Shafter Li Club Teaches Library Skills to Students
Shafter School students enroll in the Li Club under Miss Vanalee Liepman to learn library techniques and qualify for a yearly membership test. Members tour area libraries, study catalogues and shelving, and prepare to join the club by demonstrating library duties. Paula Raney is president and Helen serves as vice president and social chair.
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Shafter School
Vanalee Liepman
Homore
West Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Kern County
Theiversity of Southern California
Paula Raney
Shafter Club
Helen
Business and Professional Women Meet in Shafter
The Business and Professional Womens Club held a November 1 meeting at the Shafter Motel with Mrs. Floyd Cooper presiding. Miss Mary Ellen Haggen from Bakersfield spoke on tuberculosis with two films. an initiation for new members is planned for November 15 led by Florence Smith.
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Business and Professional Womens Club
Shafter Motel
Floyd Cooper
Blythe Monroe
Mary Ellen Haggen
Tuberculosis Association of
Kern County
Bakersfield
Florence Smith
Lt. Lowe Visits Parents Here After Overseas Service
Captain Douglas Lowe arrived in Shafter on Friday November 2 to spend two weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs W Lowe before heading to Crosby Minnesota where he will be at home with his wife. He recently returned from overseas after flying 52 missions as pilot and co pilot on a B 24 in the China Burma India Theatre earning the Asiatic Pacific Theatre ribbon with two stars the Air Medal with one cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross with one cluster. Discharged at Camp McCoy Wisconsin on September 8 1945 his discharge becomes effective December 13 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Lowe
Shafter
W. Lowe
Crosby
Minnesota
Capt. Lowe
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Kirschenman Receives Army Air Forces Discharge
Cpl. Walter A. Kirschenman of Shafter California was discharged from the Army Air Forces after more than 37 months of service. He served at Fort Sumner New Mexico with the 1148th AAF Base Unit and at Kelly Field Texas. He was a farmer before enlistment. The piece notes historical local facts about the Jenny Lind Theatre and Robert Livermore.
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Cpl
Walter A. Kirschenman
Box 1075
Shafter
Calif
Army Air Forces
Kirschenman
San Antonio Air Technical Service Command
Kelly Field
Texas
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
1148Th
San Bernardino Leads California in Mineral Varieties in 1944
San Bernardino County produced 31 different mineral products in 1944, the greatest variety among California counties, signaling diverse mineral industry activity in the region during that year.
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San Bernardino County
California
Beth Dye Henley Club Speaker Presentation
The Junior Women's Club met in the Women's Club building with Mrs. Arthur Craig presiding. Annabelle Thompson introduced speaker Mrs. Beth Dye Henley who talked on Volumes and Volumes, reviewing titles Abigail Adams Clara Barton Mr Lincoln s Wife Carrie Chapman Catt Eleanor Roosevelt. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is scheduled for November 14 at the Women s clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Craig
Dorothy Seeger
Annabelle Thompson
Beth Dye Henley
Mary Gray Peck
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ruby Black
Janet Churchill
Irene Hoffman
Women’s Clubhouse
California Speaks Significant Statements by Interesting Californians
Justus Craemer, state railroad commissioner, warns that government mirrors individuals with promises and little delivery. Henry A. Frazier, editor of the Oakland Observer, suggests a long era of peace as 46 nations favor harmony while only 2 percent seek war. Frank H. Beckmann, Beckmann Hollister Business Engineers, calls for a mental reconversion to boost labor efficiency.
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Justus Craemer
Henry A. Frazier
Oakland Observer
Frank H. Beckmann
Beckmann
Hollister Business Engineers
S. F
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B. & P. W. Hear Seal Worker
Lowe
Oy Mouser
Shirley Thomas
Tire Service
Jenny Lind
Hall of Justice
San Francisco
Robert Livermore
England
Elza Hamilton
Beth Dye
Henley Club
Finkbeiner
Prop
C. C
C. C. Case
Oliver
John Deere
O'Keefe & Merritt
W.P.A
Blodgett & Spaulding
John J. Unruh and
E. M. Grey
D. O. Moore
Rosedale Highway
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