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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1945
Page
7
Certificate records a fictitious firm farming business in California under names FAIRCHILD FARM ACCOUNT. It lists Orvin Mettler and Stephen J. Fairchild at California addresses, dated April 1945 with notary Genevieve K. Craig confirming execution and seal.
The document names the fictitious firm DAN E WEITZ FARM ACCOUNT composed of Raymond A. Mettler and Dan E. Weitz. It records their addresses in Bakersfield and Shafter California and notes the notary public Genevieve K. Craig certified the signatures on April 16 1945. The certificate appears in the California county and state records with a notarial seal and date.
Electors in Kern County California are notified that the annual board election for Richland Elementary School District will be held Friday May 18 1945. One seat on the board is to be filled. Polls open 7 99 AM to 7 09 PM at the Music Room Brick Ridge Elementary School. Election officers are Inspector Harriet F Nettinehem Judge Florence J Lindeulist and Judge W A Livers. Boundary details are attached and part of this notice. Signed C J Vignoto Clerk April 11 1945. Published April 19 26 May 3 10 1945.
The Shafter Public Utility District declares the annexation of the South Half of Lot One Section Sixteen Township Twenty eight South Range near 25 East M D B and M Kern County California. The order outlines pro rata charges and responsibility of owners for debts and costs, effective upon annexation and subject to district rules. Published April 26, 1945.
Mable Sucket of Route 1 Shafter has received orders to active duty with the Army Nurse Corps. She will report to Madigan General Hospital Tacoma Washington for basic training and, after commissioning, will be assigned to Hammond General Hospital Modesto California.
At a Richland Teachers Club meeting on Monday officers were elected for the new term. President is Mrs Edith Von Bever, Vice President Miss Burnis Morris, Secretary Miss Frances Hess, Treasurer Miss Helen Holmes.
Miss Irene Kroeker has returned to Shafter after visiting Inman Kansas where she attended the wedding of Elbert Franz and Rose Friesen.
Pfc. Lyle C. Buckley of the 104th Division First Army in Germany sent home a German rifle two bayonets and a helmet to his wife as war souvenirs from his station in Germany.
Guests in the home of Mr and Mrs George Gaed last week included Mr and Mrs Thompson from Ave na.
Albert H. Neal 20, Quartermaster Second Class U.S.N., mother Mrs Alma Neal of Shafter, serves aboard the destroyer Maury returning to the States for reconditioning after a storied Pacific War record. The Maury aided in many operations from Pearl Harbor pursuit to Luzon landings and scored significant engagements in Wes Gulf on August 6 1943 sinking three enemy destroyers and hitting five with torpedoes. It is officially credited with destroying eight Japanese planes and an enemy auxiliary ship.
A tractor electrical short sparked a Sunday blaze on the David Rub ranch one quarter mile east of Smiths Corner on Orange Drive. The tractor and barn burned, with about 250 dollars in damage. Wasco and Shafter fire crews helped, joined by former Shafter Fire Chief Frank Russell. The narrative then notes City Hall interiors in marble, sandstone and oak.
Colonel O. S. Grant of San Diego visited his brother E. K. Grant in Shafter this week. Col. Grant works as an inspector in an aircraft plant in San Diego and is remembered as an auctioneer and musician in the Bakersfield radio era.
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