Registration dispute in northern Kern County editorials
The Delano Record and The Commonwealth of McFarland publish strong editorials criticizing County Clerk Frank E. Smith over registration policy. They urge opening registration booths in Bakersfield area and caution against politicized deployment of deputies, urging broader voter access and efficiency.
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Board of Supervisors
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The Trail to Nowhere
A reflective poem by Theodore Fr. Bayless explores life as a trail filled with joy fear and mystery. It questions whether the path ends in a bright land or the grave and contemplates fate hope and memory along the journey.
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Theodore FR. Bayless
Over The Ridge A Woodland Poem Fragment From Auline Gatov
A fragmentary poem describes hearing a brook in pine mountains and viewing mystic shadows. It questions whether the heard tune is a sacred prayer or a woodland lullaby. The verse contemplates nature’s beauty and the mystery of creation.
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Auline Gatov
Protest Over-rules At Utility Meet In McFarland
The Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District directors overruled a protest petition of 400 names covering 23 500 acres and decided to call an election for annexation in the Weed Patch Fairfax and Earlimart districts. An adjourned meeting in McFarland will set the election date. A petition was received at Tuesday's meeting.
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Brotherhood backs Santa Fe stage application before rail board
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division No. 883 of Needles California endorses Santa Fe Transportation Company proposed interstate stage service in coordination with rail schedules. The letter to San Bernardino supervisors urges support, citing job creation and increased business as key outcomes. The filing seeks a 25 percent cut in state travel costs and integrated bus train timetables.
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G A Wittmayer Prop Offers Garbage Service
G A Wittmayer proprietor advertises garbage and trash collection twice a week with reasonable rates and a contact phone 10 Shafter for service inquiries.
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G. A. Wittmayer
Shafter
Annis Fatally Struck in Eureka Hit and Run
C C Annis, a resident of Shafter, was killed late Tuesday in Eureka when struck by a hit and run driver while crossing a street to enter a restaurant. He died at a Eureka hospital after being rushed there. Survived by relatives in Shafter and Eureka. a brother left Shafter for Eureka after word reached family.
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WPA SG PROJECT IN SHAFTER EMPLOYS SIXTY-ONE WOMEN
Since resumption on December 4 the sewing project in Shafter under Mrs. Maude M. Graybel has added 11 women, bringing the total to 61. The group makes percale shirts for men using 15 electrically driven machines. Nell Magee directs Kern. Work runs 9 AM to 8 30 PM, five days weekly, with each woman supporting 1 to 6 persons.
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Shafter High Prepares Two Cross Country Races
More than 20 Shafter High School boys train under Coach William White for two upcoming cross country races on March 6. The first race covers one mile for freshmen and sophomores, and the second spans one and a half miles for juniors and seniors. Winners will represent the school in the southern San Joaquin valley competitions.
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William White
Shafter High School
San Joaquin Valley
Agriculture Theme Billed For Kern County Annual
The high school annual staff plans a larger edition with farming focus titled Shafter, the Agricultural Center of Kern County. Advisor J. H. Porterfield leads a staff campaign to print and engrave by month’s end and begin book sales shortly after.
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Thieves Loot Masonic Lawn Cemetery Office in Sacramento
Thieves broke into the Masonic Lawn cemetery office in Sacramento and destroyed valuable funeral records dating back to 1880, disrupting archival documents and rights to historical records.
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Masonic Lawn
Sacramento
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