Mennonite Brethren and First Mennonite Church Services and Picnic
The Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern reports 0:30 a.m. Sunday school with two departments, 11:00 a.m. German preaching, 6:30 p.m. Prayer circle, 7:45 Congregational singing, 8:00 Men's chorus led services, midweek prayers at 8:00 p.m. Plans for daily vacation Bible school. The First Mennonite Church led by Minister Edway Toews holds 10:00 a.m. Sunday school, 11:00 a.m. worship on Fearless Disciples, 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor, midweek Bible study Thursday 8 p.m., and Sunday school/picnic on May 24 at Kern River Park after morning services.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
Wiebe
Christian Fellowship
First Mennonite
Fedgay
Toews
John Unruh
General Christian Endeavor
Kern River Park
St. John's Catholic Church in Wasco listing
St. John s Catholic Church at Ninth and Broadway Wasco with Rev. Owen McMullen as pastor. Sunday Masses are scheduled for 8 and 10 a m.
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St. John's Catholic Church
Ninth and Broadway
Wasco
Owen McMullen
Christian Science services and lesson sermon
The notice announces Sunday services at The Christian Science Society in Wasco with the lesson sermon topic Mortals and Immortals. The Golden Text is from Romans, and the lesson includes the healing of a man blind from birth from John’s Gospel. Services occur weekly with First Wednesday meetings at 8 o'clock.
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the Christian Science Society
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Sixth
E Streets
Wasco
Sun
Tla
Thadeacca
Churches of Christ
Jesus
Ford To Supervise Summer Recreation Program In Shafter
Eugene Ford, a Shafter high school faculty member, will supervise the Shafter summer recreation program following a recreation commission meeting with Dr. T. L. Nelson and E. P. Jones. The Kern County Union High School district authorized funds for a recreation director this summer. Richland district boards consider a plan to cover nightball field lights and equipment costs. A future commission meeting will set definite plans emphasizing army and civilian recreation. Commission members are T. Olson, Bill Lachenmaier, J. W. Wilson, Kenneth Pipkin, and E. B. Stringham.
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Eugene Ford
Shafter
City Recreation Commission
T. L. Nelson
Kern County Union High
E.P. Jones
Richland
Tv Recreation Commission
T. Olson
Bill Lachenmaier
J. W. Wilson
Kenneth Pipkin
E. B. Stringham
San Francisco Public Library Music Department Offer
The San Francisco Public Library features a strong music department with a piano for patrons to try selections, inviting visitors to sample instruments and explore musical resources.
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San Francisco Public Library
Blind Man’s Healings Highlight Biblical and Medical Views
The piece blends a Bible story where Jesus heals a man born blind with excerpts from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It contrasts divine works with material law, arguing healing defies physical conditions and mortal belief.
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Dino Lafthe
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Silverfish Study Reveals Pests’ Diet and Weaknesses
University of California entomologist Arnold Mallis reports silverfish or Ctenolepisma urbani resist pyrethrum sprays, paralyze within minutes, and are best controlled by combining pyrethrum with fluoride or silicate poisons. They favor vegetable fibers and materials like cellophane and onion skin paper over newsprint.
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Arnold Mallis
Los Angeles
University of California
Mallis
Urbani
Color signals in human eyes and how color is seen
The article explains retina structure with cones and bipolar cells sorting red green and violet blue signals, then recombining for brain interpretation. It notes diet affects color cell activity and mentions policewomen’ grumbles about duties and interactions with men and crosswords in precincts.
Dog House Club Seeks Official Incorporation in St Louis
The Pog House Protective Association, a group for refugees from marital discord, has applied for incorporation. About 300 husbands support the club which aims to console men consigned to the dog house and work to restore grace. Edward A Morgan explains the healing formula used to mend marital rifts.
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Dog House
Pog House
Wo Haven
St. Louis
Edward A. Morgan
Sweetheart Sweepstakes at Fort Riley Draws GIs
Private George Thomson of Cleveland offers a new wager called the sweetheart sweepstakes. Soldiers contribute a dollar monthly with names of their girlfriends in a pool, a weekly drawing awards a fully paid trip to visit the sweetheart at camp, though Thomson laments his own miss.
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George Thomson
Cleveland
Fort Riley
Kan
Thomson
The Two Complexes of Gordon Keene in a Lovelorn Tale
A writer named Gordon Keene balances an inferiority complex about his looks with a superiority complex about his talent. He pursues a novel while wandering between odd jobs and a countryside estate, where he plans to propose to Caroline Dorsey and discovers his own awkwardness when he finally acts on his feelings.
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Gordon Keene
Digger
Gordon
Himsel
Lakeville Inn
Caroline Dorsey
Caroline
Kern County Produces Large Share of War Materials
Paul Howard of the county assessor's office told the Shafter Rotary Club at Motel Canelo that Kern County plays a vital role in oil and strategic minerals for the war effort. He, an authority on oil and minerals, presented striking figures showing Kern's prominence in basic war materials production.
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Kern County
Paul Howard
Shafter’ Rotary Club
Canelo
Howard
Kern
Drunken guest claims hotel room as Oscar J Billups
A night clerk is approached by a battered man asking to be shown to Room 202. The clerk notes the room is occupied by Oscar J. Billups and questions him. The visitor insists he is Oscar J. Billups and claims he just fell out of the window.
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Oscar J. Billups
Ruth and Brother Candy Dispute Cited by Mother
A child explains to her mother that she took her little brother’s candy after being refused permission. The exchange presents a domestic scene of sibling conflict and parental inquiry.
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Ruth
Return Ticket Puzzle On Train Carriage
A country woman asks for a return ticket in a railway carriage. A fellow traveler gives her a return and she exits to the window. She explains she will not go back, and when asked why she took the return, she says she was told it was cheaper.
Coal cart driver signals only by habit not arm
A motorist on a main road in a small English town avoided a collision when a coal cart driver ahead turned into a side street without signaling. The driver defends his habit saying he always goes down that street and refuses to explain the motion.
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England
Didnitu
Rival Hearts Weigh Onion Or The Kiss For Miss
A light verse question asks whether onion or kiss matters most to a young woman. The speaker presents a playful dilemma to the reader, contrasting simple sustenance with romance in a coy, poetic tone.
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Ev'ry
Diggs and Teo Exchange Unusual Intelligence Views
The excerpt presents Teo and Diggs discussing intelligence and shared views. Diggs notes Diggs is a man of unusual intelligence and asks about a general plan. Teo agrees with Bis on broad notions, comparing them to his own perspectives.
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Diggs
Bis
Visits by Mrs. F L Kingen and others in Lost Hills
Mrs. F L Kingen from Cathlamet Washington visited friends in Lost Hills for a few days and planned to return Tuesday. Mrs. Charlie Henderson spent Mother's Day with her mother Mrs. Claude Brightwell in Selma and will return to Shafter Monday.
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Lost Hills
F.L. Kingen
Cathlamet
Wash
Mother
Selma
Charlie Henderson
Claude Brightwell
Shafter Mon
Leaves for Evergreen State
Mrs. Ella Immel left Monday evening for her home in Bellingham Washington after a six week visit at the home of her daughter Mrs. P C Guenther. Mrs J B Henderson and Mrs J P Hansen will attend Fresno State Alumni Homecoming tomorrow evening after the meeting Mrs Hansen will visit her mother at Escalon. Mrs Henderson will visit a sister in Fresno also her daughter Jean Henderson who is attending Fresno State.
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Ella Immel
Bellingham
Washington
P. C. Guenther
J. B. Henderson
J. P. Hansen
Fresno State
Hansen
Escalon
Mrs. Henderson
Fresno
Jean Henderson
Ride stations considered for army men by Kiwanis club
Shafter Kiwanis eyes building small open waiting stations for soldiers needing rides. Bill Brown to study costs. sites near Minter Field and Lerdo Road east of Santa Fe tracks. Taft Kiwanis reportedly built similar facilities for Gardner Field men.
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Shafter Kiswanis Club
Bill Brown
Minter Field
Lerdo Road
Santa Fe
Taft Kiwanis Club
Gardner Field
Court of Honor Slated May 20 in Cafeteria
A community court of honor for Boy Scout Troops 44 and 53 will be held next Wednesday evening in the Richlands school. Scoutmasters Lloyd Pack and Kenneth Pipkin announced the event. Honor awards will be presented to several boys from each troop. Chet Bartlett, Kern County Scout executive, will assist.
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Boy Scouts of
Richlands School
Lloyd Pack
Kenneth Pipkin
Chet Bartlett
Kern County
Cc & C Ranch Builds New Spud Shed at Cawelo
A new potato washing shed is under construction at Cawelo near the Lerdo road junction with the Southern Pacific tracks for the C and C ranch Sol Camp and Jim West agricultural enterprise.
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Cawelo
Lerdo Road
Southern Pacific
C & C Ranch
Sol Camp
Jim West Agricultural Enterprise
Hall Presents May Assembly at Shafter High Gym
Dr. Martin Hall will present an assembly in the Shafter high gym on May 25. The event invites students and staff to attend.
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Hall
Martin Hall
Shafter High
Picnic date to be learned at Sunday school
A dialogue notes a minister greeting Robert on the way to Sunday school and Robert asking to learn the date of the church picnic. The exchange highlights a simple, everyday community moment.
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Robert
Subversive Elements Seek To Curb Advertising
Don Pelding of the Pacific Advertising Association warns Americans to stay alert against subversive forces seeking to control the press and discredit advertising. He argues a free press sustains democratic life and warns against efforts to limit news to one side under war necessity.
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Don Pelding
Pacific Advertising Association
Committee On Public Information
State Council of Defense
Belding
America
France
Victory Concert at Shafter High May 22
Shafter High School's general band presents its annual Victory Concert in the high gym on May 22 under the direction of P L Arnold.
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Shafter High School
Shafter High
P. L. Arnold
From San Francisco to Monte rey temperatures vary little
Readable text notes that the gap between average summer and winter temperatures from San Francisco to Monte Rey is rarely above ten degrees, indicating mild seasonal shifts.
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San Francisco
Monterey
California Farmers Lead the Nation in Farm Labor Pay
California farmers top the nation in wages paid to field workers. The report highlights higher earnings and growing labor costs in agricultural regions, reflecting market demand and living costs impacting farm labor pay.
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California
High Rider Chronicle Nonsense In Fragment
A garbled OCR fragment references a high rider on a high horse with unclear meaning and stray phrases describing an equestrian figure in a misread style. The text lacks coherent facts or identifiable names or places.
Amazing Policeman Drives a Smile From a Quick Witty Quip
A humorous exchange unfolds as a policeman sternly cites speeding while a lady driver boasts she learned to drive only yesterday turning the moment into a lighthearted street scene.
Richland School Cafeteria Serves Noon Lunches to 700 Pupils
The Richland school cafeteria is now serving noon lunches to about 700 pupils daily and provides breakfast for nearly 100 students.
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Richland School
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