Notice of Sale of Stock in Bulk at Shafter 1940
Notice states Corene Payne intends to sell stock of merchandise stored at 260tral Avenue Shafter California with transfer and payment on December 11 1940 at Bank of America Bakersfield. Vendee address Dinuba California. Also includes dissolution petition for City of Shafter with reasons cited burdens on taxpayers and county services.
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State of California
Corene Payne
Acacia Street
City of
Shafter
County of Kern
Payne
Dinuba
Tulare
California
Johnson Schaaf CO
Vendee
Chester Schaaf
Kern
Former Police Chief Speaks at Shafter Kiwanis Meeting
Murray Arnold, former chief of police of Shafter, spoke at a noon Kiwanis luncheon. He cited environment as a major factor in criminality and urged leaders to model crime prevention through groups like the Boy Scouts and local professionals. Arnold noted Kern county jail records include 30 000 complete files and fingerprinted photos.
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Murray Arnold
Shafter
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Crawthe City
Kern County
Arnold
Anderson
Dick Largent
Los Angeles
Billy Bain
Bot Porter
Stanton Willard
Bakersfield
Kiwanis Club
Waterman Is Assembly Speaker at Shafter High
Merle Waterman Y M C A secretary from Venture spoke before a student assembly at Shafter high school Tuesday afternoon. He also entertained with Indian Spanish and Chinese versions of the song Good Ol Summer Time.
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Merle Waterman
Venture
Shafter High School
Traveling movie theaters reach Ethiopia with modern sound
Moving picture units arrive in Ethiopia to entertain and inform Italians in the African colony. Motorized equipment enhances delivery of news from the mother country to colonial audiences.
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Ethiopia
Clippers overpower Central Market in city league clash
In Shafter high gym the City League Tip's Clippers defeated Central Market 35 24 as Ray Mettler led with 15 points and Ernest Schnidt added nine while Lowell Jackson had eight. Firemen beat the Clippers 32 26 as Tuffy Janzen led Smoky Stovers with 11 and Monty Montgomery added nine.
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Tip’s Clippers
Shafter High School
Central Market
Ray Mettler
Ernest Schnidt
Lowell Jackson
Clippers
Marketmen
Bill Bateman
H. Starr
Tip’s
Mettler
Jackson
Schnidt
Hart
Annis
Gosson
Neufeld
Wardwell
H. B. Starr
Gaede
J. D. Starr
Tuffy
Janzen
Smoky Stovers
Monty Montgomery
Pete Duke
Firemen
Lockard
Davidson
Brown
Montgomery G
Barnes
Rodgers
Duke
Schnaidt
Zimmerman
Pontiacs Defeat Volunteer Firemen 39-26 In League Game
Led by Ernie Ellington with 12 points and Lloyd Wattenbarger with 14 Pontiacs of Shafter city league beat the Volunteer Firemen 39-26 on Monday evening at the high school gym. Pontiac led 15-13 at half, then surged to an 11 point edge by end of the third quarter.
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Shafter Volunteer Firemen
Tip’s
Clippers
Ernie Ellington
Lloyd Wattenbarger
Pontiacs
Shafter City
Volunteer Firemen
Pontiac
Ellington
Wattenbarger
Potter
Voth
Annis
Squire
Hofman
Lockard
Janzen
Brown
Montgomery
Rodgers
Ford
Volunteer Firemen Defeat Lakewood In City League Clash
Shafter Volunteer Firemen dominated Lakewood on the local gym floor winning 34 to 20. Lakewood played short handed with only four regulars in the lineup and standout scorers Hofman and Janzen led the Firemen while Kirschenmann topped Lakewood with seven points.
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Shafter
Lakewood
Walt Kirschenmann
Tuffy” Janzen
Bill Brown
Ernest Hofman
Bob Wardwell
Central Market
Leonard Dorn
Don Hart
Firemen
Hofman
Janzen
Brown
Lockard
Montgomery
Rodgers
Kirschenmann
Northam
Merkel
Handel
Wardwell
Dorn
Pontiacs Maintain League Lead With Central Victory
The Pontiacs beat Central Market 34 to 23 to keep their city league basketball lead. Ernie Ellington scored 10 for Pontiacs, Lloyd Wattenbarger added 9, while Bob Wardwell led Central with 9 and Hillary Starr had 7.
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Pontiacs
Central Market
Ernie Ellington
Lloyd Watenbarger
Bob Wardwell
Hillary Starr
Pontiac
Ellington
Potter
Annis F
Voth
Wattenbarger G
Squire
Dorris
Wardwell
Gosson
Neufeld
H Starr
L. Gaede
Bateman
Clippers Top Lakewood in City League Showdown
Tip's Clippers defeated Lakewood 43 to 28 in a city league game played Monday evening in the high school gym. Ray Mettler led the winners with 17 points, Jackson added 14, while Reno Mettler led the losers with eight and Walter Kirschenmann had seven.
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Tip’s Clippers
Lakewood
Ray Mettler
Jackson
Clippers
Reno Mettler
Walter Kirschenmann
Mettler
Schnidt
Annis
Zimmerman
Kirschenmann
Merkel
Onante
Wood
Unruh
Postponed City League Games Set For Tomorrow Evening
Two basketball games rescheduled from the early season will be played tomorrow evening in the high school gym. Tip's Clippers meet the Volunteer Firemen. Pontiac faces Central Market in the opener.
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Tip’s
Clippers
Voluntee Firemen
Pontiac
Central Market
Lakewood
Pioneer T. V. Little Speaks on Shafter History
Shafter resident T. V. Little addressed English students at Shafter High School on the early history of the Shafter district. He spoke Monday, detailing local settlement and community development.
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T. V. Little
Shafter
Shafter High School
Post Office Meeting Attendees in Bakersfield
Local postmaster Lois L. Berry and John Roskam attended a Bakersfield gathering at the Padre hotel with Koleta Osborn Ernest Siemens and George Guenther and other postal staff Saturday evening.
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Padre Hotel
Bakersfield
Lois L. Berry
John Roskam
Koleta Osborn Ernest Siemens
George Guenther
Picture-taking outing in Kern canyon draws several couples
Enjoying a picture-taking expedition into Kern canyon Saturday were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pack Lloyd Warden Lawrence Leach James Son Betty Mark Ray Mays and Bertram Davis.
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Kern Canyon
Mrs
Lloyd Pack
Lloyd Warden
Lawrence Leach James
Betty Mark
Ray Mays
Bertram Davis
Edith Durham’s half century in freight office noted
When her father a freight agent lacked help 51 years ago Edith Durham took a temporary job to assist. She liked the work and stayed in the office for more than five decades marking a long service record.
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Edith M. Durham
Newton Sees Prosperity in Cars as Homes Grow
The 1939 Newton Mass tax assessor report shows 14,894 homes and 27,527 automobiles, suggesting wealth linked to car ownership in the city. The data highlight the town’s expansion and rising affluence reflected in household and vehicle totals.
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Newton
Mass
Largest NC school bus system moves 320000 rural riders daily
Waxing apples extends shelf life, a Dominion station report finds unwaxed storage at 60 degrees F leads to greater shrinkage. D W Fisher and J E Brittain note apples stored seven months show minimal loss when waxed, highlighting salability gains.
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North Carolina
D. W. Fisher
J. E. Brittain
Dominion Experimental Station
Summerland
B. C
For Week Scores in the Produce Bowling League
Robt Newmar and Sons led the scoring at Neuman alley on Tuesday evening as the Produce bowling league action continued with steady marks and team play.
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Produce’ Bowling League
Neuman Alley
Robt. Newmar & Sons
Motion Pictures Shown For Shafter High Students
A history class viewing of Davy Crockett at the Alamo occurred today at Shafter high school. Next week Spartacus is scheduled, and The Texas War for Independence was shown earlier this week. The River on erosion was shown to agricultural students Tuesday by Tom Voorhies of the AAA conservation program in Bakersfield. The district recently bought motion picture equipment for Shafter and McFarland high schools.
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Davy Crockett
Alamo
Shafter High School
Tom Voorhies
AAA Conservation Program
Bakersfield
Mississippi Valley
Shafter and
McFarland High Schools
High Teams Play Delano In Practice Wins
Shafter high school teams hosted Delano for practice games yesterday afternoon. A and B squads traveled to Delano while the Cs played in Shafter. The northern squads won all three games.
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Shafter
Delano High School
Delano
Vasquez Bandit Raid Recalls Inyo County History
A historical note from the Inyo Bishop Register recounts Tiburcio Vasquez raids in Kern county during the 1870s. It details the Tres Pinos robbery on August 26 1873 with pistol threats, killings including a Portuguese shepherd and a deaf teamster, and the ensuing pursuit toward the Coast Range foothills. The account links regional memory to Inyo County where the Scherrer family later moved.
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California
Tiburcio Vasquez
Inyo
Bishop) Register
Vasquez
Kern ‘County
F. F. Latta
Shafter
Kern River
Buttonwillow
Coast Range
Sierra
Owens Valley
Inyo Register
Inyo County
Tres Pinos
Vesquez
L. Scherrer
Davidson
Elizabeth Lake
Scherrer
Frank
Kingston
Fresno County
Outlaw Vasquez Captured and Hanged after California Rampage
The narrative recounts Vasquez and his gang’s 1874 coastal crimes. a siege robs and shoots 35 men before a posse pursues and captures the outlaw. Vasquez is wounded resisting arrest, brought to San Jose, and hanged March 18, 1875, ending his violent spree.
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Vasquez
Sierra
Coyote Holes
Villian
California
Rowland
Los Angeles
A. J. Johnson
Vesquez
San Jose
Origin of Acre Defined by Oxen Plow Share
An acre was originally defined as the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. The measure reflects ancient farming practice and labor estimates used to size farmland.
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Acre
Irrigation Board Plans Friant Dam Site Visit
Members of the Shafter Wagsco Irrigation board and guests will tour the Friant dam site next Saturday. About 20 people are expected, arriving around 10 30 am to tour the Central Valley project facility and have lunch there. The plan was finalized at a district meeting in Shafter with Irvin Althouse coordinating the visit.
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Shafter-Wagsco Irrigation Board
Shafter Press
Wasco News
South San Joaquin
Shafter
Althouse
State Division of Water Resources
Poso Creek
A. R. Duehren
A. P. Channeson
John Nale
August Bender
Charles Westenberg
Fred Pritschke
Notable guests greet visitors this Sunday
Sunday visitors included Jack Crawford, Earle Miller of Mojave, Leonard Hearst, John Street, Mack Page, and Von Hailstone of Lancaster, and Frank J. Norrie of Hollywood, joining the event at the host location.
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Jack Crawford
Earle Miller
Mojave
Leonard Hearst
John Street
Mack Page
von Hailstone
Lancaster
Frank J. Norrie
Hollywood
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Sierra Vista Tract
Pete Wittenberg
High School
J. H. Ringer
Wasco
Dave Unruh
Duehren
Central Avenue
Avalon Apartments
Lerdo Road
Shafter Highway
Orange
E. C. Edwards
Herman _D. Fast
Golden West Ave
Herman's
H. A.crawford
Central Ave
Telephone
Strom Shoe
W. A. Minner
Lumber Company
Norris Rosa
Babersfield
Shafter Library
Kiwanis
Waterman
Assembly
Tip
Central
Lakewood’s
H. Neuman
J. Gaede
Grisso
Cc. Neuman
I Gaede
Bender
Schwaidt
Stoller
Rogers
Ferguson
B. Peters
Siemens and Hitchcock
R. Siemens
Kearsing
J. Siemens
Enos Mosher Co
Jacobsen
Plymale
EB. Neuman
Bestwater
B. Lachen
Camp-West-Lowe
Stewart
Hughes
Koop
Banon
Burcham
Johnson's Firestone
Thompson
Youell
J. Neuman
Schmidt
Daike
N & K Chevrolet
E. Lachenm
Pkin
Jack A. Lighthill
Sunset Ave
Christopher
E. B. Stringham Drug
Marengo_ave
Irrigation Board
Friant
Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
Christian Youth Meeting
Santa Fe
United States
America
Grand Canyon
Carlsbad Caverns
Indian Country
Sui
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