Retiring and incoming officers hosted by Wednesday Afternoon Club
Mrs J L Bill presided at a luncheon with retiring and incoming officers at the J C Ohnngon home. Attendees included Mesdames Lassiter Jones Stringham Painter Little Cooper Roscamp Vandenberg Peters Squier Arnold Battaglia Frizzell and the hostesses. Dennis Gaede celebrated his second birthday with balloons toys and a Maypole cake as guests helped with the honor child and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bill
J. Channeson
J. H. Fuller
Lutcheon
J. C. Ohannegon
Mesdames
J. W. Lassiter
Errol Jones
E. B. Stringham
Roy Painter
T. V. Little
Floyd Coope
J. A. Roscamp
Fred Vandenberg
Dennis Gaede
Leonard Gaede
Gaede
Bob Carter
Sor
Kenny
Harlan Wilson
Garry
Ben Peters
Verna Lee
Johnny Abel Neufeld
Donald
Johnny Schultz
Beverly
H. H. Gaede
J. E. Unruh
Waldo Unruh
Katherine Suderman
Maple P T A Holds Year End Meeting Next Thursday
Maple P T A plans a year end meeting next Thursday in the Maple school auditorium. The program features a fashion show by Miss Enid Hartley’s pupils, musicians from Mrs. Paul Wiebe’s class, a play and reading by Miss Thelma Fisher’s students, and a performance by Paul Richert’s room. California war employment rises to 425000 from 150000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple P. A
Maple School
Enid Hartley
Paul Wiebe
Thelma Fisher
Paul Richert
Mrs J B Henderson Elected President of Legion Auxiliary
Mrs J B Henderson was unanimously named president of the Leslie Robinson Post No 213 American Legion Auxiliary at a Tuesday meeting. New officers include first vice president Mrs Fred Vardenberg second vice president Mrs P C Guenther secretary treasurer Mrs Glenn O Nay historian Mrs W W Tannahill chaplain Mrs Taylor Tabb and executive committee members Mrs J W Lassiter Mrs George Comfort and Mrs G L Starrh. Delegates to the county council were chosen with alternates named. Installation will occur at the next meeting with Mrs Lois Rosenstiel and Mrs George Enns directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
George Enns
Jack Janzen
Community Pot Luck Dinner at Union Congregational
The Rev. Alfred Chandler and the Ladies Aid and Couplers of Union Congregational church host a community pot luck dinner at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse at 7 o clock Friday evening. Each family brings a dish and one dollar for hot dishes, with soldiers from Minter Field as special guests. Community singing of old time songs closes the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Chandler
Ladies Aid
Union Congregational Church
Minter Field
Twenty-Thirties Attend Barbecue At Wasco
Members of the Shafter 20-30 Club and their ladies joined Wasco 20-30 club for a steak barbecue at Carol Wilkinson's home Tuesday evening. The Shafter club announced its next meeting will be Tuesday at 8 at the Canelo motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Oriental painting featured by Wednesday Afternoon Club
Mrs. M. S. Crockett spoke on The Technique of Oriental Painting to the Wednesday Afternoon Club. The display included Crockett works and silk art by Mrs. Wright of Wasco, with wartime Red Cross sewing projects and a penny war bond purchase announced. Campfire Girls led by Ellamarie Crawford performed a candle light ceremony, and Kathleen Janzen presented xylophone selections. A shipment of surgical gown material arrived for doctors. Next meeting May 20 will install Mrs. Merle Taylor of Bakersfield as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. $. Crockett
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Ellamarie Crawford
Beverly Duke
Bettie Jane
Fay, Schroeder
Lola Hendricks
Fern Collits
Lois Johnson
Joan James
Catherine Stanbul
Lola Faye Johnson
Anna, Rodse
Wadell Pritchett
Kathleen Janzen
Miss Davis
Lucia
Mother Mahree
Red Cross
J. L. Hill
Ira Unruh
O. C. Meadows
Karl Wells
H. Schirmer
H.C. Neufeld
Walter Poznoff
C. J. Vignollo
G. L
Merle ‘Taylor
Bakersfield
Teacher Miss Bartlett Recalls Travels in Europe Orient and Alaska
Miss Beulah Bartlett of Richland school faculty gave an engaging travel talk to the Congregational Couplers group at the Pipkins home. She illustrated her European, Orient and Alaska journey with scrapbook pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Bartlett
Richland School
Europe
Orient
Alaska
K. L. Pipkin
Potato growers forecast self produced bags and more dehydration
Robert Simpson of Camp West Lowe Farms predicts future potato growers will produce their own bags and focus more on dehydration. His remarks came at a Kern County Farm Bureau directors meeting attended by A W Eckmann and J E Haag. New director William Perelli Minetti from Delano Farm Center was introduced along with routine talks on rodent control sugar beets cotton 4 H club labor grapes and the state militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Simpsn
Camp -West-Lowe Farms Company
Kern County Farm Bureau
Simpson
A. W. Eckmann
Shafter
State ‘Militia
Wora
Delano Farm Center
William Perelli-Minetti
J. E. Haag
United States Study Links Fruit Gas to Wilted Flowers
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that ethylene released by ripening fruit shortens the life of cut flowers. Experiments with thousands of carnations roses snaps and narcissi show corsages wilt after refrigeration with fruit. Rose growers in the Pacific Northwest use apples to defoliate roses before fall storage, saving time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Pacific Northwest
Rye bread may soon taste like wheat, institute reports
The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute researchers aim to make rye bread resemble wheat in taste and appearance. They cross rye with wheat and cultivate bitter lupine beans to improve flavor for coffee substitutes, noting wartime wheat shortages push white bread preference. Further tests are planned to achieve true white rye bread likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Reich
Germany
Ambrosia Beetle Gardens In Forests Threaten Trees
The Ambrosia beetle bores into trees and carries fungi that form gardens for larvae. They stain wood but do not weaken it. Control relies on removing dead and diseased material to reduce breeding sites, while bark beetles require destroying broods in infested trees before spread.
Cow Leads To Hidden Silver Polish Founding Tale
In 1873 near Keene New Hampshire a man found a cow stuck in a bog and, while rescuing it, saw mud on the cow’s legs that hardened into a cleaning substance. He took samples home and identified the material as diatomaceous earth with strong polishing properties. This discovery helped popularize a now famed silver polish brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
N. H
Ancient canine described as large new to science at Field Museum
Paul McGrew, assistant curator of paleontology, reports in Honduras that a venerable dog, aged at a ripe old age, is large and rare and new to science. He also found a dwarfed Pliocene horse. If brought to Chicago, it would likely be housed at the museum to minimize maintenance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul ©. McGrew
Honduras
McGrew
Chicago
Museum
Zoo
Industrial Tycoons Develop Shafter Ranches For Regional Growth
Three major agricultural developments west of Shafter involve B L Cord and Donald Douglas with the Blue Moon Ranch and the Douglas Ranch, plus the Freeborns. The Blue Moon spans 1350 acres with 500 in wheat and 750 in alfalfa, plus homes and roadwork. Douglas Ranch emphasizes alfalfa and sugar beets with planned improvements, while Freeborn efforts focus on alfalfa and other crops, aiming to elevate the area's productivity and attract more farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Lerdo Road
B. L. Cord
Donald Douglas
Douglas Aircraft
Freeborn
Cord
Tv’s Corner
W.W. B. Murphy
Blue Moon
Douglas Ranch
Beet Growers Urged To Use More Machines
California beet growers stage an education drive urging increased mechanization to handle a record beet crop of over 200000 acres projected for this year. Secretary Gordon Lyons says labor limits demand using proven farm machines and cross cultivation to cut costs. Meetings in Woodland and Salinas featured engineers from UC and USDA and factory agriculturists sharing results from Holly Spreckels American Crystal and Union beet sugar plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Army
Navy
Gordon Lyons
Washington
Woodland
Salinas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
University of California
Holly
Spreckels
American Crystal
Ana
See. Lyons
Businessmen to Meet at Shafter Motel Tomorrow
Dr. A W Gaede newly elected president of the Shafter Business Men's association said the upcoming meeting will be held at the Shafter motel, the usual meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Gaede
The
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Shafter Motel
Reedley Youth Sing At Mennonite Brethren Church
About 50 students from Emanuel Bible School Reedley led by Principal J P Rogalsky performed songs readings and dialogues at the Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church on Sunday evening Two instructors Mr Hofer and Mrs Hiebert aided with music direction and dialogue presentation The Bible school has operated about ten years and is now sponsored by three area churches Reedley Zion Dinuba and Dinuba Mennonite Brethren with annual performances in Shafter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Bible School
Reedley
J. P. Rogalsky
Mennonite Brethren Church
Hofer
Ettructor
Rogalsky
Mennonite Brethren of
John Penner Buys New Home In City Move
John Penner clerk of the local justice court buys a home at 140 Munser Street from F W Handel. He and his family moved from the country and plan an immediate addition of two bedrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Penner
Munser Street
F. W. Handel
Penner
War Restrictions Hit Trout Fishermen In National Forests
National Automobile Club reports war era closures around power plants, dams, and utility sites. Forest supervisors will announce summer restrictions before June, with armed patrols common in restricted zones and limited openings expected for trout fishing pending fire danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Department of Agriculture
National Automobile Club
S. B
Shaw
J. L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
Secretary of Agriculture
Forest Service
County Legion and Auxiliary Meet in Shafter
Kern County Council of the American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a meeting Sunday May 17 in Shafter. Local posts and members are invited to attend and discuss upcoming events and veteran support activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Council of the American Legion and Auxiliary
Shafter
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J. B. Henderson
Legion Auxiliary
Wasco
New York
Lane
Dane
M. B. Church
J. C. Penner
Shafter County
Hayfever
Ratones
Shafer
Wbtric eTnor
Bermud
Dichondra Lawn Co
Dob Dr
Brundage
N” Street
U. S
Walt Disney
Richard Arlen
Tim Holt
Dude Cowboy
Kay Kyser
Johnny Weismuller
Maureen O’sullivan
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure
Maxine
Central Avenue
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