Shafter Progress Founder Ties to Local Paper History
The text recalls the Shafter Progress early ownership by Mr. Calkins and its later purchase by Herbert Comfort. It notes Comfort remains in the newspaper business alongside mentions of Sart Miguel and Gihens Tottowing TM Herb Comfort. The piece ends urging readers to file for office in Shafter before Thursday noon.
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Shafter Progress
Calkins
Herbert Comfort
I Sart
Miguel
Gihens
Herb
City posts filing deadline set for clerk treasurer and council seats
The notice states February 17 at noon as the filing deadline for city clerk city treasurer and council posts. Rumors of council changes persist with Councilman Al Finkbeiner cited as possibly resigning though no firm announcement is made. Oil wells and development mention crops up in unsettled notes.
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Reelecien
al Finkbeiner
AFS Student Merche Renobles Visits Shafter Home
Merche Renobles, a seventeen year old Spanish exchange student from Bikdao, Spain, is visiting Shafter for a week hosted by Miss Judy Adams and family. She attends Carverly High School in Palo Alto and aims to experience rural life while attending school as part of the American Field Service program.
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Merche Renobigs
American Field Service
Bikdao
Spain
Palo Alto
Lake
Tahot
Miss Renobles
Carverley High School
Shafter
Competison
Arthur .Craig
American Field + Service committee
Renobies
England
America
Judy Adams
Arsranged
Ates
Ace
Shafter High School
Mérche
and Mire
Arthur Craig
James Moquist
Meire Bow
Leigh
Merle
Family celebrates golden wedding near June
Reports tie to hospital as mother improves. Groats visited relatives over Christmas. The couple has been married nearly fifty years and planned a golden wedding celebration in June.
Visalia athlete speaks at Shafter Rotary luncheon
Bob Matthias, a world famous athlete from Visalia, addressed the Shafter Rotary Club Tuesday. His talk covered the Olympic games and sportsmanship.
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Bob Matthias
Visalia
Shafter Rotary Club
Valentine Dinner By Church Women and Circles
The Ladies Sewing Circle and the J.O.Y. Circle of the Mennonite Brethren church hosted the annual Valentines dinner with Bill Siemens as president and Jim Klassen handling program duties. Bergman led the fables and four songs were sung. Rev. Werner Krocker of Clovis Mennonite Brethren preached on The Greatest of These Is Love from I Corinthians 13.
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Ladies Sewing Circle
Menonite Brethren Church
Bill Siemens
Jim Klassen
Leonard Gacde
John Balzer
Ralph Lachenmaid
Sam Becker
Bergman
Edward Peters, Jr
Werner Krocker
Clovis Mennonite Brethren Church
Wasco
I Corrinthians
Henry Dick
Funeral Services at Porterville for Clifford Weaver
Funeral services were held Saturday February 12 at St Anne's Church Porterville for Clifford Weaver who lived in Straffen for many years and helped establish St Therese's parish He worked at a local garage and spent hours at the new church Interment followed in Porterville Cemetery Survivors include wife Celestine a son Alfred daughter Mary Mrs Skip Henery all of Porterville and nine grandchildren
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Clifford Weavert
Skip) Henery
Porterville
Betrothal Announcement for Miss Phyllis Dyer
Betrothal notice states Miss Phyllis Dyer engaged to Mr. Des. The couple plans a family gathering at 209 Pacific. The article mentions Phyllis’s sister and Mr. Branch, with other names and house references obscured in the readable text.
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Ana Des
Pacific
Phyisone
Benty
Guet Smith
Bill Branch
Forrest
Fire destroys chicken house near Meyer road
County fire teams responded to a 12 34 AM Tuesday call at the Ralph Anderson farm mile south of Seventh Standard Road Meyer. The 72 by 200 foot chicken house valued at 10000 and its 2000 contents were lost. A butane warmer lit to receive chickens and floor shavings are blamed. A 3000 barn remained untouched. Two Shafter trucks and one Wasco truck assisted under Battalion Chief M A Be.
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Ralph Anderson
Seventh Standard Road
Meyer
Shafter House
Wasco
M. A. Be
Visitors. Marlee. Kroh Guests in Cleve Hutchings Home
Mr and Mrs Jake Kroh visiting their son in Los Angeles while on a Colorado trip were recent guests at the Cleve Hutchings home. The two families have long friendship dating from Hutchings work for Kroh in his nursery.
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Marlee
Jake Kroh
Los Angeles
Colorado
Cleve Hutchings
Hutchings
Kroh
Antelope at Four Days Outruns a Man
A note states that when the pronghorn antelope is four days old it can outrun a man, highlighting its speed from an early age and implying notable athleticism of the species.
Steve Furman Elected President of Shafter Rotary Club
Steve Furman was elected president at the Shafter Rotary Club after nominations closed Tuesday. Harold Greene became secretary, Arthur Bronell treasurer, with Ernie Hofman and John Spear named directors. Herbert Neuman and George Baumgardt’s terms expired, holdover directors Ralph Boel and Weston Futrell remain.
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Steve Furman
Presi T
Shafter Rotary Club
Harold Greene
Arthur Brownell
Ernie Hofman
John Spear
Herbert Neuman
George Baumgardt
Ralph Boel
Weston Futrell
Pastor W R Macdowell Recovers at Home After Hospital Stay
Rev W R Macdowell of the First Christian Church in Shafter is recuperating at his home 559 Olive after a 12 day confinement at Physicians Hospital in Oildale.
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W. R. Macdowell
First Christian Church
Shafter
Olive
Physicians Hospital
Oildale
Bradford Cited for Failure to Yield in Valley Highway Crash
Carolyn Dain Bradford of 300 West Tulare was cited for failing to yield the right of way in a two car collision at Central Valley Highway and Lerdo Highway on Sunday February 13. Berry Daniels of 451 Golden West drove one vehicle with his wife as a passenger. Connie Sanders of 401 West Marengo was a passenger in the Bradford car. no injuries were reported.
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Carolyn Dain Bradford
West
Tulare
Central Valley Highway
Lerdo Highway
Bradford
Berry Daniels
Golden West
The Passenger Car Shaped American Suburb Growth
The passenger car has driven major suburban expansion across the United States, enabling commuting to city jobs and enabling residential development in previously peripheral areas. This transportation shift supported broader economic and societal changes.
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