Shafter's Growing Pains Mark Town's Expansion
Reporter notes Shafter's rapid growth with new housing parks and parks, a model city for migratory workers, oil field activity near town, plus a new post office and expanded school and business districts. Projected sewer system and warehouses boost trade area as confidence rises. This growth is called growing pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Don
Julin Stree
Elliot
Taft Hanford Highway
Shafter
In A
Shafter Park
The
Fed
Eral
Greeley
Ae Pee
Shipping
Ind
Central Avenue
PWA
Maple School District
Shafter High School
Richland Grammar School
She Was with Me Long Fair Wife of Mine
The narrator recalls a loved one described as youthful and bright despite others seeing age. He emphasizes her enduring beauty and memories from a sunlit summer morning, contrasting present absence with the vivid past. The poem glimmers with affection and longing for a lost partner.
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Theodore F. Bayless
Salem
Hot Water for Health Drive Launches in Southern California
Merchants plumbers and gas companies join civic groups to promote automatic gas water heaters under a Hot Water for Health campaign. Special purchase terms aim to educate households on the convenience and health benefits of continuous hot water, with self-operating economical heaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
California
Southland
A. B. Newby
Southern California
Local Homes Get Modern Gas Water Heaters
Survey reveals many houses still use outdated manual gas water heaters while automatic models become standard in new installations. The report notes a widespread preference for safer efficient units as awareness grows.
Assembly approves LA county fifth district plan
With no dissenting vote the state assembly this week passed a constitutional amendment creating Los Angeles county as a fifth and separate district. The action moves Kern to the fourth district and reshapes county representation.
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State Assembly
Los Angeles County
District map shift realigns California counties
The proposed redistricting would shift Kern and San Luis Obispo counties to the fourth district while all other counties stay in their current districts. The change alters county alignment but maintains existing district boundaries for the majority.
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the Board of Equalization
Kern
San Luis Obispo
Library class held by Kern County supervisor in Shafter
Miss Jerne Branham supervisor of children's work for the Kern county library held classes for sixth grade children of Richland animal school in Shafter on Monday. Branham instructed 180 pupils in the divisions of a book and then gave the children an examination.
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Jerne Branham
Kern County Library
Shafter
Richland Animal School
Eelike Lamprey Dubbed Lowest Form of Life With Brain
A remark describing the lamprey as the lowest form of life with a brain enclosed in a skull. The comment emphasizes the primitive nature of the jawless fish.
Loganberry Hybrid Origin in 1881 Described
The loganberry, created in 1881, results from a cross between a wild blackberry and a red raspberry developed to combine traits from both fruits.
Punch and Judy Shows Originated in Italy
Italian origin of Punch and Judy is noted with historical context about their emergence in Naples and spread through Europe. The brief mentions performances featuring standard characters and their evolution in street theater and commedia dell arte traditions.
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Italy
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KFI
Southern California Gas Company
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Los Angeles
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Bea Cabana
Altimore Hotel Ltd
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Arthur J. Fry
Jdustesen's
Thompson's
Sperry’s
Maxwell House Coffee
Kellogg’s
Tbs
Justensen
Glenn Valley
Meat Department Choice Fed Beef
Jean
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