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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
5
Visitation from Keene to Shafter and nearby towns includes Gene Hodson and M M Fenderson sisters. Families from Pond, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Willowbrook, Reseda, and Fraiser Park travel for visits and outings. Dignitaries, quiz course student Darrel Janzen, and city residents plan moves and host dinner gatherings near Shafter.
Allen Bartel and Joe Engle spent the weekend at Jack Ranch and at California Hot Springs, enjoying leisure time away from home.
Elsie Mannel daughter of F. E. Mannel is confined to a health sanatorium near Oakland though not in serious condition. Los Angeles visitors the Goertzens and son Jack enjoyed a ranch visit with R. L. Stubblefield. Jack to stay a couple of weeks. Betty Tabb and grandparents met Gilroy Osborns at Paso Robles and will summer at Morgan Hill. Shafter group rode to Pismo Beach including Abe Isaac John Enns George Nikkel Elenor Peters and Herbert Loewen.
In Reedley Mr and Mrs D L Schellenberg and family spent Sunday with friends. From Delano Mr and Mrs Ben J Harder and daughters Gladys Eileen and Shirley visited Shafter with Mrs Harders mother Mrs Elizabeth Wiebe and her sister Mrs Frank Berg of Canada.
Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sly were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schadle and daughter Myrna Jane of Delano. Mrs. Schadle is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sly. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Singer and family made a combined business and pleasure trip to Los Angeles.
G. J. Siemens and his three sons William Earnest and Jake and nephew Ruben Siemens returned Saturday from Boulder Dam with enthusiastic reports on the immensity of the project.
T. R. Nikkel has returned to Earlimart after spending a few days in Shafter. Nikkel at one time was principal of Maple grammar school.
The Eckmann family in Salinas hosts O L Eckmann and daughter Bertha after a local visit. E C Eckmann and C F Gromer spent the weekend in Salinas visiting the Eckmanns. Mrs. Robert Wardell returns home after an appendectomy. Irene Parker, formerly of Richland, visits Shafter. Mrs. Jean Thomas and Mrs. William Shewcraft visit Delano. Steve Miller and Lorean Byrum obtain a Bakersfield marriage license. Harvey Daniels born June 18. baby girl born June 19 to the Seabolts. Henry Kirschenmann visits Lodi.
Adolph Mettler returned this week from the Bay district where he was taken for special treatment for a dislocated leg. He sustained the injury early in May when he slipped from a building roof while doing carpentry work at Edison. His left leg was dislocated above the ankle requiring special care. Sam Mettler, his brother, drove north to bring him back.
Mrs. Eva Walton stepped from a potato digger Thursday and twisted her ankle by stepping on a potato. X rays showed no fracture.
Roy Stroman, 37, sustained a severe right wrist sprain while loading potatoes and was forced to stop work for several days.
Gashes knee injury to H J Weinberger 25 after stepping from a truck and striking iron. Lawer ence Latham 81 sustains head concussion and cut above eye when crank slips. Postal Telegraph moves into former post office quarters after interior refinishing. Taft visitors Mrs L A Halliburton family and Mrs E M Halliburton with daughter Carrol Ann visit Shafter. Willena Camp and Jim Camp boat in southern waters in an 18 foot craft. John Lachenmaier spends Tuesday in San Francisco on business. Carl Van Gorkom recovering in Bakersfield hospital from lung infection blamed on a noxious weed. Eileen Woodburn to Detroit after summer school. returns to Shafter for school opening. Homer Jefferson Craig and wife welcome baby daughter Jean born at Bakersfield hospital. Frances Midgley returns home from UC Los Angeles for summer vacation.
John Hetz of Fresno after visiting his mother Mrs. Margaret Hetz and brother Richard returned this week to North Fork where he has accepted a job tied to CCC work. From Fillmore Mr and Mrs Lloyd Messer were guests at the Ayers home. Hollywood visitors Frank Cassil and wife toured Shafter en route to Atascadero to see her parents. District Meet Mesdames Arnold Channeson and Emrick returned to Shafter after the San Joaquin Valley Federation of Women's Clubs district meeting in Fresno.
Get License Miss Freda A Wood and Lavern Rexius both of Shafter have obtained a marriage license in Bakersfield. Mr. and Mrs. Frances Coffman with Mrs. R B Durkee of Glendale visited the Coffmans and drove to Glendale where Mrs. Coffman will stay with the Durkee family. Durkee is Coffman’s sister.
Mr and Mrs A W Eckmann returned Monday night from Los Angeles where they spent the weekend visiting friends and relatives.
Shafter high school teacher Miss Amelia Finch will attend summer school sessions at the University of California Berkeley and may travel to Oregon before resuming teaching duties this fall at her former home in Earlimart.
R L Gates a music instructor at Shafter High School has traveled to Southern California to attend summer school at the University of Southern California.
The Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Bestwater of the Shafter Merinoite Brethren church are touring Montana delivering Bible lectures. They will visit Canada next to see a daughter and a son, and plan to return to Shafter before July 25. In San Luis, Rev. C. C. Van Gorkom and his daughter Lois traveled to San Luis Obispo where he preached at the invitation of Rev. G. V. Christian.
In the absence of Rev. Van Gorkom, Hilmer Nelson occupied the First Baptist church pulpit. Mrs. O H Strom and Mrs. Lillian Smith attended the executive meeting of the W C T U held in Bakersfield this week. Miss Eleanor Schaap is in Los Angeles for the summer, planning to return to high school this fall.
The Rev. Alfred Chandler of Union Congregational, Shafter delegate, led a youth discussion at Greenhorn county camp. Mrs. Martha Hampton returned from a Bay Area visit. Rev. Chandler to occupy San Jose pulpit July 4 and arrange services here during his absence. Skeet shooter T. H. Mettler won class B at Long Beach with 75 entrants. Local hosts George and Mrs. Norrin entertained Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hylan of Bakersfield this week.
Mr and Mrs E B Stringham and family motored to Victorville to visit Mrs Stringhams ill sister. They then continued on to Los Angeles where they spent the weekend.
Recent visitors include Mrs. W. B. Wilson and Frances from Rio Bravo calling on Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Handel. Frank Adams and wife stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Devlin in Rio Bravo. Frank Salmon and family spent a day at Mr. and Mrs. Joe White in Pond.
Miss Katherine Goode spends the summer in Long Beach and will visit Santa Barbara before teaching again in fall. Mr. and Mrs. J H Porterfield plan a summer trip visiting Mrs Porterfield’s parents the Rev Mr and Mrs A Essley in Phoenix Arizona.
Ed Warran begins building a new dwelling in the Mannel tract with construction starting this week. The project marks a residential investment in the area as crews move from groundwork to framing.
To Fellows Mr and Mrs O H Strom and family and Mr and Mrs Leslie Cook and family spent Sunday at Fellows where they visited Mr and Mrs H O Bender and family.
Mrs. Jack Wilson and son Peter of Avenal visited Shafter on Tuesday renewing acquaintances with old friends. Mrs Wilson, a former Shafter resident, said the family will depart Saturday for Vancouver Washington to spend the summer with Mr Wilson's parents.
From Kansas visitors at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Gaede and family are Mrs. A. B. Gaede, Dr. Gaede's mother, Martha Gaede, his sister, and Tiena Harms, all of Hillsboro, Kansas.
Dr and Mrs A W Gaedeat tha Ehlers to Dr House of Los Angeles Tuesday evening. The bride daughter of Dr Emanuel Ehlers well known to Shafter residents. The ceremony at the chapel in Loma vista. Visits Brother Mrs A C Nickel of Berkeley visited her brother A R Duehren here during the past week. Mrs Nickel widow of publisher of The Acton Rooster which flourished in the Gay Nineties. To Orient Mrs Mae Safford of Bakersfield departed for a tour of the Orient. Miss Selma A Mettler 18 and Richard Klein 23 both of Shafter obtained a license at Bakersfield. Mr and Mrs P L Arnold spent the week end in Los Angeles. Miss Mary Gipson 32 and Albert A Glenn 36 both of Shafter. Kern River 1 Marie and Betty Bowman spent Sunday at Kern River canyon. Moves Here Bill Conner of Porterville is a new Shafter resident.
The June 1 forecast puts California clingstone peaches at 344000 tons and freestone at 188000, with both canning and other varieties included. The national peach crop is forecast at 56102000 bushels, up from 47650 last year.
A nineteen carat diamond valued at $60,000, claimed to be the luckiest stone, was bought by a rosy-pink. It is said to ward off ill health. When Aron Barbara of Paris bought it a century ago, he reportedly recovered from a incurable disease and remained well for 28 years. The gem has since passed through generations and was recently sold by the sole survivor.
Newton Massachusetts resident Elizabeth Beaman eighty seven has been named New England's oldest woman driver after passing the Massachusetts driving test for those over sixty five. She maneuvered through downtown traffic and credited continued activity with keeping faculties sharp.
Women lead as losers in a Fort Worth survey across department stores buses trains and street cars. They misplace items from hairpins to husbands though gloves are the most common loss.
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