Rio Bravo P T A Holds Final Meeting Of Year
The Rio Bravo P T A concluded its year with a Friday afternoon session in the local school’s primary room. Mrs. C A Merrill led the meeting and saluted the flag. Officers for the new year were installed by Mrs. J Stark of Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Merrill
Clyde Zachary
Merrill
Ora Crawford
Bakersfield
PT. A
J. Stark
W. F. Martin
F. Spurlock
Zachary
Faculty wives elect officers at Shafterfish school event
Mrs Arthur Johnson was named president for next year at a dinner at Rubleman’s. Eugenia Sord became vice president and Lloyd Pack secretary treasurer. Outgoing officers were Mrs F Latta and Mrs F T Arneld. Members then gathered at Shafter theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafterfish School
Arthur Johnson
Rublman's
Eugen’ S Ord
Lioyd Pack
F. Latta
F. T. Asneld
Shafter Theatre
Dinner Party At Warren Home Plans Honor Guests
A dinner party at the Warren home honors Mr. and Mrs. Pupene Mettler. Hosts Mrs. Orvin Mettler and Mrs. Ed Warren invite guests including Mesdames Emil Bender Orvin Mettler R A Jacobsen Pete Bender Bill Lachenmaier Bill Bender Ed Warren Eugene Mettler and Miss Edna Prieve. The Eugene Mettlers plan a trip to the east coast and to pick up a new car in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pupene Mettler
Orvin Mettler
Ed Warren
Warren
Eugene Mettlers
Detroit
Mesdames
Emil Bender
R. A. Jacobsen
Pete Bender
Bill Lachenmaier
Bill Bender
Eugene Mettler
Edna Prieve
Church notices from First Baptist and area parishes
The schedule lists First Baptist Church services with Bible school at 10 a.m. and sermons on suffering and the apocalypse, plus evening services and midweek prayer. It notes ongoing vacation Bible school through Friday, June 21, and invites grammar school children. Also includes German and English services at First Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren Churches with Fathers Day sermons, vacation Bible school, and weekly meetings. St John’s Catholic Church in Wasco lists Mass times and Saturday confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Bible
A. Schmidt
Young People’s Societies
Prayer League
First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
H.W. Lohrenz
Hillsboro
Kan
St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Owen McMullan
Christian Science Society services in Wasco at 11 a.m
The Christian Science Society branch of The Mother Church in Boston announces Sunday services at 11 a.m. and a Sunday school at 10 a.m. at Corner Sixth and E streets in Wasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
Sewing Circle Meeting at Mrs Brumbaughs Home
Members of the Pentecostal Young People's Association Sewing circle met yesterday at the home of Mrs Edna Brumbaugh for an afternoon of sewing. The meeting opened with prayer and refreshments were served. Attendees included Mesdames Brumbaugh Grace Potts and Gertrude Wood and the Misses Tressie Higgins Juanita Stewart Murial Krocker and Leta Bell West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Young People’s Association Sewing Circle
Edna Brumbaugh
Mesdames Brumbaugh
Grace Potts
Gertrude Wood
Tressie Higgins
Juanita Stewart
Murial Krocker
Leta Bell West
Mrs. Jack Hare Honored At Desert Bridge Party
Friends gathered at Mrs. J. B. Henderson’s home for a desert bridge party honoring Mrs. Jack Hare whose marriage to Jack Hare was recently announced. Each guest gave the honoree a favorite cooking recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Henderson
Jack Hare
Birthday honors for E K Grant and the Misses Grant
A Sunday party at the Grant home in Shafter honored E K Grant and the Misses Mary and Marjorie Grant of Wasco. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Kenneth Méandaville of Bakersfield and several Delano residents plus Kelley Grant and G A Wittmayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.K. Grant
Mary
Marjorie Grant
Wasco
E. K. Grant
Grant
Shafter
Kenneth Méandaville
Bakersfield
De Kruif Visits Shafter Camp For Inquiry
Paul de Kruif American writer spent about an hour Saturday at the Shatter Farm Workers community and later at the county camp. He asked many questions and inspected carefully. it is believed he is gathering material for articles or a book. He promised a complete set of his works to the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul de Kruif
de Kruif
Farm Workers
Shafter
Leon R. Dore
Agricultural Workers’ Health and Medical Association
F. F. Meyer
F. Yerman
Hooper Foundation
de Kruits
Holland, Michigan
Lloyd G. Baugh Enlists in Army Reserve
Lloyd C. Baugh, son of Mrs. Frances Baugh of Shafter, enlisted in the Regular Army reserve at Bakersfield on June 6 for four years in the Coast Artillery corps. He previously served with the Coast Artillery in Hawaii from 1936 to 1938. Colonel Lippincott said over 50 ex-army men have enlisted in the Reserve locally, with more enrollments expected under the national defense program. Full details available at Army Recruiting offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Lippincott
California
Lloyd C. Baugh
Frances & Baugh
Shafter
Army
Bakersfield
Coast Artillery Corps
Baugh
Hawaiian Islands
Lippincott
Fallbrook Guests Visit Here
Mr and Mrs W T Blacklidge and their son from Fallbrook San Diego county are visiting relatives in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallbrook
Life Insurance Growth In 1900
A brief note from 1900 outlines that only one in ten people carried life insurance. The statistic highlights early market adoption and social risk planning among the era's population.
Dramatic Breakfast Reveals Hidden Guard Clash
Irene Rand confronts Reynold Rand over a hired bodyguard as Reynolds imposes secrecy. At a Capitol club dinner Drake confronts a rival, punching a man believed to threaten Irene, after she recognizes Maurice in the crowd.
Coyotes Try to Bite Soaring Plane Over Wheat Country
In eastern Washington Pat Kinzel, aviator, notes coyotes chasing and circling his plane. The animal repeatedly lunges and snaps jaws toward the roaring aircraft as it passes overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
Pat, Kinzel
Washington
Trapper Andy Hay Returns From Arctic Isolation
Andy Hay a 36 year old trapper who spent 18 years largely cut off from civilization visited Boise on his first trip outside the Arctic region in 10 years. He trades and traps in an unmapped Canadian sector near Aklavik and End emonton Vancouver and Seattle ship his furs by air. He recounts adventures including a pilot's death and a rescue that brought him briefly back to civilization before returning to his solitary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Andy Hay
Civilization
Arctic Circle
Hay
Canada
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Stinky River
Edmonton
Vancouver
Seattle
Toronto
Doctor Dies of Heart Attack in Operating Room
In Orange at St Mary's hospital Dr Alton L Sherman collapsed during a tumor removal operation. He spoke of chest pain then died within minutes as colleague Dr Joseph Bove finished the procedure and a nurse assisted him. Assistant medical examiner Dr George Olcott Jr ruled the death a heart attack. The patient’s condition was reported as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
St. Mary’s Hospital
Alton L. Sherman
Joseph Bove
Bove
Sherman
George P. Olcott Jr
Crowd Misled by Hoax Body at Tower Tip
In Lenox Massachusetts a crowd gathered at Triangle park to watch a 50 foot geodetic survey tower when a body fell. Trooper William Kidney and Trooper Charles Boakes found the figure was a dummy and Boakes toppled it over the edge, revealing the prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
Triangle Park
William Kidney
Charles Boakes
Kidney
Boakes
Woman pays $20 debt to college after 50 years
WARRENSBURG MO An elderly woman sent a $20 money order to Central Missouri State Teachers College 50 years after a debt she made. Officials withheld her name but suspected more than a simple conscience payment, noting the trembling handwriting in the accompanying letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Central Missouri State Teachers College
Earlene Skaggs Enters Beauty Contest Saturday
Miss Earlene Skaggs will represent Shafter in a beauty contest sponsored by the East Bakersfield Progressive club at Jefferson park Saturday to select a queen for a Kern county delegation bound for the San Francisco fair on June 22. Ed Benedict of Bakersfield leads the event. contestants from Bakersfield and other Kern County towns are entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlene Skaggs
Shafter
East
Censor Sees Obscenity In Dinner Ending
A censor objects to a play where a minister and reformer dine together The author defends it as legitimate drama The censor cautions that the ending could corrupt youth by implying improper conduct and nonpayment at a hotel.
Quote Mix Up Sparks Domestic Miscommunication
An exchange hints at a misremembered spouse in a terse encounter. The dialogue suggests confusion over a wife’s identity and emotional state, reflecting a strained domestic moment.
Disappearance Leads Mrs Jones to Suspect Maid
The new maid has been with the Jones family only a few days and Mrs Jones suspects theft after a series of disappearances. The husband cautions not to judge by appearances, but the clue lies in what vanishes.
Eyes and Words Egg Exchange
A shopper returned two bad eggs to the grocer. The clerk reassured her that her word carried as much value as the eggs, saying, You didn't need to bring them back. Your word is just as good as the eggs.
Wedding Anniversary Memory in Dialect Scene
A short dialect exchange recalls a wooden wedding anniversary celebration. Ezra humorously recounts his wife striking him with a rolling pin over wood split, highlighting rural domestic humor and timeworn partners.
Peck family clash over upbringing and chores
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Peck insisting she will raise the family while Mr. Peck demands she handle the coal chores. The dialogue highlights a domestic power struggle over daily duties.
Bone of contention in a boy and his father witty exchange
A brief dialogue where a small boy asks about the meaning of bone of contention and the father answers with a cheeky misdirection about the jawbone, delivering a light pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Poor Thing Potato Faces Cider or Vinegar Fate
A humorous remark portrays a potato anxious about its uncertain future as either cider or vinegar, reflecting a whimsical, anthropomorphic line. The quip captures a lighthearted tension between processing outcomes and a farmer’s commentary.
Gay Adventure Between Axtater and Hornpuff
Dialogue shows Axtater denying being gay and claiming to chase women while Hornpuff labels him as a gay adventurer. Axtater explains he works as a bouncer at a beer tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornpuff
Axtater
Rabbit Life Expectancy Mentioned
The note states rabbits typically live seven to eight years, outlining the average lifespan for the species. Also implies that most rabbits reach adulthood within a few months and maintain health through mature years.
Flag Day Etiquette Urges Proper Flag Display
Observers are urged to learn correct flag handling and display as America marks Flag Day, emphasizing proper respect and etiquette for the national banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Flag display guidelines for parades and floats
The flag belongs on the marching right or center front, never over vehicle hoods or atop a platform. Bunting with blue stripes uppermost suits these roles. On floats, cars, or boats the flag should appear only on a staff.
Wallace Well Depths Reported in Shafter Field
General Petroleum officials reported Wallace No 1 well in Section 1 29-25 at 6076 feet Tuesday morning and Caldwell No 5 in Section 35 28-25 at 8159 feet. The company announced no new locations in the Shafter field or the adjacent area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Petroleum
Wallace No. 1
Caldwell No. 5
Shafter Field
Master Degree for Eugene R. Ford at USC ceremony
Eugene R. Ford, Shafter high school teacher, received the master of science in education during USC’s annual commencement at the Los Angeles Coliseum. President von Kieinsmid presided as 51 degrees were awarded amid Senior Week events. States, foreign countries, and territories were represented by graduates including China with eight honorees and Hawaii with five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene R. Ford
Shafter
University of* ‘Southern California
Los Angeles Coliseum
R. B. von Kieinsmid
Ralph E. Davis
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Trojan
United States
China
Hawaii
Canada
Republic of Panama
Turnip Seed Production Rises in Sacramento County
Production of turnip seed in Sacramento county has increased materially due to the European war cutting off the usual seed supply from belligerent countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rio Bravo P.T A
Church News
P.Y.P.A. Sewing Circle
E. K. Grant Home
Lloyd G. Baugh
Thayer Waldo
McClure
Reale Rand
Irene Rand
Reynold
Irene
Reynold P, Rand
Daffy
Drake
Maurice
U. S
Arctic
Trapper
Rastus
Ezra
Division of Labor
Wallace
George O’brien
Prairie Law
Virginia Bruce
Wayne Morris
Flight Angels
Douglas Fairbanks, JR
Madeleine Carroll
Safari
Ronald Reagan
Murder
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
Paramount
Home Appliance CO
Emil Stoller
Dial
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