Sunday visits and family dinners in Shafter area
At Schnaidt home guests joined Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schnaidt for a Sunday chicken dinner. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Emil Stoller and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stoller and family. In Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dillingham visited relatives Sunday and returned to Shafter Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnaidt
Henry Schnaidt
Emil Stoller
Ben. Stoller
Taft
Roy Dillingham
Shafter
Bakersfield Man Earl Harris Visits Shafter Friends
Earl Harris of Bakersfield, longtime newspaper man in the county, was in Shafter Tuesday visiting friends and recalling local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Earl Harris
Shafter
Mines Visited In Mojave District
Mr and Mrs Roy Langes spent Sunday touring Tehachapi and the Mojave district visiting borax mines in the southeastern Kern county area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojave
Roy Langes
Tehachapi
Borax
Kern County
Railroad officials tour Shafter potato district
Gene Harrison of Fresno R M Pierpont of Atlanta Harold B Brown of New York City and E W Martin of Detroit officials of the Santa Fe railroad visited Shafter on Friday. The group toured the San Joaquin valley potato district during their inspection tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spud
Gene Harrison
Fresno
R. M. Pierpont
Atlanta, Ga
Harold B. Brown
New York City
E. W. Martin
Detroit
Mich
Santa Fe Railroad
Shafter
San Joaquin Valley
Vic Voth Returns Home to Resume Studies
Vic Voth, recently away at UC Los Angeles for tending, returns to his home and plans to study at Bakersfield Junior College as the new semester begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Voth
Bakersfield Junior College
Kern Herald Editors Visit Shafter for Local Business
Paul Newell editor of the Kern Herald and J. W. Owens staff member visited Shafter on Tuesday to call on friends and attend to business matters.
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Paul Newell
The
Kern Herald
J. W.owens
Shafter
Nick Nichola to Lead Delano Sidewalk Project
Supervisor Nick Nichola from Shafter plans to depart tomorrow to Delano for a comparable role on a sidewalk construction project. The move places Nichola in charge of the new city project as workers prepare for initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick” Nichola
Shafter City
Delano
Hollywood Family Visits Here Weekend Guests at R G Sanderson Home
Week-end visitors included Mr and Mrs Harry Davis and son Bobby from Hollywood. On Sunday Mr Sanderson and Mr Davis drove to Fresno for business. Mrs Betty Thomas and Mrs George Halley of San Jose arrived in Shafter Friday for two weeks. Stanford Hannah Taft High School official visited Shafter for a noon Rotary luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
R. G. Sanderson
Harry Davis
Bobby
Sanderson
Davis
Fresno
San Jose
Betty Thomas
George Halley
Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Bakkersfield
Stanfod Hannah
Taft High School
Rotary Club
Local Kern County society events and outings reported
Debs picnic group near Stockdale attends in afternoon. Misses June Lachenmaier Mary Crandall Phyllis Prieve Norma Neufeld Mary Kath erine Lockard Eleanor Fox listed. Kern Historical Society meeting in Bakersfield discusses marking historic spots in Kern County. Shafter groups visit Red Rock Canyon and attend show business discussions with H J Harder Jake Siemens. Delano Odd Fellows Rebekahs celebrate fiftieth anniversary. several Shafter residents attend. Shafter library club and guests tour Kern County Library Bakersfield City Hall Police Court and airport with lunch at Jastro Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockdale
June Lachenmaier
Mary Crandall
Phyllis Prieve
Norma Neufeld
Tommy Lockard
Mary Katherine Lockard
Eleanor Fox
Kern County
Historical Society
Bakersfield
F. F. Latta
Shafter
Shafter High School Library Club
Kern County Library
Jastro Park
Carol Puleifer
Helen Nickel
Ruby Froese
Opal Hakill
Florence Culwell
Florence Kimbriel
Ruth Friesen
Bonnie Mae Peters
Connie Hall
One Peters
Jessie Gaede
Clara Nickel
Leah Starrh
Ee Tee Venita Pipkin
Dinner Guests At Bean Home In Local Notice
Mr and Mrs William Bean hosted dinner Sunday with guests Mr and Mrs Elmer Culwell Sister Miss Hannah Jean Grose spent the weekend in Bakersfield visiting her sister Mrs Otis McClain Elvin Mankins manager of the Justesen store meat department attended a Justesen butchers meeting at the Hotel Fresno with dinner and entertainment and a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean Home
William Bean
Mrs
Elmer Culwell
Bakersfield
Hannah Jean Grose
Otis’ McClain
Elvin Mankins
Fresno
Mee
Justesen Store
Justesen Butchers
Social Roundup Brims With Local Visits Across Shafter and Nearby Areas
Mrs Lena Friesen and Clarence and Hattie Friesen and George Eichman of Denver called on Mr and Mrs Vernon Friesen in Pasadena before Eichman returned to Colorado. Ledi Guests At Zimmerman Home include Mrs A J Scott and son Walter and Mr and Mrs Herman Markel of Lodi. Wasco guests entertained at a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs George Hiebert. Mrs Vernon Pierce and son Ronald visited Sultana and returned with Mr Pierce. Joan Smith, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs J A Ragland, visited Ragland home in Shafter. Dinuba visitors were Mr and Mrs John Gratz and Mrs Peter Schultz. Mrs L H Coker of Los Angeles spent the weekend in Shafter. The Horace Cornelius and Martelle Moore families spent Sunday at Pismo Beach. Mrs Les Hobson visited Santa Monica with daughter Mrs Ralph Locke. Local businessmen including Claud Newson and John Dillingham traveled to Fresno. Bill Horner flew to the coast to San Luis Obispo after trouble with ice on his carburetor. Ennis Hughes Buren Mayfield and Bedford Lockard spent the day at Sequoia Park enjoying winter sports. Miss Alleene Moore of Vernon Texas visits her brother J B Moore. Earl Unruh and wife sailed for Panama where he serves in the postal service after visiting relatives in Shafter Wasco districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Friesen
Clarence
Hattie Friesen
George Eichman
Denver
Colorado
Pasadena
Vernon Friesen
Eichman
Ledi
Zimmerman
A. J. Scott
Walter
Herman Markel
Betty Bernice
Lodi
Shafter
Julius Zimmerman
Sequoia
Ennis Hughes Buren Mayfield
Bedford Lockard
Sequoia Park
Train Master From Fresno Surveys Shafter
E B Herbert Santa Fe train master from Fresno spent Thursday in Shafter on a business survey. Also on Thursday the high school hosted an F F A banquet with girls including Helen Nickel Marie Jones Minnie Koop Clara Nickel Lois Sullivan Lois Hamilton Evelyn Barron Marilyn Guenther and Mary Katherine Lockard serving meals. Mr and Mrs Will L Chandler of Oroville visited their son the Rev Alfred T Chandler in Shafter yesterday. A daughter Patricia Jean was born January 22 to Amelia Cornell former Shafter high school faculty member in Richmond weighing seven pounds four ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
E. B. Herbert
Santa Fe
Fresno
Helen» Nickel
Marie Jones
Minnie Koop
Clara Nickel
Lois Sullivan
Lois Hamilton
Evelyn Barron
Marilyn Guenther
Mary Katherine Lockard
Martha Wedin
Oroville
Will L. Chandler
Alfred T. Chandler
Amelia Cornell
Patricia Jean
Shafter High
Richmond
Jack Lang Visits Shafter from Public Health Department
Jack Lang of the Kern County Department of Public Health was a business visitor in Shafter on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lang
Kern County
Future Farmers Banquet Features 180 Pound Porker
The Shafter Future Farmers of America unit held its annual banquet at Shafter High School with a 180 pound porker raised on the school farm as the main dish. Miss Martha Wedin’s home economics class prepared the meal including applesauce potatoes gravy peas Jello salad hot rolls and pie. About 70 people attended and Bill Lachenmaier showed Hawaii travel footage for entertainment guests included Principal E P Jones Al Roberson and farm staff members.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Future Farmers of America
Martha Wedin
Home Economic
Bill Lachenmaier
Hawaii
E. P. Jones
al Roberson
Thoroughbreds to Run for Charity at Santa Anita
The Charity day handicap at Santa Anita on February 14 features top Thoroughbreds as part of the fourth annual benefit event. Proceeds support four Southern California organizations the Elks Catholic Youth Shrine and Jewish Welfare. Tickets priced at 1.10 and 2.20 are on sale through agencies and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Anita
Arcadia Oval
Webb Everett
Southern California
the Elks
The
Shrine
Jewish Welfare Agencies
Robert Redington
George Wickman
Elks
Charles L. Schottland
Milton Baruch
Jewish Welfare
Laurence Cobb
Arthur M. Loomis
the Shrine
Msgr
Thomas J. O'Dwyer
William Byrne
Catholic Youth
California
Rights of Way Being Cleaned Along Highways
Rights of way along Seventh Standard road and Shafter highway south of town are cleared of brush and trash to reduce fire hazard. NYA workers are employed for the project under Warden Art Sig of Shafter.
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Seventh Standard Road
Shafter Highway
Hazi
Art Sig
Shafter
NYA
Mechanical Beet Topper Is Used Successfully in Field Trials
A variable cut sugar beet topper developed by the University of California has been tested in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and California with 98.7 percent of beets topped acceptably. Topping losses were 2.46 percent tare and 1.4 percent topping. The machine uses a vibrating knife and a self centering height finder to adjust cuts as beets vary in crown height. Development is a cooperative project among UC, Colorado, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Sugar Beet Association funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California College of Agriculture
California
Roy Rainer
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
University of California
University of Colorado Colleges of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Sugar Beet Association
Pontiac Surges Back To Defeat Tips Barbers 42 34
In a city league basketball game at the high school gym Pontiac overcame a 17 15 halftime deficit to win 42 34. Ernie Ellington led Pontiac with 14 points while Fred Vaughn added 9 and Clyde Chism led the Barbers with 9. Pete Duke scored 9 for the Barbers and Mettler 6 for the Barbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Tips Barbers
Motormen
Ernie Ellington
Fred Vaughn
Pontiacs
Ellington
Pete Duke
Barbers
Clyde Chism
Potter
Zimmerman
Voth
Handel
White
Vaughn
Barber
Chism
Mettler
Duke
Combs
Heath
Camp
Merkel
Gins Run 162 Bales To Jump Total To 13 759
Cotton movement in the Shafter district shows three local gins handling 162 bales to raise the season total to 13 759. Camp West Lowe D O Moore and Shafter Wasco totals are 4 842 4 505 and 4 412 respectively. Picking is rapid weather permitting while county totals reach 106 276 ginned before January 16 compared to 96 034 last year, per P A Schmidt census bureau official.
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Shafter
Camp-West-Lowe
D. O. Moore
Shafter-Wasco
P. A. Schmidt
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Service Club Charity Basketball Ended In Tie
A large crowd watched the Shafter Kiwanians and Rotarians tie 34-34 in a charity game at the high school gym. The event featured unusual play, a free-throw contest after a two-foot limb referee aid, and a bizarre tally involving a ball from under the Kiwanis basket. Players included Ira Unruh, Karl Wells, Ed Warren, Bill Lachenmaier, Ernie Panero, Herb Schirmer, and others from both clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanians
Rotarians
High Schol Gymnasium
March of Dimes Fund
Ira Unruh
Karl Wells
Rotary
Leonard Dorn
Ed Warren
Dorn
Harvey Gaede
Bill White
Herb Schirmer
Schirmer
Ernie Panero
Kiwanis
F. E. Manuel
A. P. Channeson
Panero
Ed. Friesen
Laurence Baughman
Norbert Baumgarten
Emory Johnson
Harlow Johnson
Ira Untuh
Ed. Warren
Orvin Met
Canneries Packed 1939 Fruit and Vegetable Output
California canneries packed 29,086,744 cases of fruit and vegetables in 1939 as records show, with key figures named including Jack Janzen Ernest Panero Bill Lachenmaier Doc Gaede and Karl Wells among industry personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tler
Jack Janzen
Ernest Panero
Bill Lachenmaier
Doc Gaede
Karl Wells
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Red Rock Canyon
Menno Siemens
Barbara
Bill Siemens
Billy
Novella Stewart
Aliene Moore
Rendean
Lockard
Frank Russell
Siemens
Harder
H. J. Harder
Jake Siemens
Shafter Central
Valley Poultry
Delano Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Delano Odd
Fellows Lodge No. 356
W. E. G. Little
Walter Regier
Jim Stone
Art Regier
Ralph Short
Connie Duerksen
R. W. Partridge
Harris
Wasco
Ed. Neufeld
George Hiebert
Sultana
Vernon Pierce
Ronald
Sultana Thurday
Ragland
Joan Smith
J. A. Ragland
Dinuba
John Gratz
Peter Schultz
John._Ericsen
Los Angeles
L. H. Coker
J. W. Lassiter
Pismo
Horace Cornelius
Martelle Moore
Pismo Beach
Santa Monica
Les Hobson
Shefter
Ralph Locke
Claud. Newson
John Dillingham
O. C
Bill Horner
San Luis Obispo
Alleene Moore
Vernon
Texas
J. B. Moore
Earl Unruhs
Panama
Earl Unruh
Mr. Unruh
Postal Service
Ira
Gins
Jack A. Lighthill
Sunset Ave
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
L. H. McGrane
Optometrist
Calif
KPMC
Bil Toons
Jesse Anderson, Jr
Grange
Kings
Tulare
Yesse Anderson
Gris
Tulare Lake
HANFC
Pame
Pee Eer
Corcoran
Whitley Avenue
John Deere
Killefer
LE Tourneau
Hed Merters
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