Sunday Dinner Hosts and Local Visits Highlight Shafter News
Ernest Unruh and Miss Hulda Suderman dined with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Neufeld. Long Beach guests included John Nickel family and Ike Nickel with Peter Hiebert. Harvey J. Wheat rented Gene Bosserdet’s California home as Dean Aylesworth visited Helen Fast in Shafter. Ramsey and Smith of Ramsay Potato Co visited from Scottsbluff Nebraska to discuss the Shafter potato deal.
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Unruh
Ernest Unruh
Hulda Suderman
A. H. Neufeld
Jack Janzen
John Nickel
Long Beach
Ike Nickel
Peter Hiebert
Reedley
California
Harvey J. Wheat
Gene Bosserdet
Nebraska
Ramsey and Smith
Ramsay Potato Company
Scottsbluff
Shafter District
Shafter
Local Social and Official Visits Highlight Shafter Week
Bakersfield official W. J. Bain visited Shafter while Ada Ardis travelled from Los Angeles to stay with her aunt. A junior dance sponsored by the Woman's club is planned for May 13 at the Shafter club house. Ellis J. Baker and Ruby G. Hailey, both of Shafter, obtained a license to wed at the county clerk's office. Santa Fe executive F. C. Mackie visited Shafter from Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Abram Rempel of Dallas Oregon are guests west of Shafter. J. C. Penner celebrated his birthday with friends G. J. Siemens and H. M. Dueck bringing ice cream and cookies. Elizabeth Ingram was surprised by a visit from D. S. Peck after 25 years.
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Woman’s Club
Shafter Club
Ellis J. Baker
Ruby G. Hailey
Shafter
Abram Rempel
Dallas
Oregon
Henry Krause
G. J. Siemens
H. M. Dueck
J. C. Penner
Penner
Meeting on chair upholstering at Congregational Church
The home department of the farm bureau led by Miss Dorothy Wilkenson will meet Friday at the Congregational church from 10 a m to 4 p m for chair upholstering instructions. Attendees may bring chairs to work on. On Sunday May 22 Mennonite Brethren Young People representatives in California will meet in Reedley to discuss plans for a conference.
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Home Department
The
Farm Bureau
Dorothy Wilkenson
Congregational Church
California
Reedley
Mrs Weidman Hosts Tea for Ada Ardis of Los Angeles
Mrs E Weidman entertained a Tuesday tea at Mrs S M Bobst home in honor of Ada Ardis of Los Angeles. Guests included Mrs G Lindquist Mrs Elmer Chinberg Mrs L Q Hadock Mrs Elizabeth Ingram Mrs Nels Pederson Mrs J P Harris Mrs Jeanette Woodburn Miss Mary Woodburn of Santa Monica and Mrs S M Bobst. Mr and Mrs Julius Zimmerman left for a few days at Pismo Beach seeking relief for Mr Zimmerman who has not been well. their son Walter drove them.
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E. Weidman
Ada Ardis
Los Angeles
S. M. Bobst
G. Lindquist
Elmer Chinberg
L. Q. Haydock
Elizabeth Ingram
Nels. Pederson
J. P. Harris
Jeanette Woodburn
Mary Woodburn
Santa Monica
Julius Zimmerman
Pismo Beach
Mr. Zimmerman
Walter
Bell Family Trip to Yuma for Visit and Return
Mr and Mrs Clyde Bell and family motored to Yuma Arizona over the weekend to visit relatives and bring Bell's mother to Shafter for a summer visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Bell
Yuma
Arizona
R, Bell
Shafter
Fresno visitor at Santa Fe depot this Friday
Here Friday J A Christie of Fresno was a business visitor at the Santa Fe depot Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Christie
Fresno
Santa Fe
Spring Fever Junior Play At Shafter High Friday
The Junior class at Shafter High School presents Spring Fever by Glenn Hughes on Friday May 6 at the Richland school auditorium. Director William B White with Katherine Goode on costumes and makeup Adolph Goertzen handling properties and sound Powell Mc Coy lighting Amanda Johnson and Ray Dallam promoters. Music by the high school band and Girls Glee club directed by Robert Gates features The Song of the Rose Global Overture Wonderful One Pagan Love Song. The cast includes Howard Brant Elmer Unruh Harold Janzen Vic Lewis Marlien Neufeld Lou Herron Marian Purcell Marvin Neuman Phoebe Purcell Anne’s mother Lois Choate Vivian George Irene Mettler and more in a college boarding house setting.
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Glenn Hughes
Shafter High School
Richland School
William B. White
Katherine Goode
Adolph Goertzen
Powell McCoy
Amanda Johnson
Ray Dallam
Girls Glee Club
Robert Gates
Weber
Hazel
Glee Club
Grofe Whiteman
Brown
Howard Brant
Brookfield College
Elmer Unruh
Burns
Harold Janzen
Vic Lewis
Marlien Neufeld
Lou Herron
June Lachenmaier
Vic
Iginia Nay
Maude Corey
Howard
Irene Mettler
Professor Virgil Bean
The
Cotton Acreage Greatly Reduced This Season
Leading growers and gin officials report at least 80 percent of cotton planting in the Shafter area is complete with ten days needed to finish. Acreage may drop significantly from 1937, with rains delaying work and replanting in some ranches. Early fields will soon be ready for chopping.
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Shafter
Begina
Shafter Tossers Triumph Over McFarland Nine
The Shafter General ball club defeated McFarland 6 to 1 on the McFarland diamond. Walter Kirschenman pitched a complete game allowing four hits and nine strikeouts while Gilpin gave up twelve hits for McFarland. Shafter jumped to all six runs in the first two frames and reduced fielding errors from prior games.
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Shafter General
McFarland
Generals
Walter Kirschenman
Shafter Boys
Gilpin
Cougars
Shafter
Wilbert ‘Kirschenman
Eichenhofer
Taylor
Vaughn
Nabers
Valenzuela
Ratekin
Gonzales
Baker
Cilpin
P. Wee Shafter
McCoy
Combsmann
D. Mettler
Wilbert Kirschenmann
R. Mettler
Voth
Janzen
No Bats in Women's Hair
The article notes that bats do not actually enter women’s hair and that there are no recorded cases, though the superstition persists among some women.
Shafter F. F. A. Boys To Compete In County Contest
Shafter Wasco Bakersfield and McFarland F F A members will contest county projects May 5 6 and 7 in Kern county thirty five divisions cover livestock poultry dairying bees field crops fruits and farm mechanics each school selects its top project in each division to face rivals from the other three schools regional winners advance to Tulare section judges include W E Shore J G McMillan final regional awards decided by B R Denbigh and J J Thompson first place trophies and certificates will be presented at a Delano banquet July 1.
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Shafter Future Farmer Boys
Kern
Shafter
Wasco
Bakersfield
McFarland
Kern County
Tulare
W. E. Shore
Visalia High School
J. G. McMillan
Agriculture
Tulare High School
B. R. Denbigh
San Joaquin Valley
J. J. Thompson
California Polytechnic School
Bep
Delano
Kern Farmers Banquet Highlights County Gathering
The Associated Farmers of Kern County held their first annual banquet in Bakersfield at El Tejon hotel. About 350 farmers and wives attended, including cotton and fruit growers, truck farmers, and cattle and sheep men. W. B. Camp presided and introduced Kern County association directors Hugh Allen H. J. Brandt L. W. Dennen H. L. Pomeroy A. I. George Mendiburu Phil Klipstein Harry Fowler and Joseph Di Giorgio.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
State Association
el Tejon
W. B. Camp
Kern County Association
Mr. Camp
Hugh Allen
H. J. Brandt
L. W. Dennen
H. L. Pomeroy
A. I. George Mendiburu
Phil Klipstein
Harry Fowler
Joseph di Giorgio
New Books Arrive at Kern County Library Shafter
A shipment of new titles arrives at the Kern county library in Shafter announced by librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge. The list includes Action at Aquila by Hervey Allen and many Westerns, classics, travel works, biographies, and educational guides from A to Z.
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Kern County
Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Aquila
Hervey Allen
Harold Blindless
Chip
B. M. Bower
E. M. Bower
Minstral
Max Brand
J. L. Comfort
Julian Dana
E. M. Dell
Sherlock Holmes
Sir A. C. Doyle
George Elliot
Edna Ferber
Zane Grey
F. O. Hough
Will James
H.) Jarrett
Sinclair Lewis
Mil’ Dred Walker
Elias Tobenkin
Milton Wright
R. A. Burkhart
G. V. Seldes
Helena Wright
Janet Lane
L. L. Sumption
Frances Rogers
Temple of Heaven Built in Ming Era Year 18
The Temple of Heaven in Peiping was constructed in 1420 the eighteenth year of the Yung le era of the Ming dynasty. It marks a key imperial religious complex completed during that period.
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Peiping
Ocean Carved Rocks and Shells on Oregon Beaches
Ocean carved rocks and shells are common to Oregon beaches due to sandstone formations and rock-oyster activity. The sea drills its home in solid rock and deposits sandstone on the shore. China’s first public rose to government in 1927 and in its early years built extensive cheap roads to combat banditry.
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Oregon
China
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Santa Barbara
Dean Aylesworth
Donald
Helen Fast
George T. Pearce
Shafter Tuesday
Presno
Roberta
H. I. Heinrichs
Chowchilla
T. V. Little
Mr. Heinrichs
W. J. Bain
F. C. Mackie
Ventura Matron
D. S. Peck
Ventura
John H. Neufeld
Aron Rempel
Shafter Group
Greenhorn
Ed. Weiderbach
D. Mix
Greenhorn Mountain
Avenal
Stewart Nill
Old Mother Hubbard
San Joaquin
Saniey
SAN Joaquin Light and Power Corporation
Mrs. Weidman
Shafter F. F. A
Kern Farmers GatherAt Banquet Board
Ed Sheeter
Gary Cooper
Adventures OF
Marco Polo
Bill Boyd
Heart OF Arizona
Jeanette McDonald
Leo Carrillo
Girl OF the
Golden West
Flash Gordon
Mars
Shirley Temple
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Home Appliance Co
Emil Stoller
Electrolux
Southern California Gas Company
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