Camp Fire Girls Hold Joint Council Fire Event
A March 20 social gathering at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse brought together Tuhohi Mincheca and Tanda units. Miss Catherine Fowler of Bakersfield led the program with honor beads and pins awarded as girls gathered around candles representing work health and love. parents and guardians attended as refreshments were served.
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Tuhohi
Mincheca
Tanda
Cantenastega
Catherine Fowler
Bakersfield
Mesdames
H. Neufeld
O. T. Olson
Miss Fowler
Tanda Cantenast
Éya
Gwendolyn Voth
Irene Hoffman
Eleanor Eckmann
Minedeca
Marjorie Olson
Phyllis Mettler
Loretta Jacobs
Easter Breakfast Hosts for M A S Members
M A S members and spouses attended the club's Easter breakfast at El Adobe cafe in a spring setting of lilies ferns and flowers at 8 o'clock Sunday. Albert Peters Durward Annis hosted with tables dressed in colored linens and nests of colored eggs candies and chocolate rabbits as centerpieces.
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Rock Garden
el Adobe Cafe
Albert Peters
Leonard Gaede
Raymond Mettler
Walter Bergen
Ernest Schnidt
Darrell Janzen
Harvey Gaede
Lawrence Annis
Paul Wilson
Johnny Siemens
Frances Wilson
Maxine Moore
Messisa Williams
Clare Rex
New Home Bunco Social At Stringham Residence
Mr and Mrs E B Stringham hosted a Bunco social at their new Mannel tract home on Thursday. Prizes awarded to Mrs Darrell Janzen Luella Klassen John Dalke and Elmer Dahl. Refreshments served to a list of guests from Wasco Los Angeles Fresno and local areas.
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E. B. Stringham
Mannel Tract
Bunco
Darrell Janzen
Luella Klassen
John Dalke
Elmer Dahl
Essrs
Mesdames Darreil Janzen
George Norin
Wasco
J. B. Peterson
Baren Mayfield
Ennis Hughes
Luella Dahl
Margaret Wiebe
Patty Sringham
Delphine Streumpff
Cotton Dance Set By Wednesday Afternoon Club
The annual cotton dance will take place on April 6 in the clubhouse from 9 to 12 with music by the Bob Hall orchestra. Women will wear cotton dresses. The event committee includes Mesdames J. C. Ohanneson Karl Wells and J. P. Howland.
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Bob Hall
Mesdames J. C. Ohanneson
Karl Wells
J. P. Howland
Wednesday Af ternoon club to meet with garden show plans
The Wednesday Afternoon club schedules a meeting next Wednesday at the clubhouse. The session will feature a nominating committee report and election of officers for 1940-41. Ed Schnidt and Earl Roscamp lead the flower show with a request for members to bring flowers.
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Ed Schnidt
Earl Roscamp
Laurence Baughman
P. C. Guenther
George Harrison
Meedames W
L. Starrh
Karl Wells
Ed Warren
Ben Sill
Tillie Kolbenstetter
Fred Vandenberg
Easter Program At Rio Bravo Sunday School
Rio Bravo Union Sunday school held an Easter program before a large crowd. Superintendent C A Merrill announced recitations by Eloise Merrill Douglas Ransford Jaylee Mahoney Kathryn Gene Merrill Edward Hopkins Lucsinda Mahoney Zorada Martin Thelma Joy Ruthland Ruth Merrill Kenneth Ross Lorraine Rice and Bobby Haag. Easter songs by all and specific group songs and exercises followed.
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Rio Bravo Union Sunday School
C. A. Merrill
Eloise Merrill
Douglas Ransford
Jaylee Mahoney
Kathryn Gene Merrill
Edward Hopkins
Lucsinda Mahoney
Zorada Martin
Thelma Joy Ruthland
Ruth Merrill
Kenneth Ross
Lorraine Rice
Bobby Haag
Bright Star
Easter Week Social Visits Across Central Valley
Rio Bravo resident Roland Chaffin from Los Angeles spent several days with relatives here during Easter. Alice Gallagher of Tulare, a former local teacher, visited friends over the vacation. Leonard Duck and son visited Fresno relatives during Easter weekend. L B Smith of Berkeley and Horace Strong of the farm board were guests at Walter Haag's farm. Mrs F J Schiermann and daughter Elnor returned to Fresno after Easter at their home. Carl Haag and family visited Walter Long in Visalia on Sunday.
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Roland Chaffin
Los Angeles
Alice Gallagher
Tulare
Leonard Duck and Son
Fresno
L. B. Smith
Berkeley
Horace Strong
Walter Haag
F. J. Schiermann
Elnor
Carl Haag
Walter Long
Visalia
Milk cow values in California 1939 compared to 1938
The 1939 value of milk cows in California fell short of 1938 by $62, reflecting a drop in dairy cattle valuations across the state.
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California
Girls Play Day Planned at Shafter High School
Wasco and McFarland high school girls will be invited to a play day at Shafter High on Saturday April 6. Morning field games lead to afternoon skits music and entertainment with Misses Carol Pulcifer Sarah Stys and Frasquita Sullivan assisting the faculty.
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Wasco
Donner party tale reviewed by Kern county group
Mrs F P Vandenberg hosted the book section of the Wednesday afternoon club as Mrs Banes of the Kern county library staff reviewed Snow Covered Wagons by Julia Cooley Altrocchi about the Donner party experience. Mrs Thomas Wedge will review Santa Fe Trail at a future meeting.
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F. P. Vandenberg
Banes
Kern County Library
Julia Cooley Altrocchi
Donner
Thomas Wedge
Shafter
Easter Dinner Guests Gather in Local Home
Easter dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Friesen included Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Duerksen and their son Norman, and Grandma Shultz of Dinuba. Also present were S. P. Shultz and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Friesen with son Richard of Shafter. Mrs. Schultz stayed in Shafter to visit her children here.
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John Friesen
G. E. Duerksen
Norman
Grandma” Shultz
Dinuba
S. P. Shultz
Ed Friesen
Richard
Shafter
Schultz
Haag and Grant Return From California 4-H Conference
Joyce Ann Haag of Rio Bravo and Sterling Grant of Wasco returned home Friday after attending the first All-Star conference of the 4-H Club of California in Berkeley. More than 70 state 4-H members attended daily lectures on campus. The Bakersfield Kiwanis funded the trip for the county’s All-Star members. They will report on the trip at tonight’s county council meeting in Bakersfield.
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Joyce Ann Haag
Rio Bravo
Sterling Grant
Wasco
Berkeley
California
San Francisco
Extension Service
W. G. Waterhouse
Frank Spurier
B. H. Crocheron
Kiwanis Club
Bakersfield
4-H Club
Public Schools Week Observance Planned For April
Observance of Public Schools Week, a national event from April 22 to 27, is being planned in Shafter. A local Masonic committee will arrange a full program as in past years, with Emil Bender active in preliminary organization work alongside school officials.
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Shafter
Emil Bender
Del Norte and Humboldt Counties Declared TB Free
The U S Department of Agriculture redesignates Del Norte and Humboldt counties as modified accredited bovine tuberculosis free areas. This status affects cattle testing and movement controls for the regions.
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del Norte
Humbolt Counties
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Library Grounds Changed Gourd Growing Reviewed
Mrs Thomas Wedge notes spring improvements around the library grounds with new trees and shrubs. Inside, shelves showcase Garden related titles including Garden of Gourds by L H Bailey, highlighting gourds as a revived home art with International Gourd Society activity and a 42 plate compilation.
Holy City to be sung by Shafter Bakersfield choirs
The Holy City oratorio arranged by A R Gaul will be performed Sunday at 7 30 PM by combined choirs of Shafter and Bakersfield Mennonite Brethren churches at the Shafter church. Arnold Bergen directs and Laura Franz plays piano. Soloists include Tena Gloeckler Rosie Unruh Louise Bergthold Glenn Bergthold and Elias Wiebe.
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Holy City
A. R. Gaul
Shafter
Bakersfield
John R. Janzen
Church notices outline services across Wasco
Alfred T Chandler leads Sunday school and sermon with guest Rabbi Jack Levy. First Mennonite Church lists German sermon and varied services. First Baptist Church outlines Bible school and worship times. St Johns Catholic Church in Wasco cites Mass times and confessions. Christian Science Society notes Sunday services and Sunday school.
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First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
St. John's Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Calif
Owen McMullan
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Junior Chamber Election Set for April in Bakersfield
Worth Larkin announces Kern County junior chamber of commerce will hold its annual meeting April 29 in Bakersfield to elect officers. Nomination committee meets April 8 to prepare.
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Ker
Rabbi Jack Levi to Speak at Union Congregational Shafter
Rabbi Jack Levi of the Hebrew congregation Bakersfield will preach at 11 o clock Sunday service of Union Congregational Church Shafter announced by Rev Alfred T Chandler. Levi well known for forthright social comment and eloquence opens six week series on What Christianity Teaches with a musical number God of Abraham Praise. A nursery is available with supervision by Mrs A Peter Channeson True Friendship class.
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Jack Levy
Hebrew Congregation of
Bakersfield
Union Congregational Church
Shafter
Alfred T. Chandler
Rabbi Levy
Chandler
James Livers
Levy
Ocal Congregational Church
Union Church
Plymouth House
A. Peter Channeson
Trees Planted on Shafter Primary School Grounds
About ninety trees were planted on the grounds of Shafter primary school on Lerdo highway last week. Most were Chinese elms, Arizona ash and sycamores with a few acacia and walnut from local nurseryman W. M. Barnes.
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Shafter
Lerdo Highway
W. M. Barnes
City sidewalk payments explained in district one
After sidewalk work in Assessment District No 1 nears completion in April, A S Monroe and Ford Hudson outline payment options. A bond register will be prepared and each property owner notified of amounts due, with 30 days to pay or opt to convert to a 10 year bond.
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A. S. Monroe
Ford Hudson
Bond terms outline payments and liability
If bond approval is granted, first principal payment is due January 2, 1941. Interest is paid semi annually and principal annually. Payments go to the city treasurer, but the bonds are charged against the property, not the city.
Instrument Cases Installed in Shafter High School Music Room
New wooden instrument and music cases have been installed in the music room at Shafter High School. Steel lockers have been rearranged to provide space for storing band instruments. Patronize Press advertisers.
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Shafter
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