Shafter News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Births
Mrs J P Harris returns from Los Angeles to Shafter after a stay in Stanton and Los Angeles. Stanton Willard of Bakersfield architects visits Shafter. Paso Robles couple visits relatives in Shafter. Stroller dinner guests include Stollers and Mettlers. Grose spends day in Tehachapi amid remaining snow. Arnold couple weekend in Glendale with Dr and Mrs Sievers. James Greer of Bakersfield visits Shafter. Enns couple from San Bernardino visit Shafter. Nelms announce a son George Preston at Kern General. Art Craig leaves for a two week San Francisco vacation. Pioneer Julius Zimmerman in poor health at home. Ed Champness, former Kern CE, visits Arroya Grande. Wasco Rebekahs dinner group attends Wasco event. Harry Dillon of Bakersfield tours Shafter city hall.
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P. L. Arnolds
Glendale
P.L. Arnold
California
George Sievers
Shafter
George Preston
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Roy E. Nelms
Dalke Couple Begin Wall Street House Construction
Mr and Mrs John Dalke have started a new house on Wall Street with foundations laid and the building expected to be completed by early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dalke
Wall Street
Local Shafter News Notes on Jobs Homes and Births
Berle Moore joins Home Appliance Co as outside salesman per Emil Stoller. C E Gaede visits Shafter Los Angeles pioneer checks property interests and visits relatives. Lachenmaier couple moves into new TV Little house Grant and Munzer. Harders drive to Los Angeles with Ednas. Model home under construction in Sierra tract with two more houses rising. Romney A Davis tax examiner visits Shafter Wasco Irrigation district on tax questions. Herb Jones couple welcome seven and a half pound daughter Patsy Sue born at 1 45 p.m. at their Shafter home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berle Moore
Wasco
Home Appiance Company
Emil Stoller
Moore
Herb-Jones
Patsy Sue
Jones
Shafter
Shafter News Notes Promote Local People and Visits
Regional supervisor Bert Rinn met Louis Starrh during a high school agricultural interview at a noon Rotary luncheon in Shafter. Local guests included Mr and Mrs C M Smoot of Edison, visiting Neufelds. outings noted at Jack Ranch with a foot of snow and ideal winter weather. E E Kendall visited Coalinga. Carl Gunnarson received a Thompson runabout boat. O C Newsom of Corcoran visited Shafter with Claud Newsom. attendees included Z C Bartel Emil Frantz A W Gaede and Dan Loewen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Rinn
Louis Starrh
Rinn
Glenn O. Nay
Shafter Rotary Club
Austin Wikoff
Ezra Schneider
Jack Ranch
Z. C. Bartel
Emil Frantz
A. W. Gaede
Dan Loewen
Shafter
Alhambra visitor plans Kern county home after Shafter stay
John A. Hunt of Alhambra spends a week in Shafter and declares it his first Kern county visit. He is impressed by the Shafter den and plans to buy property and settle here. Dinner guests from Bakersfield and Shafter socialized at the Stewart home with photo taking in the afternoon. Lewis Edwards earns solo flight after 19 hours 20 minutes of instruction at Bakersfield airport under Frank Don Carlos. Joe Frizzell and Noel Ro attend a Kiwanis meeting honoring Harry A. Lane of San Gabriel. 180 attendees from San Joaquin valley clubs gather at the Californian hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hunt
Alhambra
Merwin Hunt
Shafter
Mr. Hunt
Kern County
Shafter den
Lewis Edwards
Bakersfield
Frank Don Carlos
Joe Frizzell
Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis Club
Noel Ro
Reesno
Harry A. Lane
San Gabriel
California-Nevada, District of Kiwanis
Californian Hotel
San Joaquin Valley
Dr Graham Stuart to Speak at Bakersfield Forum on U S Foreign Policy
University of Wisconsin and Western Reserve alumnus Dr Graham Stuart of Stanford will discuss The Foreign Policy of the United States at an 8 pm Bakersfield High School auditorium open forum. He has taught internationally in Toulouse Poitiers Montpelier Geneva and The Hague and authored key works on diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Graham Stuart
Stanford University
Eld
Bakersfield
Stuart
Carnegie
Toulouse
Poitiers
Italy
Paul Perigord
A. M. Russell
University of California
Great Britain
Land Uplift From Shafter Purchase 20 Years Ago
The 1919 land deal near Shafter sold 1,000 acres to 20 families from Lodi, Kern County. Over two decades those families built a thriving agricultural community, many moving on to potatoes and shipping while preserving land ownership. Concerns cited about migrant relief and state policy were raised by Anderson, the new state relief director, questioning political motives and long-term impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Jastro
Kern County Land Company
Shafter
Lodi
Wert
Adolf Kirschenmann
L. J. Kirschenmann
Emil Kirschenmann
A. S. Handel
F. W. Handel
P. P. S. Edelman
P. P. Bender
August Bender
W. H. Mettler
A. H. Mettler
D. H. Mettler
E. H. Mettler
Akd. Schnaidt
John Schnaidt
Pred Nait
Fred F. Schnaidt
Jus Zimmerman
D. F. Mettler
W. F. Mettler
H. A. Metter
Willam P. Thiel
South Dakota
Relief Lead Is Ning Home Ownership Relief Lead Is Ning
California is labeled a politically created mecca for the impoverished and unfortunate of the nation by Thomas W. McManus, secretary of the California Citizens association, in a statement to the Assembly interim committee on unemployment and relief. He cited State Relief Administration figures showing migrants from other states made up about a quarter of the relief load, having been in California less than three years. He charged that Dr H Dewey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Farm Security Administration
Thomas W. McManus
California Citizen’s Association
Assembly Interim Committee On
State Relief Administration
Calfornia
H. Dewey
Storage Room Under Construction at Shafter Ice Co
The Shafter Ice company on Central avenue began building a new 12 by 23 foot ice storage room this week. Proprietor John Scaroni said the room will mirror others in the building and is to be finished within three weeks as preparations for summer heat begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Ice Company
Central Avenue
John Scaroni
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South
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Los Angeles
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H.G. Reif
Carol
Jack Stoller
Calvin Mettler
Vernie Grose
Tehachapi
James Greer
Fuqua
Greer
Estelline, Texas
Fuquas
P. D. Enns
San Bernardino
Mr. Enns
Art Craig
San Francisco
Pioneer Rancher
Julius Zimmerman
Pioneer Shafter Rancher
Champness
Kern Ceeee
Arroyo Grande
Ben Giesbrecht
R. W. Partridge
A. J. Willard
Wasco Rebekahs
Harry Dillon
California Highway Patrol
Romarontien
Bill Boyd
George Hayes
Sunset
Jane Withers
Leo Carrillo
Arizona
George Brent
Olivia DeHaviland
John Payne
the Navy
Bonita Granville
Frankie Thomas
John Litel
Nancy Drew
C. E. Gaede
John. Lachenmaiers
John .Lachenmaier
T. V. Little
Grant and Munzer Streets
H. J. Harder
Edna Beese
Edna Nikkel
Harder
New
Sierra Tract
Income
Romney A. Davis
Shafter- Wasco
Co. M
Coalinga
E. E. Kendall
Mr. Kendall
Carl Gunnarson
Shafter Theatre
Thompson
O. C. Newsoms
O. C. Newsom
Corcoran
Claud Newsom
Claud Newsome
W. W. Stewart
J. L. Stewart
Jimmy
Alyne
Joyce
Claude Hammons
Kiwanis Meeting
Bakersfield Forum
Central Ave
Shafter Ice Co
Bank of America
Shafter Branch
M. L. Thomas
Bank of America National Os Associatio
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