Kern County FFA Boys Win Big at Great Western Stock Show
At the Great Western Livestock Show in Los Angeles, Kern County FFA youths from Bakersfield Shafter McFarland and Bakersfield High School farm lab sold 76 steers raising 29412.77 in sales led by Marvin Kirchenmann’s grand champion steer at 3.25 per lb. The event featured buyers from Bakersfield and southern meat packers with notable bids for steers and pen of five steers won by Robert Upton. Lambs were led by Jerry McCarthy with Shropshire pens selling for 30 cents per lb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Livestock Show
Los Angeles
Future Farmers of America
Bakersfield
Shafter and McFarland High School
Bakersfield High School Farm Laboratory
Howard K. Dickson
Agriculture Department
Kern County Union High School
A. H. Karpe
Robert Upton
Bakersfield High School
Mike Lyman
FFA
Steamboat Springs
Colorado
Howard Chase
U.S. Grant
San Diego
Richard Gretlein
McFarland High School
el Cortez
Richard Gray
Cudahy Meat Packing Company
Davidson Meat Company, Inc
Hollywood
Arizona Biltmore
Stanley Smith
Onyx
Lambs
Jerry McCarthy
Sietler Packing Company
Judge Grant Voted Vice President of Kern County Unit
Judge E K Grant of the local Justice Court was elected Vice President of the Kern County Unit of Justices and Constables at the last regular meeting held at the Crystal Inn Bakersfield. A Christmas Banquet for about 60 attendees followed, with officers elected for the next term including Lee Gribble as President Emma Rosen as Secretary and Pascoe as Sergeant at Arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Grant
Kern County
Crystal Inn
Bakersfield
Lee Gribble
Wasco
Emma Roses
Birthday Greetings List and Library Card Claim
Happy Birthday entries cover Ed Warren Johnnie Peters Mrs Chris Johnson Chas McKenny Mrs T V Little Martha Schneider Ed Brown Margaret Strauss Clara Isaas J Lorenz Virgil Bartel with dates December 16 to 22 and additional notes for Eddie Lopez Robert Lamas December 11. A San Francisco public library notes 128 354 borrowers cards in the city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Warren
Johnnie Peters
Chris Johnson
Chas. V. McKenny
T. V. Little
Martha Schneider
Ed Brown
Margaret Strauss
Clara Isaas
J. H. Lorenz
Virgil Bartel
Eddie Lopez
Robert Lamas
Public
San Francisco
Shafter Classes Celebrate Milestones and Gatherings
A December 1935 Shafter progress column notes a party at Mr and Mrs Fred Schnaidt honoring Lea Schnaidt who will wed Ben Stoller on December 22. Also covered are the Shafter American Legion tenth anniversary dance, Mennonite Brethren Church 1936 officer elections, and local rain and seed potato shipments with several residents traveling to Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schnaidt
Lea Schnaidt
Ben Stoller
American Legion
Leslie L. Robinson
Shafter
Legion
Wasco
John Isaac
Geo. Lemon
Herndon Hitchcock
Glen Nay
Walter Zimmerman
Johnnie Janzen
Milton Lohn
Frog tells tale of effort to escape gobbler moral
A frog trapped in a mudhole explains a snake planned to eat him. He says he worked harder than ever to escape, and he managed to get out. The frog ends with a moral about perseverance.
Bakersfield College Students Enter Paintings in State Contest
Bakersfield College art students Edward Sotello Barbara Carpenter and Lyle Harrell will send three works to Sacramento for the California Centennial contest History and Romance of California in Art. Mrs Ruth Emerson announced the three works on display at the college and the pieces will be mailed December 20 to the state capital for judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield College
Sacramento
California Centennial Committee
Ruth Emerson
Edward Sotello
Kit. Carson
Alexis Godey
Barbara Carpenter
San Joaquin Valley
Lyle Harrell
Edward M. Kern
Kern County
California
Scientists Seek Drug to Cure Tuberculosis
Scientists pursue a cure for tuberculosis noting ongoing research and optimism that an effective drug will be found in time despite current setbacks. The effort involves labs worldwide and advances in antimicrobial therapy.
First Annual Kings County Fair Is Held
The first annual Kings County Fair took place over two days in the Hanford Auditorium. It showcased hundreds of local products and featured Hollywood talent including The Marcos and Felix Valli. Other acts included Vaughn and Wright and Joan Stone's Puppets with Al Terry on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County
Hanford
Marcos
Felix Valli
Roper
Vaughn and Wright
Joan Stone
al Terry
Kings County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
California Dairy Industry Advisory Board
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F.F.A
Judge Grant
Kern County Club
Central Ave
Shafter Theatre
Shafter Press
Shafter Progress Files
Miss Schnidt
Mennonite Brethren Church
D. L. Schellingberg
H. F. Janzen
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Canada
Z. C. Bartel
G. L. Klassen
E. G. Thiessen
Sol Bartel
H. H. Voth
S. S
Menno Schellenberg
H. W. Berg
E. J. Thiessen
H. C. Janzen
Walter Frantz
W. Nikkel
P.D. Enns
Shafter Progress OF
DEC
Santa Claus
Shaftertown
Shafter “Kiddies
Oliver Sly
Max McKinley
Roland Taylor
Betty Hermeson
Ruth Voth
Milton Lohr
Opal Fry
Pete Siemens
A. Buckley
Stockton
Will
Dal
Charles F. Kettering
Joe’s Topper Bakery
Radio & Appliance CO
Amercia
Patific
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