Local residents return from Bay Area trips
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Harder and Menno Harder arrived in Shafter early Thursday after several days in the San Francisco bay region. H. J. Harder attended a state convention of real estate dealers in Oakland as Kern county official representative. Paul Van Gorkom left Shafter to visit Stockton friends and sister Mrs. Emory Lindbergh in Berkeley after the San Francisco fair and plans to see uncle Lester Phelps in Santa Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Harders
North
H. J. ‘Harder
Menno Harder
Los Angeles
Shafter
San Francisco Bay Region
Oakland
H. J. Harder
Kern County
Paul van Gorkom
Stockton
Emory Lindbergh
Berkeley
San Francisco
Lester Phelps
Santa Cruz
Fresno State and UC L A Graduates Highlight Regional News
Miss Evelyn Elizabeth Devine of Shafter earned a general elementary education degree at Fresno State. Shafter students from U C L A in Hollywood bowl ceremonies include Ruth Elizabeth Wiebe with a bachelor of arts, Melba Joyce Gloeckler with a bachelor of education, and Frances Caroline Kattenhorn with a bachelor of education. Al Wilson of Bakersfield, ex-Shafter resident, visited. Rev Alfred T Chandler spent the weekend in San Jose where his sister Beatrice graduated from San Jose State, and he spoke at First Congregational Church before visiting Oroville. C L Black returned to Shafter after Glendale visit. Emil Wessell and family visited Bud Hall. a Sunday trip took them to Frasier Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Elizabeth Devine
Shafter
Fresno State College
Fresno
Miss Devine
Hollywood Bowl
Ruth Elizabeth Wiebe
Melba Joyce Gloeckler
Frances Caroline Kattenhorn
Alfred. T. Chandler
San Jose
Beatrice
San Jose State College
First Congregational Church
Mr. Chandler
Oroville
Emil Wessells
Emil Wessell
Bud Hall
Halls
Wessells
Frasier Park
Shafter News Highlights Family Visits and Graduations
Mr and Mrs E V Kattenhorn attend U C L A graduation at the Hollywood Bowl where daughter Frances graduates. Frances Kattenhorn returns to Shafter Tuesday. Miss Viola Suderman of Los Angeles visits Shafter with her parents the Suderman family. Elvin Mankins of Justesen's meat dept travels to Bullrun with kin for fishing. Virginia Fay Price visits the McClure home for three weeks. Mrs R R Ritchie and Frances and George Ritchie visit from Beatrice Nebraska staying through August. The Nagles return to Yakima after season in Wasco and leave Shafter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Kattenhorn
Hollywood Bowl
Frances Kattenhorn
Viola Suderman
Los Angeles
Shafter
G. G. Suderman
Elvin Mankins
Justesen
Paul Mankins
Bullrun
Mankins
McClure
Virginia Fay Price
Mrs. P. V. McClure
Miss Price
R. R. Ritchie
Frances
George Ritchie
Beatrice
Nebraska
Horace. Cornelius
Nagles
Yakima
H. C. Nagle
Charles
A. J. Nagle
Wasco Food
Washington
Wedding Attends In Hollywood Cousin Of Wedge
Mrs. Thomas Wedge and Miss Annabel Wedge attended the wedding of Jack Smith of Oildale to Denise Brison of Bakersfield in Hollywood. Smith is a cousin of Miss Wedge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Thomas Wedge
Annabel Wedge
Jack Smith
Oildale
Denise Brisson
Bakersfield
Hollywood
Smith
Miss Wedge
Dinner Guests and Local Doings in Shafter
Mr. Karl Teget, linked with the Shafter sidewalk project, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Midgley Jr. on Sunday. Mrs. R W Partridge was honored on her birthday at a gathering with J C Rogers and grandchildren Pat and Dorothy Worley of Wasco. Miss Rubena Schultz returns from Los Angeles to spend summer in Shafter after Bible Institute study. Betty Spry travels to Morgan Hill and Gilroy for vacations with Osborns. Inez Hopper and daughter Mary Lou of Covina visit Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Tabb, en route to San Jose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
R. W. Partridge
R.W. Partridge
J. C. Rogers
Pat and
Dorothy Worley
Wasco
Partridge Home
Rubena Schultz
Los Angeles
Shafter
Miss Shultz
The
Bible Institute
Betty Spry
O. Osborn
Morgan Hill
Mrs. Lawrence Osborn
Gilroy
Inez Hopper
Mary Lou
Covina
Taylor Tabb
Looking Forward FRANKL in WALTMAN and New Deal rhetoric
Critic quotes from Frankl in Waltman on the New Deal era calling it a whistling in the graveyard stage. He accuses New Dealers of euphemizing debt as investment and spending as budgetary restraint, labeling semantic tactics as deception to voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankl
Waltman
New Deal
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Big Reduction in Domestic Gas Rates Hits California
The California Railroad Commission cuts gas rates by about 1.305 million dollars for Southern California Gas Company customers effective June 30. Domestic and commercial customers gain roughly 1.24 million in savings while industrial users save about 65 thousand. Average general service reductions run around 3 percent with higher cuts for cooking and water heating in several districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California Gas Company
California Railroad Commission
Ray L. Riley
Commission
Riley
Fort Tejon
Grapevine
McKittrick
Lebec
Delano
McFarland
Shafter
Wasco
Weedpatch
Tehachapi
Arvin
Lamont
Trick and
General Petroleum Takes Wallace Lease In Section 1
General Petroleum took over the Wallace lease in Section 1, 29-25 south of the Shafter oil field. The one year lease is owned by a group of Shafter men who bought the land 16 years ago. Formerly the Ohio company held the lease until its claim expired recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Petroleum
Wallace
Shafter
Ohio Company
Hitchcock Meets Corrigan at Kern County Exhibit
W H Hitchcock of Shafter met Douglas Corrigan the aviator famous for the wrong way flight at the San Francisco exposition. Corrigan toured the Shafter Kern county potato exhibit and spoke with local officials. Hitchcock notes Corrigan resembles his photographs and stands about five feet six inches tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hitchcock
Shafter
Douglas Corrigan
Corrigan
Kern County
Hitchcock
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Ted
al Wilson
al. Wilson
Rev
al Chandler
C. L. Black
Glendale
Kattenhorn
Shafter Theatre
Zane Grey's
Donald Woods
Evelyn Venable
John Howard
Gail Patrick
Grand Jury’s
Fred MacMurray
Irene Dunne
Invitation TO
Sidney Toler
Phyllis Brooks
Charlie Chan
Walt Disney Donald Duck
Joan Blondell
Melvyn Douglas
Paris
Ritz Brothers the
Tennie Mouser
T. H. Raines
J. W
Herman Rubey
Vernon Pierce
W. P. Pierce
Pierce
Herman French
Exeter
Harold Unruhs
Reedley
Mrs
Harold Unruh
A. H. Unruh
Bill Reams
Arizona
Woodlake
Sam Smith
Elbert Phillips
Wray Phillips
Johnnie Siemens
al Harder
Siemens
Harder
Joe Neuman
Katherine Goode
Ase Apace
First Mennonite Church
Kern River Park
Les Bryant
Visalia
Ralph Short
Mr. Bryant
Art Regier
Coca Cola Club
Colburn Brothers
Recreation Park
Baka
Harvey Gaede
Cokes
Arnold
Murray Arnold
Manne Tract
Holger Hansen
San Luis Obispo
Shafter High School
Arthur Johnson
Kansas
Dakotas
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Franklin Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Bank of America Safe Deposit Box
Bank of Castes National
CBA Asso
Shafter Hardware
Wray O. Phillips
W.H. Hitchcock
Home Town Bakery
Buck Osborn
Firestone Convoy
Firestone
Ieee
Srebestra
Wader Dividton
Afvod
NBC Red
Johnson’s Firestone Service
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