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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
7
Local visitors and residents are noted in Shafter with guests from Bakersfield Fresno Sanger Los Angeles and Reedley. Business visits and social gatherings mark the week as families and friends travel for meetings, holidays, and hospitality. Belva Ann Sedge welcomed as a daughter to Henry Moore and wife in Shafter.
Local residents report a flurry of visits and trips. Ben Friesen and family returned from Santa Maria. H F Janzen and wife came back from three weeks in the middle west visiting Kansas towns. Leon Weaver and family joined from Hollister. Donald Aylesworth accompanied his mother home from Santa Barbara. F G Hampton of San Francisco spent a luncheon visit with Lois Berry. D H McClure and family headed to Los Angeles. H C Janzen and Sam P Schultz traveled to Jansen Nebraska after Katherine Fast's death. Frances Midgley spent weekend with her Shafter parents. P L Arnold and wife visited San Diego via Glendale with M R Hare and Mrs Franklin Wray of Davis.
W H Goodman of Tulare toured Shafter district on Monday meeting farmers and voicing interest in flax growing. He noted about 3000 acres will be under cultivation at Buttonwillow this year. Dc C Duerksen returned from Elmora New Mexico aiding his daughter Mrs F B Martin whose Riverside street home was destroyed by fire two weeks ago.
Guests visiting the Shafter migratory camp included Helen van Dongen of Amsterdam Hollard John Ferno Ella Winter and Joris Ivens all New York photographers. O H Strom and Mrs Strom visited from Morro Bay after his health improvement. F G Hampton of San Francisco returned home after a week with Martha Hampton. C W Russell of San Diego, sailor aboard USS Wright, plans a Seattle cruise then drydock. Missouri residents Champ and Mrs Richardson vacationed with Cardsons in California.
F F Latta presided at a Kern County Historical Society session in Bakersfield focusing on Spanish California pioneers. Latta serves as society president. Teachers Attend Northern Game Coaches William White and Eugene R Ford of Shafter High School with Mrs Ford visited the Bay Area for USC Stanford clash at Palo Alto.
Mr and Mrs R E Gribble drove to Chico for a homecoming celebration at Chico State College. The Saturday feature was a 0 0 tie between the California Aggies and Chico State.
Postmaster Lois L. Berry attended a Bakersfield dinner meeting of Kern county postmasters at the St. Francis cafe. A musical program closed the event with a discussion of last month’s national convention in St Paul. Monthly meetings are held.
The text explains that some bacteria respire using oxygen while others perish in its presence. A subset survives by metabolizing oxygen only as required from the chemicals in their growth environment.
Shafter volunteer firefighters announce a November 19 dance at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse. Music will be by the Max Bayless orchestra of Bakersfield. Chief Oliver Sly says all members assist and three door prizes will be awarded for attendees.
The article notes the dancer's objective to raise money for the department and outlines plans to buy multiple equipment items that will boost the brigade's overall efficiency.
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