Local Men Tried Here on Girls Charges
Two Shafter painters Harrison Andrews 28 and Walter Hoover 34 stood trial in County Justice Court for taking two local girls to Bakersfield in a trailer house. One girl testified leading to Andrews sentence 250 dollars or 125 days, Hoover held for investigation and bailed at 500 dollars. Paul Mattoon of the state board of equalization assisted.
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Shafter
Harrison Andrews
Walter S. Hoover
Bakersfield
E. K. Grant
Grant
Andrews
Hoover
Paul Mattoon
State Board of Equalization
Kiwanians See School Movies at Shafter Meeting
The Shafter Kiwanis club yesterday showed motion pictures titled Human Re production funded by the Kern County Union High School District. Program chair Jack Hill presided. visiting Kiwanians included John Boydston Ben Carrington Walter Verhagg and P L Gibson. Guests were Al Echman Walter Emerick and Ray Bass.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Motel Cawelo
Kern County Union
Jack Hill
John Boydston
Ben Carrington
Walter Verhagg
P. L. Gibson
Irvin Love
al Echman
Walter Emerick
Ray Bass
Axolotl Transformation Through Thyroid Feeding Noted
A study reports that the aquatic axolotl can be induced to enter a land form by feeding it thyroid. This change highlights a potential mechanism for metamorphosis in certain amphibians and may inform developmental biology research.
Ex-Local Resident Minnie Hill Dies in Santa Cruz
Minnie B Hill, former resident of this city, died July 30 in a Santa Cruz hospital at age 84 after a long illness. She lived in Santa Cruz 30 years with her daughter and family, previously in Shafter and here 1942–1946 when her son-in-law ran the local Bank of America. She was a First Baptist member with many local friends. Surviving are daughter Frances Wellwood of Oakland, son Clifford Bean of Marysville, grandson Howard Crampton, and four other grandchildren. Private services were in Berkeley at Sunset View Cemetery with interment there. Services were held Monday, August 1.
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Minnie B. Hill
First Baptist Church
Hill
Howard Crampton
Glen Cramptons
Clifford Bean
Marysville
Frances Wellwood
Oakland
Kelley Beats Prejudice Talk At Shafter Rotary
Dr. Robert Lincoln Kelley, Los Angeles Congregational minister, spoke to the Shafter Rotary Club last week on The Creeds of Prejudice. He argued biblical proof against prejudice and bigotry and noted his August duties as acting pastor during Rev. Gordon J. Baker’s absence.
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Robert Lincoln Kelley
Los Angeles
Shafter Rotary Club
Kelley
Gordon J. Baker
Chamber Meet Plans Lerdo Road Improvement Push
Last Friday's Chamber of Commerce session discussed improving Lerdo Road from Cawelo to Shafter. Pat Kelly urged a letter to Supervisor Ardis Walker asking county action and proposed inviting Walker to a Chamber meeting. Committee members named were A Peter Channeson Pat Kelly and Herb Schirmer with Bill Stoller presiding and Phil Clarkin serving as temporary secretary.
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Lerdo
Cawelo
Shafter
Pat Kelly
Ardis Walker
Center Island
Kelly
Walker
A. Peter Channeson
Herb Schirmer
Bill Stoller
Phil Clarkin
Sam Becker
Hawthorne's Barber Shop Closes for Vacation
Hawthorne's Barber Shop at 171 Central Avenue will be closed until September 15 after proprietor W. B. Hawthorne left for a month long vacation in Texas.
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Hawthorne
Central Avenue
W. B. Hawthorne
Texas
Free checking of cotton scales offered at ginning plant
A U S Dept of Weights and Measures representative will be at the Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co all day Friday August 26 to check cotton scales for local growers at no charge. Open to any grower.
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U. S. Dept. of Weights & Measures
Shafter-Wasco « Ginning Co
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