Cage Teams Lay Off Over Holidays
Shafter High basketball teams take a holiday break with practices resuming on Monday when school reopens. The varsity opened with wins over McFarland and Avenal but struggled in the county tournament amid football season conflicts. B team beat McFarland but lost to Avenal, while C team shows limited optimism. Three January home games are planned including clashes with McFarland and East Bakersfield, plus dates with Wasco.
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Shafter High
McFarland
Avenal
East Bakersfield
Cage Cats
Colonels
Hoop Harriers
Wasco
Striped Bass Fishing Fair On Local Rivers
Striped bass fishing is fair along the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in the Contra Costa County area with anglers reporting steady catches and calm water conditions.
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Sacramento
San Joaquin
Contra Costa County
Pheasant Season Produced Below Average Bag Limits in 1947
California officials report 1947 pheasant season below average for bag limits with 53 500 birds released and about 150 000 hunters. Weather and high private property postings blamed for fair to poor season though Lassen Fresno Napa and Stanislaus counties showed good hunting. Wardens note improved discipline with fewer early offenses and land owner complaints. Independence area saw 1500 opening day hunters along a county road and a trap of various game including pheasants coyotes and a deer.
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California
Division of Fish and Game
Lassen
Fresno
Napa
Stannislaus
Tile Lake
Chino
Escalon
Howard V.shebley
Independence
25000 Trout Planted In Fresno County Lake
Twenty five thousand rainbow fingerlings averaging four and a half inches were planted in Hume Lake in Sequoia National Park this month. The release aims to assure good fishing during the 1948 trout season. The lake, located in the park, was cleared of non game fish by poisoning.
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Hume Lake
Bureau’ of Fish Conservation
California
Division of Fish and Game
Sequoia
National Park
Striped bass run underway on San Joaquin River
Striped bass migration is well under way up the San Joaquin River amid the season’s peak fishing period. The report notes strong catches near key inlets and tributaries, with anglers pursuing large striped bass as water levels favor migration.
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San Joaquin River
Quail Flap Back in Marin County After Twenty-Year Dip
Quail numbers rise this season in Marin County, signaling a marked recovery after two decades of scarcity. The resurgence suggests improved habitat conditions and seasonal patterns supporting local bird life.
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Marin County
All Kern County High School Grid Team Selected
The Shafter Press Sport Editor lists the 1947 All Kern County high school football pickers. First team includes two from Shafter, Bakersfield four, Taft three, Delano two, East Bakersfield one. second team shows players from Bakersfield Shafter Delano Tehachapi Taft Wasco East Bakersfield. Five backs named on each team.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Generals
Bakersfield
Taft
Delano
East Bakersfield
Bakersfield, 3 From ‘Shafter, 2 From Delano, 2 Tehachapi
Wasco
Big Duck Hunting Season Ends January Fifth
California waterfowl hunters anticipate strong bag limits as the split season closes January 5. Wardens report good to excellent hunting statewide with large flights of ducks and geese, including 1.5 million ducks and 8,000 geese counted at Grey Lodge Refuge.
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California
Division of Fish and Game
Lawrence Lloyd
Grey Lodge
Gridley
California Speaks California Speaks
A collection of quotable remarks from notable Californians including Philip Selznick Clinton Wilmsen Albert Henry Johnson and Dr A John Bartky. The remarks touch on family love immortality politics and public relations for teachers in a concise series.
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Philip Selznick
Clinton H. Wilmsen
Anaheim
Washington
Albert Henry Johnson
S.F
A. John Bartky
Stanford Univ
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