Eleanor Eckman Birthday Party At Eckman Home
A Hawaiian themed 17th birthday party was held last Thursday night at the lawn of Mr and Mrs Walter Eckman with guests including Irene Hoffman Jane Evans Charlotte Leedom and Eleanor Eckman plus several attending boys and hosts. A layette shower for Jerry Hall’s sister Mrs John Dirksen followed with gifts opened by the honoree Martha Goertzen won a prize for recalling the gift list. Vera Barnes Shafter, Ruth Wilson Shafter, and Sergeant Boyd Miller wed at Presidio of Monterey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Eckman
Eleanor
Hawaii
Mr. Eckman
Irene Hoffman
Jane Evans
Charlotte Leedom
Coleen Lain
Beula Neuman
Leona
Viola Boudreau
Jerry Hall
Shafter Motel
John’ Dirksen
Martha Goertzen
Mits
Ruth Wilson
Shafter
Boyd Miller
Presidio of
Muniterey
Presidio
Jack Wilson
Fort Ord
Vera Barnes
J. W. Wilson
Shafter High
Birthday tribute for Mrs Bill Bestwater at Bakersfield venue
An Au family party honored Mrs Bill Bestwater on her birthday Sunday night at Il Travatore in Bakersfield. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Dan Wendland Mr and Mrs Marvey Gaede Mr and Mrs Powell McCoy Bill Bestwater La Vonne and the honoree.
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Il Travatore
Bakersfield
Bill Bestwater
Dan Wendland
Marvey Gaede
Powell McCoy
la Vonne
Red Cross Cooking Course Held At School House
The Rio Bravo Home Department met last Thursday for a Red Cross cooking course. They discussed preparation and food for fire fighters. Attendees included Mesdames Ora McClellan Ada Clyde Zachary Dorothy J B Garrett John Pera Fazel Haag and Dorothy Wilkinson the home demonstration supervisor. Children present were Diana Marlyn Bergen and Kathrina Pera.
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Rio Bravo Home Department
Red Cross
Mesdames Ora McClellan
Ada Ber- Clyde
Zachary
Dorothy J. B. Garrett
John Pera
Fazel Haag
Dorothy Wilkinson
Diana
Marlyn Bergen
Kathrina Pera
Reverend Gillespie Speaks at Open Air Tabernacle
The Reverend Berton Gillespie, pastor of Sunshine church heard on KPMC Sundays at 4 45 is conducting special evangelistic services in the open air tabernacle beside the Pentecostal Church of God. He is remembered by Shafter friends as a former popular baseball player. Reverend Jay Fuller extends the public invitation to attend these evening services.
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Berton Gillespie
Sunshine Church
KPMC
Pentecostal Church of God
Gillespie
Shafter and
Jay Fuller
Gial
Foreign Travels Provide Variety of Adventure
Arnold Griese, former magazine salesman now with Headquarters squadron at Min ter Field, Honolulu, recounts two years of travel before Pearl Harbor. He survived harrowing experiences from Bakersfield to San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles, learned Spanish, met diverse people, and finally earned profit while amassing memories before returning to the University of Minnesota journalism program.
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Pearl Harbor
Arnold Griese
Minter Field
Honolulu
Matsoni
Arnold
University of Minnesota
School of Journalism
Bakersfield
Pvt. Griese
San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles
Hitler
Europe
Tampico
Mexico
Griese
Vaterland
Hanoi
NYK
Hawaii
Anne
Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
Taft
San Francisco
Islands
Oahu
Recruits Train as Line Mechanics At Minter Field
From diverse workers to A-1 airplane line mechanics recruits undergo seven weeks of training at Minter Field. For four weeks they live with the planes, assemble and tear down engines, and study air plane mechanical theory. Three weeks in squadron sections follow as apprentices under crew chiefs. Graduates receive a certificate as trained personnel for the Army Air Forces.
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Army Air Forces
Uncle Sam
UC Laboratory Develops Sandblasting For Walnut Shell Bleach
The Fruit Products Laboratory at the University of California College of Agriculture is developing a sandblasting process to bleach walnut shells. Linge, a mine in great demand for munition manufacturing, may be useful in replacing the current bleaching methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Products Laboratory
University of California College of Agriculture
Golden Gate Named by Col. Fremont After Farseeing Origin
Col. John C. Fremont named the Golden Gate after the Golden Horn at Constantinople. The Farallon Islands supplied a major egg source for San Francisco during and after the Gold Rush.
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Golden Gate
Col
John C. Fremont
Golden Horn
Constantinople
Farallone Islands
San Francisco
California Voices on War Effort And Domestic Strife
California figures including Glenola Bennett and Griffith Bennett discuss divorce amid wartime strain. Quotes cover social roles, clothing concerns, and patriotic duty. Notables such as M R Wolf Keil, Mildred Debolt, T M Girdler, and J Herschel Coffin voice opinions on war production, policy, and liberty.
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Mildred Debolt
California Federation of Business and Professional Women
Trinity County Named From Belief About Its River
Trinity county owes its name to a large historic belief that the principal river flowed into Trinity Bay near Eureka, with the river thought to empty into the bay north of Eu reka.
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Trinity County
Trinity Bay
Eureka
California Typography Diversity Outpaces Other States
A brief note highlights California as having the most diverse typography compared with every other state, signaling a notable spread of type styles across its typography landscape.
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California
State
Cabrillo’s 1542 California Landing Cited
The note credits Juan Rodriguez and states Cabrillo was the first white man to set foot in California in 1542.
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Juan Rodriguez
Cabrillo
California
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Eleanor Eckman
Mrs
John Dirksen
Layette
Sergeant Miller
Persidio
Rio Bravo
Pvt. F
Comfort, Publisher
Central Avenue
Kern County
Arent Commala
National Editorial
Ssociation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Texas
Army
West Point
Richard Alexander
John Mack
Brown
Stagecoach
Buckaroo
Mickey Rooney Lewis
Andy Hardy
Joan Crawford
OUR Democracy
Supreme
Seas
Copperland
China
Americas
Glenola Bennett
Griffith Bennett
LL. A
M.R
Wolfkeil
San Pedro
Roosevelt
T.M. Girdler
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
J. Herschel Coffin
Whittier Institute, of International Relations
J. E
Ohnnie
THE
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph! Company
20Th St
Schneider
Wikoff
R.F.D
Orrents
Victory Garden
Pacific Gas and Electric
Compan
Fellas
Sam
Vietes
Ty Acme Brewing CO
Ith Street
Wrafield
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