Social and Club Outings Round Kern County Event Calendar
Mrs Harvey Gaede hosted M A S members at her home for a regular weekly session with sewing social time. A surprise birthday party honored Mrs Jack Kliewer at Kern River Park with swimming and a wiener roast. A French Creek reunion picnic planning meeting was held at Mrs J E Unruh's home for August 28 at Mooney Grove Visalia with attendees from Bakersfield Reedley Wasco and Wasco. A Christian Youth Toast party occurred at River Park with many attendees. John H Dalke had a surprise birthday party at J C Channes pool with gifts and light lunch. Shafter women returned from a Kern county Homemakers Camp at Whitaker's Forest with 45 attendees studying crafts and home arts and enjoying hikes swimming and dances.
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Harvey Gaede
Gaede
Jack Kliewer
Gente
Btn
Kliewer
Kern River Park
Johnnie Siemens
Walter Bergen
J. E. Unruh
French Creek
Sundey
Mooney Grove
Visalia
Mesdames G. Weyand
Andrew Heier
Bakersfield
Peter Golbeck
Reedley
Sol Bartel
Wasco
John H. Dalke
J. C. Channes
Mr. Dalke
Dalke
Earl Wipf
Ray Ferguson
Clyde Malone
Roberta Roberson
Sue Wilson
John Dalke
Shafter
Mesdames
E. C. Eckmann
Byron Brooks
Whitaker's Forest
Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern County
Kirkham Family Hosts Rio Bravo Evening Party
Rio Bravo entertained Friday night with a party honoring Mrs. James Forbes of Placentia mother of Mrs. Kirkham and Miss Dorris Forbes of Los Angeles sister of Mrs. Kirkham in a small social gathering.
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R. P. Kirkhams
Rio Bravo
James Forbes
Placentia
Kirkham
Dorris Forbes
Los Angeles
Couple Weds Quiet Honeymoon Ceremony in Shafter
A couple married in a two week honey moon trip after a ceremony at Union Congregational church attended by relatives and close friends. Mrs Norma Lee Cloud Stillman is the bride, daughter of Walter Cloud of Shafter. The groom is son of Helen Suttley of Bakersfield. They will reside in Shafter after returning home.
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Union Congregational Church
Stillman
Norma Lee Cloud
Walter Cloud
Shafter
Mr. Stillman
Helen Suttley
Bakersfield
Sewing Circle Honors Mrs Kliewer With Birthday Shower
The M. B. sewing circle met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jack Kliewer with Mrs. John Suderman as hostess. A handkerchief shower celebrated Mrs Kliewer’s birthday and Miss Rubena Shultz led the devotional. A message titled Widow and Two Mules was shared.
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Jack Kliewer
M. B. Sewing Circle
John Suderman
Friends Honor Grace Weyand At Bridal Shower
Miss Grace Weyand is honored by friends at the Unruh home with a shower and a gift hunt in a mock wedding party. Hostesses Misses Evelyn and Rosie Unruh coordinate the event with cake and ice cream to conclude.
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Grace Weyand
Evelyn
Rosie Unruh
Unruh
Novella Stewart
Esther Boucher
Grace Warkentire
Ruby Brown
Esther Brown
Erma Wendland
Mary Ann Epp
Jack Kliewer
Louis Becker
Abe Neufeld
Ernest Schultz
Irvin Neufeld
Welly Weyand
Clarence Weyand
Reynold Duehren
Harvey Gaede
Gus Weyand
J. E. Unruh
Jobless Warned To Stay Out Of San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Labor Bureau manager F H Palomares and state relief agencies warn migrants to avoid the valley due to no available farm work. Officials cite a record surplus of workers as migrants continue arriving and crops shrink.
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San Joaquin Valley
F. H. Palomares
San Joaquin
Lights of New York and the 72 hour marriage delay
A column discusses New York feeding power, transport, market size and sanitary food rules, noting five reasons for city abundance. It then recounts how the 72 hour interval between license and ceremony reduced rapid marriages, with Brooklyn and other boroughs showing declines in daily licenses while couples still wed in churches or seek reflection before tying the knot.
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Waterman
New York
Chambers Street
Chambers Street, A Single, Came Out Double. In Noin
Brooklyn
James Bell
Food Capsule May Create Laboratory Men, Exposition Says
Milton Silverman, director of the science exhibit at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, described food pills that could enable a race of supermen. He cautioned that preliminary experiments show potential, but it is too early to predict outcomes.
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San Francisco
Milton Silverman
Songs That Reach Heart Must Picture the Scene
Rev. G White in the Detroit News notes songs that evoke emotion and help visualize scenes. He cites When Irish Eyes Are Smiling by Ernest Ball, Old Sweet Song by James L Molloy, Down by the Old Mill Stream by Tell Taylor, Wait Till the Cows Come Home by Anne Caldwell, Comin Through the Rye tied to Burns, Mendelssohn Spring Song, Listen to the Mocking Bird, and Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet as enduring melodies across eras.
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Ernest Ball
Old Erin
James L. Molloy
Old Mill Stream
Tell Taylor
Anne Caldwell
Robert Burns
Mendelssohn
Chop Suey’s Ancient Roots and American Rise
Historians question chop suey as a native Chinese dish, dating its origins to migrants and workers in early California and western rails. A note in the Detroit News credits a New York Chinatown chef in 1896 with coining the term, while others link the dish to gold rush era chatter and Chinese labor camps spreading across the United States.
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China
Detroit News
Chinatown
New York City
Li Hung Chang
California
Canadian Pacific “Steel
Empire
J. M. Gibbon
Cathay
Pacific
United States
Baths Precede Prayers in Mahometan Rite
The Rocky Mountain Herald notes a strict cleansing ritual before each of the five daily prayers. The washing involves face, nostrils, head, beard, neck, hands and arms to elbows, and feet to ankles, repeated three times for a total of fifteen acts daily for the faithful.
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Rocky Mountain Herald
Trap-Door Spider Engineer Delivers Silk Portals and Moss Camouflage
A southern European and African trap-door spider engineers complex burrows. It digs a bottle shaped shaft, lines it with silk, and constructs a silk hinged trap door. The spider plants moss on top for camouflage and its door with moss is resistant to damage under heavy tread.
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Europe
Africa
Academic freedom defined in Britannica Book of the Year
Britannica Book of the Year defines academic freedom as the right of a person connected with education to pursue inquiry and express ideas without interference or restraint from administrators or religious authorities.
Britain Declares War on Muskrats in 1932 Campaign
The article recalls Britain facing a muskrat invasion beginning in 1917 with imports for fur farming and a 1932 declaration of war. It notes Bohemian noblemen introduced the species to Europe, its rapid spread through England and central Europe, and historical costs of control.
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Great Britain
Europe
Alaska
Danube
Germany
Switzerland
England
Britain
Detroit Zoo Claims Nation’s Highest Attendance
Detroit's zoo tops U S attendance with more than 8 million visitors annually, according to a national survey. The report notes St Louis Kansas City and Cleveland attract 1 to 2 million each. Evansville leads in acreage at 380 acres, Tulsa 250, Lincoln 105, Kansas City 80, St Louis 77. Jacksonville leads mammals at 511. Detroit records 1 375 birds and 200 reptiles, with St Louis San Diego also reporting high counts.
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Washington
National Park Service
National Recreation Associations
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cleveland
Evansville
Ind
Tulsa
Okla
Lincoln
Neb
Jacksonville
Fla
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
San Diego
le Detroit
Famous Paris Cafe Joins Memory Chain After Closure
The Cafe du Croissant at 146 rue Montmartre closes after Foyot's, marking a Paris memory. It recalls Jean Jaurès who was assassinated there on July 31, 1914 along with other political figures. The spot hosted a cross section of Bolsheviks, royalists, and moderates in dialogue.
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Paris
Leon Daudet
Charles Maurras
Napoleon's escape and exile tale recounted
A historical note recalls Napoleon's prison on Elba after surrender, his escape that led to the Hundred Days and the Battle of Waterloo, and his final exile to St. Helena.
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Napoleon
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
Community Notices From Shafter Area Readers
A roundup of local family visits and travel plans includes Ted Unruh Rebecca Unruh and Clifford Van Sett of Bakersfield plus Mildred Neuman of Shafter spending weekend at Pismo Beach. Dickie Johnson travels with grandparents to Davis while Norma Bohl visits Rio Bravo. Miss Helen Fast and Roberta Rober son plan Yosemite vacation. Hazel Dargatz to run beauty shop in their absence. J W Wilson builds new Central ave house. Emil Stoller and Arnold Kirschenmann head to San Francisco. J W Wilson and son plan three week Oklahoma trip. R E Zenk leaves South Dakota via Yellowstone for Shafter visit. Donald Wedge visits parents in Shafter with grandson Tommie. Donna Lee returns to Long Beach.
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Pismo
Ted Unruh
Rebecca Unruh
Clifford van Sett
Bakersfield
Mildred Neuman
Shafter
Helen Fast
Roberta Roberson
Camp Curry
Yosemite Valley
Hazel Dargatz
Mrs. Fast
Oklahoma
J. W. Wilson
Shafter High School
Jimm Day
Mrs. Wilson
Donald Wedge
Long Beach
Thomas Wedge
Tommie
Donna Lee
Miss Elvira Johnson Goes to South Dakota Visit
Miss Elvira Johnson leaves Sunday for Bismarck to visit her parents and go motor boating with friends.
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Elvira Johnson
Bismarck
South Dakota
Family to Spend Month at Morro Bay
Mr and Mrs William Isaac and their children departed Monday for Morro Bay to spend a month long vacation by the seaside.
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Morro Bay
William Isaac
Bullying cross examination mocks a young man
A judge questions a timid, "stupid" youth in a cross examination. The witness admits limited work and earnings while the lawyer hints at his father on the jury, underscoring the tension of the courtroom scene from American Magazine.
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American Magazine
Old Grouch Demands Silence From Poem Critic
The editor voices growing impatience and vows to crush verse, while the departing genius laments the lack of poetry in his sole.
Shopper and shopkeeper barter over small loaf
A Halifax Herald excerpt shows a shopper offering nine cents for a small loaf and a shopkeeper replying with a smile. The shopper then offers six cents, noting the reduced burden of counting.
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Halifax Herald
A Matter of Size Ends in Royal Waiter Dispute
A fragment from a historical page shows Percy addressing a waiter with a remark about the ends of something. The snippet hints at a humorous or curt exchange in a dining room scene. No further context is provided to identify characters or setting beyond the named Percy.
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Percy
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Dickie Johnson
Davis
W. E
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Selma
R. Kirkham
Bohl
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R. E. Zenk
Yellowstone National Park
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Nett
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