Weekend social notices from Shafter and region
The community lists guests visits and small trips around Shafter California. Miss June Lachenmaier stayed with Virginia Lachenmaier in Bakersfield while Richard Murphy of Stockton visited friends in Shafter. Other locals report measles illness, rodeo trips, mumps, and weekend travels to Los Angeles Dinuba and Death Valley with various families and individuals noted by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Murphy
Stockton
Shafter
Ed. Polf
Los Angeles
W. O. Fuqua
Travelers Visit Towns From Delano To Visalia
Sunday Lewis Edwards and Ray Kay traveled to Delano Porterville Exeter Lindsay and Visalia visiting the air ports in each town and stopped to see friends in Porterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Edwards
Ray Kay
Delano
Porterville
Exeter
Lindsay
Visalia
Mrs H Midgley Returns to Shafter From California
Mrs H Midgley returns to Shafter on Thursday after weeks in southern California. She is accompanied by her daughter Miss Frances Midgley who will stay in town for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Midgley
Shafter
California
Frances Midgley
Surprise Birthday Honored Rev Walker At Pentecostal Church
Congregation members honored the Rev. Mr. Walker of the Pentecostal Church of God at a surprise party Sunday evening after the regular service.
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Mr. Walker
The
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter News Theaters and Local Notables Highlight Weekend
Shafter residents and visitors filled a busy weekend with trips to southern California and Democ rat Hot springs. Notables included Roy Woollomes and Gene Mettler who scored 96 at a pistol shoot. W W Tannahill returned to work after flu illness, with L R Hamilton covering. Mrs Mamie J Anderson obituary noted in San Jose services. Ruby Weitz visited from Glendale for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Pistol Club
Orvin Mettler
Ed. Warren
John Reily
Buck Osborn
al Annis
Dick Arnold
Gene Mettler
Ruby Weitz
Glendale
Shafter
J. P. Weitz
Funeral Service Held For Crash Victim Lillian Cline
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Janzen Funeral Home for Mrs. Lillian Cline 39 killed Wednesday evening in an automobile crash at the intersection of H and Burbank. Reverend E T Edwards officiated and interment was in Shafter cemetery. Mrs. Cline a resident of the Shafter Farm Workers camp was killed when the vehicle she rode in collided with a car driven by Clyde Champion of Bakersfield. Six persons were injured.
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Janzen
Lillian Cline
H and
Burbank
E. T. Edwards
Shafter Cemetery
Cline
Shafter Farm Workers Camp
Clyde Champion
Bakershal
Pledge Signed In Fight Against Indecent Literature
In Shafter the drive against lewd publications gains momentum led by Mrs. Laurence Baughman and Mrs. J. W. Frizzell. The pledge to aid public morality condemns indecent literature and calls for abstaining from such reading while promoting wholesome content among youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
National Organization For Decent Literature
Kern County
Laurence Baughman
J. W. Frizzell
State Budget Sparks Urgent Call for Spending Cut
Senator J I Wagg of Kern county warns California must curb expenditures to avoid bankruptcy. He cites a governor's budget of 557,163,355 dollars, plus a deficiency bill over 4 million dollars, urging immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Wagg
Kern County
California
Senator Wagy Urges Reducing State Expenditures
Kern County senator argues taxpayers should tighten spending to preserve solvency. He questions creating 1500 new jobs and urges eliminating unnecessary ones. He warns against expanding government and calls for circumspection before funding new agencies. He advocates applying solid business practices over building a political machine.
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Kern County
Wagg
Wagy
Shafter to Compete in McFarland Triangular Meet
About fifty Shafter high school athletes will compete Saturday afternoon at McFarland in a triangular track meet with McFarland and Tehachapi. Standout Shafter performers include Merwin Olson Ted Collins Jack Wilcoxon Glenn Bender Red Meyers and Morton Wiedman. Omer Evans will miss the rest of the year due to a knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
McFarland
Bill White
Tehachapi
Shafter
Merwin Olson
Ted Collins
Jack Wilcoxon
Glenn Bender
Fire Ignites From Gas Seepage Near Auburn
A pool area near Auburn Washington erupted in flames after a match struck nearby. General Petroleum Mobil gas engineers attribute the blaze to possible petroleum or gas seepage under the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Washington
General Petroleum Mobil Gas Engineers
Santa Fe Greyhound legal fight ends Monday
The California state railroad commission en banc dismissed Pacific Greyhound’s rate differential case and Santa Fe’s cross applications. The rulings set April 1 as the start for the lowest basic rates in California passenger transport history. San Francisco to Los Angeles one way drops to 5.15, round trip 9.30, with scales for longer trips and 1.25 to 1.5 cents per mile across distances up to 400 miles.
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State Railroad Commission
Pacific Greyhound
Santa Fe
Greyhound
California
Greyhound Buses
Afl-Bus
San Francisco
England's Most Interesting Manuscript Shown in Cambridge Library
A celebrated manuscript labeled the most interesting MS in England is exhibited at Corpus Christi College Library in Cambridge. It is Pope Gregory's Gospel copy sent with Augustine during the first Anglo-Saxon mission to convert England to Christianity in 597.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
Gregory
Augustin
Pictures Taken at Shafter High School
About 25 pictures were taken yesterday at Shafter High School of various groups and organizations. They will be used in the school annual The Laurion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
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Bakersfield
June Lachenmaier
Virginia Lachenmaier
Letha Larson
Maple School
Fred
Elmer Cowart
Coliseum
M. W. Pascoe
San Gabriel
Don Hymer
Reedley
G.G. Suderman
Hulda Suderman
D. P. Friesen
Martha
Mary Suderman
Fresno
Suderman
Polf
T. V. Little
Jim Collingwood
Nopoma
Pismo
Dinuba
J. P. Siemens
Abram Sawatsky
J. J. Siemens
Corcoran
Claud
Newsom
Mrs. O. C. Newsom
George Gaede
Klamath Falls
J. J. Sierhehs
Oregon
Sacramento
Death Valley
Oscar Sitter
Wasco
C. F. Richardson
William Boyd Renegade
George Hayes
Arthur Lake
Penny Singleton
Blondie Meets the Boss
Don Ameche
Claudette Colbert
Mary Astor
John Barrymore
Adolphe Menjou Delores
Turf
Jackie Cooper
Freddie Bartholomew
the Spirit of
Culver
Delores
Jack Holt
James Stewart
Carole Lombard
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Never Say
Thomas Wedge
Annabel Wedge
Charles Hughes
Oildale
Hughes
Ralph Short
Art Regier
Lois Rigby
Democrat Hot Springs
Roy Woollomes
Kern County Board of Supervisors
A. J. Scott
Russell
Walter
Herman Martin
Lodi
Mrs. Scott
Julius Zimmerman
Carl W. Haag
Mamie J. Anderson
B. Elliott
van Nuys
San Jose
W. W. Tannahill
L. R. Hamilton
Cutler
Reenaseg Wady
Mobilgas
Kay Griffith
Griffith
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Johnnie Grimes
Pawtuska
Oklahoma
General Petroleum
Pacific States
Mobil Oil Executives
American Petroleum Institute
Scilly Islands
Land’s End
Lyonesse
Tristan
L .) Banking Service
Shafter Branch
Bank of America
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
Hanford
East Seventh St
Corcoran Pee Et
Deva Nee Phana
Pe Ee Ey
Nineteenth St
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