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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
5
Kern county library staff gathered in Bakersfield on Wednesday to discuss methods to raise juvenile interest in books. Local residents travel and family visits fill social pages with numerous names and towns.
Mrs Elizabeth Devine will participate in the adult conference of the Red Cross to be held at Tulare High School on Saturday.
Miss Katherine Goertzen age 21 and Paul M McCoy age 22 both of Shafter have obtained a marriage license. Mr and Mrs Emil Stoller and Bill Stoller of the Shafter Furniture company plan to travel to Fresno Friday to attend the banquet and meeting of the Maytag company.
Mary Goertzen returns home to Dodge City Kansas after visiting relatives. Elizabeth Voth and Mrs Isaac Peters visit from Southland in Los Angeles where they saw Boy Meets Girl at the El Capitan. W H Hitchcock plans Fresno return after a one night business trip. Lee Lyle visits Shafter from Oildale renewing Hollywood friends. E I Wallace recovers enough to be about after illness. Miss Jones of Richland grammar school visits San Jose. Herman Unruh joins Kern archers in Barstow southern California meet. L B Barber and wife welcome a son Robert Nathan born at Bakersfield hospital.
Sunday afternoon visitors gathered at multiple homes in the Rio Bravo area. Families hosting included the Suydams with Nellie Bruenle Ruth and Henry Cardinall visiting Lennox. Irene Wilson and Harlin Wilson of Shafter visited Rosedale.
Shafter high school plans a Kangaroo Court assembly this Friday as part of the annual Hi Jinks event. The Forensic Club met at J H Porter’s home to finalize arrangements and to discuss faculty targets for playful mock proceedings. Rosie Unruh and Amanda Johnson will provide musical selections. Richard Hetz received a pearl pin for entering the American Crusaders speaking contest.
Zenith Osburn age 15 and Gladys Osburn age 13 of Shafter sue Leslie C. Nordean and Goodrich Silver Town Incorporated seeking collective judgments totaling 21500 in two civil complaints filed in district court.
Prepared by McClure and Leddy attorneys the Shafter girls allege they were riding with the defendant when thrown from his automobile on the Rosedale highway en route to Shafter March 28 and were seriously injured.
Fifteen students were recommended to the Boy's Letter Club at Shafter High School on Tuesday afternoon by club advisor Mr. White who suggested three additional members.
Potato digger and Hoover in good condition offered for sale at low price by Jacob Ebel near Maple. Also 80 acres of land for exchange, north half of southeast quarter of section 5 township 14 range 13 near Mendota, trade possible for land near Shafter. A C Stoddard Padre Hotel Bakersfield. 1tlp
Lake County subirrigated land yields 300 sacks per acre without fertilizer. Archie Bruley of Clear Lake Park California urges Kern growers to consider raising seed potatoes and writes for a descriptive folder on ranch and resort property.
Darrel Griffith Jesse Combs and La Verne Kliewer earned a circle S block for scoring the required number of track points in the past season. All three recommendations were accepted by the school in recognition of excellent service.
An average solar surface temperature is estimated at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit as a scientific note. The figure highlights ongoing measurements of solar radiation and surface conditions.
The Shafter Public Utility District invites sealed bids for furnishing labor and material to install one deep water well including switches, piping and valves. Bids due May 4 1937 at 2 PM at Wallace Concrete Pipe Co. Walker St. Plans on file. The district may reject any bid and will award to the lowest responsible bidder. Construction begins within 10 days of award and completes within 40 days. Bond or certified check of 10 percent required. MIDGLEY secretary.
The Shafter Public Utility District of Kern County proclaims an election on May 7 1937 to elect two directors at large. Polls open 6 am to 7 pm at the Shafter Business Men's Association Building corner Santa Fe Street and Pacific Avenue.
Auditors certify the 1936 assets and liabilities statement as true and correct. R B Hill Auditing Company signs the April 29 to May 6 period with the date stamp and audit confirmation.
W. E. praises Shafter's agriculture outlook as one of the most promising in the state, highlighting growth potential and regional prospects for farmers and businesses. The comment signals optimism for policy and market developments affecting local agriculture.
Spears, field secretary for the state Chamber of Commerce, met W. H. Hitchcock, president of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce, in Shafter on Wednesday. Bald eagles are not migratory.
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