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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1939

Page

3

Wasco notices feature Hallowe en dance and art exhibit

The Wasco club hosts a Hallowe en dance at the Wednesday clubhouse as the season opener with Halloween decor and prizes. An Art Exhibit at Wasco Club on November 2 will showcase Laguna Beach Art Association paintings and local camera works during National Art Week with music, tea, and arrangements by clubhouse members.

Laguna Beach Art Association Wasco Women's Club Wasco H. G. Hull Wellesley Beemen the Camera Rowell Smith Mesdames A. G. Hardy C. H. Lindgren A. Mg .Engish Walter Parks L. F. Brier Stirling Giddings

Maple PTA to Screen Two Sound Pictures Tomorrow

Two sound pictures titled High School Skiing and Airliners are to be shown tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the Maple school auditorium during a Maple PTA meeting. Sixth and seventh grade children will sing and a short business session is planned.

Maple P.T. A Maple

Studio Review Talk On California Works

Monday noon in F F Latta studio featured brief historical talk on Romantic Cities of California and related works. Attendees included Mesdames Eckman Howland Gladden Starrh and others plus officers of Latta family.

F. F. Latta California Hawthorne San Francisco Dobie Nordhoff Harpending Federal Writers’ Project Mesdames A. W. Eckman J. P. Howland Lena Gladden

Halloween Party Planned by Khesma Klub in Wendland Home

A Hallowe en party was planned at Miss Edna Nikkel s home for next Saturday evening at a Khesma Klub meeting held last Saturday evening at Miss Er ma Wendland s home. Guests included Miss Edna Nikkel Vivian Bartel Aldeen Beese Ella Wiebe Dorothy Unruh and Mrs Don Klingenberg with refreshments served to the group.

Edna Nikkel Khesma Klub Erma Wendland Vivian Bartel Aldeen Beese Ella Wiebe Dorothy Unruh Don Klingenberg Johny Balzer M. B. Sewing Circle Aldeen Edna Beese Abe Karber John Balzer Earl Becker Henry Harder Dave Strauss Gaede Jack Kliewer Edna Boese Aldeen Boese Rosie Unruh Juanita Neufeld Agnes Koehn

Sale of clothing bedding at Union Congregational parlor

Mrs. Niels Pedersen heads a fundraiser at the Union Congregational church parlor on Saturday November 4 from 7 am to 6 pm. The sale will feature adult clothing children’s clothing and bedding in clean good repair, with Ladies Aid members having prepared all summer.

Union Congregational Church Niels Pedersen Ladies Aid Group

Belridge Home Department Holds All Day Meeting

Carneros group met at Standard clubhouse and at Mrs Alva Moore home for a day of business and social activity. Reports from county meetings, plans for November events, and Know Your Library Week activities were discussed along with a cake making session.

Carneros North Belterial Opal Crunk Alva Moore South Belridge William Taylor Robert Fischer Bakersfield Mary Cobb Walter Malm Joe McIntire Vernon Nichols North Belridge Marie Lilliehoorn Kern County

Kern County Voters to Decide 300000 Library Bond

Kern county residents will vote November 7 on a 300000 bond to build a central library on Truxtun avenue Bakersfield. Land acquisition occurred in 1920 and the plan anticipates a 150000 to 200000 volume capacity with eight year repayment at about 40 cents annually for a $5000 home.

Kern County Truxtun Avenue K and Bakersfield American Library Association

Sunshine party planned by American Legion Auxiliary at Nay home

Members and guests of the American Legion Auxiliary will gather Tuesday at 8 PM at Mrs. Glenn O Nay’s home for the annual Sunshine party and a brief business meeting.

American Legion Auxiliary Glenn O. Nay

June Lachenmaier Hosts Hawaiian Dinner Party

Miss June Lachenmaier acted as hostess for a group of friends at her home for a Hawaiian dinner party. She presented photographs from a recent trip to the Hawaiian islands. Guests included Norma Neufeld and Phyliss Prieve.

June Lachenmaier Lachenmaier Miss Lachenmaier Hawaiian Islands Norma Neufeld Phyliss. Prieve

Congregational Dinner Planned Tomorrow Evening

Members of the Congregational church and friends will gather tomorrow at 6 30 in the church parlor for a Friendship dinner. Speakers include Bob Davidson F Latta and Paul Davis with musical numbers by Mrs John Peters and Kenneth Bayless. Chicken meal prepared by the Ladies Aid and community singing with James Livers at the piano.

Congregational Church and Friends Bob Davidson Bakersfield Methodist Church F. F. Latta Davidson Latta Paul Davis Southern California Congregational Conference John Peters Kenneth Bayless Richland School James Livers Congregational Ladies Aid

Hill Of Sweat Potatoes Weighs Forty-Two Pounds

A remarkable hill of sweet potatoes weighing 42 pounds was dug this week at the A J Regier ranch near Maple School. The spuds were too closely bunched for careful grading, prompting notes on yield and quality.

A. J. Regier Maple School

Big Hill Potato Harvest On Regier Ranch

The hill measured over twice the usual size and came from a small cultivated plot on the Regier ranch. Regier and Jack Singer, Maple school principal, dug the potatoes and Jack Hare, agricultural inspector, weighed them.

Regier Jack Singer Maple School Jack Hare

150 Persons Attend Baptist Dinner in Shafter

About 150 people attended a Kern County Baptist Young People's Association banquet at the Mennonite church in Shafter. Dr. Old I. Proppe spoke on If I Were Young Again. Attendees came from Bakersfield Fellows Taft Buttonwillow Tupman Wasco and Delano. Next meeting planned for Tupman November 10. Gross Negligence in court case notes a juror used a dictionary for a definition instead of the judge.

Kern River Baptist Young People’s Association Mennonite Aig Shafter Old I. Proppe First Baptist Church Hollywood Bakersfield Fellows Taft Buttonwillow Tupman Wasco Delano Lawrence Kattenhorn Tupman Grammar School

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