Nutrition topic dominates Richland P T A meeting
The Richland P T A met in the school cafeteria on a Tuesday afternoon to discuss Nutrition. A primary school skit Dr Willis Vitalizing Vitaminizer showcased cures for various vitamin deficiencies. Miss Thella Call stressed vitamins and diet while David Powell led singing and Mrs Emil Bender presided.
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Richland P.T. A
Willis
Thella Call
David Powell
Beulah Bartlett
Emil Bender
Home Economics Club Names New Officers
Shafter high school Home Economics Club selects Esther Bender as president pro tempore after Minnie Brown’s absence delays the first meeting. Marjorie Strauss is elected vice president with officers including Marjorie Olson secretary treasurer Elizabeth Daniels social chairman Onema Elam publicity chairman and Rosie Rexius yell and song leader.
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Shafter High School
Martha Wedin
Minnie Brown
Esther Bender
Marjorie Strauss
Marjorie Olson
Elizabeth Daniels
Onema Elam
Rosie Rexius
Yell
Miss Stockton Weds Flying Lieutenant at Grace Methodist
Miss Mable Stockton daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Stockton of Shafter wed Flying Lieutenant Louis Homefeld U S A GC at Grace Methodist Church Stockton. The bride’s family is a prominent pioneer group from Kern County and the groom is a flying instructor at Mather Field near Sacramento. The newlyweds reside in Sacramento and plan future relocation.
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Grace Methodist Church
Stockton
Mable Stockton
Louis Homefeld
U.S. A. GC
M. J. Stockton
Shafter
Xern County
Mather Field
Sacramento
Sacrank
Homfeld
Local Notes Highlight Births Moves Visits and Dinners
Lieut Gordon Churchill and Mrs Churchill welcome a daughter born Tuesday at Friesse hospital Bakersfield. Visitors include Mrs Ennis Hughes and Mrs Naomi Mayfield, formerly of Shafter. Miss Mayme Brother from Richland area visits Evergreen near San Jose. Betty Spry returns from Stanford for two weeks. Mrs Emily Meyers visits Porterville with Ralph Vop. Councilman Henry Neufeld in Los Angeles for business. Shafter women attend Wasco Eastern Star dinner with neighbors. Otto Hoffman returns from Costa Mesa with grandson Michael Brown. Bill Brown and family in Los Angeles on business. Herb Midgley and family visit Shafter. Karl Wells moves to Los Angeles for Owl Trucking. Dr A W Gaede returns from Chicago Rotary meeting. Edward Peters and Herbert Loeven attend Mrs Simon Peters birthday in Wasco. Glenn O Nay Be celebrate granddaughter Nancy Kay born to Judson and Mrs Appley of Wasco. Kenneth Pipkin resigns scout leader role. Marion Crockett named successor as Boy Scout leader. George Isaac visits Long Beach. Dalke nephews in shipyards.
Pioneering women in American journalism
Ann Royall the first U S newspaper woman worked on the Paul Pry which began in Washington in December 1831 Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of Uncle Tom s Cabin was the first newspaper columnist in the United States and drew wide attention Nellie Bly a famed reporter crusader at the turn of the century undertook daring assignments and made a record breaking 72 day six hour trip around the world in 1889 while with the New York World
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America
Ann Royall
Paul Pry
Washington
Harriet Beecher Stowe
United States
Elizabeth Cochrane
Nellie Bly
Christian Science Monitor
The
New York
Faking Finger Prints Demonstration Stuns Police
A demonstration described a method to fake fingerprints that allegedly baffled the French police. It uses a genuine print, a glove, and a plastic coating to create a back-of-glove impression, then applies it to a target. Experts note such fakes would be detected by standard tests and would be reversed in practice.
Missing Link Jawbone Report Sparks Debate on Human Evolution
The jawbone of the missing link, part of the Transvaal man found at Pretoria, shows human teeth attached to a chimpanzee skull. Dr. R. Broom reports half of the lower jaw with teeth, prompting questions on gradual versus mutation-driven ape to man transition.
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Transvaal
R. Broom
Transvaal Museum
Pretoria
South Africa
Nature
Army Private First Class Davis Surprised by Rank Claim
At an army air base a Private Davis stunned bunk mates by showing a set of first class private chevrons he had earned after four months service. He sewn the stripes on his shirt and joked he was promoted not realizing the formal title.
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Davis
New Cadets Class 430 Arrives at Minter Field
The second largest cadet class in Minter Field history arrives and processes before new aerial steeds. Class 430 totals over 300 with six student officers and one warrant officer. 56 are married and average age is 23. Saxophone players number 18 among 82 college men. cadets come from varied civilian jobs. A humorous survey notes cadets preferences and dislikes, including a minister and a grocery clerk as highlights, with banking resources in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago noted for emphasis.
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Minter Field
FBI
San Francisco
New York-and
Chicago
Soldier misreads tonewriting. reveals spelling woes
A private struggles with tonewriting drills as hours pass. The instructor laments his errors. the private smiles, quipping that he knows how to type but not how to spell.
Minter Band Leads Bakersfield Armistice Parade
Minter Field band under the leadership of M/Sgt Patsy Dwornick headed the military contingent in yesterday's Armistice Day parades in Bakersfield.
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Minter
Patsy Dwornick
Bakersfield
Minter Loses Two Surgeons In Five Weeks
The office of flight surgeon at Minter Field became vacant as Capt. Erling T. Hauge transferred to Kellog Field Michigan. He arrived October 1 replacing Maj. L. F. Bach who moved to Marfa Texas. Lt. F. W. Goodrich acts as flight surgeon until a new officer arrives next week. Hauge previously served with a reconnaissance squadron and attended the Air Force school of aviation medicine at Randolph Field in June.
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Erling T. Hauge
Kellog Field
Mich
Minter Field
Hauge
L. F. Bach
Marfa
Tex
F. W. Goodrich
Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Field
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