Earliest Shafter Potatoes Loaded By Neuman Brothers
Digging began on a 28 acre field near town as Joe and Emanuel Neuman start the earliest Shafter potato season. Two car loads were shipped from Walker street with U S No 1 potatoes slightly under size A. Yield reported at 170 sacks per acre and industry expects size A after two more days growth.
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Joe
Emanuel Neuman
Wasco-Pond Road
Robert Neuman and Sons
Walker Street
Edison
Neuman
Bill, Bestwater
Saco
Shafter
City Election Here Tuesday
Voters in Shafter will decide next Tuesday if the city should be disincorporated in a special municipal election. Polls open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the American Legion hall with four regular city- consolidated precincts. Eligible voters within the city limits may cast ballots. election officers include inspector Gladys Crandall and judges Peter Schmidt and Katie Wiegum. Ballots read For disincorporation or Against disincorporation with standard marking space.
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Shafter
American Legion Hall
Notte
Gladys Crandall
Peter Schmidt
Katie Wiegum
Fern Gaede
Jewell Hakill
Hazel M. Frizzell
Food Stamp Depot Sought For Shafter
Kern county seeks a Shafter food stamp depot as local merchants report high stamp usage in the community. Officials from the Farm Security Administration are contacted by a business committee to establish a local redemption point for relief stamps and surplus foods.
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Farm Security Administration
Shafter
Shafter Business Men's Association
Kern County
Bakersfield
Stine
Laurence Baushmen
Richland School District to Buy Two Buses
Richland School District announces plans to purchase two new buses with seating for 50 and 64 passengers. Bids will be requested after final specifications are set, delivery aimed for September opening to improve student transportation and shorten time on school grounds.
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Richland
Board of
Harold Schnaidt Named Most Valuable Man
Harold Schnaidt has been named most valuable man on the Shafter high school Colonel basketball squad. Merle Annis is captain of the team.
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Harold Schnaidt
Shafter High School
Merle’ Annis Bondeary
Fi Tighter
Easter Blossoms Herald a Hopeful New World
A reflective piece by Jane Hant Mohr references springtime rebirth after rain and a polluted air, noting the aged forest and a tiny brook as witnesses to a greater conflict. It evokes faith and confidence in a new, better world emerging from past trials. The tone mirrors a period newspaper hopeful companion to Easter themes.
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Stan
Elliott Pushes Shafter Field Name for Army Air Field
Congressman Alfred J. Elliott acts to name the east of town air field Shafter Field. He contacts Major General E. S. Adams amid support from Shafter business groups, veterans and local organizations urging the name Shafter to honor General William Rufus Shafter.
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United States Army Air Field
Elliott
E. S. Adams
Adjutant General War Department
Washington, D. C
Shafter Business Men's Association
Shafter
William Rufus Shafter
Shafter Field
Shafeee Et Ae
Ate
Habate
Curtis No 4 Located by Superior Oil
Superior Oil company announced the location of Curtis No 4 in the Shafter field, 90 feet north and 830 feet west of the south quarter corner of Section 28, 28-25, on Robert W. Curtis property. Osborn 1-3 and Pasadena Realty No 3 reports noted drilling activity around 10:93 on Tuesday.
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Superior Oil Company
Curtie No
Shafter Field
Robert W. Curtis
Osborn
Pasadena Realty Com
Peess
Union Oil starts Pacific States well spud Monday
Union Oil spudded its Pacific States 32-33 well in the Shafter field on Monday and Tuesday, reaching 1,425 feet. The Northwest quarter of Section 33 marks the location at the field’s western edge.
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Union Oil Company
Shafter Field
Coles Levee
Union Stockdale
Shafter Men Depart for LA Induction Training
Four Shafter men left yesterday for Los Angeles to begin a year of military service under local draft board No. 137. Listed as volunteers were Richard Edward Gribble and Alton Rudolph Sullivan and as selectees Paul Irvin Enns and William R. Lachenmaier.
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Shafter
Los Angeles
United Pirates
Eee
Draft Board No
Richard Edward Gribble
Alton Rudolph Sullivan
Paul Irvin Enns
William R.lachenmaier
Unusual Weather Drenchs District With Rain and Wind
A Friday storm drenched the southern San Joaquin valley with 0.64 inches of rain and high winds that toppled trees and knocked out power in several areas. No major buildings were damaged, though the weather interrupted travel on the Grapevine to Bakersfield corridor. rainfall for the season reached 9.84 inches at Shafter Experiment Farm, higher than last year’s April total of 6.50 inches.
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Plymale
Bob Neuman
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Grapevine
Shafter Experiment Farm
Franchesi Wins Shafter Field Contract for Army Housing
Louis Franchesi of San Francisco secured a government contract to build housing for cadets, officers, and enlisted men at Shafter Field. Work moved equipment to the field with completion expected in 75 days. Engineer E. J. Teerink and Shields prepare foundations as grading and levelling proceed amid bids already opened at Sacramento.
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Louis Franchesi
San Francisco
of Shafter
Lerdon Road
United States Army Surveyors
Sacramento
Aing
Shields
Franchesi Construction Company
E. J. Teerink
Fresno
Franchesi Company
Sunnyvale
Moffett Field
United States Navy
Army “Command
Shafter
Lerdo Road
Firehouse Construction Advances Under WPA Plan
Construction on a county and state funded fire suppression facility begins on Santa Fe way. The adobe building measures 65 by 30 feet with a 30 by 30-foot engine room, a 25 by 22 foot hall, living quarters, and an eight-foot front porch. Completion is targeted for July.
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County
Shatter _ Ranger station
Santa Fe Way
New Classes Planned for High School Next Year
Planned offerings include physics with Lloyd Pack as instructor, a trade mathematics course with unnamed teacher, two new mechanical drawing classes for freshmen under F F Latta, freshmen English and an introduction to high school combined into a two hour course. History classes increase, advanced foods by Miss Martha Wedin, corrective physical education for girls under Miss Sarah, and R L Gates to coach girls teams alongside boys next season.
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Lloyd Pack
F. F. Latta
Martha Wedin
Sarah
R. L. Gates
Twenty Six Baptized at Fodor Rothey Church
Twenty six persons were baptized at Fodor Rothey church with a pastor and congregation witnessing the rite. The event marked a day of religious dedication in the community.
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Fodor Rothey
Pheasants Promised for Shafter District
August Bade state game farm director and Les Arnold county game warden visited Shafter to confer with conservation-minded residents about at least 208 pheasants and possibly quail to be planted this season. Plantings will be determined by local sportsmen and birds will come from Kern River park rearing pens run by the Kern County Fish and Game association. The North Kern unit of the association aims to boost plantings across northern Kern County with several Shafter men as members.
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Shafter
August Bade
Les Arnold
Kern River Park
Kern County Fish and Game Association
Kern County
North Kern
The
County Fish and Game Association
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Ck PF
Alfred J. Elliott
Curtis No. 4
Superior Oil
UNION
Lerdo
Army Surveyors
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