Fifty Attend B P W Chicken Barbecue at Manne Park
Fifty members their families and friends attended the Business and Professional Women's Club barbecue at Manne Park Thursday evening. L T Walker and Jack Battaglia cooked the chicken while a committee led by Sylvia Baughman Verna Furlong Annette Albright Juanita Battaglia Alvina Enns Genevieve Cooper and Geraldine Unruh provided the trimmings. A grand time was reported and thanks were given to Walker and Battaglia for organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Manne Park
L. T. Walker
Jack Battaglia
Sylvia Baughman
Verna Furlong
Annette Albright
Juanita Battaglia
Alvina Enns
Genevieve Cooper
Geraldine Unruh
L. T.walker
Death of Dr Marc Pascoe Revered Taft Physician
News arrives of the death of Dr Marc L Pascoe born May 10 1871 in Saline Ontario Canada He practiced in Shafter from 1938 to 1943 helped build a Taft hospital and a West Side oil community practice He was active in civic life and Rotary Club He is survived by his widow a brother and three sisters Funeral services were held at Forest Lawn Glendale with Armstrong Family Mortuary Los Angeles in charge
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Marc L. Pascoe
San Gabriel
Pascoe
Shafter
Saline
Ontario
Canada
Forest Lawn
Glendale
Armstrong Family Mortuary
Los Angeles
Enlistments Open for 2nd Infantry Division
General Mark Clark's Sixth Army announces the Second Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington is open to former servicemen. Lt Arthur our local recruiter says enlistments are now possible and the division remains among the army's oldest best. Also notes a hunting trip by Jack Hare Jim Honey and Billie Lachenmaier above Ukiah.
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Mark Clark
Sixth Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort Lewis
Washington
Clark
United States
Arthur
2Nd Infantry
Jack Hare
Jim Honey
Billie Lachenmaier
Hare
Honey
Ukiah
Haycocks Return From Mammoth Lake Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Gordon Haycock returned from a week long vacation driving to Mammoth Lake for fishing and then visited Yosemite National Park on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Haycock
Mammoth Lake
Yosemite National Park
Johnston Family Returns From Pismo Beach Vacation
The Bill Johnston family returned to Shafter Sunday after a weeklong vacation at Pismo Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Johnston
Shafter
Pismo Beach
Fashion wars and local jests in Shafter column
Phil Horwith laments teen fashion trends in Shafter with jeans rolled to the knee and Indian feathered hair. The piece notes the S T R S S movement and a rival Little Below the Knee Club, framing a local culture clash between conservative and Paris New York fashions. It ends with light jokes and a comment on Wally Shafer’s church attendance challenge.
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Shafter
Paris
New York
S.T. R. SS
Wally Shafer
Wasco
Here
Wasco News
Wally
Sole
Rootes Host Housewarming With Friends
The Rootes home hosted a no host housewarming party on Wednesday evening. Guests presented a lovely gift for the home and shared a buffet supper. Attending were Messrs. and Mesdames Peter Channeson and John Ohanneson and families, John Peters and family, Charles Burns and family, Jack Battaglia and Mrs. Minnie Ohanenson, Mrs. Horace Gray, and the honored guests Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Rootes and their sons Paige and Minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messers
Peter Channeson
John Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
Dave
Mary Frances
John Peters
Phyllis
Johnnie Peters
Charles Burns
Barrie Burns
Jack Battaglia
Minnie Ohanenson
Horace Gray
T. P. Rootes
Paige and
Minor
Local Teacher Retained For Aviation Program
Linda Wesley, teacher at Shafter High School, was retained as one of nine staff for Bakersfield College Aviation ground school. The selection followed a Kern County union high school board meeting held last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Linda
Shafter ‘High School
Bakersfield College
Linda
Kern County Union High School Board
Roscamps Return From Los Angeles Visit
Mrs Christine Roscamp and her son Robert came home Monday after a weekend visit with Mrs Muttart and Frank Muttart of Los Angeles. Mrs Muttart is Mrs Roscamp's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscamps
L.A
Christine Roscamp
Robert
Frank Muttarts
Los Angeles
Muttart
Roscamp
Bakersfield Couple Honors Dinner Guests at Ohanneson Home
The Merle Taylors of Tulare co hosted with the Peter Ohannesons for a Sunday dinner at the Ohanneson home. Guests of honor were Mr and Mrs Charles Manley of Bakersfield who recently toured the eastern states Canada and Cuba. Also present were Norman Polasky Mrs Keith McKee Marcia and Downing McKee Mr and Mrs Charles Burns and Barrie Mrs John Ohanneson Mr and Mrs Phil Ohanneson and Mrs Horace Gray Gregory Ohanneson, back from vacation, attended.
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Merle Taylors
Tulare
Peter Ohannesons
Ohanneson
Charles Manley
Bakersfield
Canada
Cuba
Manleys
Norman Polasky
Keith McKee
Marcia
Downing McKee
Charles Burns
Barrie
John Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
Horace Gray
Gregory Ohanneson
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B.P.W
Marc Pascoe
2Nd Infantry Division
Johnstons Home
Beauty
Bess Williams
Estelle Edwards
Clara Schnaidt
California Ave
Santa Fe
Phil Horwith
Central
Bill Carpenter
American Legion
Bill Petree
Florence
Ala
Tom McHale
Pittston
R. Worth Shumaker
John Morgan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ray Nation
Jimmy Harland
Greenville
Miss
Stringham’s
Pen
Stationery
Stringhami's
Shafter Drug Store
James
Rootes
Loewen
Atwood Crop Dusters
Jack Stepp
Willie Woo
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
Coberly-West Ginning Company
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