Wanted Rentals Listed by Shafter Business Men's Association
Classified notice seeking rental listings for local houses and apartments to aid oil workers and newcomers. Information may be left with Association Secretary H. J. Harder at 352 Central Avenue, Shafter. No charge for listing. Also advertising real estate and construction loans by Seay Loans and F. H. A. loan services.
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Shafter Business Men's Association
H. J. Harder
Business Credit Service Bureau
Central Avenue
Shafter
Rainfall in Shafter District Reaches Season Total
Rainfall last evening measured .19 inches at the experiment farm in Shafter district, bringing the season total to 2.48 inches.
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Shafter
Experiment Farm
Census Starts for Shafter City Election Precincts
City Clerk Frank Shaw began a census of residents inside Shafter to determine precinct boundaries ahead of the April 9 city election. The material collected will inform how districts are drawn.
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City of
Shafter
Frank Shaw
Potato refund checks expected within a few days
Refund checks for prorate charges and potato inspections will be mailed to local growers from Sacramento within days. Milton Lohr, head of the prorate committee, received word from Anthony Jerome of Turlock that the state audit of prorate committee and inspection service books is complete and checks will be written soon. It is not yet clear whether checks go to individual growers or to Lohr.
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Sacramento
Milton Lohr
Anthony Jerome
Turlock
Jerome
Lohr
Local Folks News Mix In Lexington and Derby Acres
Rio Bravo visitors include Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Tate and son from Lexington Oklahoma staying with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Whiting Martin rests in a Los Angeles hospital after car trouble. Rose Huston and Rosalyn Sears visited Derby Acres friends. J. E. Haag hosted dinner guests Mrs. May McBride Betty Erickson and Albert Michaelys.
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H. H. Tate and Son
Lexington
Oklahoma
J. B. Lewis
Six Glenn County queen bees shipped to India for study
Six queen bees from Glenn County were transported by air to India for experimental purposes. The shipment aims to study bee behavior and acclimation in different climates. Research teams from both regions will monitor colony development and health indicators over several months.
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Glenn County
India
Two Teachers Added to Staff at Richland
The Richland board of trustees added two teachers for the current school year Miss Louise Warner from Fresno State college will lead the second grade group and Floyd Johnson from Santa Barbara State college will teach seventh and eighth grades The changes free a room in the old building for an intermediate class and place Miss Jean Ramage as the teacher of the relocated third grade group of boys and girls from the old building
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Richland School
Board of
Louise Warner
Fresno State College
Floyd Johnson
Santa Barbara State College
Warner
Alice Beeman
Wasco
Johnson
Gladys Brier
Lerdo Highway
Jean. Ramage
Falcon Oil tops Tips Barbers in city league clash
Durward Annis led Falcon Oil with 17 points as they defeated Tips Barbers 45 to 28 at the high school gym, breaking a first place tie. Ernest Schnaidt added 14 for Falcon, while Cotton Combs led Tips with 13.
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Oilers
Barbers
Ernest Schnaidt
Falcon Center
Twitch
Falcon
L. Annis
Kliewer
D. Annis
Sehnaidt
Dorris
Unruh
Siemens
Barber
Chism
Tackett
Mettler
Graves
Combs
Hamilton
Camp
Witcher
Heath
Merkel
Valley track meet dates set at Lemoore and Tulare
The small school valley track meet for Shafter High athletes will be held May 18 at Lemoore with the large school valley meet set for May 18 at Tulare. Elimination of the hop, step and jump was decided, with JC and NCAA rules adopted for judging.
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Shafter High School
Lemoore
Bill White
San Joaquin Valley Athletic Council
White
Lemore
Pontiac Wallops Firemen In City Basketball Game
Three Superior Oil company boys Ernie Ellington Fred Vaughn and Burrell Harrell teamed for 37 points as Harvey Gaede s Pontiacs beat the Volunteer Firemen 48 25 in a city league game at the high school gym Vaughn led with 16 Ellington 12 and Harrell 9 Firemen top scorer Bill Brown eight and Tuffy Janzen seven Pontiac moves into a first place tie with Firemen and Central Market.
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Superior Oil Company
Ernie Ellington
Fred Vaughn
Burrell Harrell
Harvey Gaede
Pontiacs
Vaughn
Ellington
Harrell
Bill
Brown
Franklin
Calloway
Rodgers
California Honey Output Drops Sharply in 1939
Production totaled 10,225,000 pounds in 1939, down from 16,003,000 pounds in 1938, per H. M. Krebs of the State Department of Agriculture. Principal counties include Alameda 140,000, Butte 375,000, Colusa 192,500, Fresno 560,000, Glenn 270,000, Kern 425,000, Kings 175,000, Merced 340,000, San Joaquin 500,000, Stanislaus 250,000, Sutter 247,000, Tehama 175,000, Tulare 150,000, and others.
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California
H. M. Krebs
State Department of Agriculture
Alameda
Butte
Colusa
Fresno
Glenn
Kern
Kings
Merced
San Joaquin
Modoc
Shasta
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Tulare
Polo
Lighthill Family Returns From Los Angeles Visit
Dr and Mrs Jack Lighthill returned to Shafter on Tuesday after a four day visit in Los Angeles.
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Jack Lighthills
South
Jack Lighthill
Shafter
Los Angeles
Injured Man Taken From Wasco To Bakersfield
Ulys McCallum a 35 year old Shafter resident was rushed from Wasco to Kern General hospital in Bakersfield with a badly cut right arm. He reportedly cut himself when his arm went through a plate glass window as the Janzen ambulance answered the call yesterday afternoon.
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Ulys. McCallum
Shafter
Wasco
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
McCallum
Janzen
Justice Court Handles 304 Cases In 1939 Report
Judge H A Rightmire outlines 304 cases in local justice court for 1939. Of these 242 misdemeanors, 4 felonies and 62 civil cases. includes 32 disturbing the peace charges and 28 drunk and fighting cases. Felonies total three robberies and one forgery. no appeals filed. He praises Constable John Reily and officers for cooperation and notes aiming to recover stolen property and aid those harmed by bad checks and hotel bills while ensuring punishment where due.
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H. A. Rightmire
Church Services and Schedules in Local Faith Communities
The notice lists weekly events from Union Congregational, Mennonite Brethren, First Mennonite, and First Baptist churches. Activities include Sunday schools at 9:50 to 11:00 am, morning sermons in English and German, youth meetings, Christian Endeavor, Bible classes, prayer circles, and midweek services.
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
First Baptist Church
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiehe
Christian Fellowship
Jugendverein
M. B. Thurch Choir
First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
J. J. Esan
Mr. Esau
Church Services and Sermons at Wasco and Christian Science Society
Morning service at St. John s Church Wasco features sermon A Re Examination Of An Important Bible Teaching. Evening sermon Effectual Prayer. Catholic and Christian Science services listed with masses confessions and Sunday school details.
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P. A. Schmidt
Prayer League
Crusaders
St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Calif
Owen McCfullan
Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
California Leads Nation in Civilian Pilots and Planes
California has the largest number of civilian pilots 5913 and the most civilian airplanes 1334 in the United States, underscoring the state's prominence in private aviation.
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California
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Schnaidt
Tulare Street
J. E. Enns
Fowler
Farreer
Shafter Press
Aviation Training Institute,Inc
7Th St
Mr. Avery
Messena
Truxton and Eye
Poso Street
White Stucco House
Seay
F Street
Wasco Auto
el Tejon
8Th
9Th Streets
Riverside
Shafter Gins
Duehren’s
Gator
New Hampshire
Oregon
Shafter Hatchery
Los Angeles Street
Route 1
Livingston
Central Ave
Shafter Theatre
George Raft
Jane Bryan
Humphrey Bogart
John Mack Brown
Bob Baker
Pasco
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred McMurray
Jane Withers
Bob Crosky
London
Alo
Fredrick
Albert Winsor
James A. Naismith
Nasturtium
United States
Naismith
Richland
Falcon Oil
Mall School
Pontiac Wallops Firemen
the Press
Havana
Caribbean
Cuban Tourist Commission
Belgium
Tiso
Navy
San Diego
Cad
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible School
Witney
Gillette
Christopher
Shafter Drug Store
Wasco, Calif
Shafter Radio Electric
John T. Suderman
National
Christensen
Variety Store
Homecraft Institute
Jane Barton
Westinghouse
Home Appliance Co
Emil Stoller
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