Legion Auxiliary Meets for Regular Session and Social
Members of Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion Auxiliary gathered Tuesday evening at the Legion hall for a regular business session followed by social time. Hostesses were Mesdames P. C. Guenther and Taylor. Other attendees included Mesdames J. B. Henderson Elizabeth Ingram Glenn O. Nay W. W. Tannahill Frank Annis Clyde Bell H. G. Comfort G. L. Starrh and J. S. Yates of Houston Texas.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Mesdantes
P.C. Guenther
Mrs. Taylor
Mesdames
J.B. Henderson
Elizabeth Ingram
Glenn O. Nay
W. W. Tannahill
Frank Annis
Clyde Bell
H. G. Comfort
G. L. Starrh
J.S. Yates
Houston Texas
Couple United in Marriage Here Sunday Afternoon
Vernon Neufeld and Miss Ruth Neuman wed at the First Mennonite church with Reverend J. P. Glanzer officiating. Harold Neufeld led the wedding march as the couple stood at the altar. Frank Krause sang a solo with Ruby Gaede on piano. A quartet including Ruby Gaede Hulda Gaede Ernest Neufeld and Frank Krause performed Jesus Leads. About 175 guests attended a reception in the church basement. The bride is the daughter of Carl Neuman and is a Shafter High School alumna class of 1938. The groom is a Wasco High School graduate class of 1938 and operates a large ranch near Corcoran. They honeymooned at Santa Catalina Island and will live near Corcoran.
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Vernon Neufeld
Ruth Neuman
Neufeld
Carl Neuman
Shafter High School
Wasco High School
Santa Catalina Island
Corcoran
Mr. Neufeld
Evangeline Dramatized by Richland Group
Miss Edna Prieve's eighth grade presented an original dramatization of Longfellow's Evangeline. Guests included Leo Hart and O T Olsen among others. Students portrayed Evangeline Gabriel Acadian women soldiers and children with painted backgrounds and effective costumes.
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Edna Prieve
Longfellow
Evangeline
Leo B. Hart
O._T-Olsen
Richland Schools
O. T. Olson
David Laird
Elsie MceGovern
Phil Channeson
Emabel Henderson
Ginsie Gorman
Gabriel
Leroy Henderson
Basie
Vernon Bagley
Benedict
Glen Cornelius
Felecan
Joel Wiebe
Ray Lockard
Ray Cornelson
Luella Heinricks
Mary Lou Gwin
Alice Veach
Gwendolyn Arumel
Mary Lou Hart
Loretta Jacobs
Margaret Goertzen
Letha Glenn
Juanita Lingo
Frances Neufeld
Clarence Gaede
Dale Wiedmann
George Hakill
Harold Gipson
Joe Burkes
Max Pearce Leonard Witcher
Dicky Payne
Alvin Nikkel
Jack Nikkel
Dean McDonald
Mary Frances Channeson
James Henley
Gaede Family Reunion Draws 108 In Bakersfield
In Jefferson Park Bakersfield more than one hundred Gaede family members attended a reunion organized by Dr A W Gaede P J Gaede of Shafter and D P Gaede of Loma Linda The gathering traces five generations to 1815 when the family lived in southern Russia and notes 255 descendants on the Pacific coast with 108 present. The event featured music and family presentations and refreshments after the program.
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Gaede
California
Jefferson Park
Bakersfield
A. W. Gaede
P. J. Gaede
Shafter
D. P. Gaede
Loma Linda
D. P. Gaeede
Russia
Pacific Coast
H. H Gaede
John J. Gaede
Carl Neuman
George H. Gaede
Isaac Nickel
Martha Gaede
Dan Loewen
Henry Gaede
John Reimer
Telephone Company Plans Huge Coast-Wide Construction
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co and subsidiaries plan gross construction of 46 million in 1940 rising to over 55 million in 1941 across the Pacific coast to support national defense. Projects include buried cables from Utah to California costing 7 million and links Sacramento Stockton 675 thousand, Weed to Redding 1.5 million, Seattle to Portland 2 million, and Los Angeles to San Diego 0.8 million, with extensive aerial and underground developments to boost service and resilience. By N R Powley president.
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast
N. R. Powley
Powley
Anon
Tell
Army
Navy
Utah
California
United States
Stockton
Sacramento
Weed
Reddine
Sacramento River Canyon
Kennett Dam
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Olympia
Los Angeles
San Diego
Naval Hbase
Redwood giant tree yields vast merchantable lumber
An immense redwood in a 1.5 million acre region of the Redwood Empire is estimated to produce 361,366 feet B. M. of merchantable lumber according to reports on timber resources and forest potential.
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Redwood Empire
How Times Change Joseph Gladding Reemerges in Pageant
Joseph Gladding aged 68 long known as Spokane’s coachman in the old days drove a beer wagon in a historical pageant. He wore the same hat and clothes he used forty years ago reflecting a striking continuity of appearance and role.
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Joseph Gladding
Spokane
Boysenberry Developed From Three Berries in California
The boysenberry is a cross of loganberry raspberry and blackberry developed by Rudolph Boysen in California. The fruit is described as larger and sweeter than other berries.
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Rudolph Boysen
California
Cherokee lipless chatter preserves North Carolina speech
The Cherokees of North Carolina speak a lipless language with words like Tuckaseegee Hiawassee Juna luskee Cullasajee Nantahala. few words need lips to touch. The piece highlights unique phonetics of the Cherokee tongue and regional place names.
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North Carolina
Tuckaseegee
Hiawassee
Junaluskee
Cullasajee
Nantahala
Union and Churches Announce Weekend Services
Union Congregational Church led by Minister Alfred T. Chandler offers Sunday School at 9 45 a m and 11 o clock worship with Take Up Your Cross as the sermon. First Mennonite and First Baptist detail service times and activities for Sunday including Bible School, sermons, Young People meetings, and nursery care.
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Leona Vannatta
Carol Pulcifer
Wendall Allen
Sopano
Doris Davis
Plymouth House
First Mennonite Church
J.P. Glanzer
First Baptist Church
Lerto East
Wm. Jackson
Bible School
P. A. Schmidt
John
The
Prayer League
Adventist Church Events Near Shafter This Week
The Seventh Day Adventist Church one mile west of Shafter on Lerdo highway lists events with Pastor L S Melendy. Friday November 22 7 30 p m Young People M V Program Saturday November 23 9 30 a m Sabbath School 11 a m Divine Worship speaker P E Nightingale Sunday November 24 7 30 p m Musical program and stereopticon pictures speaker L S Melendy subject Signs of the Coming King Wednesday November 27 7 30 p m Prayer Meeting You are welcome.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Shafter
Lerdo Highway
L. S. Melendy
P. E. Nightingale
Religious Notices for Wasco Churches
Christian Science Society branch of The Mother Church in Boston lists Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m at Corner Sixth and E streets Wasco. St Johns Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco with Rev Owen McMullan pastor offers Sunday Mass 8 to 10 a m and confessions Saturday 7 p m.
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Christian Science
Christian Science Society
Mother
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Owen McMullan
China Collegians in U S Enter Higher Institutions
In the decade ending 1938 plus 7 545 young men and women left China to enter higher learning institutions in Europe and the United States.
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China
U. S
Europe
United States
Won Another Race Victory After Rough Time
J. Y. Christmas survived a difficult stretch after a veterinarian advised euthanasia. The horse won a race today, earning more than $36,000 for its connections, amid a tense recovery and comeback effort.
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J. Y. Christmas
World War II News Highlights From The Era
Coventry decimated by twelve hour raid with an estimated one thousand dead. Allied reporters in Spain barred from sending dispatches. Nazi Italian leaders plan in Innsbruck while Greeks retake Konitza from Italy. German freighters halted en route Tampico to Germany. France Indo China and Siam at war. Roosevelt nominates Mills to Labor Relations Board. Mass infantry tactics shift to small units with tanks and air support. Roosevelt promotes striped bass fishing in the York River. Hillman opens Chicago livestock show November 30. Labor moves to prevent strikes in defense industries. California police call for higher daytime speed limits. San Quentin inmates receive radios for educational programs. Bakersfield advances subway plans under rail crossings. Quail hunters fined in Kernville. six men arrested in rustling cases.
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Coventry
England
Spain
Innsbruck
Konitza
Tampico
Mexico
Germany
Indo-China
Siam
Roosevelt
A. Mills
Chicago
No. 1 Labor Relations Board
York River
Virginia
Sidney Hillman
Labor Defense
National Defense
Arthur C. Hohmann
Los Angeles
San Quentin
San. Francisco-Oakland Bay
Wasco American Legion Post
Wasco Volunteer Fire Department
Bakersfield
Justice Court
Ardis Walker
Kernville
Non Patentable Material Rule on Printed Matter Arrangements
An object is not patentable if its novelty lies wholly in an arrangement of printed matter or in a method of doing business.
Stained Glass Window at St Marys Cathedral Among World’s Largest
A 27 by 67 foot stained glass window at St Marys Cathedral in Covington Kentucky stands as one of the largest in the world.
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Covington
Second Napoleonic funeral uses four caskets
During the second burial of Napoleon four caskets were employed. The outer coffin was zinc, followed by mahogany, then a lead container enclosing an ebony inner coffin.
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Napoleon
Flood Control Discussion Set in Fresno
California's flood control program will be reviewed by the Statewide Flood Control Committee of the State Chamber of Commerce at an all day Fresno session November 29. The meeting will cover Army engineers Central Valley Project and Southern California improvements with field inspections at Friant Dam.
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California
California State Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Californian
Fresno
George Pollock
Sacramento
State Chamber
Army Engineers
Central Valley
Robert Calland
Warren T. Hannum
U.S. Army Engineers
John Lawrence
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Col
A. M. Barton
State Reclamation Service
Roy B. Williams
Friant Day
Friant Dam
State Chamber Board of Directors
Los Angeles
Oliver Bardin
Salinas
C. W. Deterdine, Jr
George L. Henderson
Bakersfield
H J. Haehl
San Francisco
George C. Holberton
San Jose
Howard Jack
Cholame
Walter Wilkinson
Watsonville
Karl Brueck
Stockton
R. E. Hartley
Oakdale
Chas. Olinger
Modesto
Everett Cox
Ukiah
Stanley Jones
Napa
Irwin Quinn
Eureka
Stephen Downey
Jesse Poundstone
Grimes
A. T. Spencer
Gerber
Warren Brown
Clovis
L. W. Hesse
Merced
C. Kaupke
H. S. Gilman
San Dimas
H. E. Hedger
C. L. Preisker
Santa Maria
William A. Smith
Revival Meetings Start at Pentecostal Gospel Mission
Reverend and Mrs. Boyd Mc Spaden begin a series of revival meetings at the Pentecostal Gospel Mission on Shafter highway. Evening sessions start at 7 45 and Sunday broadcasts are planned at 3 o clock on station KPMC. Local church groups provide song and music for the Sunday program.
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Boyd McSpaden
Pentecostal Gospel Mission
Shafter Highway
Thelma Edwards
McSpaden
KPMC
Sturgeon Disappearance Linked to Overfishing
Overfishing appears to have driven sturgeon from numerous U S rivers across the United States, with reports noting dwindling counts and disruptions to local ecosystems. Authorities urge monitoring and conservation steps to reverse the decline.
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U. S
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Kern County
H. H. Broch
Richland Grammar School
Clare Booth
R. A. Jacobsen
Dick Arnold
Jake Siemens
Faber Street
Bob Crosby
Americas
Telephone Company
O’keefe- Merritt
Caldwell
Duehren's
Pacific Ave
Red’s Fruit
North Shafter
Santa Fe Way
R. W. Partridge Ranch
Merced Avenue
Jackson St
Dave Buller
Golden West Avenue
Herman D. Fast
T. V.’s Corner
Herman's
Howard Crawford Place
Mae
Pacific Avenue
Don Koch
Superior Oil Company
Rio Bravo Oilfield
Strom Shoe Shop
Central Avenue
W A. Minner Lumber Company
Airport
Norris Road
Ioe
Church News
Wrek
Pentecostal Mission
All-Indian Legion Post
all-Indian American Legion
America
Cherokee, N. C
Qualla Reservation
Christian Youth Meeting
Rock of Ages
S. P. Depot
Hanford, Calif
Sam Lachenmaier
Wm. Stoller
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon
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Indian Country
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