Autumn in town shown in window displays and notices
The column notes autumn scents and fashion, highlights Violet Hemingson and Art in stylish shop windows, praises community ties with civic and church activities, mentions Mrs Hemingson singing with the Mother Singers, Virginia Brownell organizing the Woman's Club opening, and Miss Schumaker at a PTA reception. It ends with school events and a nudge to meet next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Hemingson
Violet
Art
Last Rites Held For Jacob Becker
Final services for Jacob H. Becker were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Brethren church. He died Tuesday evening last week after a long life of ranching and carpentry in Shafter California and Oklahoma. Interment was in Shafter Cemetery with a male quartet performing. Becker, born May 27 1865 in Southern Russia, settled in 1918 in Shafter helping establish the Mennonite Brethren church. He and Florentine Schultz married 1885 in Hillsboro Kansas and celebrated a Golden Anniversary in 1935. He leaves five sons five daughters 36 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren along with siblings and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Becker
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo Wiebe
J. J. Wiebe
Reedley
Leo Heinrichs
Theo
Heinrichs
Gene Enns
Arnold Bergen
Jesus
Charlene Kroeker
Shafter Cemetery
Flickinger-Janzen Funeral Home
Messrs
Gus Weyand
H. D. Peters
F. C. Penner
J. E. Bergen
P. H. Kroeker
J. R. Bergen
Russia
U.S
Becker
Florentine Schultz
Hillsboro
Kansas
Cherokee Strip
Fairview
Oklahoma
Shafter
Beckers
Acacia Street
Jacob
San Jose
Ed J
John L
Oakland
Otto W
F. Ruben
Mesdames Florentine Neufeld
Margaret Patoski
Oildale
Adeline Unruh
Dinuba
Bertha Neufeld
Emma Fast
Buttonwillow Hosts Lamont Festival for Local Girls
Buttonwillow residents plan a weekend Lamont Festival for girls, backed by the Chamber of Commerce, Lion's Club, American Legion and affiliates. A moth-eaten dance, booths and prizes are set for Friday and Saturday starting at 7:00 PM with pink lemonade and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Chamber of Commerce
Lion’s Club
American Legion, Legion Auxiliary
Local B Grid Team Lines Up Prospects at Shafter
The Shafter high school lightweight team shows talent in the backfield with freshmen stepping up to fill gaps left by players advancing to the A team. Returning starters include Merz on the line and Tudor at guard with Beach Schmidt and Rice guiding the backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Bob Merz
Princeé
Hughes
Wilson
Brewer
Tudor
Merz
Black
Beach
Schmidt
Rice
Rev. Robert Cleland Dies Suddenly in the East
Wasco friends learn of the sudden death of Rev. Robert Cleland former pastor of the Congregational Church in Wasco. He had been ill in late summer and resigned about a year ago to pursue pre medical training. His wife Louisa and son Ronald remain in Compton with her parents. survivors include his parents and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasco
Mid-West
Robert Cleland
Cleland
Congregational Church
Compton
Louisa Cleland
Ronald
Early Shafter Resident Alma Partridge Dies in Bakersfield
Alma Partridge longtime Shafter resident died at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield on Tuesday September 20 at 1 30 am after ten days in hospital. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home Wasco Friday at 2 pm officiated by Reverend Elmer Windisch with burial in Union Cemetery. Born June 16 1881 she came to Shafter with husband Ralph W Partridge and three daughters in 1917 later moved to Wasco. Survivors include daughters Mrs James Rosenstiel Mrs R Codd of Shafter and Mrs Henry Adams of Wasco three sisters Mrs Cara Peters Mrs John Rogers of Wasco and Mrs John Fox of Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma’ Partridge
Shafter
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Jones
Wasco
Elmer Windisch
Local man nabbed for escaping jail
Billy Ray Edwards of Shafter was arrested by Kern County Deputy Sheriff John Delanty at the Los Angeles County Jail for escaping from Kern County Jail where he was serving a sentence. Los Angeles officers had taken Edwards into custody and notified Kern Sheriff's officers that they had the wanted man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ray Edwards
Shafter
Kern County
John Delanty
Los Angeles
Edwards
Kern
Card of Thanks for June Leach Fast’s Passing
The family expresses sincere gratitude to those who assisted during the untimely death of June Leach Fast. Special thanks are given to Rev. B E Andrews the blood donors pallbearers and named individuals including Fred Starrh Bob Peters Bob Paronoff Don Zachary Vic Bender George Cooper Richard Fast and Mr and Mrs Floyd Fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Andrews
Fred Starrh
Bob Peters
Bob Paronoff
Don Zachary
Vic Bender
George Cooper
Richard
Fast
Floyd
Leach
H. D. Fast
Family lines through Wasco and Long Beach noted
A Wasco based family network includes brother Harry Helsey and Barnard Lohr, with grandchildren Mrs William Becker of Long Beach and Misses Jacquelyn and Mary Jean Codd of Shafter, plus great grandson Milton William Becker of Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Helsey
Wasco
John William Becker
Long Beach
Barnard Lohr
Jacquelyn
Mary Jean Codd
Ettie Lewis Pioneer Resident Dies at 64
Mrs Ettie Blanche Lewis born February 12 1885 in Christiana Tennessee died September 3 1949 at 64 She moved with her family to Texas Oklahoma Portales New Mexico and California where she spent her final years She married John Burton Lewis in Lexington Oklahoma and had son Adrian Edward Lewis in 1908 Her survivors include sisters Eva Howard and Claudia Tate grandchildren Roland Burton Lewis and Theolyne Ann Lewis and many nieces and nephews She was active in the Rosedale Grange and Rio Bravo P T A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Blanche Lewis
Christiana
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Church of Christ
John Burton Lewis
Lexington
Portales
New Mexico
Adrian Edward Lewis
Rosedale Grange
Rio Bravo
P.T.A
Albert Strauss Former Local Man 10 Yrs Passes
Albert A. Strauss, a former Shafter resident who lived in Long Beach since 1937, died yesterday at 46. Services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Mennonite Brethren church with Rev. Waldo Wiebe and Rev. P. N. Herbert officiating. Burial in Shafter Cemetery. Survived by widow Mable of Long Beach, son Jerry and daughter Jo Ann, both of Long Beach. brother Dave in Shafter. mother Mrs. H. D. Peters. Pallbearers listed as John Unk and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Strauss
Shafter
Long Beach
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo, Wiebe
P. N. Herbert
Los Angeles
Shafter Cemetery
Strauss
Canada
The
Bible Institute of
Mable Strauss
Gale Ave
Jerry Strauss
Jo Ann Strauss
Dave Strauss
H. D. Peters
John UN
Body of Donald Sephus Due Sunday
Word was received that the remains of Pfe. Donald Sephus will be returned Sunday at 11:50 a.m. by Santa Fe train. Funeral arrangements are pending. Sephus was accidentally killed in Germany last month during U S Army maneuvers. He was the son of Ross L Sephus who resided in the North Shafter Farm Labor Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe. Donald
Sephus
Santa Fe
Germany
U. S. Army
Ross L. Sephus
North Shafter Farm
Scout Troop Receives Charter Tonight
The local Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Kiwanis club will have its formal charter presentation at a special meeting of the troop and friends. The event kicks off a busy winter season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kiwanis Club
Music Supervisors Named for Local Event
Ruh, Isaac Strauss, Jake Neufeld, Al Carber, John Peters, and Geo Nikkel named as organizers with Arnold Bergen overseeing music duties for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruh
Isaac Strauss
Jake Neufeld
al Carber
John Peters
Geo. Nikkel
Arnold Bergen
Inhalator Demonstration At Shafter Kiwanis Meeting
Ver non Pierce of the city fire department demonstrated the resuscitator apparatus purchased by the fire department during the regular Shafter Kiwanis meeting. Two teachers from Shafter high school, Burley Dooley and Ernest Graf, were inducted into the club. Visiting Kiwanians included Dewey Annis Dan Morgan and Frank McMahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Vernon Pierce
City Fire Dept
Kiwanis
Pierce
City Fire Department
Burley
Dooley
Ernest Graf
Shafter High School
Art Hemingson
Graf
Ralph Gribble
Long Beach
Art Henminson
Bert Ware
Ray Rose
Hanley Witcher
Dewey Annis
Dan Morgan
Bakersfield
Frank Mce- Mahan
Taft
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Iceland
California
Edith Welty
East
Jack Hill
Butch” Ewen
Jacob Becker
Buttonwillow Fetes
Rev
Ettie Lewis
Albert Strauss
Donald Sephus
Shafter High
Bksfld
Porterville J.-C
Loyola
College of Pacific
Iowa
E. Brsild
Ventura Hi
Delano-Corcoran High
U.S. C.-Navy
Cal
St. Mary’s
Adv
Stanford
Harvard
Fresno State
Cal Poly
Washington-Minn
Oregon
Idaho
Joe's Topper Bakery
de Lux
Washington
Minnesota
Meet of Kiwanis Club
Cafe Neuman
Central Avenue
CAL. Poly
Wittenberg’s Poultry & Fish Market
Taft J. C
Ventura
J.C
Lee
Central Hardware Co
NAVY
Flickinger-Janzen Ambulance Service
Delano High
Corcoran
Shafter Motel
Lerdo
East Besfld
Ventura High
Post Office
Shafter Highway
Bakersfield College
Porterville
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