Social Realm Gatherings Highlight Local Teachers and Guests
A summer wedding group including Mr and Mrs Warren Thompson and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pack attended a Shafter high school faculty party at the school. New staff Brinegar and Burford helped host with games and prizes. a reception for Richland teachers is planned by the Richland PTA.
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Warren ‘Thompson
Lloyd
Pack
Wesley R. Burford
John B. Brinegar
Shafter High School
Burford
Brinegar
Lloyd Pack
Glenn O. Nay
Mesers
Mesdames Thompson
Monty Montgomery
Eugene Ford
E. P. Jones
Bill Rodgers
Lena Shultz
Martha Wedin
Wrasquita Sullivan
Ruth Graham
Sarah Stys
Mesdannes
Amelia Cornell
Holger Hansen
Ed DeMello
Mayme Brother to Speak at Shafter Club Meeting
Mayme Brother will recount a summer trip to Cuba at tonight’s Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club gathering at Motel Canelo. A business session is planned and tentative plans for a future Hawaiian dance are expected. twenty five new members are joining the club.
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Mayme
Cuba
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Motel Canelo
Baptist Young People Rally Set Friday in Shafter
The Kern River Baptist Young People's association holds its first fall rally at First Baptist Church in Shafter at 7 45 p m. Loren Voth of Wasco presides as county wide group of about 125 attendees from all county Baptist churches gather to plan winter activities.
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Kern River
Layette Shower Honors Mrs. Mayfield at Home
Mrs. Buren Mayfield was honored Sunday afternoon at her home as friends gathered for a layette shower. Arranging the event was Mrs. Ennis Hughes. Attending were Mesdames Karlie Weigan George Isaac E K Grant Menno Siemens Ellen Smith Darrell Janzen E R Stringham George Norin Max McKinley Lorent Patterson Ethel McCarty Joan Patke E A Weil. The Paris museum displays an emerald once in the mitre of Pope Julius II who died in 1513.
Hillsboro guests entertained at Unruh home
Miss Celeste Schroeder and Frances Unruh of Hillsboro Kansas were guests at a dinner hosted Sunday at the J. E. Unruh home in Shafter. Attendants included Mrs. Ervin Nickel and Mrs. Wiens of Bakersfield Gaede and Waldo Unruh of Shafter, Mr. Harry Buller of Reedley and Elmer Unruh of Shafter.
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Celeste Schroeder
Frances Unruh
Hillsboro
Kansas
J.E. Unruh
Shafter
Dames Ervin Nickel
Anes ‘Wiens
Bakersfield
Gaede
Waldo Unrih
Harry Buller
Reedley
Elmer Unruh
Shafter Junior Women's Club Plans Season Meeting
The first season meeting of the Shafter Junior Women's Club is set for September 17 at 7 30 p m at the Wednesday afternoon clubhouse. Miss Lena Shultz, club president, announced the event to members this week. The program for the coming season and social events will be discussed. The club was organized earlier this year.
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Shafter
Lena Shultz
Couple United In Marriage At Las Vegas
Myron Dale Annis and Louise Wilma Robbins united in marriage in a Las Vegas ceremony held Sunday August 24. The couple traveled to Las Vegas with Mr and Mrs Frank Annis for the wedding.
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Las Vegas
Myron Dale Annis
Louise Wilma Robbins
Nevada
Frank Annis
Blue eyed pilots in U S armed forces study
A partially legible article argues blue eyes influence steadiness and nerve tone. It cites the Better Vision Institute claiming over seventy five percent of pilots in the U S air forces have blue eyes and links this to perceived nerve strength.
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Better Vision Institute
Prophecy Seen In Hopi Writing
In Phoenix the Hopi chiefs Dan Katchongwa and James Pongongma defend youths who refused draft registration by citing a sacred stone prophecy. They warn Hopi to stay out of the white man’s quarrel and say the coming fight will place all peoples in equal position. They read a legend predicting universal equality and warn against aiding any side.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Europe
United States
Dan Katchongwa
James ‘Pongonyuma
Katchangva
Katchongwa
Pongongma
Hirst
Katchongva
Housewife 74 Receives 1885 Arts Diploma Across States
Ogden Utah Mrs Lilliebell McChesney Falck aged 74 who attended an Iowa college now holds a bachelor of arts degree awarded by a South Dakota college and presented in Utah The journey began 56 years ago when she graduated from Burlington College Iowa The Burlington class of 1885 was later moved to Sioux Falls College South Dakota and the degree ended up conferred at Weber Junior College Utah
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Ogden
Utah
Lilliebell McChesney Falck
Iowa
South Dakota
Weber Junior College
Burlington College
Burlington
We. Aw Miappantbasinis
Sioux Falls College
Burlington. Com
Woman's Bid Is Lowest For Rural Mail Route
COWLESVILLE N Y The mail routes between here and Alden have few women carriers in western New York. A woman has been appointed for the route replacing Herbert Merlau who has carried the mail for the past four years.
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Cowlesville
N. Y
Here
Alden
New York
Zeote
Sabato
Miss Tingler
Herbert Merlau
Ash man praised for Christian conduct after misadventure
In a storied exchange a boy defends a man who, while unloading ashes at Mrs Smith's house, tipped a wooden barrel. The accident soaked him, he sat in the gutter and prayed, praising the man’s faith as a good Christian in the face of misfortune.
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Mttle Johniy
Standers at the Bus Door Echo Courteous Exchange
A girl boards a crowded bus and insists on standing as seats are full. A gentleman offers to help her exit, but she declines both offers, thanking him and preferring to remain standing. The scene captures awkward politeness amid a packed vehicle.
Salesman and grocer discuss berries in-box sales
A brief exchange has a buyer praising the arrangement of large berries on top to avoid hunting through the box. The grocer agrees that this placement saves effort.
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Grocer
I'm In an awful mess over a threatened letter
A humorous dialogue has a man confessing to a friend that a letter from a jealous suitor threatens to shoot him if he keeps dating the man’s wife. The threatened man laments losing four dates this week because the writer did not sign his name.
Mind Reader Strikes Man After Thought Claim
The man recalls a demonstration by a so called thought reader who touched his head and then punched him in the nose. The performer justified the blow by saying the man had thought he was a fool and the thought reader refuses to let anyone think otherwise.
Mysterious Youth Seeks Work at Doorstep
A lanky youth dressed in dark clothing asked Mrs. Smith for a job offer. He spoke in a thick dialect, saying he sought someone who needs help and implied a crime or deception by asking if anyone would hinder another from doing nothing.
Witty Exchange Over Hats Darkens Quiet Afternoon
A light kitchen-table quip turns playful as a wife teases that her new hat changes her look while her husband jokes that it has stretched his patience and profile. The banter captures domestic humor in a domestic setting.
Open Season Call Sparks Quick Birdie Rally
Gridiron chatter erupts as players hurry onto the field responding to a shouted cue about the new season. The scene captures anticipation and readiness among teammates and coaches for the upcoming schedule.
Deacon Jones Awakens During Sermon Ending
In a church scene the deacon wakes with a start as the minister declares the service will close with a short prayer. The startled deacon claims it was not his turn to lead and asserts he did not intend to take the lead role.
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Deacon Jones
Before Marriage John Quarrel Over Salary
A dialogue reveals a dispute about wages before marriage. The bride asserts the fiancé claimed a higher earning than what the firm pays. He counters that his value is $100 weekly while the firm offers $25. The exchange highlights financial strain affecting wedding plans.
Army Men to Start Physical Education at Shafter High
Army airfield personnel stationed five minutes east of Shafter and civilians will begin physical education classes Monday at Shafter High School gym. Monty Montgomery and Eugene Ford lead, with badminton and volleyball as regular activities and basketball to be added later. The gym opens at 7 pm four nights weekly, with airfield personnel invited Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday sessions target locals. civilians may attend with army groups. Additional night classes planned early October and may include Spanish and business courses.
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United States Army
Shafter
Shafter High School
Monty Montgomery
Eugene Ford
Air Corps
Ford
Grass in Diet Prompts Health Boost Aims
New York reports study by the American Chemical Society showing grass packs more vitamins per pound than fruits and vegetables. A defense program eyes grass as a key nutrient, with the national food industry urged to promote edible grass to improve public health.
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New York
American Chemical Society
William Pellowes Morgan Jr
Cometry
Ancient Indians burying hunting dogs on Cayuga Island
Rochester Museum archaeologist William A. Ritchie reports on Frontenac island in Cayuga Lake where 25 human burials date about 15 centuries ago and include several large hunting dogs. Two graves contain only dogs, and others show pets buried beside their owners, suggesting high regard for canine companions.
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New York
William A. Ritchie
Rochester Museum of Arts
Frontenac Island
Cayuga Lake
New York State
Ritchie
College Fun in Old Days Was Strenuously Hard
Diary fragment from Delavan Daniel Dean Colgate 77 recalls a strenuous university social scene. Entry notes May Monday travels from Hamilton and an evening gathering at the old barn with about 100 students and William Durant Richardson. The tone contrasts past leisure with laborious recreation.
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Eauw Mae
W Malena
Delavan
Daniel Dean
Colgate
Hamilton
Eaton
Richardson
William Durant Richardson
Church Services Across Local Pacific Congregations
The notice lists M B Church at 400 Kern with German and American preaching, youth and prayer activities. First Mennonite Church led by Edgar E Toews with Sunday school and a German Bible study. and John’s Catholic Church at Broadway and 9th Streets Wasco with summer Masses at 7 and 9 a.m. and Saturday confessions at 7 p.m.
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Kern
H. D. Wiebe
Christian Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
Edgar E. Toews
John Unruh
Los Angeles
John's Catholic Church
Broadway and
9Th Streets
Wasco
California
Owen McMullan
Christian Science Society Services Holy Substance Lesson
The Christian Science Society at Sixth and E streets Boston Mass offers Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m A Wednesday meeting occurs the first Wednesday each month at 8 o'clock The Sunday Lesson Sermon centers on Substance with Golden Text from First Corinthians and selections from Genesis Psalms and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
E Streets
Paul
Corinthians
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
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