Marriage at First Baptist Church in Bakersfield
Miss Maggie B Merck became Mrs. William McLloyd Embrey at a Thursday evening ceremony in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church Bakersfield. Rev. Edgar H McAllister officiated with Miss Glennie Merck and Cecil Golding as attendants. The couple are of Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Maggie
B. Merck
William McLloyd Embrey
Bakersfield
Glennie Merck
Cecil
Glee Club Delights Maple PTA With Shafter High Concert
Maple PTA members enjoyed a Shafter high school Girls Glee Club concert directed by R L Gates. Performances included Chopin Nocturne and Strauss Song of the Danube with the Glee Club and piano duets, vocals, and musical readings by students Megan Harrison Klas sensen Kirschenmann Mettler Wendland Johnson and Caldwell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Parent- Teacher Association
Shafter High School
R. L. Gates
Chopin
James Livers
Strauss
MacDowell
Glee Club
Marian Harrison
Luella Klassensen
Leela Kirschenmann
Purcell
Uhlans
Bohm
Barbara Caldwell
Cox
Clubwomen Hear Kern History Lecture by J Stockton
Mrs A Peter Channeson chairs the program for the Afternoon club meeting at the clubhouse on Wednesday March 16. Mr J Stockton of Bakersfield will deliver History and Landmarks of Kern County with the Richland grammar school girls glee club performing under Alfred Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
J. Stockton
Bakersfield
A. Peter ‘Channeson
Richland Grammar School
Alfred Smith
Housewarming at H R Janzen New Home on Lerdo Highway
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Union Congregational Church hosted a housewarming for Mrs. H. R. Janzen to celebrate the new Janzen residence on Lerdo highway. Attendees included Mrs. Bopst, Mrs. Lindquist, Mrs. Bobst, Mrs. Straut, Mrs. Porterfield, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Janzen, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Olson, Mrs. Stockton, Mrs. Chindberg, Mrs. Wiedmann, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. Sander son, Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Maurer, Miss Sanderson, and the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aid Society
The
Union Congregational Church
H. R. Janzen
Janzen
Lerdo Highway
Bopst
C. Q. Lindquist
R. M. Bobst
Tillie Straut
J. H. Porterfield
L. A. Anderson
Elizabeth Ingram
K. Janzen
B. G. Thomas
O. T. Olson
Marion Stockton
Elmer Chindberg
O. E. Wiedmann
R. G. Sanderson
Martha Hampton
J. H. Peterson
J. H. Maurer
Loraine Sanderson
St Patrick's Day Card Party Planned by Wednesday Club
The Wed nesday Afternoon club plans a St Patrick's Day card party at the clubhouse on March 17 as a bridge and five hundred event. Proceeds will help secure a new school site due to crowded Richland grammar school facilities. Hostesses are Mrs Henry C Neufeld Mrs S A Camp and Mrs P L Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Grammar School
Henry C. Neufeld
S. A. Camp
P. L. Arnold
Gad About Party Planned by Local Teachers Club
Richland and Maple teachers' clubs announce a gad-about party next Wednesday evening March 16 starting from the school cafeteria at 7 30. Everyone is asked to wear knockabout clothes and those who can are urged to bring their automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Club
Richland and
Maple Teachers’ Club
Rose M. Willis
Constitution Senior Class Plan At Shafter High
The first class constitution at Shafter High is in early drafting as Taylor Russell proposes the project. A committee will be named and meet next week to draft articles, reviving a movement started when the senior class was the sophomore class but later halted by circumstances.
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Shafter High School
Taylor Russell
Sophmore
Additions Begin on J. H. Maurer Building
Ground was broken Monday for the erection of office space additions to the J. H. Maurer building on Santa Fe way. George Isaac has the contract. The work will be rushed to completion with all possible haste.
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J. H. Maurer
Santa Fe Way
George Isaac
Kern Farmers Draft Plans For Agriculture
Sixty Kern County agricultural leaders met in Bakersfield for two days to craft thirty six principles and policy recommendations guiding future development of the county's farm sector. Eight topic areas were debated including crops soil use land management labor marketing credit and water. The University of California Extension service organized the session as part of a statewide 1938 series of meetings. Shafter delegates named Wm Lachenmaier W H Hitchcock J C Ohanneson Adolf Kirschenmann Phil Ohanneson A W Eckmann George Harrison Milton Lohr.
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Kern County
Kern
Bakersfield
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
California
Shafter
Wm. Lachenmaier
W. H. Hitchcock
J. C. Ohanneson
Adolf Kirschenmann
Phil Ohanneson
A. W. Eckmann
George Harrison
Milton Lohr
Markets Echo Unclear Egg and Poultry Prices in Los Angeles
Market notes list various egg grades and prices for candled extras and checks, with figures for large, medium, and small eggs. Poultry lines show hens and leghorn weights with percentages, fryers and other entries, though some text is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
World woods on display at Shafter library
A wood display from around the world is now on display at the Shafter library. The collection is owned by Frank Shorty Annis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Shafter Libray
Frank
Shorty) Annis
Hole cleared in Gessinger No. 1 in Shafter field
The second fishing job delaying Gessinger No. 1 has ended with the bit past 10 200 feet. Ruhl No. 1 reaches the same depth as Gessinger as both wells advance toward the Vedder sand target at about 11 240 to 11 302 feet in Union’s Shafter discovery and Superior’s Wagner No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Gessinger No. 1
Shafter
Ruhl No. 1
Gessinger
Union
New Business Building Completed by Theodore Bayless
Theodore F. Bayless reports completion of a 16 foot business building on Shafter Avenue and Orange Street. The structure will be occupied by his son Roy S. Bayless who plans to open a tailoring and cleaning establishment.
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Theodore F. Bayless
Shafter Avenue
Orange Street
Shafter Man Hurt As Car Collides With Bakersfield Vehicle
Floyd Trent of Shafter injured in a Sunday morning crash at the Highway 99 and Twenty fourth street intersection in Bakersfield. His car hit by a machine driven by Ray R. Redinger of Bakersfield. Trent sent to Kern General hospital.
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Floyd Trent
Shafter
Ray R. Redinger
Bakersfield
Highway 99
Twenty-fourth Street
Trent
Kern General Hospital
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Ben Friesen
George Duerksen
Dinuba
M. Ward
Visalia
Peter Wittenberg
Viola Wittenberg
Verna Balzer
M. B. Sewing Circle
John Balzer
Rubena Shultz
Walter Bergen
Christ
Vivian Bartel
Jack Kliewer
Earl Becker
Abe Karber
George Nikkel
Johnny Balzer
Harvey Gaede
Johnny Siemens
Jack Neufeld
Don
Home and School Association of
Kern Academy
Tena Hunter
Hunter
Eva Buller
P. J. Gaede
King’s Herald Quartet
German Adventist Church Orchestra
Kangaroo Court
Girls’ League of the High School
Letha Becker
Esther Becker
Lorraine Stewart
Louise Livers
Rosalie Hitchcock
Lucille Rodgers
Betty Spry
Miss Goode
Elsie Bergen
League
Girls’ Glee Club
Maple P.T. A
Complete Optical Service
L. A. Medical School of Ophthalmology and Optometry
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Central Avenue
Stokely
Jacobs
Ukway Kraut
van Camps
Nob Hill
del Monte
Renee
Libby
Swift
Kern Farmers
Shafter Mercantile Co
Superior Project
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Charlie’s Auto Service
C.R. Purgason
Storgae—Tractor
Magneto
Roy Pasley
Funeral Directors and Ambulance Service
Truxtun
N St
M. W. Pascoe, M. D
Casualty A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
San Joaquin Pipe and Salvage Company
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