordained priests from Chicago at Buttonwillow Hart Memorial Park on June 17. A barbecue dinner followed before they embark on an extended Yellowstone trip. They will return to San Francisco then go back to their Chicago seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. Richards
Chicago
Father Richards
Hart Memorial Park
Yellowstone National Park
San Francisco
Revival Held By Church In Daily Vacation Bible School
The Rev and Mrs Groge F Coombs and son from San Diego conducted a revival with daily Bible school from June 19 to 30. Services were held nightly and the pastor, Rev W H Hughey of Tulare, plans to move his family here. Special feature was Rev Waldo Wiebe of Shafter with a musical quartet. Recreational periods ran each evening before services with baseball badminton and ping pong for children.
Thresher Mishap Injures Youth
Charles Hughett son of Mr and Mrs Bob Hughett was seriously injured while working under a grain thresher He caught his sleeve in the gears pulling his arm into the machine and mangling it He fractured his left elbow Emergency treatment was given by Dr Ted Worden After several days in the hospital Hughett is improving and will be able to return to work in a few days according to the doctor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hughett
Bob Hughett
Ted Worden
Hughett
Fire destroys 115 tons of hay at Freeborn Brothers Ranch
A fire at the Freeborn Brothers Ranch in Buttonwillow destroyed 115 tons of new hay valued around $2000. The origin is unknown. Fire trucks from McKittrick and Bakersfield responded as Engineer Moss arrived to help. The stack stretched over 100 feet and the blaze burned for 10 hours under Fire Chief Elmo Freear’s supervision.
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Freeborn Brothers
Buttonwillow
McKittrick
Bakersfield
Moss
Elmo Freear
Baldwin Family Hosts Clovis Visitor for Ten Days
Mr and Mrs T C Baldwin welcomed Mrs Baldwin’s father J C Jones of Clovis New Mexico as their guest for ten days, sharing hospitality and family time in the household.
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T. C. Baldwin
Buttonwillowans Organize Air Observation Volunteers
Buttonwillow residents mobilize to revive the aircraft spotting system under the western air defense force. Ground posts like Fox Able 62 need 20 to 30 volunteers and a telephone, with two observers on duty at a time, to operate 24 hours if attacked. Training will occur quarterly, and locals are urged to sign up through supervisor G R Barneke or Robert Leslie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Western Air Defense Force
Fox Able 62
G.R. Barneke
Barneke
United States
Buttonwillowans
Robert Leslie
Mary Hughett
Robert Hughett
C. A. Johns
Orval Williams
Orval Graham
Carlos Rey
Roland Kemp
Louis Ricci
L. A. Boettcher
R. L. Adams
T. C. Baldwin
E. Blair
Roy Shellenberger
Cecil Shellenberger
Harold Reed
Allan Bottorff
Dennis Hendrickson
K. M. Norton
George Norton
Darrel Tracy
C. E. Hoggard
John Overton
Bruno Baggiani
James Antogiovanni
R. A. Benson
Frank Franceschi
Carl Weber
Davino Ghilarducci
Joe Ghilarducci
Marino Pierucci
James Taz
Second son born to Mr and Mrs Merle of Buttonwillow
Mr and Mrs John Merle of Buttonwillow welcome their second son Lawrence Anthony born June 13 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield. The infant weighs 8 pounds 2 ounces and joins a sibling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Merle
Buttonwillow
Mercy
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Loke
Tastewell Apple
Tastewell
Tastewell Pork & Beans
Armour Star
Valley Pride
Wienners
Buttonwillow Store
Godbey
Howard Godbey
Robert Godbeys
Button Willow
Bn AE Goond Syea
Aivealce
Omorive
Asi
Goodyear Tires
Lane & Barulich
Richfield Service
Front St
Freeborn
Truxtun
Ford Williams
Walter J. Overton
Bill Napier
Joe Logan
G. D Greer
Tom Hart
Grace . Brandt
Gladdies Delfino
W. L
Smith
Mrs. Delfino
Helena Curtis
Gladdies’ Beauty Salon
Main Street
Cafe Roma
Roma Cafe
ROMA
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