Births and visits mark Shafter notes in Bakersfield paper
A series of local notices reports births including Linda Pearl to Mr and Mrs Jessie Bird and Vealta Edwina to Mr and Mrs Robert Nickel, each at Strauss Maternity Home. Other items chronicle weekend trips to Los Angeles and Nevada, visits by El Monte residents, a Shafter man improving after an accident, and legal sentences from the county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Pearl
Jessie Bird
Strauss
Shafter
Nevada
John Dalke
Menno
Siemens
Boulderdam
Las Vegas
Robert Nickel
Vealta Edwina
Frank Russell
James Dennis
Wasco
J. P. Howland
Bakersfield
Kite Contest Set for April 11 at Shafter Field
Eldon Sprayberry WPA director announces a local kite contest in Shafter on April 11 on the vacant Central avenue field opposite the high school. Three age divisions, homemade kites only, judged by altitude, appearance, design, and size. winners advance to Bakersfield county contest April 12. Clyde Jones leads WPA recreation. April 5 maker classes at high school and community sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Eldon Sprayberry
WPA
Central Avenue
Bakersfield
Clyde Jones
WPA Recreation Department
Jones
Caswell Mahoney
Shafter Farm
Forrest Blair
Alex Estavillo
Stolen Food Stamp Books Warn Grocers
The Farm Security Administration reports a break in at its Farmersville office where food stamp books were taken. Each book held $10 in orange stamps and $5 in blue surplus stamps, with numbers starting E-2383 and extending through listed ranges. Retailers are told not to accept these books and to notify authorities if presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Farmersville
Local Orators to Compete in Kern Bankers Contest
Youthful orators from ten Kern county high schools meet at East Bakersfield High School Bakersfield at 7 30 Wednesday evening April 9 to contest the county championship in the California Bankers Association public speaking event on The Responsibility of American Citizenship. A Shafter high school representative competes with entrants from Indian Wells Valley Union School Tiyo kern Kern County Union High School East Bakersfield Delano Maricopa McFarland Taft Tehachapi Wasco. The winner receives a gold medal and will enter the San Joaquin Valley competition late in April. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
East Bakersfield
Bakersfield
California” Bankers Association
Shafter High School
Indian ‘Wells“Valley Union School
Tiyokern
Kern County Union High School
Delano
Maricopa
McFarland
Taft
Tehachapi
Was¢o
San Joaquin Valley
Mettler Tops Tennis Ladder At High School
Ruben Mettler leads Shafter high school tennis ladder after three weeks of play and is rated as No 1 on the squad. The top eight represent the school in matches this season with eligibility to challenge the line above. Trailing players include Jack Wilcoxon Leland Bell Bob Curtis Harry Hofman Ray Mays and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Mettler
Shafter High School
R. L. Gates
Mettler
Jack Wilcoxon
Leland Bell
Bob Curtis
Harry Hofman
Ray Mays
Charles Potter
Calvin Gaede
Harvey Dahl
J. Rose
J. W. Westbrook
Ray Rose
Reports Heard At Shafter Business Men Luncheon Friday
At Tas cafe the Shafter Business Men’s association heard several cemetery plan considerations for Wasco. Henry C. Neufeld said data is being collected to enlarge the Shafter library. Joe W. Frizzell and Neufeld were named to push Lerdo road improvement west to Belridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Tas Cafe
A. W. Gaede
Wasco
Henry C. Neufeld
Shafter
Joe W. Frizzell
Neufeld
Lerdo Road
Belridge
Shafter Students Attend Wasco WPA Symphony Concert
Members of the Shafter high school band and Girls Glee club join other students for a Monday afternoon performance in Wasco by the Northern California WPA Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School Band and Girls’ Glee Club
Wasco
Northern
California
WPA Symphony
Shafter Athletes Headed to Kern Relays in Bakersfield
Shafter high school track squads enter Kern Relays with A B and C class entries. Rosie Daniels and Wilbert Kirschenmann headline events while Monty Montgomery names medley relay teams and sprinters for a busy Bakersfield program. Civil service jobs open listed at Shafter post office with John Roskam as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Bakersfield
Rosie” Daniels
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Doyle Bagley
Bakersfield High School
John Roskam
Shafter
Snakes Sold in Honolulu Chinese Shops for Rheumatism Cure
Dried snakes sold in Honolulu Chinese shops advertised as a remedy for rheumatism. A list includes A. J. Zimmerman noted as notary public and insurance counselor with public weighmaster and automobiles mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Teachers to Receive Leave During Military Draft in Shafter
Kern County Union High School district will grant leave of absence to teachers drafted for military training. Jobs will be kept open for them. Announcement made at Shafter High School following action by the district board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Union High School
Shafter High School
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A.J. Durhams
A. J. Durham Beame
Los Angels
J. W. Lassiter
Los Angeles
Cildale
GR. and
E. L. Rosserdet
J. E. Thomas
Jessie Birds
Geraldine Mundt
Erma McCoy
Violet Evans
el Tejon Hotel
Vilsis Mannel
Elsie Mannel
Alamedas
F. E. Mannel
Herb Schirmer
Eniny
Palm Springs
McClures
San Francisco
P. V. McClure
Paula Mae
Frank Russells
Red Bluff
Fred Engle
Joe Engle
Joe
Dorothy McKinney
Bear Mountain
San Jose
Beatrice Chandler
Alfred —T. Chandler
Miss Chandler
Dean James
C. DeVoss
San Jose State College
Art Craig
Sacramento
E. A. Weil
Mrs.Clair Dragoo
John P. Shultz
H. M. Martins
Tarzana
Laura Huorter
Glendale
C. L. Black
Shafter Public Utility _ district
August Kents
August Kent
Anna Louise
Canada
Jake Klassen
G. J. Siemens
J. J. Siemens
H. D. Wiebe
British Columbia
Exeter
Karl Wells
J. P. Glanzer
Glanzer
Aaron Glanzer
Art Regier
Jim Stone
Walt Regier
Odd Fellows Lodge
Make Crawford
Ruth Kormbdy
Mary Ditto
Sally Stys
Carol Pulcifer
Herman Steele
Mary Reid
Escalon
J. P. Hansen
Ed. Isaac
Mr. Isaac
Mrs
George. Isaac
Fred Desikielf
Tyro
Gene Wilson
White Spot
Junior Nickel
Farm Secretary
Ma Evartiel
Bankers
Business Men’‘s
Western Electric Quality
Bell Laboratories Research
Bell System
Howe — Cowry
NBC Red
TRE Pacific Telephone
20Th Street
Pelephore
Kern
Monty. Montgomery
L. F. Cornelius
Dudley Pasley
Robert Senn
Pasley
Glenn Bender
Cornelius
Wilgoxon
Daniels
Bender
Charles Harris
Kirschenmann
Calvin Newton
Richard Becker
Leroy Allen
Warren Baugh
Russell Stone
Gaede
Vic Alexander
Allen
Baugh
On Bagley
Allen Gaede
Merle Annis
Annis
Eldon Myrick
Murray Evans
Harold Cornelius
Bob Dodge
Billy Harrison
Evans
Harrison
Dodge
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Sunset Ave
Shafter, CA
Guney
Rsa
Safeway
Wright
Family Circle Magazine
ROYAL
Cudahy
Puritan
Cuddy
Jeley
Puritan Pichics
Au Safeway
Wilson
Barracuda
Halibut
Peng
Popeler
Guert
Oressino Kraft
Guthrie
Beverly
Eeroion
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