Cafe Neuman bowlers set local record in league play
Cafe Neuman posted a scratch record with 921 high team game as they defeated Bennetts Cafe 2509 to 2399. Russ St Mars tied for high game with 212 as Smitty Garrison beat Shafter Motel 2399 to 2131 and Les Reeves led with 550 in three games. Wasco Lions also won 2509 2399 over Andersons Amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cafe Neuman
Neuman Quintette
Bennett’s Cafe
Russ St. Mars
Floyd Barton
Garrison Boys
Smitty Garrison Quintette
Shafter Motel
Garrison
Les Reeves
Wasco Lions
Anderson’s Amusements
Navy Oil
West’s
Richland Chevrolet
Kiwanis
Neuman & Sons
Wasco Firemen
Shafter Rotary Club
Service
Smitty
Bennetts Cafe
Neuman
New B P W Members to Be Installed This Thursday
New members will be initiated Thursday evening at 7 30 during the Business and Professional Women's Club dinner meeting at Shafter Motel. Program chair Mrs Floyd Cooper leads arrangements with assistants Miss Burnis Morris Mrs Sylvia Baughman and Mrs Mary Kelly. Donna Baughman will read with piano accompaniment by Mrs Glen Putman.
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Professional Women’s Club
Shafter Motel
Floyd Cooper
Anna Voth dies after 29 years in Shafter
Funeral services for Anna Voth 53 were held Saturday November 15 at 2 p.m. in the Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elder A B Reile officiating. Flickinger Janzen Mortuary of Shafter handled arrangements. She was born October 7 1894 in South Dakota and resided in Shafter 29 years. Survived by brother D D Voth Warren Oregon and sisters Elizabeth Kimberlin Long Beach Hulda Voth Shafter. Burial in Shafter Cemetery.
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Anna Voth
Seventh Day Adventist Church
A. B. Reile
Flickinger-Janzen
Shafter
Voth
South Dakota
Long Beach
Hulda Voth
Shafter Cemetery
Antiques Books Arrive at Local Library Shelf
Local librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge announces new offerings for collectors. The library now stocks antique titles including Lock Stock and Barrel Rigby Blue china book Cameo Hand book Old china book Early American pottery and china Pottery of the Europeans The bric a brac collector Romance of the patchwork quilt in America Chats on old pewter American glass and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wedge
Rigby
Camehl
McClinton
Moore
Stiles
Sewer
America
Hall
Masse
Sandwich Glass
Lee
American Glass
Northend
Bles
Robacker
Saylor
Shackleton
Singleton
Reformed Church Ladies Aid Meets for Fellowship and Gift Exchange
The Reformed Church Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Harold Schnidt’s home for a brief business session and a comfort project for a needy family. The next gathering will be a potluck with a Christmas gift exchange at Mrs. Ed Kirschmann’s home. Attendees included Clara Handel, F W Handel, Edwin Bender, Henry Mettler, John Janzen, Katherine Schnacht, H P Wilson, Bill Bender, Fred Boehnke, Adolph Reich, Ed Kirschmann, Delmer Mettler, Ed Schnaidt, and Rev. Klaudt and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of the Reformed Church
Harold Schnidt
Ed Kirschenmann
Mesdames
Clara Handel
Edwin Bender
Henry Mettler
John Janzen
Dessert Bridge at Mrs Muirs Featured Prizes
Dessert bridge hosted at the home of Mrs. Dave Muir drew a group of ladies including Mesdames Richard Arnold John Jacobsen Ed Brown Robert McClain Rolf Jacobsen Ed Warren J H Fuller Glen Putman C J Vignolo Harold Greene Harold Freedman and Harold Miller. Score prizes were awarded to Mesdames Rolf Jacobsen Ed Warren and John Jacobsen.
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Dave Muir
Richard Arnold
John Jacobsen
Ed Brown
Robert McClain
Rolf Jacobsen
Ed Warren
J. H. Fuller
Glen Putman
C. J. Vignolo
Harold Greene
Harold Freedman
Harold Miller
Satisfy That Sweet Tooth at Joe's Topper Bakery
A compact ad for Joe's Topper Bakery inviting customers to indulge a sweet tooth with assorted pastries and treats in a cozy storefront setting.
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Joe's Topper Bakery
Shafter and Wasco Fans At Friday Football Game
Sounding Off notes poor Wasco viewing conditions from the Wasco side and a crowded visitor section as McFarland defeats Wasco 32 to 6. The column also covers Bakersfield College football praise and local crowd etiquette, ending with a joke about Fulton Lewis Jr. and a Potato family pun.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Wasco
Kent Roberts
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Large Bridge Luncheon Honors Mrs McClain and Mrs Poznoff
Mrs Robert McClain and Mrs Walter Poznoff hosted a Saturday bridge luncheon at Cawelo with yellow and bronze chrysanthemum decorations. Guests included Mesdames Cooper Brown Fuller Vignolo Jacobsen Harrison Sill Hugh Sill Morrison Muir Channeson Lachenmaier Hart Weitz Squire Battaglia Peters Wasco Waugh Green Ware Cosgrove Hofman Blumkin Putman Freeman Vannatta Eckman Neilson McKinley McKinley Hackett Brumberg Bose Salzgeber from Chicago. Prizes awarded to Warren Putman Green with Salzgeber drawing prize.
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Robert McClain
Walter Poznoff
Cawelo
Elizabeth Ingram
Orvin Mettler
E. C. Eckman
Bill Neilson
A. B. McKinley
Max McKinley
Bakersfield
Robert Hackett, Sr
Archie Brumberg
James Bose
Harry Salzgeber
Chicago
Mesdames Warren
Putman
Green
Visit in Fresno by Jack Battaglia family
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Battaglia and children visited at the George Fisher home in Fresno Sunday. Also visiting was Mrs. C L Fike of Oroville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Battaglia
George Fisher
Fresno
C. L. Fike
Oroville
Joe's Topper Bakery Donuts Delight
A brief bakery note highlights Joe's Topper Bakery known for luscious donuts. Sweet aroma and fragrant treats are emphasized, presenting the shop as a tempting local option for pastry lovers.
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Joe’s Topper Bakery
Local youth Monroe Sherman enlists in Navy
Monroe F. Sherman 18 of Shafter has enlisted through the Bakersfield sub station as an Apprentice Seaman. He is at the Naval Training Center in San Diego undergoing indoctrination and recruit training.
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Bakersfield
Monroe F. Sherman
Shafter
Monroe
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Mrs Annette Albright Ill at Home with Flu
Mrs Annette Albright has been ill at home for several days suffering from the flu.
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Annette Albright
Rental exchange offer near Bakersfield in Rexland Acres
One bedroom house three miles south of Bakersfield in Rexland Acres offers exchange for a house in or near Shafter. Inquire at 33 Garber Way.
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Bakersfield
Rexland Acres
Shafter
Garber Way
Eckmans Leave for Los Angeles Cape Trip
Mr and Mrs A W Eckman depart for Los Angeles on Sunday. They plan to attend the Farm Bureau Creation event in Long Beach during their visit to the Southland.
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L. A
A.W. Eckman
Los Angeles
Southland
Farm Bureau
Long Beach
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Shafters Press
B.P.W
Reformed Church Ladies Aid
By Phil Horwith
McFarland
Rooters
Little McFarland
Santa Ana J. C
Little Bakersfield College
Southern California
Shafter High School
Generals
Shafter & Wasco
Shafter- Wasco
Walt Nelson
Shafter District
Hitchcock’s
NAVY
Faber
Radio & Appliance CO
Westinghouse Appliances
Farnsworth Radios
Westinghouse Appliances & Radios
Laundromats
Deep Freeze Home
Shafter’s Complete Home Furnishing Store
Leido Ave
Auto Parts
Charles V. Hitchcock
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