Golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dueck
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Dueck will be honored Thanksgiving afternoon at the Mennonite Brethren church for their golden wedding anniversary. A program with songs readings and speeches will precede refreshments. They married November 27, 1888 in Russia and lived in Shafter since 1923 after leaving Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Duecks
H. H. Dueck
Mennonite Brethren Church
Dueck Wer
Russia
Shafter
Canada
Bazaar Set by Wednesday Afternoon Club for December 3
The Wednesday Afternoon Club will hold a bazaar at the clubhouse on December 3 starting at 2 PM with dinner served at 6 PM. Mrs. J P Howland leads, assisted by Mesdames Arthur Johnson and Eugene Mettler, with booths featuring kitchen towels, aprons, quilts, toys, food, candy, fancy work, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Howland
Mesdames
Arthur Johnson
Eugene Mettler
Floyd Penn
Katie Wiegum
Joe Neuman
P. C. Guenther
Taylor Tabb
J. F. Hill
J. D. Mecham
J. D. Camp
A. P. Ohanneson
Martha Wilson
J. C. Ohanneson
P. L. Arnold
F. L. Hudson
B. J. Thomas
Murray Arnold
Ed. Gamegon
Carl Wells
E. P. Janes
Spanish Dinner by Shafter High Home Economics Club
Members of the home economics class at Shafter High School served a Spanish themed lunch for students and staff. Proceeds from food sales funded club dues and a school annual photo. The event featured Spanish decor and a menu including tamale pie salad toast French bread coffee and lemon pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Shafter Theatre
Helen Connell
Leola Kirschenmann
Mary Crandall
Virginia Nay
June Lachenmaier
Rhona Mettler
Chaiman
Vivian Stone
Betty Lou Reily
Fifty Fifth Anniversary Observed By Evangelist Miller Couple
Evangelist Jacob Miller and Mrs. Miller, parents of Rev. R. W. Miller, will mark their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with an all day fellowship at the Pentecostal Church of God on Thanksgiving. The couple were married in Ohio on November 22, 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Miller
Bayless Golden Anniversary Observed by Shafter Couple
Mr and Mrs Theodore F Bayless celebrated their sixty years of marriage at their Shafter home with family. They wed November 27 1888 at Eminence Missouri and have six children 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bayless has led a life of frontier adventure including scouting for General Custer and spending time with Wild Bill Hickok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Bayless
Missouri
Shannon County
Eminence
Mary E. Trentham
Trentham
Theodore Bayless
Miss Trentham
Bayless
Pearl Sith
Middle West
California
General Custer
Wild Bill” Hickok
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Delegates to Pacific District Mennonite Brethren Conference
The 29th annual Pacific District conference of the Mennonite Brethren church will be held in Bakersfield from November 25 to 27. Delegates from Washington Oregon and California including Shafter representatives led by Rev. Bestwater and others will attend with sessions at various local churches and a ministers conference scheduled for November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Ladies Aid
Walter Fekman
Mesdames E. C. Eckman
Henry Janzen
Alfred T. Chandler
B. 4
Thomas
Richland Grammar School
Alfred Smith
Martha Hampton
J. P. Harris
B. J. Thomas
M. J. Stockton
O. E. Wiedman
O. T. Olbeen
Ich
Shafter
Bancnet
The
Mennonite Brethren Church
Bakersfield
Washington
Oregon
California
Shafter Church
Wm. J. Bestwater
H. F. Janzen
G. G. Suderman
F. C. Penner
D. L. Schellenberg
D. W. Nikkel
Wesley Nickel
G. J. Siemens
D. W. Gloeckler
H. A. Janzen
Abe Isaac
Z. C. Bartel
Sol Bartel
H. E. Unruh
H.-H. Voth
A. F. Boese
G. B. Hiebert
Reedley
F.C. Penner
Full Gospel
Herman D. Wiebe
D. Wiebe
A.W. Friesen
Masonic Temple
18Th St
G. B. Hubert
F. F. Wall
J. H. Richert
J. D. Hofer
Bakersfield Mennonite
Elephant Capable of Carrying Half Ton Revealed
Report notes an extraordinary elephant estimated to bear loads up to half a ton in strength demonstrations. Observers cited the animal’s training, size, and conditioning as factors.
Plans to raise dam height in Central Valley project
Plans are under consideration to increase dam height by 15 feet to add 20 percent storage capacity. Federal reclamation bureau supervisor Walker R. Young says this would boost key Central Valley water project units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Valley Water Project
Walker R. Young
Federal Reclamation Bureau
Syncopated Rhythm Across Cultures
The note speaks of syncopated rhythm as a feature found in music of nearly every savage or gemi civilized nation, implying wide use across varied cultural groups.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dante
Parents Orchestra
George Norin
William Lachenmaier
Norval Fair
Orvin Mettler
A.T. Justice
E. B. Stringham
A. B. McKinley
Dorothy Wilkinson
Farm Home Department
Rio Bravo Farm Bureau
Rio Bravo School
Robert Curtis
Glen Wilson
Clyde Zackary
Victor Ransford
F. J. Scherlmann
J. J. Peters
J. J. Peters, Jr
Rio Bravo
Club Women
Father Bowder
Esther Bowder
M. B
Jack Kliewer
John Suderman
Harvey Gaede
Verna Balzer
Mary Ann Finn
Luella Klassen
John Balzer
Mesdames Menno Siemens
Leonard Gaede
Louie Becker
John Sud
Erman
Vivian Bartel
Rosie Unruh
Gladys Breckenbridge
Esther Hein
Lena Shultz
Erma Wendland
Evelyn Weishaar
Helen Neufeld
Elsie Neufeld
Mary Ann Epp
Juanita Neufeld
Chita Singer
Venona Bergen
Janet Potter
Gaynor
Nancy Jane Penn
Leila Roth Koenig
Mable Cherie Singer
Leila Ruth Koenig
Robin Red Breast
Elise
Beethoven
Roy Elwood Koenig
Kitchen
Patricia
Kriesler
Alfred Sessions
Wasco
Sanderson
Thee
Grieg
Shatter
L. H
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