Shafter News Highlights Business Ties and Visits
High shipping inspectors from Sacramento visit Shafter to set up office space for federal state inspection. arrivals include J. Grafton and Bill Richards linked to potato harvests. Canal Zone visits, hospital recoveries, and a busy schedule of local trips and social events fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
W. R. Stay
Hugh Paterson
Bureau of Shipping Point Inspection
Sacramento
Stay
Inspection Service
Neufelds Return From Honeymoon Trip With Grapefruit Refusal
Mr and Mrs Abraham H Neufeld returned Friday from a honeymoon trip extending to Tiajuana Mexico. They stopped in Pasadena San Diego Catalina Island and Pismo Beach during the journey. One incident occurred in San Diego where they bought a dozen large grapefruit and were refused entry when attempting to bring them back across the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham H. Neufeld
Tiajuana
Mexico
Pasadena
San Diego
Catalina Island
Pismo Beach
Neufeld
New Clerk at Justesen's Joined Staff
Lawrence Baughman announces Jack Neufeld has joined the Justesen's staff. Dona Mae Baughman, daughter of the Baughmans, is convalescing from an illness. H. D. Leddy, newly appointed deputy district attorney, visits Shafter for county business. American Legion Auxiliary meets next Tuesday at the Legion hall. Sally Hester, former Shafter resident, has returned and is now in Bakersfield. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Stockton host Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Herdon of Merced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Ira Unruh
Mr. Unruh
E. F. Unruh
Cristobal
Shafter
Lodi
I. W. Koop
Minnie Stone
Aldine Janzén
H. R. Janzen
Bakersfield
Litle
Phylis Peters
J. J. Peters, Jr
Shafter Oil Field
Charles H. Hansen
Los Angeles
Hansen
Edith. Harris
Glenn O. Nay
Harris
Mrs. Nay
J. F. Dobbins
Southgate
Southland
Dobbins
Justesen's
Jack Neufeld
Justesen’s
Lawrence Baughman
Dona Mae Baughman
H. D. Leddy
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Sally Hester
Preparations for 1938 Potato Season Hit Peak
Preparations for the 1938 potato season have reached their peak as buyers flock to the area daily seeking quality spuds and solid market prospects. Local growers anticipate strong demand and steady prices amid harvest progress and cooperative efforts.
Santa Fe Advances 8000 Feet Of Storage Track And Refrigerated Cars
Shippers organize equipment as the Santa Fe completes 8000 feet of new storage track. Refrigerated cars for transporting the famous long white tubers are being readied in first class order. H R McNally reports Fresno 13000 refrigerator cars used last year to move Shafter spuds. Preparatory work includes thorough cleaning and a full mechanical check to ensure all parts are in A-1 condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
H. R. McNally
Fresno
Name Change Custom and Legal Basis in the United States
The article notes that individuals may change all or part of their name without legal obligation to use parental names, as long as the act is done in good faith and for an honest purpose. It discusses customary practice and legal permissiveness for name changes in the United States.
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United States
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Jack Grafton
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Grafton
Grafton- Jackman
Bill Richards
Richards
Albert Miller & Company
Bill Spud
Chicago
Pixley
Tulare Hospital
Aing
Vna
Mrs. Suess
J. P. Harris
L. A. Anderson
Reedley
Jacob Hiebert
H. W. Regier
Texas
Oklahoma
C. A. Merrill
Ruth
Kathryn Jean
Eloise
Weatherford
Merrills
Rio Bravo District
Merrill
Long Beach
Hugo Woth
McFarland
P. J. Guenther
San Jose
Betty Thomas
Thomas Wedge
Tulare
Jack Harris
Chico
H. T. Wiebe
J. C. Penner
James Livers
Amanda Johnson
Eileen Woodburn
Alfred T. Chandler
A. W. Eckmann
el Tejon Ranch
Shafter Folk
Ed. Weidenbach
Ben Stoller
Calvin Mettler
Ben Schnidt
Shafterites
D. W. Ferguson
Shafter-Wasco Potato Growers, Cooperative, Inc
Lossouth
J. J. Siemens
Harry Hopkins Shafter
Harry Hopkins
Taft
the Calloway
California High School Scholarship Federation
Eleanor Reimer
Luella Dahl
Lenora Witenberg
Reuben Mettler
Vivian Bartel
Louise Livers
Monna Latta
F. F. Latta
Daisy Blaettler
Amelia Cornell
Wm. Chernabaeff
D W. Ferguson
D. O. Moore
Maxine Moore
Bill Streeter
Bill Ramus
J. E. Klassen
Albert Flaming
Jacob J. Klassen
Mary Poetker
Poetker
D. T. Enns
Friends
Peter P. Rempel
Mennonite Brethren Church
O. T. Mast
Delano
Berkeley
Gordon Lindquist
Davis
Lloyd Mast
Angelenos
John A. Thiessen
Ann
Daisy
Waldo
E. J. Thiessen
Whittier
Paso Robles
San Francisco
R. Hanaford
Elsie
Hanaford
Annabelle Wedge
Long Beach Junior College
Wedge
Santa Cruz
Miss Wedge
Theodore F. Bayless
Roy Bayless
el Centro
Menno Siemens
G. G. Neufeld
Arthur Johnson
Baby
Steven
D. Mill
Stuart Nill
Nill
Ray Welch
Lost Hills
Welches
Frank L. Kinyon
L. Covell
Covell-Higby
Stockton
Covell
Ed. Brown
Norval Fair
Harvey Gaede
Jack Kliewer
M. B. Sewing Circle
Elizabeth Epp
P. C. Epp
Miss Epp
the Bible Institute of Los Angeles
M. A. S. Society
Gertrude Hamm
Redlands University
Murray Arnold
H.J. .D. Janzen
Darrel Janzen
Julius Zimmerman
Golden West and
Shafter Avenues
ICE Nagaeramee
Gaffers & Sattler
Home Appliance Co
Emil Stoller
Helen
James St
Merced
Marion Stockton
J. M. Herdon
Abwa 'St
Strom’s Shoe Shop
Truxtun
Not
Calif
Teas
Ives
Cooach Peters
Hanford
East Seventh St
Corcoran
Whitley Ave
John Deere
Killefer E LE Tourneau
Wises
Nineteenth St
Wasco
Seventh St
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