Battaglias Attend Mother's Funeral in Stockton
Mr and Mrs Jack Battaglia traveled to Stockton to attend the funeral of Jack s mother Benedette Battaglia who died of a stroke at 92. She had suffered a broken hip for over two years and struggled to recover. Surviving are Elvira Bargiachi Nellie Pagiucci Stockton Joe Battaglia Stockton Peter Oakland and Jack Shafter. The funeral is set for Friday morning in Stockton at 8 30 and the couple plans to return to Shafter Friday evening.
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Jack Battaglia F
Stockton
Jack
Benedette
Bill Lachenmaier
Jack Battaglia
Elvira Bargiachi
Nellie Pagiucci
Joe Battaglia
Peter
Oakland
Shafter
Community Fire Responder Gratitude From Shafter
Sam Lachenmaier and staff thank volunteer firemen and Shafter residents for aiding the removal of office furniture after the recent fire. The fire and police force is commended for a wonderful job. Special thanks to Bill Thompson George Gaede and others who lent trucks to move valuables for safekeeping.
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Sam
Lachenmaier
Shafterites
Shafter
Bill Thompson
George Gaede
Shafterites Set For Church Camp Outing
The Rev. Gordon J. Baker with four Union Congregational members will leave Shafter tomorrow for a week at Greenhorn camp Kern County park. Activities include handicrafts recreation swimming and morning religious classes. Attendees are Ella Mae Starrh Frankie Gunther Donna Friesen Lola Capps and Rev Baker and wife. The group will motor to the camp Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon J. Baker
Union Congregational Church
Greenhorn Camp
Kern County Park
Shafter
Ella Mae Starrh
Frankie Gunther
Donna Friesen
Lola Capps
Roland Mettlers Win Crestview Prize Home
Mr and Mrs Roland Mettler formerly of Shafter have purchased the Crestview model prize winning home and are now settled there with their children Frederick and Maurine.
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Roland Mettler
Shafter
Crestview
Frederick and
Maurine
Mrs Jessie McClain Visits Son and Grandsons
Mrs Jessie McClain stayed last week at her son's home and kept her two grandsons while their parents vacationed at Santa Anita attending the horse races there.
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Jessie McClain
Santa Anita
Social Service Placed Under Welfare Dept
The Board of Supervisors moved the Department of Medical Social Service under the Welfare Department. Formerly independent, it will handle admissions for Kern General Hospital starting July 1. The grand jury urged integration under the hospital administrator, but the motion lacked a second. Supervisor Ardis Walker joined four others in the final move to place the office in the Welfare Department.
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Board of Supervisors
Department of Medical Social Service
Welfare Department
Hospital Commission
Kern General Hospital
Ardis Walker
Walker
Ofice
Insurance Men Receive Coveted Quality Awards
Nine Kern County Life Underwriters members were honored with National Quality awards at a Bakersfield Inn luncheon in the Normandy room. Awards went to Emil Hein Leon R Reich Edgar M Richardson Donald R Barker Francis A Baker William T worth and William Jeff Walden. George M Hollings Richardson accepted a posthumous award for E A Estes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Life Underwriters Association
Normandy
Bakersfield Inn
Emil Hein
Leon R. Reich
Edgar M. Richardson
Donald R. Barker
Francis A. Baker
William T.worth
William Jeff Walden
Baldwin
George M. Hollings- Richardson
E. A. Estes
Visit Lancaster Relatives Highlight Arnold Koehn Trip
Mr and Mrs Arnold Koehn visited Lancaster on Sunday to see a relative. The trip focused on family greetings and time spent with kin in the community.
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Lancaster
Mrs. Arnold
Koehn
Aerial Junket Maps Dust Problem in Kern County
Two groups surveyed dust plagued Kern and Fresno counties revealing waste lands in Lost Hills McKittrick and Dos Palos as dust sources. The survey backs soil conservation districts and a push by the California State Grange to form districts, with farmers voting to adopt the plan.
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Central Valley Empire Association
West Side
Lost Hills-McKittrick
Kern County
Guy F. MacLeod
Dos Palos
Fresno County
Associated Press
Association
George Sehlmeyer
California State Grange
Tulare
Grange
Valley
Fred W. Herbert
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
U S Survey Warns of Southern California Water Drouth
The U S Geological Survey warns of a severe water famine in southern California due to lack of rain falling underground levels and rising irrigation demands. Officials note runoff will be light by September 30 and discuss drought cycles seen in tree ring studies and historical records.
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U.S. Geological Survey
California
Drouth
Edmund Schulman
University of Arizona
Troxell
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Shafter Progress
Paul C. Newell
Phil Horwith
Florence J. Newell
Central Avenue
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Battaglias
Mother
Bill” Young
Central Ave
Shafter City
Sprouse-Reitz
Justesen
Roland Mettlers
Son
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Colgate
P.G
Kern
Bakersfield
Electra
Mokelumne
West Point
San Francisco Bay
PGE
GAS and Electric Com
Social Service
Welfare Dept
Castle Motor Inn
Rt. 1
Pismo Beach
Avila, Morro, Bay, & Cayucos
J. J. Baerg
D.C
Mieling
Testare
U.S. Survey
S. C. Crouth
Harold C. Troxell
Geological Survey
Los Angeles
Drouth Cycles
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