Shafter News Briefs Detail Local Goings-On
Multiple Shafter notices record family visits, dinners, and trips. Highlights include corrections on a Bennett family item, F F A dinner attendees, visits to Los Angeles and Delano, Sequoia National Park outings, USC studies, Rio Bravo and Delano dinners, El Nacimiento ranch visits, Paso Robles trips, new residence moves, and holiday closings by Bank of America in honor of Washington's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Here
George Washington
Bank of America
M. L. Thomas
Sewing Circle to Meet Monday at Lilie Hein Home
The M B Sewing Circle resumes meetings Monday night with Miss Lilie Hein as hostess at her home. The group had paused recently due to evangelistic services at the Mennonite Brethren church.
Handel Family Returns From Oakland For Funeral
Mr and Mrs Chris Handel Mr and Mrs Herb Handel have returned from Oakland where they attended the funeral of Elizabeth Herb sister of F W and Chris Handel.
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Oakland
F. W. Handel
Chris Handel
Herb Handel
Elizabeth Herb
F. W
New Residents Move Into Shafter Home
Mr and Mrs Harvey Bartel former Shafter residents now living in Los Angeles moved into the Henry Schnidt place on Lerdo highway, replacing the Stoller family of the Home Appliance company. Bartel will manage the new Richfield station being built by Fred Christensen at Shafter avenue and Santa Fe way.
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Harvey Bartel
Shafter
Los Angeles
Henry Schnidt
Lerdo Highway
Emil Stoller
Home Appliance Company
Bartel
New
Richfield
Fred Christensen
Shafter Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Stockton Couple Tours Death Valley Castle Visit
Mr and Mrs M J Stockton spent the weekend touring Death Valley Sotty and inspecting a castle. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs A J Gardiner of Bakersfield, and also visited Boulder Dam Boulder City and other sites. Mrs Stockton noted it was their first trip out of California. The group left Shafter Friday and returned Sunday evening.
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Death Valley
Sotty
M. J. Stockton
Stocktons
A. J. Gardiner
Bakersfield
Boulder Dam
Boulder City
Visitor from Rio Bravo at Gates Home
Rafe Martin of Rio Bravo visited the Gates family this week, as reported by Mrs. Thomas Wedge, the librarian. Following a pleasant stay at the Boeses, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Boese returned to Santa Ana. A. M. Boese is noted as a brother of I. F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Klassen
Parker
Jack Neufeld
Bill Bestwater
Dan Wendland
W. F. Davidson
Bakersfield
Lodi
R. L. Gates
Rafe Martin
Rio Bravo
Thomas Wedge
A. M. Boese
J._F. Boese
Santa Ana
I. F
Janitor Reiger Returns to Work After Flu Recovery
H. W. Reiger, janitor at Richland grammar school, fights off a severe influenza attack and resumes duties after confinement at home.
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H. W. Reiger
Richland Grammar School
Books Available At Library
Young patrons at the Shafter library can choose from a list of 19 titles including The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, English Fairy Tales by F A Steel, Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle, and Tommy Tatters and the Four Bears by L H Moe. Other authors include Elizabeth Gale, J B Gemmill, P R Hanna, M L Hunt, C G Kuh, D J McCormick, G P Moon, Glen Rounds, B C Thayer, M L Thomas, Mother Goose, Lena Towsley, A F Collins, and C A Eastman.
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Shafter Library
Katrina van Ost
Elizabeth Gale
Joan
J. B. Gemmill
Kenneth Grahame
Susan
P. R. Hanna
M. L. Hunt
C. G. Kuh
Paul Bunyan
D. J. McCormick
Nadita
G. P. Moon
Ol’ Paul
Glen Rounds
Jinny
B. C. Thayer
Paulo
Chilean Desert
M. L. Thomas
And
Stokes
Mother Goose
Merry Adventures of
Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
Tommy Tatters
Four Bears
L. H. Moe
Sally
Lena Towsley
A. F. Collins
C. A. Eastman
Tulare Swine Day Planned On February 25
The Tulare Swine Day returns to Tulare on Friday February 25 at the high school auditorium. Dr E H Hughes prepared the program with morning sessions on Relative Feed Values and Swine Legislation and a breeder led afternoon symposium. The Breeders Association meeting will close the day and a Los Angeles event may move to Imperial County this spring.
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Davis
University of California
Tulare
E. H. Hughes
H. R. Guilbert
Breeders’ Association
Hughes
Los Angeles
Imperial County
Combined Mennonite Choir Festival Set for March Dates
A concert series uniting choirs and Men's choruses from Shafter Reedley Dinuba and Bakersfield will premiere Sunday March 13 at the Mennonite Brethren Church Kern Street and California Avenue. A second performance is planned for Reedley on March 20 with more dates to be announced.
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Mennonite Brethren
Shafter
Reedley
Dinuba
Bakersfield
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern Street
California Avenue
California History Volume Translates Clavigero Work
A new English translation of Father Clavigero’s History of California, by Sara E. Lake and A A. Gray, accompanies two other UC trained scholarly works. The trio offers a diverse view of the Californias and the old Southwest through explorers, tribes, and folk tales.
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Francisco Gravigero
Sara E. Lake
A. A. Gray
University Offornia
Berkeley High School
Stanford University Press
California
University of California
New Mexico
Charles W. Hackett
University of Texas
Jose Manuel Espinosa
St. Louis University
Californias
Old Southwest
Father Clavigero
Mexico
Venice
University of A California
District Attorney Tom Scott Seeks Reelection in Kern County
District Attorney Tom Scott announces his bid for a second term in Kern County. He cites a four year record of prosecuting all crime categories, noting 81 percent conviction rate in 68 verdicts over three years and 85 percent felony convictions in 1937. He emphasizes independence from special interests and his 25 years in Kern County practice.
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Tom Scott
Scott
Kern County
Candidate for Kern County District Attorney Seeks Support
A statement announces a candidacy for the office of district attorney in Kern County and invites the people to consider the campaign and lend support. The message emphasizes public backing and participation in the electoral process.
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Mit
Kern County
Agreement Recorded Involving Warrants Ten Eyck Many Entities
The document records an assignment of a royalty interest from the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 35 Township 28 Range 25, totaling .25/12.5, from Warren E. Ten Eyck et al to Jergins Corporation, except the portion conveyed to San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation.
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Warren E. Ten Eyck
Etul
Jergins. Corporation
San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation
Land Lease Activities at Edge City Limits
Land lease notes indicate activity at Edge City limits this week involving Voth and Emma Mae O’Brien among others. Reading lists include Opal Woo and A. Reeks ee as part of the conveyance notes.
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EDGE
Voth
Et Ux
Emma Maegaret
Opal W
A. Reeks
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Clyde Malone
Malone
Futureera of America
Les
H. Midgley
The
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Frances
Sequoia
Sequoia National Park
Novella Stewart
Lena Shultz
Gerald Starrh
Everett Wiedman
Ernest Hoffman
Richard Gribble
Irwin Starrh
D. O. Moore
Maxine Moore
USC. L. A
Z. C. Bartel
Aldeen Beese
G. Kruger
Delano
Paul Driver
John Isaac
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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Eli Hart
el Nacimiento Ranch
San Miguel
Harts
Taft
Paso Robles
Roberta Roberson
Helen
Robergoh
Harold Baxter
Ed Kirschenmann
Mannel Tract
John Strauss
Compton
George
Kern General
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Joe Kirk
Charles Smith
Finley Osborn
Osborns
McFarland
California Federation of Mineral Societies
San Francisco
T. V. Little
Don
Long Beach
Mitchell
Bay City
Wm. Lachenmaier
Texas
John Lachenmaier
Death Valley Scotty
Santa Anaas
Shafter Man
Sunday
Katherine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Bill Hopalong
Shafter Furniture Co
R. E. Zenk
Bakersfield East
Rae Len
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