Christmas Toy Tips Demonstration at Mrs Zimmerman Home
The Bakersfield home department met last Friday at Mrs. Leroy Zimmerman’s house. They displayed homemade toys for small children and holiday decorations made from scrap materials. Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Scott McMichael led the event, with training from Miss Dorothy Wilkinson. Attendees included several Bakersfield residents and the group planned a next meeting on foods for freezer storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Scott McMichael
Dorothy Wilkinson
Phillip Shellabarger
A. L. Renfro
T. S. Coombs
Bakersfield
Jim Albright
Jack Hare
Gideon Richerts
John Searoni
Frank Rosell
McMichael
Home Department
Snow Family Outing Tied to Kernville Move
Mr and Mrs S H Snow and their family along with Mr and Mrs J H Stelman and kin joined a Kernville outing Sunday linked to a business trip. Snow and Sons, housemovers, are handling much of the town’s shift from the old site to the new, clearing the way for the dam and opening space at the school board. The new town gains lawns gardens and a canyon road eases the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Snow
J.” H. Stelman
Kernville
Snow and Sons
Maple Leaders Visit Greeley Open House
Maple School leaders and PTA president visited the Greeley School open house for a special education class taught by Myrtle Elliot. The 15 pupil class from several rural districts received individual attention, toured the garden, sampled pupil baked cookies, viewed craft exhibits, and watched a Christopher Columbus play. Ernest Willenberg, county special education consultant, praised progress and noted two percent of children show improved progress in the specialized setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Ralph Gribble
Maple School
Ruben Siemens
Maple Parent-Teacher Association
Greeley School
Myrtle, Elliot
Christopher Columbus
Ernest Willenberg
Maple PTA Presents Family Film Fund Drive at School
Maple Parent-Teacher Association hosts a Tuesday fundraiser at the Maple school auditorium featuring the technicolor film My Friend Fuc k a to benefit the year's programs. Refreshments will be sold. Father’s Night reports dominated last week with Ruben Siemens presiding and fathers delivering reports. A musical program included Mr and Mrs Lowell Bergman Miss Helen Schellenberg and others performing hymn singing and instrumental numbers. A social hour followed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAPLE
Maple School
Maple Parent- Teacher Association
Fucka
PTA
Ruben Siemens
Menno Schellenberg
Lowell Bergman
Evelyn Nikkel
Helen Schellenberg
Bergman
Buller Promoted to Corporal at Korean Hospital
Kenneth Buller writes his parents Mr and Mrs John Buller that he has been promoted to corporal. He serves at a Korean hospital doing mechanical work and reports his status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Buller
John Buller
Korean Hospital
Reading Tests for Shafter High Students
All students at Shafter High School will take the California Reading Test starting after Thanksgiving break. Freshmen to juniors will test in English classes, seniors in social studies. The standardized test measures fundamental reading skills and yields reading grade placement and percentile ranks to guide remedial instruction.
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Shafter High School
California
Buttonwillow Pvt Richard Adams Jr Home on Furlough
PFC Richard Adams Jr of Buttonwillow is on a 30 day furlough from Fort Lewis Washington. It is his second trip home since returning from Korea in July. He serves with the tank corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Adams, JR
Buttonwillow
Fort Lewis
Wash
Korea
Tank Corps
Thanksgiving Dinner Hosts Gather Family Group
MR AND MRS J E UNRUH hosted children and grandchildren for a pre Thanksgiving dinner featuring roast turkey and trimmings. Attending were Elmer Unruh family Waldo Unruh Gaede Weins and EDWIN WILSON plans a Thanksgiving vacation including UC vs Stanford game in Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Unruh
Elmer Unruh
Waldo Unruh
Leonard Gaede
Harold Weins
Edwin Wilson
Hanford
University of California
Stanford
Palo Alto
Australia Sells Most Pearls to United States
Australia ships the majority of its pearl and trochus shells to the United States. Trade figures show strong demand from American buyers, shaping the Pacific commerce landscape this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
United States
Church Group Backs Area Hospitals With Donations
The Ladies Society of Ebenezer Reformed Church voted last week to prepare binders for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fresno and to donate candy soap and stationery to Kern General Hospital. They will also make scrapbooks for KGH children and give to the Rehoboth Indian mission in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Society of Ebenezer Reformed Church
Dan Schnaidt
Lerdo Avenue
Welfare Committee
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fresno
Kern General Hospital
KGH
Rehoboth
N. M
H. W. Handel
Los Angeles Avenue
Ruth
Belvi Ann Moor
Dan
Rio Bravo Teacher Weds in Southland
Audrey Braun, a Rio Bravo School kindergarten teacher for three years, married Sie mon Lund in a Van Nuys ceremony. The bride wore a white taffeta gown with a bow and veil. Attending faculty included Mrs. Dorothy Erikson and Mrs. Wanda Dozier as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
van Nuys
Audrey
Braun
Siemon Lund
Wisconsin
Lockheed Aircraft
Mammoth Lake
Dorothy Erikson
Wanda Dozier
Aes
PTA Leaders Attend Confab in Ridgecrest
MAPLE Mrs E J Peter district PTA vice president and Mrs Ru ben Siemens Maple unit president traveled to Ridgecrest for the 7th district meeting. Dr Glenn Puder spoke on Your Faith is their Bulwark. The Ridgecrest school band and a young violinist performed. The home service depot reported toys made from scrapped materials. The trip went via Red Rock Canyon and the desert in the Peters car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAPLE
E. J. Peter
Parent-Teacher Association
Ruben Siemens
Maple Unit
Ridgecrest
Glenn Puder
First Presbyterian Church of
Bakersfield
Tonette
Home Service Depo
PTA
Red Rock Canyon
Highway Mishap Fatal to Woman in Merced
Mrs Edith Osborn 37 of Keyes sister to Mrs Alice Marti of Buttonwillow was killed in a Highway 99 crash at Merced on November 4 four hours after leaving her sister. Seven Osborn children were with their mother. Mrs Marti visited the hospital and stayed with her sister who died 26 hours later. Osborn had lived in the Shafter and Buttonwillow area for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Edith Osborn
Keyes
Alice Marti
Buttonwilu
Merced
Purple Heart for Dunkin in North Korea Action
Pvt William L Dunkin grandson of Mrs Modie Dunkin South Shafter was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in action near Kumsong North Korea. He was injured October 20 and received the award October 31 while recuperating at the 343rd General Hospital in Japan. the presentation was by Col W S Pugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Wiliam L. Dunkin
Modie Dunkin
South Shafter
Kumsong
North Korea
Dunkin
343Rd General Hospital
Japan
W. S. Pugh
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John Payne
EL Paso
Burt Lancaster
Maureen O'Hara
Tripoli
Virginia
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Sat
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Tobacco Road
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Greeley
Moving Picture
William Goertzen
Harold Wiens
Loewen Plumbing
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Kilroy Jr
Shatter
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Jean Smith
Katherine Roberts
Caroline Spitzer
Betty Grundy
Roberta Liles
Norma Neuman
Shafter Preas
Larry Dayson
Goldie Gipson
Bakersfield College
Jackie Shields
Joyce Bartel
Maple Leaf “Ag
the Voice of China
Sunshine Boys
KWSO
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Eldon Neufeld
Bertha Neufeld
Camp Stoneman
Far East
Neufeld
Brooke Medical Center
San Antonio
Tex
Bill. Napier
Bill Woodson
Air Force
King Lumber Company
Louise Scott
Pearl Smith
A. B. Carter
Ammon Lake
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Las Vegas
Nev
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Central Ave
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William L. Dunkin
Purple Heart
Shafter
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