Shafter High Band and Glee Club Enter State Festival
Shafter High School to compete in the California Music Festival in Fresno during March. The school gains its first glee club and band large enough to enter, judged on discipline and uniforms, sound, and individual technique by college and school professionals. The music department lists 45 band members, 34 girls in glee, 21 in mixed chorus, and plans for indoor performances during basketball season.
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Shafter High
California
Fresno
Shafter High School
Glee Club
Cadet Corps Authorized Strength at West Point
The authorized strength of the U S Military Academy Cadet Corps at West Point is 2496.
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Corps of Cadets
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Housewarming at Buller Home in Bakersfield Shafter
Mr and Mrs Harry Buller of Bakersfield formerly of Shafter hosted a housewarming with Shafter and Bakersfield friends and relatives. A buffet supper followed by a fireplace mirror gift, a Dr Wayne Fenderson solo, and a reading by Mrs Virginia Weishaar marked the evening as guests visited and admired the new home.
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Harry Buller
Bakersfield
Shafter
Wayne Fenderson
Virginia Weishaar
Merrymakers at Cocktail Party
Mr and Mrs Phil Jeffries hosted a Saturday cocktail party at their ranch home for Shafter members of the Merry makers club before the formal dance in the Palm Room of the Bakersfield Inn. Fall refreshments featured hors d oeuvres and pastries. Present were Robert Perry Jess Parks and Wallace Tucker of Bakersfield.
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Phil Jeffries
Shafter
Merrymakers Club
Bakersfield Inn
Robert Perry
Jess Parks
Wallace Tucker
Bakers
Richland P-TA Drive Sets Record Membership Total
Richland PTA completed a record drive with 939 members from 1694 enrollment. First grade won primary prize with 137 members while fourth grade led intermediates with 135. fifth and sixth grades also posted solid totals. Paid memberships reached 739.
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Richland P.-T. A
Jack Battaglia
John Devincenzo
W. C. Handel
Gladys Hyland
Devincenzo
Handel
Auxiliary Meeting in Bakersfield Plans November 8 Event
Members of the Kern County Osteopathic Society auxiliary met in Bakersfield to plan a special November 8 gathering honoring Mrs. Dowell, president of the state auxiliary. Mrs. Lucius B. Faires of Los Angeles and Mrs. McDowell will attend as honored guests. A rummage sale chaired by Mrs. L. Arthur Moore is slated for November 10 to fund scholarships, with several guests in attendance.
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Kern County Osteopathic Society
Dowell
California Osteopathic Association
Lucius B. Faires
Los Angeles
State Auxiliary
McDowell
Bakersfield
L. Arthur Moore
Druids Hall
Roger Daniels
Sacramento Osteopathic
California State Fair Site Says Third in Sacramento
The present site of the California State Fair is its third location in Sacramento, reflecting a long history of relocation and expansion within the city.
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Californa State Fair
S Mento
Schultzs Return From Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Bill Shultz return to their Shafter home after a marriage in Reno Nevada. The bride Mary Sanders wore a blue two piece suit with black accessories. A three week honeymoon took them to Washington Canada and Oregon. They visited relatives in Portland and Reno and returned with Shultz s two daughters Beverly and Judy. He farms in the Shafter district.
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Shafter
Bill Shultz
Shultz
Mary Sanders
Ritesquere Read
Reno
Nev
J. Hume
Washington
Canada
Oregon
Ben Friesen
Portland
Lena Kinmitt
Beverly
Judy
Shafter Highway
Shafter District
Foxes Return From Tulelake Visit to Shafter Ranch Home
Mr and Mrs J P Fox returned to Shafter after a two week Tulelake stay at daughter Jacks Williams ranch with Carolyn. Fox shot geese and ducks his limit. Guests included Austin Wikoff Dan Weitz H C Schneider and other Shafter Bakersfield visitors. San Francisco has about one telephone for every two people.
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Tulelake
J. P. Fox
Shafter
Jack Williams
Carolyn
Mr. Fox
Williams
Austin Wikoff
Dan Weitz
H. C. Schneider
Bakersfield
Cotton Meeting Slated at Lemoore
The annual meeting of the cotton department of the California Farm Bureau Federation will be held at USC Hall in Lemoore on Wednesday at 10 o clock. Speakers include George J. Harrison on wilt resistant cotton developments J P Fairbanks on cotton mechanization and Matt Triggs on proposed changes in cotton quota legislation.
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Cotton Department
The
California Farm Bureau Federation
USC Hall
Lemoore
George J. Harrison
J. P. Fairbanks
Matt Triggs
Carnival at Maple School Hallowe en Night
The Maple School PTA hosts a Thursday evening Carnival with costumes prizes and a play by seventh and eighth graders directed by Gilbert Adams. Cast includes Sue Tackett Karen Burnquist Charlene Kroker and others. Dinner at 6 and booths open all night to raise funds for welfare work.
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Maple School
Gilbert Adams
Sue Tackett
Karen Burnquist
Charlene Krocker
Altarene McKannons
Shirley Ne
Properties of Antimony Describe Tin-White Metal
The element antimony is described as tin-white in color with a metallic luster. It is noted for its characteristic appearance as a metal.
City of Puerto de Santa Maria del Buen Aire Founded
The city Puerto de Santa Maria del Buen Aire in Buenos Aires was founded in 1536, marking its early colonial origins and urban development in the region.
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Puerto de Santa Maria del Buen Aire
Buenos Aires
Fred L. Gibsons Feted at Party
Mr and Mrs Fred L Gibson were honored Saturday October 16 for their thirty first wedding anniversary with a dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs John Westbrook at 18852 Beach Avenue. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Frank Annis Mr and Mrs Fred L Gibson and their daughter Jan son Michael and Mr and Mrs John Westbrook and daughter Elizabeth.
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Fred L. Gibson
John Westbrook
Westbrook
Beach Avenue
Gibsons
Frank Annis
Jan
Michael
John W. Westbrook
Elizabeth
Lamb Crop Estimate For 1948 Falls Short Of 1947
The 1948 U. S. lamb crop is estimated at 20,467,000 head, nearly 2,000,000 fewer than last year.
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U. S
Visits in Shafter Featured San Mateo Fiancée Couple
Miss Gayle R. Love of San Mateo spent the weekend in Shafter visiting with her fiancee R. J. Anderson Jr editor manager of the Shafter Press. They will be wed in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day and then make their home in Shafter.
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Gayle R. Love
San Mateo
Shafter
R. J
Andy) Anderson, Jr
Shafter Press
Miss Love
Channing Crandall
Lerdo Road
Anderson
San Francisco
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Fred L. Gibsons
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