Ladies Aid of the Union Congregational entertains at new president home
Members of the Ladies Aid Christian Union Congregational church met last Thursday afternoon at the home of their new president Mrs J A Roscamp. Plans for the year were discussed in a business session and a program announced. Mrs Bessie Thomas congratulated Rev Alfred T Chandler on his upcoming marriage to Miss Madelyn Moody of San Pedro to be solemnized next Saturday at the First Methodist church in San Pedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of the Union
Congregational Church
J. A. Roscamp
San Pedro
First Methodist Church
C. G. Linquist
Oda Peters
Carlsbad Cavern
Mesdames
R. M. Bobst
E. Chinberg
Alma Penner Honored at Shower Before September Wedding
Miss Alma Penner was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted Thursday evening by Edna and Clara Nikkel and Mrs. Leland Bergman at the H. H. Nikkel home. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Penner and will wed Edward Nikkel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Nikkel, Monday September 29 at the Mennonite Brethren Church. The Rev. H. D. Wiebe will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Penner
Edna and
Clara Nikkel
Leland Bergman
H. H. Nikkel
Miss Penner
J. C. Penner
Mennonite Brethren-church-to-Edward
Edna Boese
Aldeen Boéese
Anna Fleishauer
Louise Bergthold
Vivian Bartel
Rosie Wiens
Agnes Koehn
Gertrude Wittenberg
Verna Balzer
Josephine Klassen
Ruth Warkentin
Gladys Breckenridge
Doris Funk
Esther Becker
Susie McCombs
Viola Penner
New Teachers Honored At Richland P T A Meeting
Richland elementary teachers were honored at the first season Richland P T A meeting held at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse. President Mrs Lawrence Baughman and program chair Mrs Wendall Allen led the event featuring a three act solo play The Post read and songs by Miss Betty Hamilton Bakersfield. The group announced a well baby clinic to be sponsored at the county camp south of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Elementary
Richland P.T. A
Laurence Baughman
P.T. A
Wendall Allen
James Trew
Sidney Thompson
Betty Hamilton
Shafter
Birthday Party Honors Langston Children on Sept Eleventh
Mrs. William Bender hosted a party at her home for Allen and Stanley Langston in honor of their seventh and fourth birthdays. The boys share a birthday on September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bender
Allen
Stanley Langston
Genevieve Seeger and Arthur Craig wed in Bakersfield
Genevieve Seeger of Bakersfield married Arthur Craig of Shafter in a double ring ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Bakersfield. Uncle Earl Burgess gave the bride. The couple plans a two week northern California honeymoon before Craig returns to head the Shafter county forestry department unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Seeger
Bakersfield
Arthur Craig
Shafter
John Murdock
First Presbyterian
Reeta R. Seeger
Effie Craig
Farmersville
Ilene Jobe
Dorbdthy Seeger
Mildred Maas
Mildred Wilson
Norma White
Craig
California
County Forestry Department
Mrs Elvin Schmidt Honored At Layette Shower
Mrs Elvin Schmidt was honored Sunday evening at a layette shower at the E B Stringham home with hostesses Mrs Stringham Mrs John Dalke and Mrs Ruth Janzen Wasco. Guests included Mrs Hughes Jack Janzen Bill Dalke Ed Dressler Katie Wiegum George Isaac E K Grant Buren Mayfield W W Tannahill Shafter and Mrs Ruth Bishop Miss Helen Meyers Wasco. Gifts were sent by Mesdames Les Hobson Menno Si mens and Art Stepp and Zola Mahoon and George Norin Wasco.
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Elvin Schmidt
E. B. Stringham
Stringham
John Dalke
Ruth Janzen
Wasco
Mesdames En
His “Hughes
Jack “Janzen
Bill Dalke
Ed. Dressler
Katie Wiegum
Maple PTA to convene at Maple School with Wheels Across India
Maple Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday evening at the Maple school auditorium at 8 o clock announced by Mrs Abe F Isaac president It will be the first meeting this fall After a brief business meeting a motion picture Wheels Across India and several musical selections are planned This week serving of lunches to Maple school children was started at the school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Parent-Teacher Association
Maple School
Abe F. Isaac
India
Maple
Family Reunion At Simon Peters Pismo Home
Family reunion at Simon Peters home in Pismo last Sunday brought many Shafter guests. Mr and Mrs Peters from Wasco hosted with a summer home in Pismo inviting relatives including Edward Peters and family Herbert Loewen and family Jacob Peters and son Robert Ben Peters J J Siemens Abe F Isaac Yohn Siemens Menno Siemens Ruben Siemens and others from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Peters
Pismo
Shafter
Peters
Wasco
Edward Peters
Herbert Loewen
Jacob J. Peters
Robert
Ben Peters
J. J. Siemens
Abe F. Isaac
Yohn Siemens
Menno Siemens
Ruben Siemens
Airfield Soldiers Attend Baptist Rally In Shafter
A group from the United States Army Air Corps basic training school near Shafter attended a Kern River Baptist Young People’s meeting at First Baptist Church Shafter. Rev. Paul Witeker of West Adams Baptist Church in Los Angeles spoke. Attendees came from Taft, Fellows, Buttonwillow, Bakersfield, Delano, Wasco, and Shafter. Cultural numbers by local performers and games were featured. The next meeting will be in Buttonwillow, date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Corps Basic Training School
Shafter
Edwin F. Kraemer
Kern River Baptist Young
People’s Association
First Baptist Church
Paul Witeker
West Adams Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Taft
Fellows
Buttonwillow
Bakersfield
Delaro
Wasco
Clarence Kattenhorn
Barbara Caldwell
Betty Lou Isaac
Evelyn Warkentine
Virginia Stone
Ol Games
Leon Smith
Rosalie—Hitchcock
Leon Voth
Wasec
Association
Forest timber sales in California region peak since 1931
Fiscal year 1941 marks the best year for national forest timber sales in California since 1931, reflecting strong procurement in the region. The report highlights sustained demand and healthy harvest activity across federal forests during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
California
Shower Held for Wasco Woman Bride-to-be Marjorie Wood
A Tuesday Wasco shower honored Marjorie Wood of Shafter prior to her marriage to Everett Devine. Attendees included local residents and family from Shafter and Wasco.
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Wasco
Herb Midgley Honored At Sunset Avenue Party
Herb Midgley was honored on his birthday at a Saturday evening party at the Midgley home on Sunset Avenue. Guests included Mr and Mrs Baldwin Handel E F Mellvain R B McClain Walter Poznoff and Ed Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Midgley
Midgley
Sunset Avenue
Messrs and ‘Mesdames Baldwin Handel
E. F. Mellvain
R. B. McClain
Walter Poznoff
Ed Brown
Southern California Republicans to host RNC chair in Los Angeles
Party leaders from across Southern California plan to meet Joseph Martin Jr., chairman of the Republican National Committee, in Los Angeles on September 24. He will speak at two large rallies, one at the Biltmore Bowl with about 1800 attendees and another by the Study Club, Second Baptist, anticipated to draw over 2000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Joseph ‘. Martin, Jr
Republican National Committee
Pacific Coast
Martin
Thomas H. Kuchel
Anaheim
Biltmore Bowl
Second Baptist
Generals Set Scrimmage With Delano As Wiedmann Out
Shafter High's Generals travel to Delano for a practice scrimmage tomorrow evening as they prepare for the season opener September 27 against Lancaster here. A knee injury to Merton Wiedmann may sideline him for the season. starting roles are unsettled with multiple players named for end, tackle, guard and backfield positions.
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Shafter High School Generals
Delano
Delano High School
Lancaster High School
Merton Wiedman
Monty Montgomery
Wiedmann
Montgomery
Ellis Hamlton
Ray Poston
Jack Muse
Gene Wilcoxon
Lloyd Suckitt
Albert Neal
Jim Albright
Teddy Pierce
Marvin Lane
Russell Stone
Richard Becker
Buel
Mouser
Pipe Laying Bids Considered Too High by Utility Board
Shafter Public Utility district directors tabled bids for laying a four inch main along the alley behind the First Mennonite church in the Wall tract. Two local bids were received but deemed excessive. Additional plans for the pipe, already purchased, are under review. Directors named H Midgley W Hitchcock and William Lachenmaier.
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Shafter Public Utility District
H. Midgley
W. H. Hitchcock
William Lachenmaier
Shatter Man Grows Seed Potatoes In Tehachapi
Edward Schnaitt grows 130 acres of potatoes in Tehachapi with 60 acres dug for seed. Seed potatoes supply the year round market expanding beyond spring. He sources seed from Washington near the Canadian border and stores about 40 acres in cold storage for seed use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shatter Man
Tehachapi
Edward Schnaidt
Los Angeles
Schnidt
Washington
Army air corps men start night school at Shafter High
Air Corps trainees at Shafter begin regular night classes in the high school gym under Monty Montgomery and Eugene Ford. Monday Tuesday and Thursday evenings are for soldiers with Wednesday open to civilians who may use the facilities. Calisthenics and various games are taught and the program may extend outdoors as demand grows. Registration for regular night school runs September 25 and 26 from 7 to 8 30 p m at the high school. Adult courses include bookkeeping typing elementary business English public speaking Spanish and physical education.
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United States
Army Air. ‘Corps
Shafter
Shafter High School
Monty Montgomery
Eugene Ford
Death of Leon C. Stone in Bakersfield wreck
Funeral services for 17 year old Leon C. Stone were held at the Church of the Nazarene in Bakersfield. Interment was in Delano cemetery beside his father who died in a similar accident. Stone, a student at East Bakersfield high, is survived by his mother six sisters and six brothers. Funeral arrangements were through Janzen Funeral Home in Shafter. He was a native of Oklahoma and had lived in Shafter Delano and Bakersfield.
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Leon C. Stone
Bakersfield
Church of the Nazarene
Duncan
Delano Cemetery
Janzen
Shafter
Oklahoma
Delano
East Bakersfield
Yuma Stone
el Monte
Eura
Eyell
Santa Maria
Inter-school six-man football eyed by Sierra League coaches
Sierra League coaches met at Shafter high school to consider six-man football as a option for smaller schools. They noted Maricopa dropped out due to lack of football material and discussed a Sierra League basketball schedule to be drawn up by Earl Goodell of Maricopa. Other general coach business followed.
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Shafter High School
Maricopa
Earl Goodell
Stress and strain in concrete and related concepts
The text explains that stress is pressure per square inch and strain is the deformation caused by stress. It uses analogies involving a boy with cramps and green apples to illustrate how measuring one quantity could infer the original cause.
World Largest Trout Story Prompts Fish Ladder Plan
Reno report claims record trout weigh up to 46% pounds and cannot reach spawning grounds in Truckee river. Nevada Indian irrigation works uses 250000 federal funds to build a fish ladder—an escalator-like system with ponds—to restore access for the giant Rain Bow lake trout.
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Reno
New
Nevada Indian Irrigation Works
Truckee
Pyramid Lake
Great Lakes
Wallace Beery
Herbert’ Hoover
Glenn
Pop”) Warner
Truckee River
Middle West
H. C. Dukes
Don C. Foster
Carson Indian Agency
Interior Department
Air Corps Recruit Narrowly Misses Cadet Age Cutoff
Salt Lake City report tells of Henry Clair Cutzen of Marysvale Utah who, within the 26 year age limit, passed final army exams but forgot to enlist. A rush call to his Utah farm and a frantic drive to enlist saved his flying career as he was nearly 27 and too old to fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clair Cutzen
Marysvale
Utah
Air Corps
Outzen
Bride Gone 20 Years Desertion Sparks Divorce
Hart ford Connecticut. Napolea Boisse, 45, was granted a divorce on grounds of desertion after telling Superior Court Judge Ernest C. Simpson he has not seen his wife since she left him 20 years ago on the church steps after the marriage. Boisse said his wife spoke the parting line then vanished. His lawyer said the wife’s family has heard nothing from her in two hundred years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Napolea
Farm program details cut soil depleting allotments in 1942
J R Bright Fresno Kern Counties officials announce the 1942 Triple A program at a district meeting. General soil depleting allotments are eliminated and payments discontinued except for special crops. New soil building allowances apply with rates per acre for cropland orchard vegetable and pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulare
Fresno
Kings
Kern
J. R. Bright
Kern County Agricultural Conservation Association
California
Brights
Bright
Farm Cropland Shifting to Soil-Conserving Use Plans
Bright says cropland will be converted to soil conserving use and new payment rates for compliance with special crop allotments will be announced later.
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Bright
Shafter Couple Camped with Friends Near Kernville
Mr and Mrs Dan Tucker spent Wednesday evening and night camping with friends above Kernville. They returned Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Tucker
Kernville
Farm receipts rise in seven western states in first half 1941
Farm receipts in the seven western states totalled 550000000 dollars in the first half of 1941, up 16 percent from the same period in 1940.
The Golden Gate Length and Width Noted
The article notes the Golden Gate spans three miles in length and one mile in width, outlining the historic harbor passage dimensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate
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Roscamp Home
Allen and
Layette
Marjorie Wood
Everett. Devine
Eugene Devine
Joseph W. Martin, JR
Generals
Salt Lake City
Army Air Corps
Robert Montgomery
San Francisco
Board OF State Harbor Commissioners
Bell System
the Pacific Telephone. and Telegraph Company
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