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Shafter Press in Shafter, California

01 Apr 1954

Page 9

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Shafter Press

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Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1954

Page

9

Sheriff Race Sparks Kern County Ballot Fight

Ballot excitement builds as ten candidates seek Kern County sheriff in a heated race. Incumbent Tom Kelly faces Roy Galven Harry Harty Lawrence Joris Frank X Behrens Oklahoma Roy Ellington John Loustalot Tiny Oliver Walter Muller and C J Valente. Congressional contenders Harlan Hagen from Hanford and Al Blain from Visalia spar over whether to elect a Republican aligned with Eisenhower or the Democratic incumbent.

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Eisenhower Congress Tom Kelly Kelly Kern County Roy Galven Harry Harty Lawrence Joris Frank X Behrens Oklahoma Roy Ellington John Loustalot Tiny Oliver Walter Muller C. J. Valente Harlan Hagen Hanford al Blain Visalia Hagen Blain
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Shomate Shafter Founded Shafter Store and Town

In 1914 Charlie Shomate arrived as the fourth Shafter resident and opened the town’s first store. The settlement grew rapidly as rail service arrived in 1917 and a post office opened with Shomate as first postmaster. The early business sold needles to threshing machinery and even distillate for gas engines.

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Shomate Kern Shafter Bakersfield Brock’s Self Gines King Lumber Wilson
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County Paul Newell San Francisco Bay Sacramento California West Poills Charles Shomate Earl Henry Norman House Stanley Newmann Wm. R. Dolan Sheriff's Office Robbie Blain Charlie Charles H. Shomate
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