Housewarming by MM A S Club Honors Peters at Mannel Tract
Mr and Mrs Albert Peters received a traditional housewarming hosted by MM A S members and their husbands at their new home in the Mannel tract. Guests arrived with food games gifts and card tables. Prizes for high score went to John Siemens and Ray Mettler while Mrs Peters won the women’s honors.
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Albert Peters
MM. A. S
Mannel Tract
John Siemens
Ray Mettler
Peters
Lawrence Annis
Laurene Sanderson and George Gaede Married in Las Vegas
Laurene Sanderson became the bride of George Gaede in a Thursday evening ceremony at 6 o clock in the First Baptist church Las Vegas Nevada performed by Rev C H Sloan. The couple will reside in Shafter California after a trip to Boulder Dam and Arizona.
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Laurene Sanderson
George Gaede
C. H. Sloan
First Baptist Church
Las Vegas
Nevada
Boulderdam
Arizona
Gaede
Shafter
Mrs J B Moore Honored At Shower
Mrs J M Patterson assisted by Mrs J D Patterson hosted a miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs J B Moore Friday evening. Ping was enjoyed with high score to Mrs Alfa Corams and low to Mrs Buren Mayfield who presented awards to the honoree. Refreshments served to Ennis Hughes B S Patterson Frank Russell John Dalke Bill Dalke Alfa Combs John Strauss Buren Mayfield Bertie Lockard Henry Fast J D Patterson Alleene Moore and Mrs J B Moore.
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J. M. Patterson
J. D. Patterson
J .B. Moore
Alfa Corabs
Buren Mayfield
Ennis Hughes
B. S. Patterson
Frank Russell
John Dalke
Bill Dalke
Alfa Combs
John Strauss
Muriel Gage Honored Guest At Party Friday
Miss Muriel Gage was honored at a Friday party hosted by Miss Hattie Me cham at Rio Bravo to celebrate her upcoming summer vacation. A watermelon feed accompanied the gathering with attendees including Misses Letha Becker Norma Neufeld Eleanor Fox LaVerne Kliewer Leroy Witcher Calvin Newton Harry Scaroni Jr Merton Wied man and Merwin Olson.
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Muriel Gage
Hattie Mecham
Rio Bravo
Letha Becker
Norma Neufeld
Eleanor Fox
LaVerne Kliewer
Leroy Witcher
Calvin Newton
Harry Scaroni, Jr
Merton Wiedman
Merwin Olson
Camp Fire Leaders Attend Guardian Course
Mrs. Herb Midgley Jr and Mrs. Jack Lighthill returned from a Camp Fire Guardian course held from Wednesday to Sunday at Pacific Palisades. About 125 Camp Fire Girl leaders attended as national officials led sessions on Camp Fire work. The two women are active in affairs of the organization at Shafter Farm Workers' community.
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Herb Midgley, Jr
Jack Lighthill
Pacific Palisades
Midgley
Lighthill
Shafter Farm Workers
Local Bakersfield Couple Tie Knot In Weekend Rites
Miss Ruby Young and Wayne McDonald were united in marriage Saturday in Bakersfield. The couple plan to reside in Shafter where Mrs. McDonald works. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Young, the groom the son of Mr and Mrs L H McDonald.
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Ruby Young
Wayne McDonald
Bakersfield
Shafter
McDonald
Dick Young
L. H. McDonald
Shafter Girls Edge Mexican Colony 5 4 in Nightball
Shafter girls defeated a Mexican Colony team 5 to 4 on Richland Diamond under lights. Shafter’s Luella Russell and Erma Wendland were the battery with Reda Hill and Concha Maciel for the Colony. Other Shafter players: Mary Connell Viva Harrison Jane Pasley Charlotte Herman Vera Pearl Harrison Lois Elliott Edna Jo Self Florence Kimbriel. Colony players included Olympica Maciel Angie Aguilar Othellia Paloma Gloria Neito Nina Trujillo Evelyn Barrow Sarah Palomo I Trujillo.
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Shafter
Richland
Luella Russell
Erma Wendland
Shafter Battery
Reda Hill
Concha Maciel
Colony Battery
Mary Connell
Viva Harrison
Jane Pasley
Charlotte Herman
Vera Pearl Harrison
Lois Elliott
Edna Jo Self
Florence Kimbriel
Olympica Maciel
Angie Aguilar
Othellia Paloma
Gloria Neito
Nina Trujillo
Evelyn Barrow
Sarah Palomo
I. Trujillo
Submarine Seadragon Launch Delayed At Shipyard
Naval men deem ill omens when launch slips are troubled and the Seadragon faced a week long delay as shipyard workers could not determine the cause of the hitch preventing its christening launch into the water.
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Naval Dt
Naval
False Teeth Exports Soar According to Commerce Dept
The Department of Commerce estimates America exports 41 million false teeth annually. The industry is portrayed as highly robust, with demand resilient to mood swings and economic fluctuations.
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Department of Commerce
America
Kern County Wheat Parity Payments Reported
J R Bright, chairman of the county AAA committee, announced that 81 parity payments totaling 11220 have been made in Kern County for 1940 wheat parity. About 112 of 350 participating producers filed payment applications, with California totals near 400000 on about 2600 applications and anticipated 1940 payments near 600000.
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Kern County
J. R. Bright
AAA Committee
AAA
Bright
California
Kiwanis Members Speak at Shafter Noon Meeting
Shafter Kiwanis held a regular noon luncheon at Cafe Neuman with speakers Carl Rodeen of Bakersfield and Dr. Jack Lighthill. Rodeen, president of the Bakersfield club, described experiences from the Kiwanis International convention in Minneapolis, while Lighthill reported on Boy Scout Troop 345 sponsored by the Kiwanis club.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Cafe Neuman
Carl Rodeen
Bakersfield
Jack Lighthill
Rodeen
Minneapolis
Lighthill
Kiwanis Club
Hollywood Family Acts In Countless Film Roles
The mother Mrs Coy Watson and her nine children from Hollywood have appeared in over 1,000 pictures, all while she avoids acting to manage washing 38 shirts a week, having worn out six washing machines and six electric irons in the process.
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Coy Watson
Hollywood
Calif
American Magazine
Atoms in Glass Exhibit Random Distribution
Researchers from the American Chemical Society report that glass shows a random atomic arrangement. Each atom bonds with near neighbors like crystals, but distant atoms do not follow a regular pattern.
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Glass
American Chemical Society
Spiders’ Web Hobby Yields Silk for Surveyors
Mary Pfeiffer of Hoboken New Jersey turns captured spiders loose to unwind silk on spools. The American Magazine notes the hobby nets fine silk used to make cross hairs in surveying instruments.
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Mary Pfeiffer
Hoboken
N. J
American
Pedestrian Education Debate Sparks Traffic Safety Alarm
Safety experts call for careful pedestrian safety education amid a Washington survey showing seven of ten traffic fatalities are pedestrians. They warn that overemphasis on pedestrian schooling may backfire and cite dangers of walking toward traffic and risky driving practices by motorists.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Saluting the Equator in Old Sea Tradition
The crossing the line ceremony, known as saluting the Equator, is an old naval rite with roots in ancient seafaring cultures. King Neptune and Davy Jones appear as pollywogs are judged by shellbacks with playful punishments including soap, creosote, and water dousing.
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Equator
Europe
Davy Jones
Neptunus Rex
King Neptune
Evolution of pill production from dipping to automated tablet stamping
The article traces the history of pill manufacturing from older methods of impaling and gelatin sealing to modern automation. It describes suction bar coating for hundreds of pills, dough mixer style blending, revolving kettles for sugar coating, and extrusion into pipes and slugs before compression into tablets. It notes that pharmaceutical auto machines now stamp compressed tablets at high speeds and are used in plastics for molding powders.
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Ins
Water Power Clock At Rome Villa Borghese Park
One of the world’s strangest clocks sits in Rome’s Villa Borghese municipal park. The timepiece is powered by water, with drops from a fountain collected in a stack of cups driving its mechanism.
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Rome
Villa Bordese
Italy
Youth Passes Too Rapidly Use It Well
A column urges young girls to enjoy youth while warning against rushing into adulthood. It advises sisters to value their privileges, avoid drastic changes, and cherish evolving beauty and freedom, warning that lost youth cannot be recaptured.
These Things Are Essential
A youthful guidance piece urges teens to prioritize health and natural beauty. It advocates eight to ten hours of sleep, minimal cosmetics, regular meals with limited sweets, exercise, proper footwear, modest fashion, and grooming. It warns against petting and foolish acts, promising future satisfaction when Prince Charming arrives.
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Prince Charming
Hint of the Day for DIY Bath Preparations
A home spa note suggests mixing sea salt starch oatmeal bran almond meal and baking soda for a relaxing bath. Use cheesecloth bags to rinse if no shower, and scent the bath with any available fragrance. The guide recommends a quarter pound each of oatmeal and almond meal for a soothing blend.
Indians Flood Plan Precedes White Settlement
Fragmentary text notes a flood protection plan by Indigenous people before white settlers arrived, mentioning earthen mounds with flat tops used in ceremonies during high water.
Library of Songbirds Cheer Invalids in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan crippled J E Reed runs a Bird Library with over 100 singing birds lent to invalids and shut ins. A postcard and physician note authorize requests as a health precaution he delivers cages and feed and offers care tips to borrowers.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
J. E. Reed
Reed
Termites Threaten Homes Across Nation
Dr. Thomas E. Snyder of New Orleans, a government entomologist, says termites annually damage woodwork in homes to about 40 million dollars. He recommends insulation to keep wood from soil contact, chemical soil treatment, and injections to stop pest transit between timber and earth as protection against termite intrusion.
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Thomas E. Snyder
New Orleans
Snyder
Grandfather Mountain Discovery and Ancient Origins Explored
French botanist Andrew Michaux climbed Grandfather Mountain in 1794 and declared it the highest peak in North America. Geologists note the igneous summit is among the oldest mountains, roughly 140 million years old, formed by westward crust collapse and later erosion.
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Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
Andrew Michaux
North America
America
New Brunswick's Culinary Traditions Influence Coastal Fare
European lineage in New Brunswick preserves diverse menus from Scotch English Irish and French settlers. French cooking thrives with orchard dairy and coastal seafood linking farm produce to cod cutlets halibut lobster soup and wild strawberry omelet. The cuisine complements a summer program of fishing swimming and boating.
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New Brunswick
Maine
Chinchilla Feeding Habits and Diet
Chinchillas eat mostly in the evening and night and are fed once daily in captivity. Provide fresh water at all times. Diet centers on vegetable matter with grains such as rolled oats and corn, plus green foods like alfalfa hay and lettuce for thriving.
Shatter Scouts Pass Tests At Huntington Camp
Eleven members of Shatter Boy Scout Troop No. 44 completed second class tests and many first class requirements at Huntington Lake summer camp last week, reported scoutmaster Dr. Jack Light hill. The troop stood out as the only one large enough to live and function as a unit at the camp. Attendees included Joe Billy Allen G. W. Allen Noel Waters Richard Davis Junior Avants Oliver Avants J. C. Marlett Junior Stephens Charles Stephens John Stalcup and Eugene Cheeves.
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Shatter Boy Scout
Huntington Lake
Jack Lighthill
Shafter Boys
Joe Billy Allen
G. W. Allen
Noel Waters
Richard Davis
Oliver Avants
J. C. Marlett
Junior Stephens
Charles Stephens
John Stalcup
Eugene Cheeves
Winthrop Desk Error Tied to Antique Desks Misattributed
Edgar G. Miller notes in American Antique Furniture that naming a curved serpentine desk after Governor Winthrop is incorrect. Three governors named Winthrop died long before this desk type appeared, which features a slanting lid, drawers underneath, and ball and claw feet.
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Winthrop
Edgar G. Miller
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M.A.S
Wilson Home
M.A. S
Harlan Wilson
Wilson
Leonard Gaede
Paul Wilson
Raymond Mettler
Harvey Gaede
J. B. Moore
Shatter
Camp Fire Guardian School
Shafter Girls
Kiwanis
She Mason
Patricia Lindsay
Bell Syndicate
Big Sister
Mother
Daddy
Big Brother
Huntington Camp
J. D. Jacques, M. D
Orange Street
Christopher
Wasce, Calif
Singin Sam
KPMC
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
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