Van Ness No 1 Drilled in Shafter Oil Field
General Petroleum spudded the Van Ness No 1 on section 2 29-25 in Shafter field while pursuing Vedder formation trends. The 280 acre Van Ness property sits near Superior's Mystery Ruhl and Helbling wells as activity grows in the area. Initial work began a month ago and completion of Wagner No 1 preceded current operations. If the well proves productive it could trigger further development and revenue in the Vedder trend.
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van Ness
General Petroleum
Wagner No. 1
Fee
Shafter
Barry to Explain Camp Value and Operations for Shafter
Barry will detail the camp’s financial impact in dollars and cents for Shafter and discuss how the camp runs, ending the current program. A comparison with the Brawley camp, which Barry took over shortly before its completion, will be included.
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Barry
Shafter
Brawley
Shafter General Petroleum All-Stars Set for Bakersfield Showdown
Shafter's General Petroleum All-Stars prepare for a Bakersfield contest against Kern General, eyeing a strong road performance and possible league impact as players train and strategize.
Stork party honors Mrs Clyde Bailey at Merwin Hunt home
Mrs Clyde Bailey received many gifts at a stork party hosted at the Merwin Hunt residence. Guests included Mesdames Ragland Smith Mouser and Manning, plus Miss Margaret Reynolds Hunt presenting the basket of presents. Refreshments followed for attendees and several young women as well as sewing circle members attended the Mennonite Brethren church gathering.
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Clyde Bailey
Hunt Home
Merwin Hunt
Sunday School Classes Honor Mrs Grose
Miss Mollie McAllister hosted a Young People potluck supper at the Baptist church parsonage. A social evening followed with games and guests including Jessie Gwin Virginia Stone Robbie Stone Frances Kattenhorn Barbara Caldwell Margaret Ruth Wiebe Winifred Wiebe Helen Flaming Lawrence Kattenhorn Clarence Kattenhorn Paul Wiebe Phil Seely Darrell Janzen Bob Abrams John Hetz and Richard Hetz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie. McAllister
Baptist Church
Jessie Gwin
Virginia Stone
Bobbie Stone
Frances Kattenhorn
Barbara Caldwell
Margaret Ruth Wiebe
Winifred Wiebe
Helen Flaming
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Clarence Kattenhorn
Paul Wiebe
Phil Seely
Darrell Janzen
Bob Abrams
John Hetz
Richard Hetz
Johnnie Siemens Hosts Sewing Circle at Home
Johnnie Siemens hosts a neighborhood sewing circle featuring Misses Vivian Bartel Aldene Beese Evelyn Unruh Rosie Unruh Mary Ann Epp Grace Warkentin Edna Nickel Esther Bower Juanita Neufeld and Erma Wendland gathering for the project.
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Vivian Bartel
Aldene Beese
Evelyn Unruh
Rosie Unruh
Mary Ann Epp
Grace Warkentin
Edna Nickel
Esther Bowder
Juanita Neufeld
Erma Wendland
Miss Evelyn Unruh Honored At Rosedale Shower
Miss Evelyn Unruh, recently announced engaged to Leonard Gaede, was honored by M A S members at a shower and dinner at the D O Moore home in Rosedale. Hosts were Missine Moore and Eudora Baldwin. The event included a bridal motif, miniature bouquet place cards, a pottery dinner set gift, and games with 13 guests attending.
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Evelyn Unruh
Leonard Gaede
D. O. Moore
Rosedale
Maxine Moore
Eudora Baldwin
Moore
Miss Unruh
Hostess Evelyn Unruh Hosts M A S Members
Miss Evelyn Unruh was hostess to M A S members with an afternoon of sewing. Refreshments followed the meeting. Attending were Mesdames Ernest Schnaidt, Harvey Gaede, Walter Bergen, Harlan Wilson, Robert Carter, Johnnie Siemens, Robert Stoddard and Miss Eudora Baldwin.
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Evelyn Unruh
Mesdames
Ernest Schnaidt
Harvey Gaede
Walter Bergen
Harlan Wilson
Robert Carter
Johnnie Siemens
Robert Stoddard
Eudora Baldwin
Shower Honors Miss Evelyn Unruh Friday Evening
Miss Evelyn Unruh was honored Friday evening at a shower hosted at the H. H. Unruh home by Mrs. Gus Weyand Mrs. A. H. Neufeld and Mrs. Robert Carter. A wiener roast was part of the evening and gifts were presented to Miss Unruh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Evelyn Unruh
Evelyn Unruh
H. H. Unruh
Gus Weyand
A. H. Neufeld
Robert Carter
Miss Unruh
Mesdames
Abe Karber
Bill Bestwater
Harvey Gaede
Louis Becker
Wallace Weyand
Abe Issac
Jack Kliewer
Harlan Wilson
Don Klingenberg
C. P. Schroeder
J. E. Unruh
Aldine Beese
Edna oBese
Edna Nikkel
Rosie Unruh
Vivian Bartel
Erma Wendland
Esther Bowder
Juanita Neufeld
Melba Gloeckler
Mary Ann Epp
Grace Warkentin
Ruth Warkentin
Esther Brown
Miss Rubena Shultz Honored By Class
Miss Rubena Shultz was honored last week at a surprise party by members of her class. Earlier in the evening the group met at the church with Miss Shultz to practice songs for sick friends. After returning to the church the class gathered at her house for a reception.
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Rubena Shultz
Miss Shultz
Prac
Service for John Sharp Held Tuesday
John Sharp 80 a native of Arkansas and longtime Shafter resident was honored in a Tuesday service. He leaves two sons Jack Sharp of Smith Corner and Frank Sharp and their families.
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John Sharp
Arkansas
Shafter
Jack Sharp
Smith Corner
Frank Sharp
Janzen Delivers Walk-Off Hit As All-Stars Capture County Title
In Wasco Friday night Shafter All-Stars beat McFarland 5 to 4 to clinch the Northern County championship. Janzen biked the winning two-run blast with two on in the ninth, scoring on a throw to third as Dreager failed to back up. Neufeld pitched well for Shafter, while Ratekin fanned twelve for McFarland in a tense finish.
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Raph Janzen
Shafter All-Stars
Wasco
All-Stars
McFarland
Shafter
Janzen
Ratekin
Jim Taylor
Ernie Schultz
Harry Schultz
Rodgers
Dreager
Unruh
Neufeld
Vaughn
Snipe
Harvey Gaede
Becker
Gaede
Taylor
Thompson Seedless Pickers Move Ahead In Local Vineyards
Thompson seedless grape harvesting for raisins began this week in several local vineyards with expectations of full activity by next week. D L Schellenberg J E Unruh and J J Siemens planned to start cutting today as growers prepare rows for drying. Statewide, California vintners join with a grape prorate committee to pay growers not less than 15 per ton for wine grapes.
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Thompson
D. L. Schellenberg
J. E. Unruh
J. J. Siemens
Provate Commission
California
Wine Grape Prorate
Fresno
Thompsons
Malagas
Riciers
Colored Citizens' Exposition to hold beauty contest event
The Colored Citizens Exposition of the Golden Exposition will be part of the World's Fair of the West. A nationwide beauty contest is planned as a feature of the group's program.
Ironclad Wiener Rule Sets 12 Hour Freshness
Treasure Island during the 1939 World's Fair of the West enacts a strict concession rule requiring all wieners to be manufactured within 12 hours of sale. The edict comes from Frederick Weddleton, Chief of Concessions, asserting a firm quality standard for vendors.
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Treasure Island
Frederick Weddleton
Cat and Robin Share Food With Family Pet
In Washington Conn a pet robin raised since a week old became a friend to the family cat. The duo eats from the same saucer sharing bread and milk and ham burger. The bird bathes each morning in a big kitchen water bowl and dries behind the stove like the cat.
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Washington
Conn
Elsie M. Hallock
Buddy the Seeing Eye dog dies after 12 loyal years
Morristown New Jersey reports Buddy Fortunate Fields, the first Seeing Eye dog, died on the eve of a major illness. Buddy served Col Frank, who was blinded 14 years ago, and helped found the Seeing Eye training farm. The German shepherd opened doors and even found hats, and Buddy had met three U.S. presidents.
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Morristown
N. J
Buddy
Buddy Fortunate Fields
Col
Morris
Frank
Lamp and Tree Spark Pulborough Council Row
Pulborough parish council and Chanctonbury rural district council clash over a lamp by a tree. Three years of dispute began when the parish council set a lamp beside a tree planted by the rural district council. An appeal to the ministry of transport upheld the rural council.
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Pulborough
England
Chanctonbury
Ministry of Transport
Rats Raid Ranch Steals 250 Turkeys at Stayton Ranch
Rats raided the Starr Ruggles turkey ranch in West Stayton and carried off 250 young turkeys during the past week. Local efforts are underway to reduce the rat problem.
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Stayton, Obe
Starr Ruggles
West Stayton
Maps World in Stamps DAWSON IOWA
Eight months of effort culminated in a stamp collection move in Dawson Iowa as Franklin Ludwig, a local hobbyist, showcases a world map themed album and stamps. The story notes patient cataloging and display at the town venue.
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Maps World
Dawson
Iowa
Franklin Ludwig
Officials Move Into New City Hall Office
City officials move into a newly completed City Hall office with three desks two tables and an L shaped counter provided. The room will house the city clerk chief of police building inspector and constable. The former space will serve as a justice of the peace court and council meeting room.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
Justice of the Peace
Indian Exhibit at 1939 Golden Gate Exposition Announced
George Creel U S Commissioner to the Fair announced the largest Indian exhibit ever lined up for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. The federal exhibit budget reaches 1.5 million dollars including the Indian display with a 1 million dollar illumination program using black light for the first time.
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George Creel
U. S
Creel
Daredevil Din Traverses Niagara on Tight Rope
Din crossed Niagara Falls on a tight rope and repeated the feat later with a man on his shoulders, then rolling another man in a wheelbarrow on a third crossing, drawing crowds and praise for the hazardous stunt.
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Din
Niagara Falls
Mennonite Young People Conference Highlights Weekend Meetings
The Rev. P. N. Herbert and Rev. J. D. Hofer spoke at group meetings and local helpers from Shafter assisted with the weekend program. A sunrise devotional, song service, worship, a union group session, and an evangelical campfire night wrapped up the conference on Sunday.
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Field
Ocenes Gaglig
P. N. Herbert
Bakersfield
J. D. Hofer
Rosedale
Johnnie Kliewer
Ernest Siemens
Edward Schellenberg
Abe Isaac
Rubena Schultz
Shafter
Wasco SRA opens weekly branch in Shafter on Tuesday
Thomas L. Gardener announces a Wasco branch of the SRA will operate one day a week in Shafter at the SRA headquarters on Pacific Avenue. A staff member will handle Shafter cases each Tuesday as plans proceed following the district office move from Shafter to Wasco last week.
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SRA
Wasco
Shafter
Thomas L. Gardener
Pacific Avenue
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Siemens
Menno Siemens
Hos
Tess
Mennonite Brethren Church
Alma Penner
John Suderman
Edward Peters
Robert McCombs
Elizabeth Epp
W. C. Grose
Baptist Parsonage
M.A.S
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Taft
ABRH
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Oenneeeeeentnseneree Wartensees
Etensenee Becker
Pes Vellapinasgeabanib Sale
Ate
E. Schultz
H. Schultz
Abrh Reagan
New Straitsville
Ohio
United States
New City Hall
Central Service
Mr. Penny
Emil Stoller
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