Shafter News Notes Residents Visit Families and Meetings
Shafter locals travel to Oakland for a state government control meeting while others visit Fresno Visalia and Delano. Roy Arnold Carl Gynn arson and families connect with kin. a baby girl Marjorie Ann joins the Tucker family in Arlington as Jim Peters and relatives tour nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lachenmaier
Milton Lohr
Shafter
Oakland
J. J. Peters, Jr
Peter
Anna Thiessen
Arlington
Riverside
R. B. Tucker
Shafter Group
Tucker
Marjorie Ann
Mrs Helen Fast Visits Relatives in Paso Robles and Pismo
Mrs Helen Fast and her daughter Miss Roberta Roberson from Helen's Beauty Shop traveled to Paso Robles Saturday night to visit Mrs Elizabeth Fast. The group then went to Pismo Sunday to see Mrs Fast's brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Walter Baxter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bayless
Theodore F. Bayless
Nancy Thomas
Fresno
Debb Bayless
Helen Fast
Roberta Roberson
Helen
Paso Robles
Mrs. Fast
Elizabeth Fast
Pismo
Mrs. Walter
Baxter
Shafter Visitors From Los Angeles
Shafter friends Mr and Mrs Carl Rowe and son David and Mr and Mrs Gus Schweiger all of Los Angeles visited Shafter friends on Sunday. Mr Schweiger works in the loan department of Security First National Bank of Los Angeles. Nancy Jane Penn daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Penn of Penns Toggery is recovering from a cold that kept her in bed for a few days. Armistice Day plans are announced as Floyd Penn and daughter Nancy Jane expect to attend.
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Shafter
Carl Rowe
David
Gus Schweiger
Los Angeles
Schweiger
The
Security First National Bank of
Nancy Jane Penn
Floyd Penn
Penn
Nancy Jane
Residents and visitors stop in Shafter on weekend notes
Roy Bayless travels to Los Angeles for Armistice Day to visit friends. Eli Hart and family from San Miguel enjoy a Sunday visit in Shafter. Stewart Nill and son Stevie of Avenal in Shafter on a business trip, and Dr. Leonard Poleon and wife from Paso Robles visit Shafter while traveling home from Taft. Emil Stoller of the Home Appliance Co makes a quick business pleasure trip to Los Angeles and back.
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Visalia
Emil Stoller
Home Appliance Company
Jack Stoller
Henry Schnaidt
Schnaidt
Roy Bayless
Los Angeles
Shafter
Mrs
Eli Hart
el Nacimiento Ranch
San Miguel
Drugg
Avenal
Stewart Nill
Stevie
Mr. Nill
Leonard Poolé
Paso Robles
Taft
Taft-Pylo Robles
Wee Willie Winkie Tops Joint Estimates at Shafter Theatre
Nine groups judge upcoming pictures and name Wee Willie Winkie the best inNovember. The film from Twentieth Century Fox features Shirley Temple Victor McLaglen C Aubrey Smith and June Lang. Directed by John Ford it tells of a child amid stern military discipline in a British setting.
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Hollywood
Shafter Theatre
Wee Willie Winkie
20Th Century-Fox
John Ford
Rudyard Kipling
Shirley Temple
Victor McLaglen
C. Aubrey Smith
June Lang
Kipling tale revamped for Shirley Temple charm at the garrison
A revived Kipling story features a young heroine whose innocence wins admiration at the British garrison. She helps secure peace with Rhoda Khan’s tribes through a lost amulet, underscoring the line that a little child can lead. Fine supporting cast and family friendly, with a lengthy judging panel of women’s and civic groups.
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MacDuff
Rhoda Khan
Rudyard Kipling
Shirley Temple
Little Star
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society of New England Women
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
Los Angeles
National Council of Jewish Women the Women’s University Club
Southern California Council
California Federation of Business Women
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Powell Puts His All Into Gavest Role
William Powell aims for his next screen project to be the silliest motion picture ever. His seventh co star vehicle with Myrna Loy, Double Wedding, heads to Shafter Theatre for November 14 and 15 as a riot of hilarity with Powell creating much of the gags.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
Shafter Theatre
Powell
Lang Powe
New York
Powell’s Keystone Kop styled slapstick in new film
Powell laments confinement but details prized items blue beret raccoon coat and black umbrella. He favors a flannel night shirt for evening wear and credits the Keystone Kop era for ideas while adding refined flair to produce sophisticated slapstick.
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Vladivostok
Powell
Power
Shafter Group Narrowly Escape Injury Saturday
Mr and Mrs Bill Bestwater and a young baby escaped serious injury when their automobile collided with two other cars on highway 99 near the Grapevine Saturday night. They were en route to Compton to visit Mr and Mrs George Strauss. the other two cars had no injuries. Bestwater's car was badly damaged.
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Bill Bestwater
Grapevine
Highway 99
Bestwaters
Compton
Bestwater
George Strauss
Kern Births Rank High in State Increase
Kern county reports 215 more births in first half of 1937 than 1936, one of the highest increases in California. Dr Walter M Dickie, state health director, notes statewide birth rates rising rapidly.
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Kern County
Walter M. Dickie
California
Fennel's Revered Past and Global Spread
Across ancient cultures fennel seed was highly valued with sayings about gathering it. The Saxons counted fennel among sacred herbs believed to dispel disease. Today little culinary use is seen in America though it shares flavor with anise and grows worldwide.
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America
Mennonite Brethren Church Services This Sunday
The Church with Message and Melody led by Wm. J. Bestwater offers Sunday services including 9:30 a.m. Sunday school under H. A. Janzen, 10:30 a.m. German language worship on a theme about Present Day Illusions and the Blessed Hope, 6:30 p.m. Young People meeting, 7:30 p.m. English service on The Sixth Commandment of Church Discipline, Restore the Erring Brother. Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible exposition, Friday Bible class. All are invited.
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Wm. J. Bestwater
H. A. Janzen
Young People’s Christian Fellowship
Union Congregational Church Service Notice
The union Congregational Church holds a 9:50 a.m. church school and 11:00 a.m. services with a sermon titled I believe in the Communion of Saints led by Minister Alfred T. Chandler. Alfred Smith plays piano and Dorothy Johnson leads the 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor.
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Communion of Saints
Alfred T. Chandler
Alfred Smith
Christian Endeavor
Dorothy Johnson
Film of Ozone Shields Earth From Sun’s Rays
A delicate ozone film 15 to 30 miles above Earth protects life by filtering ultraviolet radiation from the sun, enabling habitable conditions on the planet.
Mystery Italian Foundation Claims Fourth Century Roots
A claim from a site near Rimini in the Apenin es states it was founded in the Fourth century, though the exact origin and early history remain unverified. The assertion places the origin at a distant era within Italy’s medieval to ancient landscape.
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San Marino
Rimini
Italy
Three Elements Form Glass Milk Bottle
A brief note explains the milk bottle is made from three key elements silica soda and lime which together preserve and protect the milk.
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