Social Realm P T A Meeting At Rio Bravo School
Last Friday evening the Rio Bravo school hosted a Social Realm P T A meeting with Mrs. Whiting Martin presiding. Reports from committees were heard, a nominating committee was formed to replace departing officers, and Maple school principal Jack Singer spoke.
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P.-T.a
Rio Bravo School
Whiting Martin
Merrill
Martin
W. E. Haag
Jack Singer
Maple School
Girls' Athletic Group Organized At Shafter High School
A Girls' Athletic letter club forms at Shafter High with about 75 members led by president Louella Johnson and officers Louie Liv ers Vera Barnes and Venita Pipkin. Members earn 50 points for eligibility and 500 to earn a letter through games such as tennis volley ball speedball basketball base ball badminton and ping pong under Miss Sarah Stys assisted by Miss Carol Pulcifer. A volleyball spread supper is planned for October 22 as a social event.
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Shafter High School
Louella Johnson
Louise Livers
Vera Barnes
Venita Pipkin
Sarah Stys
Carol Pulcifer
Girls Organize Intramural Games at Richland School
Seventh and eighth grade girls at Richland School form intramural leagues. Two tournaments run in volleyball with four teams and indoor with three teams. Team IL leads volleyball as Mrs. Ida B. Engle and Miss Audrey Mitchell coach the program.
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Richland School
Ida B. Engle
Audrey Mitchell
Italian Dinners for M A S Members at Home Ec Night
The Fior D Italia hosted M A S members and husbands for an Italian dinner Thursday with a social time at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Mettler. A coffee table was presented to the Mettlers for their new home.
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Fior D’italia
Raymond Mettler
Albert Peters
Lawrence Annis
Durward’ Annis
Ernest Schnidt
Walter’ Bergen
Harvey Gaede
Richland P.T.A. Holds October Meeting with Art Demonstration
Richland P.T.A. met in Richland Elementary cafeteria on October 8 featuring Inez Griffith teaching rhythm in art to second graders and showing background balance repetition and color harmony. Dorothy Wilkinson from the Extension service spoke on home management with kitchen storage demos and space saving shelves. Over seventy attended and Elizabeth Otto’s fourth grade earned the attendance prize. next meeting is November 12.
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Richland P.T.A
Richland
Inez Griffith
Griffith
Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern County Agricultural Extension Service
Elizabeth Otto
Student Body Dance Set for Saturday at 8:30
The first Shafter high school student body dance is scheduled for Saturday evening at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse. A four piece Bakersfield orchestra will provide music and Nedra Latta leads the arrangements with Miss Carol Puleifer supervising faculty.
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Shafter High School
Bakersfield
Nedra Latta
Carol Puleifer
Food Demonstration At Shafter High By Gas Company
Demonstrations on food preparation were given for home economics classes at Shafter High School. Maurine Boradori of the Southern California Gas Company led a 15 minute breakfast and 30 minute oven meal session. Broiler use and stove care tips were covered. Parents were invited to attend.
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Shafter High School
Maurine Boradori
Home Service
Southern California Gas Company
State official explains scales testing for cotton industry
Sacramento issued guidance from C F Tucker head of the California Bureau of Weights and Measures. The notice directs Loyd M Sands county sealer Bakersfield to inspect all scales used at gins and fields and to bring scales to the office for testing with no charge for inspections.
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Sacramento
Cc. F. Tucker
California
Bakersfield
U. S
Loyd M. Sands
Tannahill Installed as Legion Head in Leslie Post 213
W. W. Tannahill was installed Monday evening as commander of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213, American Legion at the Legion hall. Installing officer was Harry Paulden with George Starrh as vice commander, Glenn O Nay adjutant, Joe Henderson sergeant at arms, and Dr. P. C. Guenther chaplain. Outgoing commander Clyde Bell steps down after a year and plans for the year follow the naming of an executive board.
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W. W. Tannahill
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Legion Hall
Harry Paulden
Fifteenth Legion District
Delano
George Starrh
Glenn O' Nay
Joe Henderson
P. C. Guenther
Clyde Bell
Tannahill
Car stolen from Steagall vehicle at Shafter Farm Workers
Constable John Reily reports a car owned by Jack Steagall was stolen last evening around 9 30 at the Shafter Farm Workers community. The incident was relayed this morning by authorities.
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Jack Steagall
Shafter Farm Workers
John Reily
Origin of Mahogany Name Sparks Curiosity
The origin of the name Mahogany remains undiscovered with theories suggesting it is an Anglicized form of an earlier term.
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Mahogany
Deaf diner doubles as loud table comment in club
An old waiter points out a deaf patron to a new waiter claiming he and his brother look alike. The waiter then misreads the scene by addressing the deaf man as if asking him what he wants. The diner replies with a mutton chop while noting it is his deaf brother being spoken to.
Bride, Groom Buy Suburban Home Amid Cherry Tree Rake Plan
In a suburban yard a young couple settled in as a cherry tree heavy with fruit drew the husband to reach the top limbs. He asked his wife to bring the rake to pull the branches closer, asking her teasingly if she would help him rake the tree.
Could Be Choosier Between Lovers in Quip
A comic exchange has one person insisting she would not marry even if he were the last man on earth while the other retorts that he would have choices anyway. The light banter reveals playful dating dynamics.
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Mhan
Forensic Work Planned By Shafter High Students
A varied forensic program at Shafter High School includes intra school orator contests for freshmen and sophomores against juniors and seniors. An extemporaneous speaking event for southern San Joaquin Valley schools is set in Visalia on December 11 with the topic Should the Power of the Federal Government be Increased.
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Shafter High School
San Joaquin Valley
Visalia
Ruben Mettler
Patty Stringham
Calvin Gaede
Patricia Sepulveda
Just a Minor Error Deer Hunt Prank Turns Painful
W. E. Somers of Colville Washington hunted deer and parked his truck in a deserted farmyard. He hid the keys in a container of dead grass which proved to be a live porcupine. Companions had to pull a dozen quills from his hand with pliers.
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W. E. Somers
Colville
Wash
Somers
Child with natural bent to lead work?
A parent asks a schoolmaster if their boy shows a natural bent in any direction. The master responds that the boy appears destined for industry, noting he can persuade others to do his work for him.
Detailed Map Of Inyo Sequoia Area Is Available
The Automobile Club of Southern California releases a three color map detailing the Inyo Sequoia region in the High Sierra. It records trails lakes streams ranges guard and lookout stations and national park and forest boundaries with elevations of key points. Field data was gathered over a year from guides packers forest service and park officials. The map covers Lone Pine Mojave Tehachapi Greenhorn and Sequoia areas and complements last year’s Inyo Sierra maps.
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Shafter
Inyo-Sequoia
High Sierra
Outing Bureau
The
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Club
U. S. Forest Service
National Park
Widower’s third marriage invitation hints at drama
A widower preparing a third nuptial and his bride yet another former spouse drew a playful line across the invitation to a friend. The groom-elect wrote at the bottom, This is no amateur performance, signaling a joked yet sharp warning about the ceremony.
Death notice for Nativadi Rodriguez in Kern County
Word of death received here. Nativadi Rodriguez, resident of the Mexican colony south of Shafter, died at Kern General hospital in Bakersfield. Obituary notice appeared at Jan zen Funeral home this morning.
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Janzen
Nativadi Rodriguez
Shafter
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Food Stamp Plan Boosts Butter and Egg Sales During Trial
Since May 16, 1939 the plan has run in stores showing about a 2 percent rise in butter and a 5 percent rise in eggs weekly compared to the four weeks before the program.
Dot over the i mystery in a pupil’s paper
A teacher questions a primary student on the dot over the i in a written page. The girl replies that the dot is “in the pencil yet,” eliciting a humorous misunderstanding of proper punctuation.
First Veteran and Second Veteran Exchange War Warnings
A terse dialogue contrasts veterans and a customer over war and footwear. The first veteran says many marry to avoid service, while the second jeers that war is not so bad. A customer complains about flimsy shoes, and the manager defends the shop’s focus on more than pedestrian customers.
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Chumps
Tastes Good Declares Preference for Codfish
A humorous exchange features a speaker dismissing codfish with a melting dislike and a bold claim that liking it would lead to eating it, while expressing strong disdain for the blamed fish.
Fashionable dress inquiry at the shop
A shopper seeks a stylish dress while a clerk asks about fit preferences. The exchange centers on whether the garment should be tighter, looser, or both.
Modern Mother Goose Timely Brave Boy Pies Tale
A reinterpretation of classic nursery rhymes featuring Little Jack Horner and Little Boy Blue. The playful exchange centers on courage in facing a factory made pie, highlighting bold actions in a whimsical modern voice.
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Jack Horner
Blue
Big Hearted or Self Serving? Aquip on Charitable Image
A brief, pointed exchange questions a person’s motives, noting that generous talk may mask manipulation as they urge others to act for him. The rim of humor hints at a larger social dynamic of public image versus private intent.
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Rio Bravo P.-T.a
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ruhlman’s
National Federation
Wasco
Grace Everett
Wasco Women's Club
Wasco High School
Bill Boyd
Texas
Walter Pidgeon
Rita Johnson
Jon Hall
Dana Andrews
Kit Carson
Tom Brown
Nan Grey
Margie
M.A.S
Shafter Hgh School
Maricopa
Tone Marlett
Nedra Natta
Martha Wedin
P.T.A
Legion Head
Inyo-Sequoia Area
Y . Wy
Drene
Jergen
Probak Jr
Gillette
Williams
Sprouse’s
Queke
Sprouse
PA Ais Rty
Jack D’ Lanterns Noise Makers
Domino
Candies
Teck
Sanda Sal SS
Ees Es
Marengo Ave
Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Christian Foundations
Christian Youth
Wadda Shoe Store
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