Pa rt LUMBER at saving prices
Lumber ad for W. A. Minner Lumber Company promoting rough 2x4 and 1x12 at 25.00 per thousand with other materials. Visitors welcome. Located at southwest corner of Airport on Norris Road Bak- Mee. phone 2028.
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eLumber
W. A. Minnerpoh Co
Kern County
Norris Road
Rt. 1
Bakersfield
W. A. Minner Umber Co
Alton Norris Road
W. A. Minner Lumber Company
Airport
Weekend Travels Highlight Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Floyd Sears and Rosalyn vacation planning to Kansas to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Earl Calder and family returned from a several week trip. Mrs W B Wilson and son Calvin of Bakersfield visited friends in the district. Mr and Mrs R W Curtis and Robert returned from a vacation through many states and Canada. Albert Lane attended a Farm Bureau meeting in Orange last Thursday. Mrs Carl W Haag and Phil and Jeannie visited the T R Totten family in Bakersfield recently.
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Floyd Sears
Rosalyn
Earl Calder
W. B. Wilson
Calvin
Bakersfield
R. W
Curtis
Robert
States
Canada
Albert Lane
Orange
Farm Bureau
Carl W. Haag
Phil
Jeannie
T. R. Totten
No Argument Here As Debate Between Harvard MIT Skips
Listeners to a Boston station heard Strauss waltzes instead of the scheduled Harvard MIT debate. Both teams had prepared the negative side of the question.
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Boston
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notice of Equalization of Assessment Shafter-Wasco District
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District announces completion of the 1940 assessment book and its availability for inspection. The Board of Equalization will meet August 5 1940 at 10 a.m. in Shafter California to hear objections, with sessions possible up to ten days excluding holidays. Frederick Pritschke secretary.
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Shafter-Wasco
Shafter
California
Ball Diamond Ready For Use Monday At Shafter
The new ball diamond off Wall Street on Shafter primary school grounds will be ready next Monday, says Eugene Ford, director of the Shafter summer recreational program. City league resumes Tuesday. games moved due to diamond location will be played at season end. The Shafter Merchants are expected to resume next week though no schedule is set. A dedication is planned. Backstop was built by Kern County through Supervisor Roy Willames, with Bill Lachenmaier aiding in ground work. Sprinklers have run two days to pack the infield and settle dust.
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Wall Street
Shafter
Eugene Ford
Shafter Merchants
County of
Kern
Roy Woollames
Bill Lachenmaier
Rotary Speaker Talks Shafter Recreation Program
Eugene Ford outlines Shafter summer recreation at Richland school with day activities for children and night leagues for older youths. The program, started by the Business Men's association, now operates via a five member recreation commission. Medals were awarded to Ed Gaede and W R Cloud for the city ping pong tournament with an exhibition match.
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Shafter
Ford
Shafter Business Men's Association
H. R. Janzen
Ed. Gaede
W. R. Cloud
Rotary Club
Gaede
Cloud
Ralph Agey
Bakersfield
Charles Flannigan
McFarland
J. H. Porterfield
Amethyst as Love Charm and Protector in Superstition
Amethyst is described as a love charm and sleep aid by superstitious belief, also thought to ward off thieves and drunkenness.
August Primary Officers Polling Places Announced Shafter
Location of polling places and election officials for the August 27 primary across 17 Shafter precincts. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Precincts include Annis Baerg's Gorge Bender Burbank Lerdo Maple Mettler Poplar Poso Richland Sage Scaroni Shafco Shafter No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 and South with listed inspectors judges and clerks for each site.
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Shafter
Annis
Baerg
S Gorge
Kern Academy
Edna Annis
Katie Baerg
Virginia Lee’ Weishaar
Justin Weishaar
Iola Savage
Pearl Fellows
Bender
Emil
Lerdo
Marie Burriss
Opal Zachary
Lorene Hill
Edna K. Kreisle
Maple
J. J. Siemens
Wasco Avenue
Vera L. Anderson
Abe F. Isaac
Alpha Helen Crawford
Jennie K. Wiebe
Nell J. Morgan
Ethelyn R. Morgan
Mettler
Myrick’s Corner
Santa Fe
Fresno
Catherine A. Weyand
Cecil D. Annis
Louise A. Thiel
Lyndell Myrick
Athall Storie Burns
Poplar
Neufeld
Riverside Avenue
Harry E. O’neil
Robert W. Curtis
Lizzie Richards
Viola Neufeld
Elizabeth Voth
William F. Hamilton
Poso
Orcier’s
Famoso
Jessie E. Phillips
Marie Orcier
Lizzie Baker
John Siemens
Richland
Fry
Tulare Avenue
Lucile M. Fry
Opal W. Fry
Lena Shultz
Lydia Hitchcock
Shafter No. 3
Vannatta
Golden West Avenue
S. K. Baughman
Rosina E. Luders
Leona Vannatta
Elizabeth Ingram
Velma Guenther
Hazel M. Frizzell
Shafter No. 4
Baptist Church
Farm Center Meeting Tonight at Rio Bravo School
A Farm Center meeting is planned for tonight at Rio Bravo School with Albert Lane conducting the business. Reports from committees will be given and other business discussed. Frank Alves of Buttonwillow will present moving pictures from his recent trip through the eastern states and New York fair.
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Rio Bravo School
Albert Lane
Frank Alves
Buttonwillow
New York Fair
Church Services Schedule for Wasco Area
The Wasco churches list Sunday services including M B Church at 400 Kern with sermons at 11:00, Sunday school at 9:30, and evening programs. First Mennonite Church led by J P Clanzer with classes and choir. St John’s Catholic with Mass 7 to 9 am and confessions Saturday. Christian Science Society services at 11 am and Sunday school 10 am.
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M. B
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
Christian Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
J. P. Clanzer
House of God
St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Owen McMullan
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother
First Church O ' Christ, Scientist
E Streets
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