Shafter Generals Fall to Tehachapi After Home Opener
Tehachapi defeats Shafter 22-13 as Generals struggle in final period missing all field goals. Castro leads Tehachapi with eight points while Cloud tops Shafter with five. opening win for Shafter’s season follows a 19-9 victory in the earlier game.
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Shafter High School Generals
Tehachapi High School
Shafters
Colonels
Generals
Tehachapi
Castro
Jesus Castro
Omer Evans
Jess Combs
Calvin Newton
Leroy Witcher
John Searcy
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Delmar Brite
Walter Kirschenmann
Shafter Colonels
Tehachapi ‘Ns
W. R. Cloud
Ruben Mettler
Narez
Shafter
East Bakersfield
Harold Schnidt
Ed Gaede
Murray Evans
Eddie Hall
Bill White
Searcy
Kirschenmann
Witcher
Combs
Evans
Newton
Madding
Vasquez
Brite
Johnson
Warner
Kirkbride
Partin
Welsh
J. W. Wilson
Cloud
Annis
Myrick
D. Pasley
Mettler
Barton
Turpin
K. Pasley
Valdez
Cazacas
Bicks
Vincet
Ramos
R. E. Gatets
Gaede
Roebuck
Potter
Weatherford
Roy Nash
Ferries
Porter
Trumble
Woods
Guinn
Ray Nash
Stevens
Ira Unruh Named Manager at Camp West Lowe Gin
Ira Unruh becomes manager of the Shafter cotton gin at Camp West Lowe with offices on Walker street. He will assist growers with crop financing and ginning problems while retaining an interest in the service station, now managed by Oliver Sly. Unruh has lived in Shafter since 1932 and previously worked with Sly in the service business.
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Ira Unruh
Shafter
Camp-West-Lowe
Walker Street
Unruh
Oliver Sly
Sly
Early Lupines Foreshadow Kern Flower Festival
Mid winter lupine blooms on Mount Poso slopes signal a possible spring flower festival after first rainfall. Kern County observes the annual wildflower fiesta as 150 000 to 500 000 visitors flock to San Joaquin valley fields with 400 varieties. The spectacle draws nature lovers, bird watchers and insect enthusiasts to roadsides meadows and ditches.
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Kern County
Mount Poso
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Emory Gay Hoffman
San Joaquin
Central Market Upsets Pontiac By 28-23 Score
Central Market defeats the Pontiacs 28 to 23 in a rough city league basketball game. Central led 16-10 at halftime and 22-15 after three quarters, with two players ejected on personals.
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Central Market
Pontiac
Pontiacs
Marketmen
Leonard Gaede
Art Hein
Central
Laurion annuals sale at school raises funds
A total of 136 Laurion annuals were sold Friday at the school as the business department staged a sale drive. About 50 more copies were sold during the week, and the publication sale will continue until 200 copies are disposed of.
General Motors Builds its 25 000 000th Car Today
General Motors will roll out its 25 000 000th car at Flint Michigan as Alfred P Sloan Jr William S Knudsen and M E Coyle join in ceremonies Chevrolet leads the run including Oldsmobile Cadillac Buick Pontiac and LaSalle. A Detroit party honors 5000 veteran employees with a program “The March of Men and Motors” celebrating automotive progress since 1908.
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General Motors
Flint
Michigan
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William S. Knudsen
M. E. Coyle
Chevrolet
Detroit
Ats Dmes
March of Men and Motors
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Buick
Pontiac
la Salle
America
Knudsen
Census Set to Start January 26 in District
District Director J J McMillan announced the sixteenth decennial census will begin January 26 with surveys of business manufacturing mines and quarries. Population housing and agricultural counts start in April. Enumerators are pledged to secrecy, penalties apply for disclosure, and cooperation from citizens is urged to speed the work.
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Uncle Sam
J. J. McMillan
McMillan
Act of Congress
Bureau of the Census
Kern
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Tulare
Ventura Counties
Snow Party Planned by Shafter Hi-Y Group
A snow party is planned for Saturday in the Mount Abel winter sports area south of Taft by Shafter Hi-Y members. The group will spend the day in the area and adopted a new bell during the Thursday high school meeting.
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Mount Abel
Taft
Shafter Hi-Y
Merwin Olson
W. Cloud
Veteran Albert Lang Attends All World Series Since 1903
Albert Felding Lang a Pittsburgh laundry magnate and World Series veteran attended every World Series from the first in 1903 through 1938. He is noted for his long-running attendance and ties to baseball history.
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Albert Felding Lang
Pittsburgh
California Has Nation's Lowest Vehicle Registration Fee
California charges an annual $3 motor vehicle registration the lowest in the nation, with Washington the only state near that level. The report notes other states' varied schemes, including Kentucky at $4.50, Oregon and Utah at $5, and large weight based charges in several states. In 1938 California owners paid an average total fee of $7.68 versus a national average of $9.25.
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California
Washington
Department of Motor Vehicles
Kentucky
Kansas
Oregon
Utah
North Dakota
New York
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Radio advertisement for Shafter Radio Electric
An early radio ad promotes timely vital news carried by mouth and on the air. It urges customers to call 179 for service when their radio is out of order and highlights affordable rates. John T. Suderman, proprietor, 354 Central Ave.
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South Sea Islands
Shafter Radio Electric
John T. Suderman
Central Ave
January Book List Announced For Local Library
The Shafter library reveals new acquisitions this week under librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge. Notable titles include When Women Love De La Pasture Late Colonel Judd De Meyer and many more such as World Over Wharton Soul Doctor Zahniser and History of the United States Channing.
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Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
de la Pasture
Judd
de Meyer
Griffith
Hanna
Toinette
Harding
Godfrey
Hatch
Hughes
Joseph
Kyne
Land
Lane
Leslie
Steinbeck
Wharton
Zahniser
Waldo
Wilkins
Dutton
Bernard
Hawaii
Frank
Jerger
United States
Channing
Falcon Oil Opens City League With Victory Over King Lumber
Falcon Oil beat King Lumber 39 to 13 in the second half opener at the high school gym. Ernest Schnaidt led Falcon with nine points on four field goals and a free throw. Green and Moore paced King with four points each as Green, Taylor, Vannatta, Moore and Stillman were among the top scorers for their teams.
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Falcon Oil
Oilers
King
Lumber
Falcon
Ernest Schnaidt
Green
Moore
Lumbermen
Wiedmann
D. Annis
Schnaidt
Reily
L. Annis
Siemens
Kliewer
Dorris
Unruh
Taylor
Vannatta
Stillman
Rexius
Romines
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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Wardwell
Hein
Heiser
Lee
Harrell
Voth
Pagter
Zimmerman
Handel
Ellington
MCC Leah Coma
Lowe
the Press
Pathfinder
Woman's Home Companion
Woman’‘s World
American Roomy Journal
Farm Journal and
Farmer's Wife Shafter Press
Shafter Press
Womans Home Companion
Woman’s World
American Poultry Journal
Farmer's Wife
Movie Mirror
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