Congregational Group Plans Summer Camp in Shafter
Church leaders in Shafter met Monday to plan a Congregational summer camp at Green Horn from June 7 to 14. Attendees included Rev Paul Davies of Los Angeles, Rev A S Donat of Bakersfield, Rev and Mrs Rival Hawkins of Paso Robles, Rev John Toomay and Ted Toomay of Wasco, and Rev Alfred T Chandler and Jack Shore of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhorn
Shafter
Paul Davies
Los Angeles
Congregational Conference
A. S. Donat
Bakersfield
Rival Hawkins
Paso Robles
John Toomay
Ted Toomay
Wasco
Alfred T. Chandler
Jack Shore
Ruben Mettler Heads Honor Group At High School
Ruben Mettler was elected president of the Shafter high school unit of the California Scholarship Federation for the spring semester. Other officers include Merton Wiedmann as vice president Lenora Wittenberg as secretary and Patty Stringham as social chairman. Plans are set for a valley meeting at Porterville during spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Mettler
Shafter High School
California Scholarship Federation
Merton Wiedmann
Lenora Wittenberg
Patty Stringham
Porterville
Duck Census Details by U S Fish and Wildlife Service
Each year the U S Fish and Wildlife Service conducts a duck population census using vehicles boats and plants to reach nesting grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements
Financial statement for the year ending December 31, 1940 shows cash on hand and deposits at January 1, 1940, with totals for assets, liabilities, and expenditures. It lists assessments, expenditures for water and rent, directors fees, insurance, and miscellaneous items, concluding with cash in hand and deposits and the sworn affidavit date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Sikebias
Tanita
Sesh
Cublinetinns
Ana Ranogrdire
Notice of Sale of Tax Deed Property Kern County California
Public notice that tax deeded property in Kern County California will be sold at public auction on February 28 1941 if redeemed according to law. Listing includes parcels in Taft Randsburg and Bakersfield with minimum prices and years of delinquency. Tax Collector J Perry Brite directs sale per January 22 1941 authorization from State Controller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Kern County
State of C
United States
Court House
Kern
Bakersfield
California
Taft
Jear
C. le Valley
Randsburg
Frank
James E. T. McGovern
Good Hope
Inc
Consolidated Mines Co
Consolidate Mines Co
Lowell Add
C. M. Fuller Co
Mary Emily Kimberly
Mary E. Kimberly
Frazier Mt. Park Tr
Wm. Kirkpatrick
J. A. Anderson
Phillipe-Hambaugh Realty and Co
Frasier Mt
Park
G. McBain Corp
acBain Tipton
Anna Aea
Wong
Herbert S. Johnson
H. V. Solbeck
W.W. Miller
March of Dimes Raises $181 in Shafter
Lloyd Pack reports the Shafter community raised 181 dollars for the March of Dimes with a small amount remaining to be turned in. Funds support infantile paralysis efforts with equal split between Kern County and a national foundation.
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March of Dimes
Shafter Community
Shafter
Lloyd Pack
Pack
Kern County
National Foundation
Woods Stone Certification of Business Name in Shafter
A sworn statement from Woods Stone operating as Bergen's Firestone Service in Shafter Kern County California confirms the business name Bergen's Firestone Service and the proprietor Woods Stone. The document records the firm name and the official business location in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods Stone
Shafter County
Kern
California
Bergen
Firestone Service
Aluminum output in the United States hits 320 million pounds
Last year US aluminum production reached 320 million pounds, enough to build about 48 000 airplanes. The figure underscores the scale of domestic metal output and its potential impact on aerospace supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Notice of Award for Street Improvement in Shafter District 2
City of Shafter California announces award of contract for grading and cement sidewalks curbs and gutters in Assessment District No 2 on Marengo Avenue and adjacent streets. Resolution No 43 and Improvement Act of 1911 guide bonds payment and project funding with Works Progress Administration share of 22800 dollars.
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Shafter
California
Marengo Avenue
Meripenes
Works Projects Administration
Works Project Administration
Legislature of the
Kiwanis Club Plans Student Essay Contest
The Shafter Kiwanis Club held a meeting to organize an essay contest for elementary and high school students. Eugene Ford will head the arrangement with two topics: Shafter's Contribution to National Defense and How Can Democracy Function in Shafter. Awards will be made by the club with teacher and Kiwanis members as judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Eugene Ford
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
High Teams To Tehachapi For Three Games
Shafter high school's Generals Colon2s and Bucks travel to Tehachapi tomorrow evening for three Sierra league basketball games versus the Mountaineers. Student rooters plan to accompany the squads. Montgomery's Generals are underdogs and Wikson's Colonels sit slight underdogs. Gates' Bucks look to win.
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Shafter High School
Generals
Colon2
Bucks
Tehachapi
Mountaineers
Monty . Montgomery
Vo Wikson
R. L. Gates
Smith County Central in Kansas Declared U.S. Geographical Center
Smith County in northern Kansas is identified as the geographical center of the United States marking a notable geographic distinction for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith County
Kansas
United States
Trustee Sale Notice on Bakersfield Property Foreclosure
Notice states default on Deed of Trust dated May 11 1939 by Merwin Hunt and Leslie Hunt. Corporation of America as Trustee will sell at public auction February 14 1941 at Kern County Courthouse Bakersfield for Lot 36 of Tract 1058.
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Merwin Hunt
Leslie Hunt
Corporation OF America
California
Bank America Batking Association
Kern County
Bakersfield
Kern
State Ofalifornia
Corporation America
United States
Offornia
Mays
San Francisco
S. J, Tosi
Notice of Intended Sale of Business Assets in Shafter
Ray Friesen of 272 Lerdo Read Shafter California intends to sell to Walker L Bergen of 180 Lerdo Road Shafter California all stock in trade merchandise and equipment located at 531 Santa Fe Avenue Shafter Kern County California. The sale is set for the seventeenth day of a ye ar at 531 Santa Fe Avenue Shafter California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Friesen
Lerdo
Shafter
California
Walker L. Bergen
Lerdo Road
Shafter California
Santa Fe Avenue
Santa Fe
Kern
State
Generals edge McFarland in thriller Friday basketball
Shafter high school Generals edged McFarland 19 to 18 in a tight Sierra league contest after a fast first half. Colonels beat McFarland B team 30 to 20 in the opener as Williams and Schnidt led for their squads with double figure scores.
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Shafter High School Generals
McFarland High School
Loval
Colonels
McFarland Bs
McFarland
Generals
Monty
Montghémery
Invaders
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Ouf
Jack Wialcoxon
Paul Jackson
Williams
Harold Schnidt
Parks
Generals— Jackson
Rexius
Kirschenmann
Witcher
J. Wilcoxon
R. Mettler
G. Wilcoxon
Newton
Alexander
Anttis
Green
Myrick
Pyle
Jones
Passey
Barkhard
McFarland—Parks
Castro
Gilpin
Vaughn
Whistler
Ma‘dron
Krumm
Visitors from Shafter and Reedley Stroll Through Town
Richard Hetz, a San Jose State student, visited Alfred T. Chandler over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. John Pankratz and Mr. and Mrs. George Warkentine of Reedley were in Shafter to call on relatives. Former Shafter resident Mrs. Margaret Hetz is staying with a sister in Fresno after leaving Kern General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hetz
San Jose State College
Alfred T. Chandler
Reedly
John Pankratz
George Warkentine
Reedley
Shafter
Fresno
Margaret B. Hetz
Mrs Gribble Visits Son In Chico Graduate Plans Further Study
Mrs. R. E. Gribble returned to Shafter Monday after visiting her son Richard who graduated mid year from Chico State College. He plans to stay for a short while to complete further research study.
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R. E. Gribble
Shafter
Chico
Richard
Chico State
Col
Ray Mork Returns from Conference to Lead Camp
Ray Mork manager of the Shafter Farm Workers community returned from a national Farm Security Administration conference in New Orleans. He expects to assume a new federal camp position at Woodville soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Mork
Shafter Farm Workers
New Orleans
National Farm Security Administration
Mork
Woodville
Defense Housing Projects Named To Honor Leaders
USHA names several defense housing communities to honor military leaders and vessels including Arlington projects at Rock Island and Portsmouth, the La Armada unit at Corpus Christi, West Park Bremerton and Sandpoint Seattle, with others in Newport, New Port, Pensacola and Charleston among yet unnamed sites.
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Defense Housing
Washington, D. Ge
William —. Mitchell
United States Housing Defense
Army Air Corps
Service
Rantoul
Illinois
Chanute
Corpus Christi
Texas
Spirit of Defense
la Armada
Columbus
Georgia
Fort Benning
Newton D. Baker
Navy
Claude Swanson
Portsmouth
Virginia
America
Selma
Alabama
USHA
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Merimac
U. S
Merrimac
Monitor
Richard Dale
John Berry
John Paul
Tongs
Bon. Homme Richard
Newport
Rhode Island
Park-Holm
Bremerton
Washington
Montgomery
Moreno Courts
Pensacola
Florida
Ben Tillman Homes
Charleston
South Carolina
Defense
Defense Focus At San Joaquin Valley Ag Teachers Meet
About 80 members of the San Joaquin Valley unit of the California Agricultural Teachers association met in Shafter for an all day session to discuss defense related changes in area school systems. Speakers included Harold Wilson state superintendent Al Hollenberg W P Beard and Glen C Nay. They toured Shafter high school farm and planned the next meeting at California Polytechnic Institute San Luis Obispo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
California _Agricultural ‘Teachers’ association
Shafter
Harold Wilson
al Hollenberg
Sacramento
W. P. Beard
United States Department of Education
Washington, D. C
Glen C. Nay
Shafter High School
Legion Hall
Crawford’s Cafe
John Knight
California Polytechnic Institute
San Luis Obispo
Professor Price Leads Pacific Coast Philological Association
Dr. Lawrence M. Price of the University of California, renowned for literary scholarship, serves as president of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast for 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Price
University of California
of Geran
ID Price
Philological Association of the
Pacific Coast
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Earl Crandall
East Lerdo
Call Shafter
Tulare
Wasco Ave
A. P. J. Karber
D. Street
Poso Land and Products Company
Los Angeles St
J. B. Henderson
Carpinteria Beach
City of Santa Barbara
Care the Shaffer Press
Cuyama
van Buren
Shafter Press
Inquire Shatter Mercantile Co
Klassen Drive
North Shafter
J. F. Richert
Merwin W. Hunt
D. O. Moore
Shafter Highway
Clara Thomas
Falcon Oil Station
Mattie Riggs
Roy Pitts
Riverside Avenue
Central and
Kern Streets
Central Ave
Shafter Hatchery
Congregational Group
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Trcic
Binie
J. Perry Brite
State of
Son
Patronise Press
Iavertisers
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Johnson
Schaaf
Kahn Tailoring
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