Shafter News Keeps Busy With Social And Civic Events
Several Shafter residents travel for work and leisure from Wyoming to California. Audrey Northrup leaves for Thermopolis to start a new show and plans to return home to Greeley for Christmas. Weddings anniversaries, Shrine ceremonies in Los Angeles, local visits, and family news fill the week with dozens of names and small happenings across Bakersfield, Wasco, Taft, and Hanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Audrey O. Northrup
Shafter
Thermopolis
Greeley
Colorado
Floyd Penn Improves After Weekend Visits
Floyd Penn, a former Shafter resident now at Sawtelle veterans hospital, is reported greatly improved by friends who visited him over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Penn
Shafter
Sawtelle Veterans’ Hospital
Salinas Guests Visit Shafter Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clary of Salinas visited over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hooks in Shafter.
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Unruh
George Hiebert
Herman Unruh
Fresno Avenue
Town
W. S. Walker
W. P. Pierce
Ot Delano
Shafter
Vernon Pierce
Buttonwillow
McKittrick
Fellows
Taft
H. G. Miller
el Cajon
O. E. Wiedman
Wasco
Darrell Janzen
H. J. D. Janzen
J. W. Johnson
Coalinga
Tommy Waugh
E. E. Kendall
Louis Nordin
Tom Wagner
Burrel Harrel
Johnsons
Tulare Lake
Salinas
Bob Clary
Wayne Hooks
Fractional Currency Scrip Issued 1862 1876
Fractional currency or scrip first issued August 1 1862 and included postal currency. It was last issued February 15 1876.
Sanger Man Named Publishers Unit Head Saturday
Seymour Sterling of Sanger was elected president of the South San Joaquin unit of the California Newspaper Publishers association at a meeting in Exeter. Morley Maddox of Visalia retired as president and will preside. Other officers elected include M. M. Hallock Lindsay vice president and Lowell Pratt Selma secretary treasurer.
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Seymour Sterling
Sanger
South San Joaquin
California Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Exeter
Morley Maddox
Visalia
M. M. Hallock
Lindsay
Lowell Pratt
Selma
Sterling
Homer Wood
Porterville
Arch Nichols
Visalia Times-Delta
Legion Votes Christmas Party Support in Shafter
Les Lie L. Robinson Post No. 213 of the American Legion allocated 25 toward a fund for a children's Christmas party at the Shafter theatre. The move mirrors efforts by the Shafter Business Men's association. The meeting in the Legion hall covered only routine business.
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Shafter
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Shafter Theatre
Shafter Business Men's Association
Legion Hall
District Takes Nation Lead In Marine Recruits
The Shafter Arvin Wasco and Bakersfield district leads the nation in Marine recruits for the past two months, per Sgt C G Lail of the Los Angeles recruiting office. He notes district ratings are population based and most Kern county enlistments come from rural areas. He will return to Shafter on December 13 for enlistments from 11 am to 5 pm.
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Shafter
Arvin
Wasco
Bakersfield
C. G. Lail
Los Angeles
Kern County
Lail
United States
World Series Veteran Albert Lang Attends From Inception
Albert Felding Lang, a retired Pittsburgh laundry magnate and World Series veteran, has attended every World Series since its inaugural 1903 start through 1838, highlighting a long personal connection to baseball history.
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Albert Felding Lang
Pittsburgh
Seven managers inspect migrant camps in the West
Seven managers of migratory camps in Texas Oregon and Idaho visited Shafter Monday to review the Shafter Farm Workers camp and discuss related issues. They had spent a week in Kern county and will continue touring state camps through mid December.
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Texas
Oregon
Idaho
Shafter Monday
Shafter Farm
Kern County
Alaska Purchase: United States acquires Alaska in 1867
The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. The purchase included the Aleutian Islands as part of the territory gained.
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Russia
New Cancelling Machine Installed at Shafter Post Office
A new electric cancelling machine has been installed at the Shafter post office in preparation for the Christmas rush. The machine will be a permanent fixture at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bakersfield Men Visit Shafter For Local Business
Bill Wimmer and Roy Hodges of Bakersfield were in Shafter Monday afternoon visiting friends and handling business matters in town.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Bill Wimmer
Roy Hodges
Oldest Spanish University Founding Record Fragment
Readable lines note a claim about the oldest university in Spain and reference Salamanca as a potential site with an unclear founding date. The fragment lacks a complete year or formal attribution.
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John Halford
Joel East
Orvin Mettler
George Norin
Wi Lachenmaier
J. C
Milton Lohr
Elsie Mannel
F. E. Mannel
Alhambra Sanitarium
Katherine May
J. O
Henry Schnaidts
Henry Schnaidt
Schnaidts
South
Les Hobson
Southern California
Santa Monica
Walt Regier
Walt Reiger
H. W.regier
Regier
Marysville
Mrs
Clyde Bell
Hanford
Pop” Gage
Dale Short
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Gage
U.S.C
Santa Paula
E. W. Gage
Delano
Delano Ball
Boots Perry
Katie Wiegum
Tip Henderson
Shafter High School
R. End
Jake Siemens
Ed Friesen
Mount Abel
Jim Camp
Kern
Walker’s Basin
David Mills
Norma Neufeld
Nedra Latta
Katherine Goode
Neufeld
Miss Latta
Janzen
Nay
Jack Janzen
Glenn O
Harold Lloyd
Johnson
Publishers’ Unit
Legion
Ole Pea
Royal Clipper
Chevrolet
H.P
Flint
Michigan
N & K Chevrolet Co
Ine
Sammebstet
Chrisalso
L. H. McGrane Opto
Sunset Ave
Calif
A. J
Jack
EPMC
Beverly
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del Monte
Canterbury
Sleepy Hollow
Glenn Aire
Duchess
SCOTT
Dax
Washington Delicio Apples
Burbank
Utah
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