Ferguson Family Pilgrimage To Rome For Holy Year
Mr and Mrs D W Ferguson depart for Rome to attend the Holy Year ceremony in Vatican City with daughter Christine Brown and son from Bonanza Oregon. They travel via Chicago and New York aboard Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, plan England France visits, attend the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Association convention in Miami Beach January 10, and return to California by late January with Max Wilkes managing Ferguson’s Shafter business in their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D W. Ferguson
Rome
Vatican City
Fergusons
Christine Brown
Bonanza
Ore
Chicago
New York City
New York
England
France
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Association
Miami Beach
Fla
New Orleans
Texas
Ferguson
Shafter
Max Wilkes
Bakersfield
Thanksgiving Day at Home Brings Quiet Family Thankful Moments
A descriptive Thanksgiving scene shows a busy mother and Aunt Grace handling meal prep while Father carves the turkey for a family gathering. After dinner the family relaxes in a quiet evening, with kids enjoying a brisk outdoor run to aid digestion and everyone thankful for home and holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Grace
Dad
Aunt Grace
Uncle George
Sharon
Bill
Mom
Mrs. Fannie Tracy and Dr. Kurt Gehihoff In Germany
Mrs. Fannie Tracy accompanies Dr. Kurt Gehihoff on a trip to Germany. The two travelers engage in a series of meetings and cultural visits amid European travel notes.
Fannie Tracy and Son Resent Talk To Club
Mrs. Fannie Tracy and her son Cecil spoke at the Business and Professional Women's Club meeting at Lee's Dining Room on a topic of personalized friendship as a basis for world peace. They drew on a Europe trip with Mrs. Tracy recounting five countries and a round table on friendship by correspondence to European peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannine Tracy
Cecil
Lee's
Europe
J. B. Nugent
Tracy
Flood Devastates Kernville Area And Delivers Aid Efforts
The Kernville flood savaged sewers and cesspools while contaminating the water supply. Relief units from Camp Owens fed evacuees as volunteers ferried messages across flooded towns. Easter volunteers reported typhoid and dysentery fears as bulldozers cleared roads and power returned to Kernville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wofford Heights
River Flood Forces Postponement of Legion Joint Meeting
River flood conditions in Buttonwillow forced the postponement of a planned joint meeting of the Shafter and Buttonwillow American Legion Auxiliaries. A regular business meeting occurred instead with plans for monthly business gatherings and a joint social on the third Monday or Tuesday. The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Drive received a donation announced by Mrs. Earl Wipf, president. The first joint social is set for December 18 in Memorial Hall. The next regular business meeting is December 5. A square dance is planned for 8:30 p.m. December 7 in Memorial Hall with Mrs. Russell Hamman as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Shafter
American Legion
Legion
Auxiliary
Earl Wipf
Memorial Hall
Russell Hamman
Oil Worker Allan Chism Injured In Cuyama Accident
Allan Chism of Shafter, 37, sustained serious injuries in an oilfield incident at Cuyama last week. He was unable to move as a tractor slipped from a truck, injuring him with a broken jaw, skull fracture, and a hurt left shoulder while employed by Superior Oil Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Chism
Shafter
Cuyama
Chism
Superior Oil Company
Family Observes Ninth Birthday of Boy Here
A family gathering last week marked the ninth birthday of Jimmy Bartel son of the Rev and Mrs John Bartel. Besides his parents those helping celebrate were his sister s family Mr and Mrs Weed Singly and daughters of Wasco and his brother and sisters Ivan Joyce and Marilyn.
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Jimmy Bartel
John Bartel
Weed Singly
Wasco
Ivan
Joyce
Marilyn
Building Contractors Conference Attended by Dalke and Vannatta
Mr and Mrs Bill Dalke and Mr and Mrs George Vannatta attended a building contractors conference last week at the Mission Inn in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dalke
George Vannatta
Building Contractors
Mission Innn
Riverside
Exaggerated Tales Bring Hunters Home From Rainy Trip
Four Shafter sportsmen William Stoller Emil Kirschenmann Ben Stoller and Jake Schnidt cut short a weekend outing in the Tale area as heavy rains and flood reports from Kern county were exaggerated. They returned with two pheasants and found conditions not as severe as city papers had claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Shafter
William Stoller
Emil Kirschenmann
Ben Stoller
Jake Schnidt
Tale
San Francisco
Summer Truth Of Pair Told At Rio Bravo
Doris Garrett and John Palmer wed at St. Anthony's Church Gardena in late summer. Bride wears pale pink net over pink taffeta and carries bouvar dia centered by amarillas. Matron of honor Mrs. Faye Salvail and best man Art Salvail attended. Father gives bride in marriage. Reception held at bride's cousin's home. Yosemite National Park.
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Rio Bravo
Doris Garrett
John Palmer
St. Anthony's Church
Gardena
J.B. Garrett
Faye Salvail
Art Salvail
Duran Caliway
Con- Yosemite National Park
Thanksgiving Dinner Planned by Mr and Mrs Mouser
Mr and Mrs W H Mouser of 262 Faber Street will host a Thanksgiving dinner at their home. The event gathers family and friends for the holiday meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Mouser
Faber St
Mouser Family Joins Son In Shafter Community Gathering
The note states that they will be joined by their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Verlon Mouser of Shafter, for a forthcoming event and celebration in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlon Mouser
Shafter
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Vatican
Happy
Emil Stoller
Floyd Cooper
Fred Rice
Barbara Fox
Darrell Mettler Lloyce Gale Mayer
Earl J. Johnson
Robert, McClain
Donald Mettler
Jack Fleming
J.W. Lassiter
Laverne Cummings
John Isaac
Martha Voth
Turkey
Fannie
Kurt
Gehihoff
Germany
Fannie Tracy
Kurtz Gehlhoff
Gehlhoff
Cecil Tracy
America
Shirley Wegis
Thomas Letizia
20 30
Rowena Stone
Clara Schnidt
Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars
Camp Owens
Kernville
Jimmie Johnson
Don Littlé
Little
Jim
Reily
Fish and Game
New Kenville
Ardis Walker
Tehaechapi
Walker
Bodfish
J. J. Baerg
D.C
Central Ave
Toy Center
For All
LOT OF CO
Ray Milland
Mona Freeman
Copper Canyon
Robert Sterling
Jean Hagen
Lana Turner
Marx Bros
Vera Ellen
All-In
Marie Montez
Jon Hall White
Rod Cameron
Adrian Booth
Brimstone
Sun
Clifton Webb
Maureen O'Hara
Denis O’keefe Claire Trevor Raw Deal
William Holden
Coleen Gray
Bill Elliott
Adrian Booth the Savage Horde
del - Kern Drive-In
Audie Murphy
Bowery Boys
Leo Gorcey
Lucky Losers
Armour's
State Ave
Schneider & Wikoff
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