Jr Women's Club Meets Tomorrow
The Junior Women's Club will meet tomorrow evening March 9 at Paula Schirmer's home 648 Redwood Avenue. Plans for the district meeting in Fresno March 18 with Shafter women as hosts will be discussed along with the club's milk fund project for Richland School. Hostesses are Elsie Warren June Blumkin Vera Sanderson and Paula Schirmer.
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Paula Schirmer
Redwood Avenue
Fresno
Shafter
Richland School
Elsie Warren
June Blumkin
Vera Sanderson
Newlyweds Make Bakersfield Home
Mr and Mrs Earl Robert White formerly of Wasco have begun life in Bakersfield after a February 26 ceremony at the Chapel of the Sacred Memories in the First Methodist Church Bakersfield The bride Miss Quetta Lee Thompson of Bakersfield was in a white satin gown with veil and white rose buds and gardenias in her bouquet The maid of honor Miss Mac Dean Wilcox wore a green formal with pink carnations and a carnations wreath Best man was Billy White brother of the groom The bride has Wasco roots and Wasco High School class of 1948 The groom trained in Stigler Oklahoma and works for Superior Oil near Shafter
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Shafter
Higgins ’Drive
Bakersfield
Earl Robert White
Wasco
Sacred Memories
First Methodist Church
Lynn A. Wood
Quetta Lee Thompson
Mac Dean Wilcox
Wee
Htta White
Billy White
Inglewood
Wasco High School
Dinner Guests At Guenther Home
Sunday dinner was hosted at the home of Dr and Mrs P C Guenther. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Guenther with family Mr and Mrs Henry Loewen Mrs Ella Immel of Bellingham Washington and Mr and Mrs Abe Guenther of Tehachapi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Guenther
George Guenther
Henry Loewen
Ella Immel
Bellingham
Washington
Abe Guenther
Tehachapi
Maple District Activities and Community Updates
Maple school families are reminded of tonight’s family pot-luck supper followed by the annual men’s night P.T.A. program. Maple Scout troops report on district council attendance, upcoming camporee plans, and entertainment. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Bowlie, Miss Brooks, and several Maple families are noted for recent travel and moves within Kern County communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple School
Ruben Siemens
Bill Siemens
Walter Nicol
Maple Scout
North Kern
Delano
Paradise Valley
Tehachapi
Kern
Kern County
New Son for Bert Reich at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield
Mr and Mrs Bert Reich welcome son Michael Thomas born March 3 at 9 40 p m Mercy Hospital Bakersfield. Infant weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces. Both mother and baby all well and the father expects him to join the meat department at Central Market soon.
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Bert Reich
Michael Thomas
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Central Market
John W Geary Elected First Mayor of San Francisco
John W. Geary won the 1849 mayoral election becoming San Francisco’s first city chief on August 1, 1849, as the town organized its municipal government.
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John W. Geary
San Francisco
Maple P.T.A. Father’s Night Event Tuesday
Maple P.T.A. hosts Father’s Night Tuesday March 8 with a pot luck dinner at 6:30 followed by the meeting at 8 and a speaker Erwin Rohfeld a Wasco pastor and former China missionary. The Maple Leaf Quartet will sing and Boy Scouts plus Maple Explorer members are invited.
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Maple
Pete Neufeld
Erwin Rohfield
China
First Baptist Church of
Wasco
Maple Leaf Quartet
Walter Nicol
P.T.A
Boy Scout Troop No. 77
Maple Explorer Troop
Kern County announces county wide art contest details
The Kern County Art Competition invites amateur artists to enter senior and junior divisions with funds awarded as purchase prizes. Local contests run April 7 to 25 with finals in Bakersfield during the Spring Festival's first week in May. Entry blanks available at Shafter Bank Stringham's Drug Store Shafter Press office local schools and town library.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
Shafter
Stringham’s Drug Store
Warkentine Daughter Undergoes Appendectomy
Helen Warkentine daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Warkentine was taken to Bakersfield hospital Sunday night and underwent an appendectomy Monday morning. She is progressing nicely and will return to her Shafter home on Saturday. She will resume studies at Shafter High School the week after next.
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Helen Warkentine
A. F. Warkentine
Bakersfield Hospital
Shafter
Orange Avenue
Shafter High School
Arrives for Visit in Shafter
Mrs. Ella Immel arrives in Shafter by plane from Bellingham Washington to visit indefinitely at the Guenther home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bellingham
Washington
Ella Immel
P. C. Guenther
Immel
Guenther
Surprise Party Honors Ruth Thompson in Wasco
A Wasco birthday surprise for Mrs. Ruth Thompson was hosted by longtime co workers and friends. Guests arrived with gifts and a cake on February 25 at the Thompson home, with plans by Wasco residents Mrs. Elsie Campbell and Mrs. Alice Burnett and Shafter group members. The Thompson household includes Ruth Annette, Joe, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Jones.
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Ruth Thompson
Wasco
Thompson
Elsie Campbell
Alice Burnett
Agnes Koehn
Aldeen Beese
Linda Gloeckler
Lila Lee
New Bakersfield Babies Reported at Local Maternity Homes
A series of birth notices from Bakersfield area hospitals and homes records seven newborns. Parents include Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Buller with a boy born February 26, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dyer with a girl born February 22 at Friese's Maternity Home, Bakersfield, and others at Mercy Hospital or Wasco Maternity Home. The infants include two girls and five boys with weights noted for some, such as eight pounds for Donald Wayne Dansby.
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Alvin Buller
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Robert Dyer
Friese
Jack Dodgen
Boyce Nichols
Ed Nikkel
Friese’s
James Dansby
Donald Wayne
Wasco
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Jr. Women’s
Vee Wa
Vigoro
Swift
Vigooro
Stigler, Oklahoma
The
Superior Oil Company
Income Tax Service
Merwin W. Hunt
Klassen Dr
Kimball
Fracy Music Store
John. J. Peters
E. J. Peters
Washington, D.C
George Bowlie
Sever Sebjornsen
Lillian Brooks
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
King Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Brooks
Ike Peters
Walter Emrick
John Peters
Emricks
Rosedale
Agriculture Department
Emrick
al Pellet
Tulare
L. A. Anderson
Santa Clara
Mr. Anderson
L. A. Camp
Areentaun
Calif
Jake Ebei
Ea i
Larkwood
Exclu
Sive Gaytone
Neill
Builders of
Cafe Neuman Knearl
Newton
Central Ave
Shafter Press
Mack’s General Store
Smith
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