Wheeler Furniture Expands with Delano Store Opening
The Wheeler group opens a fourth outlet in Delano joining Shafter Porterville and Corcoran locations. Founder J E Wheeler began in Porterville in 1944 after roles at Montgomery Ward Price Furniture and McMahan's. His son Jarvis serves as merchandising and promotional manager for Delano and Shafter stores. Wheeler hobbies include hunting and fishing.
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Wheelers
Delano
Wheeler Group
Shafter
Porterville
Corcoran
J. E. Wheeler
Montgomery Ward
Price Furniture
McMahan’s
Fresno
Stamps Quartet
Music Company of
Dallas
Tularea County
Wheeler
Mercedeeler County
Texas
Jarvis
Shafters
Senior Career Day Program Highlights Tours and Speakers
Frank Connors urged students to strive for excellence in any job, noting employers favor dedicated workers. The event featured sessions on stenography futures, Kern County Welfare input, and service options with Army Navy WAF WAC reps. Tours included United Airlines Lockheed Pacific Air and local Wasco sites. PTA president Mrs. Siemens aided logistics.
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Frank Connors
Emploment Service
Army
Navy
WAF
WAC
Mary Ann Bohen
Bobbie Smith
Frank Marsella
James de LaCerna
United Airlines
Lockheed Aircraft
Pacific Bi Arin
Kern
Wasco and
J. Siemens
Shafter High School
PTA
Sidney Ott
Grant W. Jensen
Amelia Cornell
California legislators hail productive session and liquor reform
Assemblyman H W Pat Kelly of Shafter and Assemblywoman Dorothy Donahoe of Bakersfield say the legislature’s final session was productive within constitutional budget limits. They highlight a $1.4 billion budget, approval of a metals standardization measure, and passage of liquor control reforms replacing the Board of Equalization with a liquor administrator and an appeals board, with voter decision expected in November.
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H.W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Dorothy M. Donahoe
Bakersfieldd
California
Goodwin Knight
Knight
Kern
U. S. General Services Administration
Senate
Assembly
Board of Equalization
Kelly
Miss Donahoe
Kern County wildflowers near end of season noted
Kern County wildflowers display fading color due to lack of rain and warmer weather. Scouts report scenic spots in Granite Station Woody areas and along White Wolf Grade east of Arvin with poppies owl s clover and popcorn flowers. Joshua trees near Cameron between Mojave and Tehachapi praised as tourist draw but overall displays growing scarce.
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Kern County
County Board of Trade
Granite
Boardfield
White Wolf
Arvin
Keck’s Corner
Highway 456
Victor L. Smyth
Mojave
Cameron
Tehachapi
Shafter High Government Gains Statewide Attention
The Shafter High student government system received state wide publicity in the California Teachers Association Journal for April. An article by Sidney R. describes the school's first two party election process started in January with a student set government and conventions. accompanying photo shows students with banners.
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Shafter High
California Teachers’ Association Journal
Sidney R
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