Life in a Potato Shed Weekend Guests and Local Notes
Life in a Potato Shed reports weekend guests Mr and Mrs John Kobzev of Seal Beach with their children Nick Peter and Johnny visiting Mr and Mrs K Malofy in Los Angeles. It notes Los Angeles County as an original California county and mentions the Greg Malofys planning a Fourth of July stay at Pismo Beach for a week. It adds Louisiana’s lowest land area is below sea level, lower than any U S spot except Death Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kobzev
Seal Beach
Nick
Peter
Johnny
K. Malofy
Greg Malofy
Mrs
K. Malory
Pismo Beach
Greg Malotys
Louisiana
Death Valley
County Leaders Study Mattress Industry Prospects
Kern County Chamber of Commerce explored creating a local mattress industry by promoting home production and forming an association of mattress makers. Officials emphasized buy at home, reduced shipping, and leveraging local retailers to build a robust Kern County manufacturing sector with Albo's Bedding and Tri Counties Biathos Factory cited as local examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern
Kern County
Hunter
Tri Counties Biathoos
John. E. Albo
Albo
34Th St
Kalloch
Frank Fitzsimons Returns to Central Market Post
Frank Fitzsimons returned to his former job at the Central Market after a three year absence. He had served seven years at Central Market before moving to Oxnard, and with his return the market installed a new refrigerated meat case. Bert Reich, previously in charge of meat, plans to move to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fitzsimons
Central Market
Fitzsimmons
Oxnard
Fitzsimmon
Bert Reich
Meat Department
Texas
Grads of Davis Ag School Gather at Smith Home
Five members of the 1948 graduating class of agricultural engineers from Davis College plan a July 4 weekend reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Smith Manuel and Jack Avenue Smith an engineer at the United States Experimental Farm will host the Spanish dinner Saturday night a dinner and dance Sunday night a swimming party and a dinner Monday night Guests include Henry Everett Louise and Park Hart William King John Lucas and Mrs Everett and children will stay two weeks while Mr Everett tours as engineer in charge of the Redwood Association Smith will depart July 9 for a cotton convention in Biloxi Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiths
el Centro
Messrs
Mesdames
Henry Everett
el Cerrito
Patty
Louise
Park
Charles W. Hart
Fullerton
William King
Bakersfield
John Lucas
Oontario
Redwood Association
Smith
Biloxi
Miss
Square dance group gathers at Walter Nicol’s barn
Attendees at Saturday night’s gathering included Gordon Smith and Egron Hanson along with their spouses. The meeting was held in Walter Nicol’s barn in Shafter.
Maple 4-H Girls Return From Week Camp Condor
Four-H Club members from Kern county return from Camp Condor after a week of handicraft swimming hiking and campfire programs. Maple trio Shirley Neufeld Norma Nicol and Lyllian Loewen, plus groups from Buttonwillow and Rosendale attended and Shirley won a good camper scarf. Attendance is limited to members with completed yearly projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Camp Condor
Maple
Shirley Neufeld
Norma Nicol
Lyllian Loewen
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Shirley
Say You Saw it in The SHAFTER PRESS
A compact notice in The SHAFTER PRESS highlights a local event or update. Readers are urged to note a key detail and follow subsequent editions for official confirmation and timing.
Vacation Bible School Draws Hundreds at Mennonite Churches
Hundreds of youngsters attend the daily Vacation Bible School at the Mennonite Brethren Church and its chapel in Shafter. Opening day counts 150 at the Shafter church, 40 at North Shafter, and a similar turnout at the South Shafter chapel. The two week program runs 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on weekdays. Teachers’ children are cared for at the Jake Bergen home with Mrs. Bergen and Mrs. Pepker of Wasco also assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
Dail
Shafter
North Gospel
North Shafter
South Shafter Gospel Chapel
Shafter Church
Jake Bergen
Bergen
T. L. Pepker
Wasco
Harry Peters
Waldo Wiebe
Shafter School
H. H .Nikkel
Harold Reimer
Misses
Betty Isaac
Loretta Becker
Elsie Brown
Nina Thiessen
Joan Peters
Alice Nikkel
Mesdames
Albert Janzen
Arnold Bergen
Leonard Gaede
John Enns
Jim Gloeckler
Henry Isaac
John C. Reimer
Harvey Funk
C. C. Reimer
Harvey Gaede
Allen Bartel
Elmer Eng
Latta honors and dedication at historic Tulamniu site
Frank Latta, curator of the Kern County Museum, spoke at the Tulamniu dedication marking the old Indian Village site near Buena Vista Lake. A bronze plaque by local historical groups commemorates the village tied to California’s oldest named road and a San Gabriel mission era battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Latta
Kern County Museum
Shafter
Tulamniu
Kern County Historical Society
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Latta
John Stevens
Buena Vista Lake
Smithsonian Institute
Fite
California
San Gabriel Mission
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Los Angeles
Rootes
Ohanneson
Peter Ohanneson
Charles Duffie
Bill” Young
RES
James Street
7Th Street
Ag School
Mennonite Church
H. H. Nikkel
Liste Brown
Charlie Salver
University of California
Wisconsin
Salvert
Darrell Funk
Mike Panero
Village
Minter Field
Busi
Ness
Kern Bag Service
E. Truxton Bakersfield
Oldsmobile
Woodard Motor CO
Central Ave
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