Illness Takes Mrs Stewart of Shafter
Edith Stewart 48 longtime Shafter resident died after a lengthy illness. She was wife of Rev Waldo W Stewart of Smiths Corner and mother of seven daughters and three sons. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 pm at the Pen Church of God with burial in Shafter Cemetery. Arm ing Mortuary in charge. Survived by husband three sons seven daughters two brothers three sisters and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Stewart
Shafter
Waldo W. Stewart
Smith's Corner
Pen- Church of God
Sturwood Phillips
E. L
Hill
Shafter Cemetery
Arming Mortuary
Oklahoma
Stew
Jackie
James
Dorothy
Caroline
Geraldine Art
Lorraine
Lola Phil
Juanita Hutler
Fres
Floyd Trent
Charles Trent
Bakersfield
Velma Tatum
Margaret Downing
Mattie
Richland School Opens with Orientation Conference
Waterman and Wanda Long lead the list of staff names as Richland School begins the new year with a three day pre-class conference. Bush to serve as assistant superintendent and principal of intermediate grades. Outside experts addressed faculty to orientate and plan the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterman
Wanda Long
Rachel Rolf
Henry Horneke
Joseph Norris
Fred Mason
Ralph H. Bush
Bush
Richland School
Crawford
Cotton Exchange Opens in Fresno With 100 Members
The west's first spot cotton exchange will be formally opened in Fresno with 11 a.m. ceremonies at the Fresno Cotton Exchange floor 1211 Broadway. The institution now includes 100 active members and 60 associates led by local and national merchants. Price quotations will come from E F Hutton and Company Schwa backer and Company and Dean Witter and Co. and spot data will be compiled from member purchases and sales. Notables from the national and local cotton communities will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Fresno Cotton Exchange
Fresno Board
New York
New Orleans
E. F. Hutton and Company
Schwa"backer and Company
Dean Witter and Co
Valley
Fresno
Broadway
Brothers Meet At Japan Base
The McNew brothers Dwain and William are stationed in Japan about 800 miles apart. Dwain, 23, with a tank division, has been in Japan since June after enlisting in February. William, 18, is assigned to an air base with an anti aircraft division, enlisted in November. William recently flew 800 miles to visit Dwain. Both attended Shafter High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNew
Dwain
William
Japan
S. B. McNew
Fresno Avenue
Owain
Shafter High School
18 Youths Win Certificates at Round-Up Club
Twenty eight Shafter youngsters received certificates as members of the summer Round-Up Reading Club at the branch library, marking the program’s conclusion Friday afternoon. Names include Evelyn Bowkie, Carl Dominey, Mary DeVincenzo, Kenneth Fox, Carol Hooks, Norma Hooks, and others. Mrs. Thomas Wedge, librarian, and Mrs. Hanley Witcher, assistant, reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Evelyn Bowkie
Carl Dominey
Mary DeVincenzo
Kenneth Fox
Carol Hooks
Norma Hooks
Kenneth Johnson
Nona’ Johnson
Johnny Kirkpatrick
Barbara Maupin
Dianna Mettler
Rosella Mettler
Earl Neuman
Alice Neumann
Robert Neumann
Vernon Partin
Kermit Prickett
Harvey Stone
Sailor Returns from Nine Month Far East Tour
E. W. Dirksen of Riverside Avenue has returned to the United States after a nine month Far East tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS Princeton. The announcement cited a state side homecoming following duty in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Dirksen
Riverside Ave
Princeton
Birthday Trail Through Mariposa To Hornitos Ride
The Joaquin Marietta Trail in Mariposa County leads travelers toward the historic Mo ther Lode town of Hornitos with a birthday themed emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariposa County
Hornitos
Mother Lode Country
Manweiler Elected Shafter Kiwanis President for 1940
Jack Manweiler elected president of the Shafter Kiwanis Club to take office January 1, succeeding William Lowe who serves on the board. Officers named include Harlin P. Wilson vice president Lee Thomas secretary and Ralph Gribble treasurer. New member Floyd Marks joins. Lowe remains on the board with other directors Albert Finkbeiner Melvin Parrett Les Williams Joseph Frizzell Russell Stickler Bert Ware Arras W. Wilson. Richard C Fe wel reelected president Kingsburg Cotton Oil Co Kingsburg Fresno County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Manweiler
North Shafter
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Manweiler
William Lowe
Harlin
P. Wilson
Lee Thomas
Ralph Gribble
Lowe
Albert Finkbeiner
Melvin Parrett
Les Williams
Joseph Frizzell
Russell Stickler
Bert Ware
Arras W. Wilson
Floyd Marks
Farm
City May Operate Own Dump in Shafter
City officials consider a municipal garbage dump to save fuel mileage for the Shafter area. Jack Harris, SPUD and city maintenance chief, seeks county health department approval to dig a 50 by 100 by 20 foot dump near the sewage farm to supply fill for a second waste drying reservoir. The council and SPUD favor the plan pending official permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Jack Harris
City
Council
Spud
Harris
County Health Department
Ninth and tenth grades led by 1948 Washington Missionary graduate
A 1948 Washington Missionary College graduate now heads the ninth and tenth grades for 75 students in 1914. He earned a master's from Pacific Union College this summer. The noon meal is run by the church home and school association led by Mrs. Victor Bowlie, with two cooks Mrs. Walter Zimmerman and Mrs. Clifford Gotfried assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Missionary College
Maryland
Pacific Union College
Home and School Association of the Church
Victor Bowlie
Walter Zimmerman
Clifford Gotfried
Two Shafter Graduates Enrolled at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Shafter High School graduates join 675 freshmen and transfers at California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo. Michael Bruce Crawford and Walter Wesley, both majoring in animal husbandry, are among the local entrants. Also entering from the area are Stanley Arthur Jones Aubrey Lynn Jenkins and Robert Lloyd Taylor with programs in animal husbandry and air conditioning and refrigeration engineering. The Kings Kaweah Tule Kern rivers rise in the Sierra Nevada in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
California State Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo
Michael Bruce Crawford
Kern Sr
Walter Wesley
Rio Bravo
Cal Poly
Stanley Arthur Jones
Buttonwillow
Aubrey Lynn Jenkins
Robert Lloyd Taylor
Wasco
Nazarene Church Welcomes New Pastor J Austin McNaught
The Church of the Nazarene greeted Rev. J. Austin McNaught and his family with a community welcome last week. A potluck supper at the county park followed by a linen shower honored the new pastor who arrived about three weeks ago from Sonoma County. He succeeds Rev. Orval Seago who has moved to Merced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Austin McNaught
Church of the Nazarene
Mr. McNaught
Sonoma County
Orval Seago
Merced
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Mrs. Stewart
Kern County
Dwain McNew
Far East
Happy
Herbert Neuman
John Keler
David Rub
Art Hemingson
Roy Paslay
George Gaede
Walter Bergen
W. B. Hawthorne
Oscar Rudd
F. G. Shaw
Manweiler Kiwanis Head
Richard C .Fewel
Kingsburg, Cotton Oil Company
Kingsburg
Fresno County
Waits Okeh
Ag School
Kings
Kaweah
Tule
Kern Rivers
High Sierra Nevada
Sequoia and
Kings Canyon
E.A. Stanley
Nazarene Church
J. A. McNaught
Donald O’connor
Del-Kern
Chrysler
NEW Yorker
Imperials
AND
Newports
LEO Meek Automobiles
Chester Avenue
Westinghouse Laundromat
U.S
Laundromat
Westinghouse Home Appliance & Furniture CO
Central Ave
Westinghouse
Studio One
Bryant
Delano
Arvin
Shafter, California
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