Pinochle Club Meets In Wasco
The Pinochle club met last Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs John Rogers in Wasco. Attending were Mrs Esther Miller Mrs J M Stoner and Harry Fowler of Wasco and Mr and Mrs Oscar Wiedmann Mr and Mrs J P Hansen Mrs Elizabeth Ingram and Mrs Ralph Sanderson of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogers
Wasco
Esther Miller
J. M. Stoner
Harry Fowler
Oscar Wiedmann
J. P.hansen
Elizabeth Ingram
Ralph Sanderson
Shafter
Livers Welcome Grandson Glen Allen
Mr and Mrs W A Livers of Shafter announce the birth of a son to their daughter Mrs Albert E Kattenhorn of Escondido The child Glen Allen was born May 30 weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces Mrs Kattenhorn formerly La Rue Livers Albert is the oldest son of Mr and Mrs E V Kattenhorn
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W. A. Livers
Shafter
Albert
E. Kattenhorn
Escondido
Glen Allen
Churchews The First Ba E M Anderson Pastor
Sunday school at 9 45 with classes for all ages led by R L Gates. 10 00 morning worship on the topic Three Voices and Christ. Communion served to believers. 7 00 Youth Service and Bible study. 8 00 Evangelistic service. 8 00 Wednesday Bible study and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Anderson
R. L. Gates
Christ
Mennonite Brethren Church Service Schedule At 400 Kern Street
Rev H D Wiebe leads Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school in two departments with a class for all. An 11 a.m. German sermon by the pastor, followed by an American service. A Tabor College rep may fill the pulpit. otherwise Wiebe conducts. Communion, 11:15. Prayer circle 6:30. Christian Fellowship 6:45. Revival 7:45. midweek prayer 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Quote: That soul only is strong that has learnt its own weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Wiebe
Tabor College
Christian Fellowship
Union Congregational Services and Sunday School Update
Union Congregational in Shafter invites attendance with junior church at 10 35 and worship at 11 00 led by Pastor W S Harper. Primary department under Mrs Glen Crampton meets with opening Sunday school then moves to American Legion hall for study. Christian Science Society in Wasco holds 11 00 services with 10 00 Sunday School and first Wednesday 8 00 pm meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational Shafter
Calif
Wm. S
Harper
Walter E. Haag
Ed A. Brown
Glen Crampton
Christian Science Society
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
E Streets
Wasco
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Jeremiah
Israel
New Summer Mass Schedule for St John’s Wasco Shafter
Beginning this Sunday June 4 a new summer mass schedule is listed for St John’s Catholic Wasco and Shafter Rev Owen McMullen pastor The schedule includes 6 30 a m at St John’s Church Wasco 8 00 a m at the Women’s Club building Shafter and 9 30 a m Wasco Confessions are on Saturday evenings and before Sunday masses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Catholic
Wasco
Shafter
Owen McMullen
Broadway St
St. John’s Church
Women’s Club
Wage Rate Maximums Announced For Early Potatoes
Jess Stockton of the California War Food Administration states new wage ceilings effective May 26 for early potato harvesting. Rates include 12 cents per 100 pound weight and 70 cents hourly. hauling 90 cents per ton, with adjustments up to 1.05 per ton for long hauls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Stockton
State
California War Food Administration
Kern County
Stockton
Bakersfield
W Street
War Labor
Shafter Board
Shafter
Shafter Committee
Orvin Mettler
J. C. Charmeson
Elmo Black
How to Send Letters to Prisoners of War
Mrs. Al Wolf cites a War Department guide for addressing and sending mail to her brother Lt. Eddie Merkel, a B-17 pilot and Air Medal recipient reported down over Germany last February. Letters are typewritten in block letters, folded with a six cent air mail stamp, and mailed unsealed to the Postmaster Prisoner of War Air Mail. after censorship they go to Lisbon for further stamping before delivery to camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Wolf
The
War Department
Eddie Merkel
Germany
Merkel
Wolf Reveall
Lisbon
Portugal
Witcher Wins Bronze Star in Sicily Campaign
Sagt Clarence V. Witcher Route 1 Shafter has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations during the Sicilian campaign. As a section sergeant in a quartermaster unit of the 3rd Marne Division, he organized fuel supply handling about 60 000 gallons, kept fuel flowing under air attacks, and supervised a packing plant to issue 5-gallon cans. He also led a dawn unloading of a 100-ton cargo ship to beat air attack pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Sagt
Clarence V. Witcher
Route 1
Shafter
Witcher
Marne
Palermo
Messina
Lt Eddie Merkel of Stalag Luft I Germany
The brief note identifies Lt Eddie Merkel as a prisoner at Stalag Luft I in Germany. It mentions the camp location and assigns Merkel as the individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Merkel
Stalag Luft I
Germany
Kern Egg Quota Near Two Million
Kern County poultrymen are urged to produce about 1 745 869 dozen eggs this year as part of the Food for Victory program. National Poultry Defense chairman Leon Todd says meeting the quota depends on housewives using more eggs and preventing liquidation of flocks to avoid future shortages.
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Kern ‘County
National Poultry Defense Committee
Leon Todd
Todd
Farm Wage Ceiling Meet In Fresno
A public hearing to establish a wage ceiling for casual seasonal farm labor will be held Monday June 25 at Memorial auditorium Fresno. The Triple A committee calls the meeting to discuss ceilings for transplanting weeding mining harvesting pruning thinning and harvest of fruit and vine crops.
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Memorial Auditorium
Fresno
Triple A Committee
A Boy For Tabers Born at Shafter Maternity Home
Mr and Mrs Lonnie Taber welcomed a seven pound baby boy born May 21 at the Shafter Maternity Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Taber
Shafter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Livers
National Institute of Treading
Ralph Lachenmaier
Orial
Roy Woollames
Churchews
Mary Baker Eddy
Earth
Heaven
Mennonite Brethren
Kern Street
Monterey
Dutch Boy
Central Avenue
WM. H. Stoller, Mgj
New York
East River
River Police
Department of Sanitation
Peter Peeve
Kern
Tabers
McClure
J. C. Penner
Shafter County
Ham
Joe's Meat Processing
Sumner Street
Willie Woo
Veterinary Biologicals
Tetanus
Stringham’s
Shafter Drug Store
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