Shafter Woman 104 Remembers Long Life Full of Work
A 104 year old Shafter resident, Mary Roben Autrey, born in Tennessee in 1842, recounts a frontier upbringing near Ruse Oklahoma, teaches weaving and plowing with oxen, recalls salt lake trips, primitive soap making, and family losses. She outlives relatives, lives with daughters after her husband died, and remains cheerful, joking about aging and her teeth.
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Mrs. Autrey
Tennessee
Mary Roben Tatum
Williams
Oklahoma
Mr. Autrey
Rafe
California
Maple School Hallowe'en Carnival Invite
The Maple School and Maple PTA invite the public to a Hallowe en carnival at 5 30 p m on Thursday October 30. Proceeds support the school welfare projects. Bring your family for an evening of fun and entertainment.
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Maple School
Maple P.T.A
P.T. A
Joe's Topper Bakery Pies Appeal to Taste
A promotional blurb extols Joe's Topper Bakery pies as the best you have tasted, inviting readers to try their offerings.
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Joe's Topper Bakery
Last Rites for Filipa Banuelos in Wasco
Requiem Mass for Filipa Banuelos aged 76 was held at St John’s Church in Wasco on Wednesday October 22 1947 with Father Bates officiating. Rosary was read the previous evening at Flickinger Janzen Mortuary Shafter. She died October 20 resided in Bhatter two years born June 22 1871 Mexico. Survived by two sons Pablo and Hilario Banuelos both of Shafter and seven grandchildren. Interment in Shafter Cemetery.
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Filipa’ Banuelos
St. ‘John’s
Wasco
Bates
Flickinger Janzen
Shafter
Elliott Street
Banuelos
Mexico
Pablo Banuelos
Hilario Banuelos
Nugents Return From East Trip In Constellation Flight
Mr and Mrs J B Nugent recently returned from their trip east flying in a Constellation to Indianapolis Indiana they bought a new car during the journey and drove home by motor
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J. B. Nugent
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Stanley
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Bakersfield
Shafter Press
Hatty
Gus
Richmond
Tire Shop
Mvcn Tea Tee
Shafter Ave
Locksburg
Arkansas
O'Keefe
Merritt Western
Holly
Wheeler
Furniture Company
Maple Hallowe'en
Filipa Banuelos
Nugents Return
Joe‘s Te. Bakery
Kern County
Case & Fairbanks Magnetos
Magneto
Chester Ave
New Xox City
Irene Silkie
Gina Snyder
Dolores MacNair
Peggy Longstreth
A. E. Windmueller
W. F. Bray Bakersfield
Chester
Wart
Irvin E. Fike
Irvin E. Fike’ Garage
Chrysler & Plymouth
Central Ave
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