Junior class plans banquet on basketball court
The junior class voted to hold the annual Junior-Senior Banquet on the basketball court this year with card tables replacing long tables. Committees led by Amanda Johnson organized decorations foods entertainment and cleanup with several students named for each role.
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Amanda Johnson
Mary Crandall
June Lachenmaier
Marvin Potter
Don Kliewer
Commitginia Nay
Clark Wiedmann
Vivian Bartel
Banquet Sees New Officers Seated by Economics Club
The Home Economics club held a banquet and candlelight service at Shafter High School on Tuesday May 3 to install new officers. Officers installed included Mary Helen Connell president Rhona Mettler vice president and Mary Virginia Edwards secretary treasurer. Special guests were the high school teachers and staff.
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Richland P.-T. A
Richland P.T. A
J. L. Hill
Alma Fuller
Ed. Warren
Alice Echante
Irmgard Brekelbaum
T. V. Little
Kern County
Alfred Smith
Aileen Levi
Lee Wilson
Betty Taylor
Howard Nickel
June Nickel
Richard Johnson
Donald Storme
Marie
Donna Mae Baughman
Home Economics Club
Shafters High School
Miss Schaap
Leola Kirschenmann
Barbara Caldwell
Ella Wiebe
Rhona Mettler
Hilda Wessner
Mary Helen Connell
Phil Channeson
Shafter Women's
A. Peter Channeson
E. P. Jones
Ed Gamegan
E. C. Eckman
B. G. Thomas
Shafter
Alfred Chandler
Congregational Church of
Southern California Congregational Conference
Bakersfield
Car and Stranger Vanish After Test Drive Incident
J N Brinkerhoff reports a stranger drove off in a pickup from his used car lot last week. Six days passed with no trace until a Wasco garage recovered the vehicle from storage and ranch workers later found it abandoned along a highway near the substation east of Wasco.
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J. N. Brinkerhoff
Ink
Brink
Wasco
Was
Sewing Club Enjoys Monday Program At Bergthold Home
The M. B. Sewing club met at the Bergthold home with Mrs. Harvey Gaede in attendance. Guests included Mesdames Saanits Neufeld Mary Ann Epp Relay Glockler and Rubena Side. Nether Bowder to host next Monday at Mrs Jack Kliewer's home.
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M. B. Sewing Club
Bergthold
Harvey Gaede
Mesdames Saanits Neufeld
Mary Ann Epp
Relay Glockler
Rubena Side
Nether Bowder
Jack Kliewer
Girl Scouts Plan Kern River Park Overnight
An overnight camping trip organized by the Shafter Girl Scouts will be held this Friday night. The scouts will travel by private car to the Boy Scout station near Kern River Park and set up tents for a four day outing with bicycle entertainment arranged.
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Girl Scouts
Kern River Park
Shafter
Boy Scoutation
Pup Peedie the Prison Wagon Dog of Lansing
Fifteen years ago a mongrel pup followed a wagon from the Kansas state prison in Lansing and has since remained with the prison horses. Known as Peedie, the old blind-one-eyed dog rides in the driver's seat and guards the horses from other dogs. He is rheumatic, scarred from fights, and now feeds on scraps from the prison dining hall.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Prison
Peedie
Illinois wife shoots husband after row over children
In White Hall, Virginia DeWitt fired a .22 rifle during a heated dispute over custody. She aimed to disable his car and save her children Louis Jr. and Betty while the husband died. she attempted suicide but was restrained. An inquest urged leniency while holding her.
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White Hall
Ill
Louis DeWitt
Virginia
DeWitt
Louis, Jr
Betty
Divining Rod Failures Shown By State College Tests
Pennsylvania State College researchers tested a willow wand diviner and two instructors found the average success rate for locating water was worse than a blind guess. The experiment used two boxes and concealed water bottles to compare the diviner, a country boy, and random guessing.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Picture Bride Leaps Into Sea After Canada Match
Elena Jakubausaite, a picture bride from Lithuania, rejects a much older Canadian fiancé and, unable to bear a return home, leapt from the liner Ascania into the English Channel. Ship officers identified her body by the green dress and black coat after another vessel retrieved it.
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Montreal
Lithuania
Elena Jakubausaite
Canada
English Channel
Ascania
Surgeons Perform Emergency Operation in Pittsburgh
William Kelly was rushed to a hospital for an emergency operation. Dr. J C Kelly performed the procedure, noted as not related to William.
Ball Floats Into Goal Sydney Scores Deadlock
The report notes a ball drifting into the goal in Sydney amid a tied score line. Details are sparse beyond the equal standings and the propulsion event described.
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Sydney
Alma and John Seize a Night of Promised Plans
In a hushed campus scene Alma and John share a tense moment after the clock nears eleven. John weighs future wages from Uncle Cy's store and graduation, while Alma’s maidens look and a looming sense of privacy with the Quaker Burial Ground visit shapes their anxious promise of a future together.
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Alma
John Glendinning
Harriet
John
Quaker Burying Ground
War On The War Ends A Dance Of Youth And Duty
Alma and John, urged by Miss Harriet Wetherell, plan a ring and a future while waiting for a debate between Wakefield Academy and Putney High. John enlists, Alma reflects on growth, and the Red Cross matriarch embodies resolve as headlines hint at global conflict.
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Alma
Neal Connor
John
Harriet
Wakefield Academy
Putney High
Harriet Wetherell
Wakefield
The
Red Cross Society
Academy
Candid exchange hazy note on alligator encounter
Fragmentary dialogue describes a tense moment with an alligator, camera movement, and a taunting offer of a “dainty morsel.” The text presents a grim depiction of threat and defiance in a rough, surreal exchange.
Riley For Senator Club Formed in Kern County
The Kern County Riley For Senator Club formed after a luncheon honoring Ray L Riley, candidate for the United States Senate. Calvin H Conron is chairman Victor R Morgan secretary and Claude R Blodgett treasurer. Riley’s public service includes water commissioner real estate commissioner and state controller. He is seeking the Republican nomination and observers note possible cross nomination due to California party factionalism.
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Ray L. Riley
United States
Calvin H. Conron
Victor R. Morgan
Claude R. Blodgett
Riley
California
Golden State
United States Congress
Bourbon Party
Seniors to Graduate in June at Shafter Union High
Principal Errol Jones announced the senior class list for Shafter Union High School with June graduation expected. The public roster includes Lois Annis Elsie Bergen Barbara Caldwell June Emerald Helen Flaming Lincoln Goddard Cecil Golding Esther Hein Fred Heinrichs Dorothy Johnson Lois Jones Arnold Kirschenmann Rhoda Kirschenmann Gertrude Kroeker Monna Latta Delmer Mettler Fred Mettler Herbert Neuman Edward Nikkel Jessie May Pitts Eleanor Reimer Taylor Russell Rubin Schmidt Beatrice Skubovius Eva Strouckel Victor Voth Erma Wendland Elaine West Leta Bella West Arthur Wittenberg Wilmer Zeller Fred Vaiarte Wilmer Enns Velma Viola Voth.
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Shafter Union High School
Errol Jones
Lois Annis
Elsie Bergen
Barbara Caldwell
June Emerald
Helen Flaming
Lincoln Goddard
Cecil Golding
Esther Hein
Fred Heinrichs
Dorothy Johnson
Lois Jones
Arnold Kirschenmann
Rhoda
Kirschenmann
Gertrude Kroeker
Monna Latta
Del
Name Changes in the United States
The article notes that individuals may legally change parts or all of their names in the United States if done in good faith and for an honest purpose, and that it is customary to bear parental names.
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The
United States
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