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Shafter Chronology of 1938 Local Events and Developments
Local record of Shafter in 1938 notes Roy Woollames as fifth term chairman of the board of supervisors, Shafter becomes a city, oil and gas activity with Wagner No 1 spudding, Standard Oil and General Petroleum progress, potato crop plans, school and church events, crime, inflation of civic projects, and community milestones including elections, public works, and open-house events across January to November.
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Roy
Woollames
Board of Supervisors
Agni Construction
Shafter
A. P. Channeson
Malory
Jake Siemens
Bell
First Shafter Growers
Maple School
Herb Neuman
Shafter High
Maricopa Indians
General Petroleum Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Kern County
August Bender
Laurence Baughman
Justesen’s
Clarence Neuman
Shafter High School
Superior
Wagner No
Shefterfield
W. H. Hitchcock
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
South San Joaquin Valley
The
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shaftergeist
F. F. ‘Latta
Don Latta
Richard T Sail
Union-Superior
Shafter Oil Field
John Reily
Delano
Jake Neufeld
Richland School Board
Wasco
Lerdo Crossing
General Petroleum All- Stars
Cubs
Wasco Irrigation District
Poso Creek
Board of Equalization
J. C. Channeson
Richland Auditorium
Standard Oil, Company
Shafter Wildcat
Shafter Public Utility District
Mennonite Brethren Church
Greenhorn Mountain
Shafter Farm Workers
Charles Barry
Shafter All-Stars
McFarland
F. E. Manuel
H. A. Rightmire
Justice of the Peace
Alvin Roberson
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
O. H. Strom
Rio Bravo
Bill Lachenmaier
J. C. Siemens
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
al Eckman
New Maple School
Elam Anderson
University of Redlands
Shafter Co
William J. Bestwater
Oliver Sly
Union Oil Company
Shafterfield