Dutch Derr to Speak at Richland Civic Banquet
Dutch Derr will headline the Richland Teachers Club civic banquet in Shafter on Monday November 15. The Pennsylvania State graduate and secretary of the Greater Hanford Chamber of Commerce will present an address titled Oddities of Alaska drawing on wartime Alaska experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland ‘Teachers’ Club
Derr
Alaska
Shafter-Wasco
Rotary
Kiwanis
State Bar Association
State Teachers’ Organization
Pennsylvania State
Greater Hanford
Shafter
Sylvia Baughman
Richland
Richland Teachers Club
City and County Get Major Allocation From ABC Fund
Statewide liquor license fees for the first half of 1948 total 5,688,317.94 dollars, the largest allocation to date. Kern County will receive 47,386.28 dollars for its unincorporated area and Shafter will get 1,145 dollars as part of the distribution to cities and counties for local liquor regulation and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Quinn
Board of Equalization
Quinn
Kern County
Cy of
Shafter
Thomas N. Harvey Dies in Bakersfield
Thomas Norman Harvey, Kern County board of trustees, died at a Bakersfield hospital Friday night at 10 20 p m from a heart ailment after suffering a stroke last Wednesday. Harvey was a Bakersfield attorney and former superior court judge, served as school board president 18 years, and advocated a progressive school building program. He became board president January 21 1929 and declined re election after last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Norman Harvey
Kern
New Mortuary Opened Here by Rem Bristow
Rem Bristow, manager of the Janzen Mortuary in Shafter, opens the Shafter Funeral Home at 177 East Lerdo Road with his wife Jean Bristow as lady attendant and Lauress W. Fike as partner. The facility includes a Cadillac hearse and a Dodge ambulance operating 24 hours daily serving Shafter and vicinity. Both Bristow and Fike are WWII veterans and ex service men. Bristow is active in the American Legion and Kiwanis Club. The new funeral home will be open all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rem Bristow
Janzen
Shafter
East Lerdo Road
Bristow
Jean Bristow
Lauress W. Fike
Los Angeles
Fike
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Leslie L. Robinson Post
Legion Auxiliary Hold Hard Times Social at Legion Hall
The Legion and Auxiliary hosted a Friday night hard times party at the Legion Hall. Prizes for worst dressed went to Mrs Irma McCoy and Redon Baker with honorable mentions for Jane Hahn Paul Ingraham and Harvey Neuman Pellet. A large popcorn box served as refreshments and some fines were imposed for not smoking with toothpick cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Irma McCoy
Redon Baker
Jane Hahn
Paul Ingraham
Harvey Neuman Pellet
Jean Bristow
Jack Hare
George Guenther
Mickey Sturm
Georgette Kadel
Skaters Enjoy Bakersfield Party After Spaghetti Dinner
A Shafter group attended a Bakersfield skating party Friday night following a spaghetti dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hildebrand. Travelers included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schardt, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rockwell, and Mr. and Mrs. John Branner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Shafterites
Bill Hildebrand
Fred Schardt
Jack Rockwell
John Branner
Fractures Arm Of Kern Academy Boy
Jerry Smith ten year old son of Mrs Mable Kirkman fractured his left arm in a fall from a swing on Kern Academy playground last Thursday. He was taken to Bakersfield Hospital where a specialist treats him and he will remain hospitalized for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Smith
Mable Kirkman
Kern Academy
Bakersfield Hospital
Livers Recovers After Stroke Share News From Shafter
Reverend William S. Harper reports in a Shafter Press letter that W. A. Livers suffered a light stroke about a month ago. The stroke was localized with limited effects and recovery is underway.
Shafter High Introduces Biweekly Swim Instruction
Shafter High School now offers biweekly swimming and diving lessons to all students at Richland Aquatic Center. Every Thursday and Friday, gym classes travel by bus to two large pools where teachers Miss Betty Lund and the program staff provide instruction. The effort aims to teach swimming science and muscular coordination while reducing drowning risks through basic water skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Richland Aquatic Center
Shafter
Ee Shafter
Betty Lund
Health Clinic for Children Today at Richland Schools
Protection against diphtheria and smallpox will be offered to school children at Richland Schools today. Dr Ruth Dunford, county health department physician, will conduct the clinics assisted by Miss Emma Laughman, public health nurse. Pre school children are offered this protection at child health conferences held by the health department in the Shafter county building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Ruth Dunford
County Health Department
Emma Laughman
Health Department
Shafter County
Fire Police Ball Set For November 19 at Woman's Club
Plans are under way for the annual ball of firemen and policemen to be held November 19 at the Woman's Club House. Admission is $1.20 including tax. Bill Earley's five piece orchestra will provide music with a tenor saxophonist from Chicago. Everyone is urged to mark the date and attend for a night of fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Earley
Earley
Chicago
Four Seniors Fail In Driving Tests
Four seniors at Shafter High School failed the first driving test Leela Engle Joe Haworth Nancy McDonald and Phyllis Paloma will retake the exam Monday at 12 30 in room two. No third test planned yet and passing is required before junior tests are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Leela Engle
Joe Haworth
Nancy McDonald
Phyllis Paloma
School Dismissed for County Teachers Institute
The Bakersfield area will dismiss on Friday November 5 to observe a county teachers institute. School closing affects all Bakersfield Junior College students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Teachers Institute
Bakersfield Junior College
Revival Services Draw Throngs on Lerdo Road Tent
Nearly a thousand people crowded the Lerdo Road tent for the revival opening. A choir of 80 plus, led by Arnold Bergen, sang revival hymns as Victor Wiens directed musical numbers. Dr. Rice preached on hell and urged lay effort for souls. Tonight’s topic is the High Cost of Revival. Tomorrow Watching Jesus. Thursday Father Mother Home and Heaven. Families attending Thursday receive a copy of Bible Facts About Heaven. Revival runs through November 14 with public invited.
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Lerdo Road
Arnold Bergen
Victor Wiens
Pacific Bible Institute of
Fresno
Wiens
Rice
America
Hell
Jesus
Dr. Rice
Heaven
Scouts Seek Old Clothing For Sale in Shafter
Rotary Scout Troop No. 53 will collect used clothing and cooking utensils this week for a sale starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday November 6 in front of the Shafter Ice Plant. Call the fire house 4281 or Scoutmaster Pipkin 4943 to arrange pickups. Proceeds fund a new scout building and troop equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Scout Troop No
Shafter
Pipkin
Four-Year-Old Boy Dies at Stella Harris Camp
Delton Eugene Reese aged four son of Mr and Mrs Robert Reese of Shafter died at his home at Stella Harris Camp Friday. The remains were shipped by Flickinger-Janzen Mortuary to Comache Texas where services were held Sunday. He is survived by his parents and a brother Alfred Dale Reese of Shafter. Born in Texas he had resided three months in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delton Eugene Reese
Robert Reese
Shafter
Stella Harris Camp
Flickinger - Janzen
Comache
Tex
Alfred Dale Reese
Texas
Election Returns At Legion Meeting Complete
Leslie Robinsons Post No 213 American Legion and the ladies auxiliary meet tonight at 8 p m in Legion Hall to present complete election returns. Commander Lee Thomas says notices about Monday’s regular meeting were in error and urges a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Meeting
Leslie Robinson
American Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Lee Thomas
Four Girls to Attend Conclave in Bakersfield
Four Girls from the G A L to attend a Bakersfield conference on November 6. Pat Kelly Bonnie Bender Mary Channeson Betty Wilcoxon and Miss Lund named in the group. The meeting set the plan for two weeks of tumbling on gym mats starting Monday with a varied schedule at each sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Kelly
Bonnie Bender
Mary Channeson
Betty Wilcoxon
Miss Lund
Bakersfield
Wednesday Club To Learn Rugcraft
Ethel M. Mitchell, supervisor of rugcraft in the adult education program, demonstrates her art for the Wednesday Afternoon Club at the Woman's Club House on November 3. Mitchell has studied rug making for over 18 years and owns a fine home collection. Her patterns are original, including the "Mitchell maple leaf" which has been shown in the Gould studio and cited in the Kent book of rare hooked rugs. She is married to B. W. Mitchell, superintendent of the Southern Pacific Company, San Joaquin division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Mitchell
Woman's Club
Mitchell
Ellen M. Gould
German Elder To Speak Here At Adventist Meeting
Elder A Minck and Elder W B Achs will keynote a special Seventh Day Adventist gathering on Wednesday November 3 at 7 30 p m in the local church. Minck leads Adventist churches in Germany with Berlin headquarters and is the first German minister to visit since the war. Achs accompanies him and serves as vice president of the Adventist group from Washington. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Minck
W. B. Achs
Minck
Germany
Berlin
Denver
Colorado
Seventh-Day Advenage
Washington
Shafter Generals Beat Orosi 13 to 6 and Colonels Win 18 to 0
Shafter's Generals defeated Orosi 13 to 6 in a rough league game while Shafter's Colonels overwhelmed Orosi 18 to 0 in the preliminary. The Generals moved to six straight starts without a loss and the Colonels remained undefeated, with key plays from Beese Hair and Scales powering scoring drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Orosi
Bill Frizzell
Generals
Cardinals
Ring
Hair
Beese
Png
CalMeter
Hutchings
Metheny
Scales
Eldean Beese
Mickey Hair
Bryant
Wallace
McCormick
Furee Et Ee
Cross
Cato
Frank Wells
Jim Crabb
Cerner
Burns
Packard
Wall
Crosi
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ABC Fund
Thomas N. Harvey
Legion, Auxiliary
Ron
Nielsen
Owens
Colonels
Fletcher
Johns
Tom Kelly
Colonel
Edwards
van Cleave
Beech
Barker
McNew
Jack Thompson
Mouser
C. Thompson
Dinuba
Elie
Kern-Tulare
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