Marriage of Ernest Panero and Miss Lena Hein in Shafter
Ernest Panero and Miss Lena Hein wed Monday at the home of the bride’s mother in Shafter. Rev. Alfred T. Chandler officiated with a brief service. The couple, attended by immediate family and close friends, planned a two week or longer honeymoon to June Lake area. Mrs Panero, who has lived in Shafter 16 years, worked at the Shafter post office. The groom, son of Kern County residents, studied at Delano schools Bakersfield junior college and Stanford, and now manages the Shafter theatre with active civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Panero
Lena Hein
Alfred T. Chandler
Union Congregational Church
Katie Hein
Chandler
Hein
June Lake
Panero
Shafter
Frank Panero
Kern County
Delano
Bakersfield
Stanford University
Shafter Theatre
Birthday Party Honors Louise Brumbaugh
A birthday party Thursday honored Louise Brumbaugh with attendees including Major Joyce and Maryian Burts Evelyn Baker and Mesdames Frank Ratzieff E T Tanksley Walter Stewart Harold Brumbaugh and W C Grose
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Brumbaugh
Art
Ert
Major
Joyce
Maryian
Burts
Evelyn Baker
Frank Ratzieff
E. T. Tanksley
Walter Stewart
Harold Brumbaugh
W. C. Grose
Taft Scout Leader Elected Kern Health President
Beecher Rintoul of Taft was elected by the executive board as president amid reports of ill health. The new president has shown active interest in Scouting since 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher. Rintoul
Taft
Kern Ill Health
Ladies Aid Group Opens Fall Program Meeting
Lon Thursday September 14 at 2 30 p m the Ladies Aid Missionary will meet at the home of Mrs Neils Pedersen All members attend this opening meeting to set the fall program and discuss extra room for church activities Members may bring friends interested in the work
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Lon
Ladies Aid
Neils Pedersen
Aid
Former Congressman Randall Visits Shafter for District Property Interests
The Honorable C. H. Randall, former congressman and ex president of the Los Angeles city council, visited Shafter today to review property interests in the district. He currently resides in Hollywood.
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C. H. Randall
Los Angeles
Ancient Hat Tipping Roots In Military Salutes
The custom of lifting hats began in ancient military dress as a gesture of courage and later evolved into a sign of respect to superiors and a polite greeting to women. It remains tied to respect for the flag, though the Society of Friends rejects hat raising. George Fox argued Christians should avoid this act even before persecution or death.
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Society of Friends
George Fox
Society
Fox
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Majolica Name Traced to Island of Majorca
The true majolica ware is a painted and enameled earthenware with a luster finish. Its name comes from early pieces said to have arrived in Italy from Majorca in the Balearic Islands off Spain. The Saracens and later Crusaders influenced its spread and refinement.
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Majolica
Majorca
Italy
Balearic Isles
Spain
Ee Majolica
Bullet in His Pipe Scores a Bullseye
Noah Switzer looked for a new pipe after a .22 cartridge mixed with tobacco exploded in the bowl. Heat blasted the pipe, wrecking his old favorite and blowing part of it into an adjoining room, leaving only the stem clenched between his teeth.
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Thomson
IIL
Noah Switzer
Switzer
Nahanni Tales: Mounties Hear Rumors Of Riches
The North Nahanni region near Edmonton draws legends of immense gold deposits. Deaths in Nahanni Death Valley deter prospectors, while a former Mountie dismisses the tales as Indian lore. Archaeologist W. L. Bliss reports ancient caves suggesting ancestral migrations.
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Gion
Nahanni
Edmonton
Northwest Territories
William
Frank McLee
Nahanni Death Valley
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
W. L Bliss
University of New Mexico
Asia
Joker Escapes Police Bullets in Mock Holdup
Hot Springs police thwarted a mock holdup by two men including a courthouse official and a physician posing as a desperado. The staged robbery at a roadside restaurant ended when officers, armed and covert, prevented any real danger with a reprimand for the actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Watkins
Hot Springs
Watkins
Four Laws Are Violated In One Driving Lesson
In Cleveland Thomas Arnone 21 offered to teach 15 year old Phyllis Dottore to drive with another man and William Geraci 19 aboard. The car sideswiped a parked auto injuring Geraci and Arnone faces charges for permitting four to ride in and on a coupe permitting an unlicensed minor to drive allowing a man to ride on the running board and using license plates listed for another car.
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Cleveland
Thomas Arnone
Phyllis Dottore
Arnone
William Geraci
Geraci
District of Columbia Lacks Vote Under Federal Control
The article explains Congressholds exclusive authority over the District of Columbia, making Washington a federal reservation not a state or territory. Residents lack voting power for national or municipal matters and are taxed without representation, with governance by executive commissioners and congressional committees.
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Congress
District of Columbia
National Capital
Dis of Columbia
City of Washington
Maryland
United States
Washington
Senate
House of Congress
Rubber Synthesized From Ordinary Sugar and Turpentine
A patent to Ernst Kleiber of Lugano Switzerland covers artificial rubber made from beet or cane sugar and turpentine. The process uses nitric and hydrochloric acids to dissolve sugar then adds turpentine, polymerizing to a rubberlike mass with 76 to 83 percent yield and vulcanization possible.
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Ernst Kleiber
Lugano
Switzerland
Hevapar S. A
Geneva
Port Sulphur Plant and Town Rise on Tall Piles
The Freeport Sulphur plant at Port Sulphur Louisiana sits along Lake Grande Ecaille and is supported by 75 foot pilings driven into soggy land. The model town for workers includes homes a community house hospital school a lighted baseball diamond and a tennis court built on filled land above surrounding swamps.
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Freeport Sulphur Company
Port Sulphur
Lake Grande Ecaille
Bayou Country
Paul Bunyan Legends Across the Timber Regions
The article recalls Paul Bunyan as the heroic figure of American lumber camps from Michigan westward. Babe the blue ox accompanies him, reputedly large as forty two axe handles, with tobacco between the horns. Similar regional legends include John Henry and Tony Beaver.
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Paul Bunyan
Michigan
China
Babe
James Stephens
Esther Shephard
John Henry
Tony Beaver
Seeing the Wind by Observation of Refraction
A description of how to observe wind by holding a flat edge against it and sighting a white object. The method shows wind flowing over the edge like water over a dam due to irregular air densities causing refraction of light.
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Weather Bureau
A.dam
Bank of America staff to attend celebration at Golden Gate Expo
Bank of America staff members Arthur Wittenberg Ed Nikkel and Jim Beard will attend a California birthday party for Bank of America Day at Treasure Island next Saturday. The event gathers staff from 495 branches for a statewide hosts function and first-ever staff gathering. The program starts at 4 p.m. after the Admission day parade, with an open-air show and a 9 p.m. Cavalcade of the Golden West performance. A. P. Giannini and L. M. Giannini will participate in welcome ceremonies and a banks history dramatization. Softball from Bank of America clubs Peninsula and East Bay will cap the day with a noon title game.
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Arthur Wittenberg
Ed. Nikkel
Jim Beard
Bank of America
California
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Native Sons and Daughters
Eddie Fitzpatrick
Bank
Lake of the Nations
Golden West
A. P. Giannini
L. M. Giannini
Union Congregational Church Service and Activities
Alfred T. Chandler minister leads worship at 11 a.m. with sermon The Technique of Christian Living and guest Richard Hetz, and 9:30 a.m. for all ages. Christian Youth meets 7 p.m. on topics Using Available Resources led by Louis Starrh. Ladies Aid gathers Thursday at Mrs Neils Pedersen’s home. Everyone welcome.
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Richard Hetz
Christian Youth
Louis Starrh
Ladies Aid
Neils Pedersen
Mennonite Brethren Church Plans Kids Day Events
The Mennonite Brethren Church pastor H. D. Wiebe announces Children’s Day on September 10 at Jastro Park Bakersfield. Activities include Sunday school lunch, a 10 a.m. sermon, Christian Fellowship at 7 p.m. Bible reading and a regular service at 8 p.m.
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Mennonite Brothern Church
H. D
First Baptist Church Schedule and Sermons
The First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway lists Edgar H. McAllister as pastor with Bible school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent P. A. Schmidt. Morning service at 11 features a sermon by the pastor. Evening sermon at 8 p.m. by Mr. D. R. Gwin. Midweek prayer is Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible
A. Schmidt
Young People’s Societies
Prayer League
D. R. Gwin
St John’s Wasco Parish Times and Mass Schedule
St John’s Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco California pastor Owen McMullen. Sunday Masses are 6 30 a m and 8 30 a m Confessions are on Saturday at 7 p m.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway
Wasco
Calif
Owen McMullen
Women as Chair Coolies in Soochow Hills
Many chair coolies who carry sedan chairs up into the hills from Soochow, a Chinese beauty spot, are women. The note highlights gender roles among porters serving prestige locations.
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Soochow
China
Ants Foster Aphids Freeway To Sap, Study Says
Dr Julius Herzig of Breslau University notes that while ants deter some garden pests, they harbor aphids or plant lice, from which ants extract plant sap. A colony can transport a measurable amount of sap via these aphids, amounting to quarts over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Herzig
Breslau University
New Library Hours Announced For Shafter Area
The Shafter library will be open 9 to 12 in the morning 1 to 5 in the afternoon and 7 to 8 30 in the evening starting Monday. Mrs Thomas Wedge librarian announced the new hours and a list of books and authors follows.
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Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
Firemen Name Committees For Fall Dance
Fire department members appointed committees to organize a fall dance at the American Legion hall. Herb Neuman and Buck Osborn to secure a hall. Ralph Janzen Jack Hare and Art Craig to hire an orchestra. Tickets will be sold soon.
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Done Ween
American Legion Hall
Herb Neuman
Buck Osborn
Ralph Janzen
Jack Hare
Art Craig
France`s Antarctic Claim Ignored Local Wildlife Facts
An old proclamation by France claimed a portion of Antarctica and banned shooting polar bears within the territory though Collier's Weekly notes no land mammals inhabit the region. The article highlights a mismatch between claim language and the barren polar environment.
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France
Antarctica
Collier’s Weekly
South Polar
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Abraham Lincoln
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Deming
Butter Top Bakery
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Powell Tract
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Sill Ranch
North Shafter
J. F. Richert
Pacific Avenue
Bath
Martin Anderson
Pacific Street
Kolbenstetter Ranch
Central Ave
Lerdo
A. E. Buller
C. A. Unruh
Marengo Avenue
P. L. Arnold
Foust
Maple Shop
Aear
Munzer Street
H. L. Boyd
H. J. Ve
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Tife
Shafter Hatchery
Los Angeles St
Maple School
Poso
J. Rub
Consult
H. J. Harder
Central
Shafter and Vicinity
Comantic
Sonet
Moore-Cottrell, Inc
Naples Road
North Colliocton
N. Y
Elizabeth Zahniser
Hastings
Oak Street
First House
Griffith
W. H. Janssen
Golden West Avenue
Business Credit Bureau
Harder & Mougin
S. E. Steward
7Th St
Kenneth F. Goodman
Poplar St
Local Representatives State Farm Insurance Co
General Building Contractors
Oe Gy
H. John Harder
A. N. Mougin
M. A. Harder
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