Richland PTA Plans Teachers Reception For September 24
The Richland PTA program committee and officers meet next Tuesday to set a tentative date of September 24 for a reception honoring district teachers. Mrs. Laurance Baughman heads the PTA as president with Mrs. Emil Bender as vice president, Miss Evelyn Marshall secretary and F. E. Shotwell treasurer. Committee chairs include Mrs. J. L. Hill lunchroom Mrs. O. T. Olson program Mrs. George Vannatta membership Mrs. Rose Willis student welfare Mrs. W. Pankratz magazine Mrs. H. Meacham publicity and Mrs. G. L. Starrh hospitality. Additional chairs will be named later.
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Richland
Richland P.ta
Laurance Baughman
P.T. A
Emil Bender
Evelyn Marshall
F. E. Shotwell
Kiwanians Hold Sewing Circle Meeting for Mission Sale
The M. B. Sewing Circle met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Glenn Bergthold home to finish fancy items for a mission sale set for Monday evening September 23. Mrs. John Balzer presided as plans were laid, with devotionals, refreshments, and a large group of attendees named.
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M. B. Sewing Circle
Glenn Bergthold
John Balzer
Loui Becker
Harvey Gaede
Dave Strauss
John Suderman
Leonard Gaede
Bill Bestwater
John Kliewer
Bill Siemens
Ruben Becker
Dave Schmide
Fay Whitney
Jona Frey
Abe Sparling
Abe Goertzen
Richland Teachers Entertained By Olsons Sunday
A tea Sunday in the Gribble garden on Golden West avenue welcomed new elementary faculty members of Richland. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Livers, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Squier, Mrs. Rose Willis, Miss Martha Gloeckler, Miss Jean Ramage, Miss Ruby Ann Williamson, Miss Edna Prieve, Miss Neva Rydin, Miss Evelyn Marshall, Miss Elizabeth Otto, and others, with Paul Hughes and F. E. Shotwell attending.
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Gribble
Golden West Avenue
W. A. Livers
Clifford Squier
Oda Peters
Rose Willis
Ida B. Engle
Martha Gloeckler
Mayme Brother
Jean Ramage
Ruby Ann Williamson
Edna Prieve
Neva Rydin
Evelyn Marshall
Elizabeth Otto
Erile Long
Ellamarie Crawford
Eunice Gains
Inez Griffith
Alice Ruttencutter
Louise Fairman
Hazel Johnson
Ruth Kennedy
Audrey Mitchell
Carrol Preston
Bernice Smith
Virginia Scheidecker
Paul Hughes
F. E. Shotwell
Camp Fire Girls Plan First Meeting of Season
Camp Fire Girls in the Shafter Farm Workers community will meet next Tuesday evening in the recreation hall at the camp. Mrs. Jane Midgley, guardian, announced the gathering and said work for the year will be planned at the initial meeting. The group was organized last year and is sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon club.
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Shafter Farm Workers
Jane Midgley
Guardian
Marriage of Betty Wall and Jim Camp in Reno Nevada
Miss Betty Wall and Jim Camp wed last Saturday in Reno Nevada. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Maurice Tice of Bakersfield, the groom son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Camp. Camp has long resided in the community and now farms in this district and the Lerdo area. The couple expect to reside in Bakersfield.
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Betty Wall
Jim Camp
Reno
Nevada
Maurice Tice
Bakersfield
Ae Son
S. A. Ca
Sir Camp
Lerdo
First monthly mothers and nurses conference set for tomorrow
Mrs. Glenn O Nay head of an Ameri can Legion Auxiliary committee announces the first monthly conference for mothers and nurses tomorrow from 1 to 3 PM at the American Legion hall. Kern County public health nurses will discuss feeding and habit training with mothers. Monthly sessions continue on the second Friday and well baby conferences on the fourth Friday with county health officials and doctors Lighthill and Gaede.
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American Legion Hall
Glenn O. Nay
American Legion
Leslie L. Robinson
Kern County Department of Public Health
Jack Lighthill
A. W. Gaede
M A S Members Honor New Officers Installed
New officers were installed and new members initiated at the M A S meeting held Thursday at the Ray Mettler home in Bakersfield. Seated were Mrs. Walter Bergen president Mrs. Harlin Wilson vice president Mrs. Ernest Schnidt secretary treasurer and Mrs. Harvey Gaede scribe. Mrs. Gaede received a gift as outgoing president. A birthday tribute adorned the table for Mrs. Walter Bergen and Mrs. Lawrence Annis with corsages handkerchiefs and birthday cakes.
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M.A.S
Ray Mettler
Bakersfield
Walter Bergen
Harlin Wilson
Ernest Schnidt
Harvey Gaede
Gaede
Lawrence Annis
Mesdames Albert Peters
Leonard Gaede
Nathan Williams
John
Election slated for Shafter Business and Professional Club
The Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club plans officer elections at today’s second noon lunch meeting at Ruhlmans. The first meeting drew 12 attendees including Mary Kelly and Katherine Stubblefield. weekly meetings and both noon and evening sessions are planned with community service aims and potential national affiliation. Miss Alice Euchante of Bakersfield attended as a guest.
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Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ruhlman’s
Mary Kelly
Katherine Stubblefield
Grace Everett
Koleta Osborn
Helen Fast
Les Hobson
Herb Schirmer
Alvera Enns
George Enns
Lorain Gaede
Lois L. Berry
Alice Echante
Bakersfield
Rio Bravo Community Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Grose relocate to Bakersfield after a week with Mrs Grose s parents Mr and Mrs E B Suy dam. Mr and Mrs Leonard Duck take the school grounds cottage. Duck is the principal. Carl Haag and daughter Jeannie return from a bay region trip. Oscar Rice and wife welcomed a son last Friday. J B Garrett and family move into the Rio Bravo school building. Garrett is the gardener. J E Haag and daughter May McBride visit Oregon. Several 4 H club members attend the 4 H convention and state fair in Davis led by Mrs Carl Haag. participants include Jettie Stevens Bobby Devlin Joyce Haag Phil Haag Kern County.
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Kenneth Grose
Bakersfield
Garrett
Rio Bravo School
J. E. Haag
May McBride
Oregon
Davis
Jettie Stevens
Bobby Devlin
Joyce
Phil Haag
Carl Haag
Kern County
Union Church announces services and youth meeting
The Union Church schedules Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Leona Vanatta directing religious education. Church service at 11 a m features a sermon When Spirit and Ethic Meet with James Livers on organ. Christian Youth meets at 7 p m for high school and junior college students.
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the Union Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Leona Vanatta
James Livers
Seventh Day Adventist Church Weekly Schedule
Friday night September 13 there is Young People s Missionary Volunteer Program at 8 p m Pastor L S Melendy invites all. Saturday September 14 Sabbath School begins 9 30 a m with Divine worship at 11 a m featuring guest speaker John Isaac. Wednesday September 18 Prayer Meeting at 8 p m All are welcome.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
L. S. Melendy
John Isaac
What is Worship and Why Become a Christian
First Mennonite Church schedules a 9:30 a m German sermon and 10 11 Sunday school. The 11 12 service features a choir and sermon What is Worship. Evening 7 7 45 includes Junior and Senior Endeavor and adult Bible reading. 8 9 singing and sermon Why Become a Christian. Christ calls unity beyond color race creed and class.
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First Mennonite
Mennonite Brethren Church Service Schedule
Mennonite Brethren Church announces H. D. Wiebe as pastor. Sunday 9 30 a m Sunday school with two departments. 11 a m preaching in German and 11 10 a m preaching in American. 6 45 p m prayer circle 7 p m Christian Fellowship and adult Bible reading. 8 p m evangelistic service. Midweek prayer 7 30 p m. All are cordially invited.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
H. D. Wiebe
Christian Fellowship
St. John's Catholic Church Mass Schedule
The church outlines a 9th Sunday Mass from 7 to 9 a.m. and confessions on Saturday at 7 p.m. Local parish announcements detail worship times.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Strategic South Tyrol Links Italy to Europe
The South Tyrol region in northern Italy connects the Italian peninsula to central Europe via the Brenner Pass. After World War I the 1919 peace treaty shifted lands from Austria to Italy, transferring Bolzano and Trento with over 200,000 Germans facing allegiance choices. Italy pushed aggressive Italianization, making Italian official, and changing place names including Bolzano and banning the term Tyrol.
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South Tyrol
Italy
Austria
St. Germain
Brenner Pass
Europe
Trento
Bolzano
Tyrolean
Tyrol
Air-Minded Spiders Aid Study of Insect Dispersal
Spiders without wings can ride air currents for long distances and are more common than winged insects in a Louisiana field study using insect traps. Spiderlings launch by releasing silk threads, some can reel in the filament to end flight, aiding pest control research and understanding insect movements.
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Louisiana
P. Glick
Exteriors embrace brighter hues in modern American homes
Traditional dull grays and browns give way to vivid colors for walls roofs and trims. Over the past decade roof shingles in rose red and blue green appear common while walls show white blues reds and shades such as coral beige chocolate and hunter green. A popular exhibit model features lemon yellow clapboard walls a blue roof and light yellow trim.
Doe Babe the tame deer roams Kellogg ranch near Yakima
A fawn found by the Kellogg children three years ago on their Yakima Washington ranch grew up unusually tame and now enters the Kellogg house. The deer named Babe appears to have been abandoned by its mother and remains in close contact with the family.
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A. H. Kellogg
Yakima
Wash
Kellogg House
Babe
Kellogg
Flooded artificial log flood damages Lewiston warehouse
A Lewiston Idaho warehouse was nearly ruined when 5090 tons of artificial logs made from compressed sawdust swelled after a faulty sprinkling system flooded the building. The logs pushed out the sides as the mass expanded.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Bad Men of Today Are Not So Tough
A reminiscence of early Northwest lawmen recounts ex Sheriff George Tindall and his successor Fred Thorp. Tindall fought cattle rustling, jailed 22 men in ten months, and led the cattlemen sheepmen war after aiding in the arrest of Wild Bill Hughes. Thorp, though quieter, shared contempt for modern criminals and could fight if needed.
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Conconally
Wash
Sweet Williams
George Tindall
Fred Thorp
Tindall
Oregon
U. S
Northwest
Judes
Wild Bill
Hughes
Thorp
West
Offer to Give Away Sons Leads to City Job for Father
Fred Mc Neil a WPA worker who offered to give away two of his five sons due to poverty will start work in Columbus city engineering next Tuesday. The position pays 80 to 100 dollars monthly and offers advancement prospects, after Mayor Floyd F Green learned of the family's plight.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fred McNeil
WPA
City of
McNeil
Floyd F. Green
City Engineering Department
Boulder Savs Train From Canyon Collapse
Passengers recount how a massive boulder beside the tracks kept a derailed train from plunging 300 feet into a rocky canyon bottom. The White Pass and Yukon railway car derailed in Skagway river canyon seven miles from Skagway Alaska. the rock miraculously held the entire train on the cliff edge.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Vancouver
White Pass
Yukon Route
Skagway River Canyon
Skagway
Alaska
Stocking Saver Foils Broadway Thief in Wages Heist
New York stage theft story notes a backstage robber pilfering weekly pay from male actors in The Weak Link. The lone exception is Peggy French, 18, who kept $80 in her stocking at the First City bank as wages for her role.
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New York
Peggy French
First City
Mayor Channeson Expected Home From Hospital
Mayor Phil Channeson is expected home next week after treatment for an arm injury sustained several months ago at a Sacramento hospital. Hunters plan a trip to Medicine Lake, with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Siemens and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peters departing Shafter Saturday and returning early next week. Miss Marian Harrison of the Shafter experiment farm will leave Monday for Pomona College in southern California for her second year. Members of Shafter’s Women’s Business and Professional club join Bakersfield’s W B P W in a home-coming meeting at El Tejon hotel.
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Phil Channeson
Sacramento
Medicine Lake
Jake Siemens
Ben Peters
Shafter
Pomona
Marian Harrison
George Harrison
Shafter Experiment Farm
Southern California
Pomona College
el Tejon
Bakersfield
Clerical Couple Arrives in Hillsboro for Tabor College Lectures
The Rev and Mrs William J Bestwater arrived in Hillsboro Kansas to spend the school year lecturing on the Bible at Tabor College reporting a fine trip east with no trouble Annabel Wedge and Harry Thompson left Shafter to marry in Yuma Arizona and head to Louisiana where Thompson will work for Superior Oil
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William J. Bestwater
Hillsboro
Kansas
Bestwater
Tabor College
Annabel Wedge
Tomas Wedge
Harry Thompson
Shafter
Yuma
Arizona
Louisiana
Thompson
Superior Oil
City Bowling League Forming Here
Organization of a city bowling league begins with a meeting at Cafe Newman, Tuesday October 1 at noon. Interested players should contact Bill Horner or Bill Neuman at the Cafe to join or form teams, as locals anticipate a top valley alley and active competition.
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Viley
Bob Newman
Newman
Bill Horner
Bill Neuman
Shafter
Bakersfield
Kiwanians Plan Annual Charity Show
Shafter Kiwanis members met at Ruhman's to plan their yearly charity event with Eugene Ford named as show committee chairman and Harvey Gaede and Al Anderson as members. The show type remains undecided but will likely be a home talent affair following last year's Frantic Follies at Shafter High School gym.
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Shafter Kiwanians
Ruhlman’s
Eugene Ford
Harvey Gaede
al Anderson
Shafter High School
Rabbit Changes Color In Snowshoe Rabbit Coat Change
The snowshoe rabbit sheds its fur twice yearly turning white in fall and brownish in spring. Its large hind feet grow thick hair in winter to help travel over deep snow.
University orange and white buses improve road safety
Austin college buses painted orange and white reflect UT colors, a choice aimed at raising visibility and preventing accidents, with supporters noting the high contrast helps drivers spot them more easily.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Come and Get it The stolen auto of Benton Purtle
A stolen automobile case centers on Benton Purtle as police seek leads. Investigators note the vehicle was taken recently and urge any witnesses or owners of similar cars to contact the station. No injuries reported.
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Benton Purtle
Richland School Opens With 1042 Enrollment
Richland school opened Tuesday with 1042 students and a smooth program. About 400 pupils eat at lunch. primary grades dismiss early while upper grades end at noon. Enrollment rises expected as families return from grape harvest areas. Seventh and eighth grades get more time in home economics and shop. Harvey to lead band and orchestra beginning next week.
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Richland
Wall Street
Lerdo High
Harvey
Two Books Arrive at Shafter Library
Two books received at Shafter library yesterday are America Faces South by T. B. Ybarra and New Design For Old Mexico by H. A. Phillips.
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Shafter Library
America
South
T. B. Ybarra
Old Mexico
H. A. Phillips
Cooking Plate Glass in Clay Pots
A historical note describes plate glass being produced by heating it in five foot diameter clay pots crafted from fine clay. The process likens the pots to high grade table china, indicating careful material selection and controlled cooking conditions.
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P.T.A. Meeting
M. B. Sewing Circle Mission Sale
Wasco
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Harry Wilkinson
Herb Midgley
S. L Wood
Joe W. Frizzell
W. E. Johnson
Bob Burns
Lew Ayres
Lloyd Nolan
Golden Fleecing
Jack Oakie
Peter Lorre
Camp Fire Girl
Betty Wall Jim Camp
Church News
Boulder
Canyon
Baijocalls
Bestwaters
Kiwanians
Re Sibaia
Fifth Avenue
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
Podner
Th’ Fairgrounds
Mammoth Western
Frontier
Silver Mounted
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