Buffet Supper Planned By Shafter Junior Women’s Club
A buffet supper for about 25 men from Minter Field will be held tomorrow evening at the Shafter army recreation hall. The event is hosted by the Shafter Junior Women’s Club with an evening of dancing and general supervision by Mrs Clarence Neuman assisted by Mrs Herb Neuman and the club’s executive board.
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Minter ‘Field
Shafter Army Recreation Hall
Shafter
Clarence Neuman
Herb Neuman
Elmer Anderson
Ernest Panero
June Lachenmmier
Lena Shultz
Thanks Expressed For Patronage At Church Dinner
The Ladies Aid of Union Congregational church thanks patrons for the February 26 Italian dinner. Proceeds totaled 135 for the church building fund and 19.50 from handicraft sales by Tehachapi Women's prison inmates. Volunteers led by Jack Battaglia and others organized the event with musical acts from Harry Miller and Paul Frey and Miss Doris Davis at the piano.
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Union Congregational Church
Jack Battaglia
Neily Pedersen
Julia Potter
Fred Ruhlman
Walter Eckmann
Gus Lindquist
Tehachapi Women's Prison
Church Building Fund
Harry Miller
Weumbn
Paul Frey
Minter Field
Doris
Davis
America
Paul Davis
Los Angeles
June Lachenmaier To Be Hostess At April Party
Miss June Lachenmaier will host an April Fool's party on April 1 at the William Lachenmaier home. Guests will be members of the Shafter Junior Women's club. Club president Lena Shultz says an evening of entertainment is planned. Also noted is a Ladies Aid meeting of the Union Congregational church on March 12 at 2:30 at Mrs Hitchcock's home with Mrs Hitchcock Mary Lamb Julian Potter and R. W. Partridge as hostesses. devotionals led by Mrs Alfred Chandler and program led by Mrs Oscar Wiedmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Lachenmaier
William Lachenmaier
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Lena Shultz
Ladies Aid of the
Union Congregational Church
Alfred Chandler
Wit Bernt
Oscar Wiedmann
Defense Stamp Album Planned By Auxiliary
Members of Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion Auxiliary decided to start a postal saving defense stamp album. The regular meeting at the Legion hall Tuesday evening featured hostesses Mesdames G. L. Starrh and J. B. Henderson. Mrs. W. W. Tannahill presided over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie _L. Robinson
Post No. 213
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Mesdames
G. L. Starrh
J. B. Henderson
W. W. Tannahill
Sunday Wedding To Unite An na Chérnabaeff And Bill Kobergen
The Holy Christian church north of Shafter will host a Sunday wedding uniting Miss Anna Chernabaeff and Bill Alex Kobergen. Engagement announced recently. Miss Chernabaeff is daughter of Mr and Mrs William Chernabaeff and Kobergen is son of Mr and Mrs Alex Kobergen. Both families are well known in Shafter.
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Holy Christian Church
Shafter
Anna Chérnabaeff
Bill Alex Kobergen
Miss Chernabaeff
William ‘Chernabaeff
Kochergen
Alex Kochergen
Progressive dinner sequence among Shafter eight girls
Eight Shafter girls joined a progressive dinner Friday evening starting at Courgie Hall with tomato cocktails and wafers. Salad was prepared at Leona Reimer's home, main course at Vera Neuman's, and dessert and bridge at Eleanor Eckmann's. Leona Reimer won high and Jessie Gaede received consolation. attendees included Vera Neuman, Eleanor Eckmann, Connie Hall, Irene Hotman, Leona Reimer, Jessie Gaede, Nell Chinnes, and Beulah Neuman.
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Shafter
Courgie Hall
Leona Reimer
Vera Neuman
Eleanor Eckmann
Jessie Gaede
Connie Hall
Irene Hotman
Jessie Gaede Nell Chinnes
Beulah Neuman
Legion Auxiliary Dinner Sparks Bridge Social
Leslie L Robinson Post 213 of the American Legion held its annual dinner Monday at the Legion hall for women of the Auxiliary. About 50 persons attended a baked ham dinner followed by bridge and a social time, with Legion members in charge of the event and program.
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Leslie
Birthday Dinner Honoring Mrs. Gus Weyand in Bakersfield
Mrs. Gus Weyand was honored at a Sunday birthday dinner at the El Tejon in Bakersfield attended by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Janzen Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wendland and Mr. and Mrs. Weyand. Afterward the group moved to the Wendland home in Shafter for a pleasant social time.
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Gus Weyand
el Tejon
Bakersfield
H.C. Janzen
Dan Wendland
Weyand
Wendlands
Shafter
Horizon club gathering at Beulah Neuman home
Members met on Tuesday at Beulah Neuman’s home for a social hour. Refreshments included peach pie à la mode and tea. Attending were Mrs. John Bringer, club adviser, and Misses Nell Chinnes Elsie Schmidt Louella Heinrichs Minnie Brown Mary Lou Gwin Lucille Ives Louise Ives Aline Potts and Beulah Neuman.
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Horizon Club
Beulah Neuman
John Brinegar
Nell Chinnes
Elsie Schmidt
Lou‘ella ‘Heinrichs
Minnie Brown
Mary Lou Gwin
Lucille Ives
Louise Ives
Aline Potts
Teachers Hold Bonfire Party On School Grounds
Richland teachers and principals gathered on February 26 near the brick building for a bonfire party. Wieners buns coffee and marshmallows were provided with guests supplying potato salad relishes and other picnic essentials. Some teachers stayed by the fire until 10 30 exchanging stories.
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Richland
Rio Bravo P.T.A. Sponsors School Movie Night
The Rio Bravo P.T.A. held a schoolhouse screening Tuesday evening to raise funds for milk for lower grade students. J. Dresser of Bakersfield showed a Deeth Valley photo. Kern County Fire Department lent two films The U. S. Soil Conservation and Sounding of the Alarm. Three Walt Disney pictures were also shown.
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Rio Bravo P.T. A
J. Dresser
Bakersfield
Deeth Valley
Kern County Fire Department
U. S. Soil Conservation
Walt Disney
Boat Belonging to Shafter Men Wrecked in Storm
A boat owned by Jack Hare C H Henderson and Tom Uhler of San Pedro was wrecked at Santa Monica during a weekend storm in Southern California. The boat drifted ashore after breaking from its anchorage with no one aboard. salvage recovered the motor metal and some parts while half the vessel was said to be a total loss. Uhler led the voyage used for months in fishing, Hare and Henderson had earlier hauled it to Shafter for overhaul.
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Jack Hare
C. H. Henderson
Tom Uhler
San Pedro
Santa Monica
California
Hare
Uhler
Hare and Henderson
Shafter
Wy C T U Pins to Be Awarded at Church Contest
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will award its gold pin to the most effective speaker in a contest at the Seventh Day Adventist church at Lerdo and Peplar in Shafter on Tuesday March 10 at 7 45 pm. Five contestants, two men and three women, will speak on temperance. all have won silver pens before. Mrs L E Westermeyer of Kern Academy sponsors the talks. A three reel sound picture The Beneficent Reprobate will be shown along with vocal and instrumental numbers. admission is free with a silver offering. All are welcome.
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Christian Tereperance Union
Lata
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lerdo
Peplar
Shafter
L. E. Westermeyer
Kern Academy
Plans for dedication of Shafter fire hall announced
Plans for dedicating the newly completed city fire hall and showing the new city fire truck are to be discussed at a meeting of the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department this evening at the hall.
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Shafter Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment Installations For New Richland School Cafeteria
Equipment for the new Richland school cafeteria is being installed this week by Mangrum Holbrook and Elkus of San Francisco. The building was to be completed by week’s end and ready for use next Monday. A new ruling requiring a priority rating for electric power installation over 500 dollars will delay the contract completion indefinitely.
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Richland School
Mangrum Holbrook and
Elkus
San Francisco
Richland School Baseball Duel Sees Giants Lead
Daily noon games feature Giants Bears Eagles and Cubs with Giants currently atop standings. Bears sit third while Eagles trail. Eagles recently won basketball title but struggle in baseball. Good sportsmanship noted under leaders Mr Goossen Mr Peters and Mr Griffeath.
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Richland School
Giants
Bears
Eagles
Cubs
Goossen
Peters
Griffeath
Shafter 20-30 Club backs removal of Japanese
The Shafter 20-30 club passed a resolution at its meeting at the Shafter motel supporting removal of all persons of Japanese descent from vital military and defense areas along the Pacific coast after a talk by Eugene Ford advocating such action.
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Shafter
Pacific Coast
Shafter Motel
Eugene Ford
Boxing Tournament Date Set March 20 At Shafter High
Coach Tommy Thompson announces the annual F. F. A. Boxing tournament will be held March 20 at Shafter High School. Golden Gloves will be awarded to winners in divisions 100 112 118 126 135 147 160 175 and heavyweight.
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Tommy Thompson
Shafter High School
Henry Neufeld Recovering After Operation at Mercy Hospital
C Neufeld reports Henry Neufeld is getting along nicely following an operation this week at Mercy hospital in Bakersfield.
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Henry Neufeld
C. Neufeld
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Campfire Jokes and Tax Acknowledgement Mix
A group shares a classic riddle about a dog and a bone, joking the rope isn’t tied. In a separate note, an income tax division official acknowledges a blank form from a citizen who declines to join the tax at this time.
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Income Tax Division
Treasury
Mystery Marriage and Divorce Tied to Ruth Inference
The fragment hints at a former marriage and divorce motivated by a belief about Ruth. A separate note cites the 1810 census showing U S population of 7,239,881, up 36.4 percent from 1800.
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United States
Payroll rise doubles wartime federal jobs
Survey data show 1.4 million people on federal payrolls, twice the level of World War I. An airliner carries about 50 instruments valued around 15000 dollars.
Sugar Beet Sugar Leaders in U S by State
California Colorado Montana and Michigan are named as leading producers of beet sugar in the United States in the report.
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U. S
California
Colorado
Montana
Michigan
Local Visitors Drop In For Shafter News
Visitors and residents appear in Shafter and nearby towns. Fort Sill Sergeant Henry H. Ockel visited with relatives in town. Henry Gaede from Northrup in Inglewood spent the weekend here. Raymond Cress and son Ray Dean of Taft visited John Gaede home. Pete Buller left Shafter for Chico to work on a defense project. P E Van Pelt of Oakdale studied city fire truck matters. Tommy Thompson of Shafter High School is home sick with measles as a regional outbreak continues. Open air Fleishacker Pool in San Francisco measures 100 by 2000 feet and holds 6,500,000 gallons of water.
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Taft
Raymond Cress
Ray Dean
John Gaede
P. E. van Pelt
Oakdale
Shafter
Tommy Thompson
Shafter High School
San Francisco
Presidents as Checker Players Across Early America
The article notes that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin were enthusiasts of the game of checkers, highlighting their pastime as part of their personal interests.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin
Franklin
Social visits from Buttonwillow Bakersfield and Oakland
Last week visitors included Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Fregueri and son of Buttonwillow and Mrs. Florence Gleason of Bakersfield. Richard Garrett of Oakland visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Garrett over the weekend. George Haag and son Robert drove to San Luis Obispo on business Tuesday.
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J. W. Mayer
C. D. Fregueri
Buttonwillow
Florence Gleason
Bakersfield
Richard Garrett
Oakland
Mrs
J. B. Garrett
George Haag
Robert
San Luis Obispo
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Hitchcock Home
New York
Legion
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U.S. Army
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Irporal
Grad
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Farm Defense Board
Usda Defense Board
Ruth
Kiwanis ‘Meeting
Kiwanis Club
Earl Cady
John Compton
Fort Sill
Hete
Henry H. Ockel
Oklahoma
J. F. Lautsch
Henry Gaede
Northrup
Inglewood
Chico
Pete Buller
Buller
Shafter Theatre
Roy Rogers
Lynne Carver
Man
Cheyenne
Mnatv
Shiva
Chester
Morris Id
Boston
Rset Es
Felenaces Salamon
Eal Jin
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Pacific Gas and Electric Com
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