Goertzens Take Three Week Vacation in Victoria
Mr and Mrs Wm Goertzen and children Billy and Christy are on a three week vacation in Victoria British Columbia Canada They plan time for fishing while they are in Canada.
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
3
Camping Trip From Bakersfield To Lloyd Meadows
Mr and Mrs Dutch Thomas and Mr and Mrs Guy Hawkins of Bakersfield left Wednesday for a camping trip to Lloyd Meadows near Quaking Aspen. They expect to be away about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Thomas
Guy Hawkins
Bakersfield
Lloyd Meadows
Quaking Aspen
Jacobus Scott Rites Tomorrow in Pasadena
The Congregational Church of Pasadena will host the wedding of Miss Mary Jane Scott of Hyattsville Maryland to Dr Ryland M Jacobus of Shafter tomorrow. Attendants include Dr Jacobs sister and her husband Mr and Mrs David E Pugh of Pasadena. Miss Scott a registered nurse recently worked at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago where Jacobus trained. After a bay district honeymoon the couple will live in a new apartment building being built by Otto Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church of
Pasadena
Mary Jane Scott
Hyatsville
Maryland
Ryland M. Jacobus
Shafter
Jacobus
David E. Pugh
Scott
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Chicago
Bay District
Otto Zimmerman
Vacation Trip Keeps Mr and Mrs John Jacobsen Away
Mr and Mrs John Jacobsen plan an extended vacation and will be away from Shafter for about two more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobsen
Shafter
Sister Visits Mrs Neuman at Clarence Neuman Home
Miss Kathleen Smith sister of Mrs Neuman visits at the Clarence Neuman home. She resides in Paradise California and is visiting during her stay in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Neuman
Clarence Neuman
Miss. Kathleen Smith
Miss. Smith
Paradise
Calif
Birthday Party Fetes Mrs. Nixon
Mrs. Jackie Nixon was pleasantly surprised on her birthday as F. C. Nixon hosted a dinner at her parents home, the Nichols residence on Santa Fe Avenue. Attendees included John and Virginia Nichols and several Nichols and Nixon family friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Nixon
F. C. Nixon
F. B. Nichols
John Nixon
Virginia Anderson
Elsie Castner
Bobbie Evans
Elton Nixon
Ruby Grant
Fathers visit boys at scout camp Huntington Lake
Wilbur Stocker Dutch Newton and Max Tudor visited their sons at Kern County Scout Camp at Huntington Lake on Sunday. Kenneth Pipkin scoutmaster accompanied them and said the eight Shafter boys will return home to Shafter today by bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Stocker
Dutch Newton
Max Tudor
Huntington Lake
Kern County
Kenneth Pipkin
Pipkin
Shafter
Kern County Property Tax Up 27 Percent in 1947 48
Property tax levies for all Kern county governments total 19 359 921 for 1947 48 up 27 percent from 1946 47 and 115 percent above the prewar 1941 42. County 7 917 040. cities 1 052 099. school districts 9 951 013. other districts 439 769. In California the 1947 48 levies reach 555 546 929, up 17 percent from 1946 47 and 73 percent above prewar 1941 42. County totals 210 703 119. cities 103 660 479.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
California
Subscribe to the Shafter Press Enjoy it Twice Weekly
A notice inviting readers to subscribe to the Shafter Press, highlighting the benefit of receiving the newspaper twice weekly. Includes a brief call to action to sign up for ongoing news delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Press
Bridal Shower Honors Vivian Grendlin in Shafter
The home of Mrs. La Verne Roth hosted a bridal shower for Vivian Grendlin with co hostesses Mrs. Maybelle Sherring. Attendees from Shafter and Bakersfield sent gifts or attended. Grendlin, engaged to John Kellar, is a nurse at Dr. Blum’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Verne Roth
Vivian
John
Mesdames
Derwin Morse
Dan Toews
Edna Funk
Viola Neufeld
Julius Kurtz
Arthur Dirksen
Elmer Biloff
Geo. Wedell
Jake Horst
Ezra Ortner
Nellie Threadgill
Jessie Adamson
Ira Schneider
Vernon Schneider
Ann Blum
Myrtle Glorig
Walter Zimmerman
Willard Neumann
Justin Weishaar
B. A. Reile
Dan Barling
Ruby Neuman
Joyce Dirksen
June Horst
Roberta Anderson
Shafter
Bakersfield
Walter Womack
Mary Ferrera
Andrew Nightingale
Austin Wikoff
Robert Holmes
Leola Fitterer
C. C. Kellar
O. Grendlin
Edna Mae Webber
Marie Anderson
Fly to Deland for Pierce Family Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pierce fly to Deland to visit the home of Mr. Pierce's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deland
Mrs. Vernon Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Bell Labs Unveils Transistor Revolution in Electronics
Bell Telephone Laboratories announces a tiny cylinder device called the Transistor capable of replacing vacuum tubes. It lacks a vacuum envelope and grid and can amplify at least 100 times with no warm-up delay. Demonstrations show use in telephone amplification and tube free radio receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell System
R. Dempsey
Telephone Company
Wascoan Enlists Charley Cole in Army for 3 Years
Wasco teenager Charley Cole 18 enlists today at the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Station Delano for three years in the Army. He chose the 1st Cavalry Division now in Japan and will go to Fort Ord for processing and basic training before his far eastern assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Cole
Wasco
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Main Street
Delano
Cole
1St Cavalry Division
Japan
Merlyn Myer
Fort Ord
Wilsons Visit Tehachapi With Ernest Schnaidts
The Wilsons visited Tehachapi recently and spent time with the Ernest Schnaidts, sharing a brief social call and catching up on local affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsons
Schnaidts
Tehachapi
Ernest Schnaidts
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