Jackson Service Held Yesterday At Janzen Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jackson aged 84 were held yesterday at the Janzen home with Rev. Edgar H. Mc Allister of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at Shafter cemetery. A Alabama native, she had lived about two months at Smith Corner and is survived by one daughter and two sons.
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Betty Jackson
Janzen
Edgar H. McAllister
First Baptist Church
Shafter Cemetery
Rio Bravo 4 H Club Members To Summer Camp
Rio Bravo 4 H Club members plan a Whitaker Forest summer camp July 15 to 20. Carl Haag, leader, arranges transportation and requires all arrangements completed this week. Attendees include Mary Rice, Columbus Rice, Frances Grimes, Lois Lane, Jeannie Haag, Bob Dodge, Gene Stewart, Ray Stewart, Bobby Devlin and Fred Starrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker Forest
Carl Haag
Mary and Columbus Rice
Frances Grimes
Lois Lane
Jeannie Haag
Bob Dodge
Gene
Ray Stewart
Bobby Devlin
Fred Starrh
Luxembourg a fortress state famed as Gibraltar of the North
Luxembourg a tiny duchy between Belgium France and Germany ruled by Grand Duchess Charlotte. In 1919 Marie Adelaide abdicated and Charlotte won broad support with 66 811 votes to 16 885 for republican option. The capital’s fortifications were razed in 1867 leaving a landscape rich in castles folklore and sunlit valleys.
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Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Germany
Charlotte
Marie Adelaide
Gibraltar
Prussia
Rhode Island
Siegfried
Ricksha Inventor Supposedly Born from Marine Corps Idea
The Marine Corps claims credit for the origin of the ricksha used in China, Japan, and Singapore. Private Jonathan Goble of the U S 53 Susquehanna reportedly conceived the idea while with Commodore Perry’s fleet in 1834 and later promoted its introduction to Japan after leaving the service.
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China
Japan
Singapore
Corp
Jonathan Goble
Marine
U. S
Goble
New York
Marine Corps
Marired Corps
Paternal Pride Leads to Toothbrush Incident
Joseph C. Fayder of Jersey City swallowed a five inch toothbrush during a moment of pride as his 15 month old son John said Daddy. He was rushed to hospital where X rays showed the brush not in a dangerous position and likely no immediate removal. The child has not spoken since the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Fayder
Jersey City
John
Fourth of July in Shafter and surrounding areas
Community notices detail Fourth of July activities and travels of Shafter residents. The Eckman family picnicked at Kern River park, locals visited Santa Cruz and Long Beach, and many went to Sequoia Park or California Hot Springs. Several families, teachers, and workers are named along with trips to Oregon, Iowa, and the San Francisco fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud .Newsom
Shafter
Leroy Dillingham
Delano
O. C. Newsom
Corcoran
California Hot Springs
North
John Friesen
Ben Friesen
Santa Cruz
Ben Friesens
San Francisco
R. E. Gribble
Audubon
Iowa
Plan Vacation and Stockton Wedding Notes
Plan vacation plans include a Sunday departure for Los Angeles and a Red Wood highway tour by Mr. and Mrs. H Schirmer. Mrs. H Midgley and Miss Frances Midgley head to Mexico City for a month while Mr. Midgley leisure travels in Los Angeles. Frank Nash Jr wedding in Stockton drew attendees including Mrs Arnold as bridesmaid and Mr Arnold as usher. Dick Sears, newly moved from Exeter, transfers to Bank of America Hanford. The Goss and Mayfield families socialized in Verdon and discussed San Joaquin valley cotton prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Frank, Nash
Dick Arnold
Frank Nash, Jr
Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Ray Goss
Vernon
Buren Mayfield
Goss
San Joaquin Valley
Picnic at Kern Park Among Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Guy Mouser, Miss Reba Mouser of Bakersfield, Velma Fountain of Watsonville joined a Sunday all day picnic at Kern River park. Others from the area on Fourth of July at Pismo Beach included Bill Thompson Joe Neuman Emanuel Neumann Bill Bestwater Bill Neuman and Bill Horner. Dr Jack Lighthill and S I Wood Jr with 11 members of Boy Scout Troop 44 attended summer camp at Huntington Lake returning to Shafter Tuesday.
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Guy Mouser
Reba Mouser
Bakersfield
Velma Fountain
Watsonville
Kern River Park
Pismo Beach
Messrs and Mesdames
Bill Thompson
Joe Neuman
Emanuel Neumann
Bill Bestwater
Bill Neuman
Bill Horner
Jack Lighthill
S. I. Wood, Jr
Boy Scout Troop No. 44
Huntington Lake
Shafter
New Zealand Fungus War Hits Odd Industry
In Wellington reports say China halted purchases of New Zealand dried fungus used in vegetable soup. Seven years ago Chew Chong of New Plymouth began buying fungus on stumps from west coast settlers at a cent a pound and shipping it to China where demand grew to seven or eight cents a pound before sales stopped.
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New Zealand
Wellington
Chew Chong
New Plymouth
China
Local Fourth Observed at Kern River Park
The Misses June Lachenmaier Mary Katherine Lockard Dean Lockard and Eleanor Fox spent the Fourth at Kern River park enjoying a community celebration and outdoor activities.
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June Lachenmaier
Mary Katherine Lockard
Dean Lockard
Eleanor Fox
Kern River Park
Harold Cornelius Recovering From Gunshot Wound
Harold Cornelius is recovering from a gunshot wound after an accidental shooting by Kelly Grant Monday noon while hunting birds near the Emil Stoller home on Shafter highway. He was treated locally, then taken to a Bakersfield hospital for examination before returning home Tuesday.
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Harold Cornelius
Kelly Grant
Emil Stoller
Shafter Highway
Cornelius
Bakersfield
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Sue Glass
Myths
E. P. Grant
Julia Overton
16Th St
Varl Crandall
T. Lerdo
Jersey
Frank Enns
J. H. Becker
E. A. Weil
Sprouse-Reitz
Central Avenue
Wasco
Gromer and
Western Avenues
Martha Aarth Fidler
Riverside
Route 1
Yates Turkey Ranch
Golden West Avenue
al Eckman
Harder Stock & Feed Co., Inc
N. Santa Fe
KIGER
Rock and Hampshire
Kiger Poultry Ranch
Terra Bella
W. A. Minner Lumber Company
Aesen Norris
Tor
Shatter
Pete Goertzen
Golden West Ave
J. Zimmerman
H. A. Crawford
Avalon
Lerdo
Inquirie
Pacific Ave
Myrick’s
Herman
Muh
Myrick
Fresno Street
North Shafter House
Klassen Drive
J. T. Richert
Smith Corner
Herman Unruh
Myrick’s Corner
M. Anderson
Pacific
Bank
Sierra Vista Tract
Ash Street
Five Corners
Beth Eden Street
Aaron J. Thiesen
H. J. Harder
P. L. Arnold
Pacific Avenue
Jackson
Eastman
Ellen Kerr
Cafe Neuman
Rio Bravo
Far East
Walter Eckman
Kern’ River Park
Mrs. Taylor
Barstow
J. M. Mousers
Celia
Clarice
Mouser
Reedley
Bill Frizzell
Jim Cross
Tocal
Kern River
Billy Lachenmaier
Ralph Tanzen
Kernville
Guenthers
Sequoia Park
P. C. Guember
Sequoia National Park
George Isaacs
Long Beach
Mrs
George Isaac
Bill Wimmer
Ezra Schneiders
Oklahoma
Ezra Schneider
Kiwanians
Bakersfield Club
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Herb Schirmer
al Anderson
Ed. Friesen
Laurence Baughman
Jake Siemens
John Wastbinder
Les Hobson
Joe W. Frizzell
Irvin Fikes
Jake Flaming
Elizabth Goertzen
Margaret Goertzen
Adolph Goertzen
San Francisco Fair
Salem
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
Clarence Voth
Ike Weitz
Los Angles
Coliseum
Irvin Fike
Taylor Zerkel
South
Gilmore Stadium
Howard Miguel
Pan
Oakland
Richland
Jim Beard
Pismo
Charlie Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Amily
Templeton
Lonnie Moser
A. S. Edleman
Mrs. Rose Shears
Rose Shears
WPA
Richland School
Gribbles
M. L. Thomas
Bank.of America
Lake
Walter Bergen
Fresno
Strinchams
Charles Potter
Don Gaede
Y.M.C
Portuguese Meadow
Harvey Neuman
Safeway
Lebec
W. E. Johnson
Glenn Cohert
Elmer Klassen
John Scarbrough
E. B. Stringham
Patty Stringham
Blythe
Palo Verde Valley
J. C. Johnson
A. H. Bryant
Audie
Calif
Bryant
Mr Johnson
Shefter
Oscar Hargis
Schirmers
H. Midgley
Mexico City
Dick Sears
Exeter
Hanford
Bank of America
Bill Handel
Kern Park
Shafter Recap Tire Shop
Leado Highway
N & K Chevrolet Co
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