Wanted Help Offers and Local Listings
Carpenter seeks work offering repair and remodeling at fifty cents per hour write Box 620 Buttonwillow California. WANTED dependable house girl for family of two permanent position for right party state qualifications in letter write Box B The Shafter Press. Local houses and apartments for rent listed by The Shafter Business Men’s association for oil workers and newcomers via Association Secretary H. J. Harder Business Credit Service Bureau no charge for this listing.
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Buttonwillow
California
Shafter Press
Shafter Business Men’s Association
H. J. Harder
Business Credit Service Bureau
Twenty Five Boys Join Boy Scout Troop at Shafter Camp
Twenty five boys have joined the newly organized Boy Scout troop sponsored in the Shafter Farm Workers' camp by the Shafter Kiwanis club. Dr. Jack Lghthill, scoutmaster, says meetings will be held each Wednesday evening in the camp. Temporary troop headquarters are set up at the camp and a building may be provided later. On Saturday the troop spent two hours working for town merchants to earn money for Scout manuals and uniforms.
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Shafter Farm Workers
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Jack Lghthill
Root Rot Losses In Sugar Beets Are Prevented
L. D. Leach of the University of California reports soil tests in 5116 acres of sugar beet lands identified 1457 acres too infested for planting. The college developed and operates the testing method predicting crop losses from soil organisms without planting. Growers and sugar companies increasingly submit samples from several acres annually to the Davis campus for testing at a nominal charge.
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L. D. Leach
University of California College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Leach
Davis
Shafter Teams Face Tehachapi In Sierra League Battles
Shafter Sneakerball squads travel to Tehachapi for league games against Tehachapi A s B s and C s. Generals seek a win to rise to second place behind Mari copa while Tehachapi edges appear slight. Colonels underdog after a single league win, Tehachapi Bs favored against the Colonels. Bucks expected to beat Tehachapi Cs after a season loss.
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Shafter High School
Tehachapi
Bill White
Generals
Mountain Club
Maricopa Five
Shafter
J. W. Wilson
Colonels
McFarland
Tehachapi Bs
Shafter Bucks
Tehachapi Cs
R. E. Gates
Bucks
Barley Warehouses in California Hold 415,840 Tons
Barley stored in California warehouses totaled 415,840 tons on January 1, up 48,141 tons from the prior year, per a state Department of Agriculture report.
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California
State Department of Agriculture
Cotton Total at 13 613 Bales This Week in Shafter District
Sixty two bales were processed by three local gins this week, bringing the season total to 13 613 bales in the Shafter district. Gin totals show Camp West Lowe at 4 770, D O Moore at 4 487, and Shafter Wasco at 4 356 bales. Yields range from two and a half to three bales per acre, with the district average likely not so high for the entire area. county figures report 895 pounds per acre, a record for any cotton district.
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Shafter
West-Lowe
D. O. Moore
Shafter-Wasco
Olson Reelected High School Student Body President
Merwin Olson was reelected president of the Shafter high school student body to serve through the year. Johnny Channeson was chosen vice president and Muriel Gage named secretary. Rohna Mettler elected social chairman, Hattie Mecham yell leader, Elmer Schmidt boys athletic manager, Helen Sly girls athletic manager.
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Merwin Olson
Shafter High School
Olson
Johnny Channeson
Muriel Gage
Rohna Mettler
Hattie Mecham
Elmer Schmidt
Helen Sly
Positions Open In United States Civil Service
This week announced as open under the U S civil service are telephone operator stenographer typist aeronautical inspector electrical mechanic and X ray crystallographer. Full information may be obtained from John E Roskam secretary of the U S civil service board of examiners at the Shafter post office.
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United States Civil Service
John E. Roskam
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Shafter Post Office
4-H Club Members Profit From 1939 Projects
The 716 4-H Clubs sponsored by the University of California agricultural extension invested 422,294 dollars in livestock and crop projects during 1939 and ended the year with a net profit of 113,740 dollars.
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University of California
Agricultural Extension Service
War in China Returns Villages to Middle Ages
War conditions in North China have forced villages to fortify themselves as in the Middle Ages. Instead of battlements they surround homes with barbed wire entanglements charged with electricity at night. Livestock are driven in at sundown and released at dawn to roam the countryside where people barely survive.
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Tientsin
China
North
Fire Truck Flees From Station Fire In Lillington
A Lillington fire truck reversed standard procedure and sped away from a blaze that broke out inside the fire station. No injuries reported as crews responded to the unexpected incident.
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Lillington
N. C
Pedestrian Receives Suit Over Car Collision Injury
Miami report says a pedestrian was knocked down by an automobile and then served a summons for being in the way of the car. The incident underscores blame and liability questions in city traffic safety cases.
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Miami
Claims Device Can Run Auto on Water and Lye
Dallas inventor Henry Garrett 76 says he has patented an automobile carburetor using water and ordinary lye as fuel. He claims the piston chambers need only be adjusted and that one gallon of water mixed with a can of lye equals the work of 2,000 gallons of gasoline. The device supposedly breaks water into hydrogen and oxygen gases eight times more powerful than gasoline vapors.
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Dallas
Texas
Henry Garrett
Mickey Mouse Products Surpass Twenty Million in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Connecticut has produced more than 20 million molded plastic Mickey Mouse items over the past three years featuring full color images of Mickey and his merry team.
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Mickey Mouse
Bridgeport
Conn
Education Board Considers Another Year For Degree
Seventeen students at California Polytechnic in Kern County may gain an extra year to pursue a bachelor of science degree by authorizing one additional year of work at the state technical college. The plan, backed by farm groups and educators, was endorsed by the California State Grange and Farmers’ Union after an impartial study by Dr. J. H. Coffin. If approved, it preserves the existing two and three year curricula and uses the project method, while boosting employment opportunities for graduates. The college reports 730 students at its San Luis Obispo and San Dimas campuses, with 1530 acres of land, about 60 buildings, and a $3,000,000 valuation.
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California Polytechnic
Kern County
State Board of Education
State Technical College
Sacramento
Calfornia State Grange
Farmers’ Union
J. H. Coffin
Whittier College
Julian A. McPhee
San Luis Obiskee
San Dimas
Assistance To Be Given Preparing Gift Tax Returns
State Controller Harry B. Riley announced a representative will tour California cities to aid taxpayers in filing gift tax returns under the new act. Attorney Alvin P. Jacobs will visit Santa Rosa Stockton San Jose Fresno Bakersfield and later southern California, with appointments at local inheritance tax offices from January to February.
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Harry B. Riley
California
Riley
Alvin P. Jacobs
Sacramento
Bar Association
Mill Tower
San Francisco
Oakland
Santa Rosa
Stockton
San Jose
Fresno
Bakersfield
Jacobs
Thomas M. Brownscombe
Exchange Bank
D. Malloy
First National Bank
Joseph L. Haskins
Beans
William C. Crossland
Brix
Office of
M. L. Follansbee
Giwill Is Rotary Meeting Subject Tuesday
Shafter Rotary Club luncheon features Harold C. Tabor of Bakersfield presenting The Human Touch slide show on goodwill in salesmanship. Bill White Kiwanis president challenges Rotary to a charity basketball game for the March of Dimes. savings fund started for infant Tom Murray Arnold Jr. Guests include Roy Woollames Kern county supervisor chair and other Bakersfield and Wasco officials.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Harold C. Tabor
Bakersfield
Coca Cola
Shafter Kiwanis Club
March of Dimes
Bill White
Kiwanis
Rotary
Tom Murray Arnold, Jr
Murray Arnold
Roy Woollames
Kern County Board of Supervisors
F. E. Henderson
Ralph Smith, Jr
Ray Albert
Wasco
Gus Weyand
J. B. Jeffries
Howard Nichols
Shafter High Girls Tennis Schedule Announced
Shafter high school girls tennis team, coached by Miss Sarah Stys, will play a series of spring matches against neighboring schools. Already faced Delano high, lineup includes Hattie Mecham, Muriel Gage, Ruth Dodge, Eleanor Fox, Thelma Warkentin, Leonora Wittenberg, Mary Ellen Hansen and Louise Livers.
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Shafter High School
Sarah Stys
Delano High School
Hattie Mecham
Muriel Gage
Ruth Dodge
Eleanor Fox
Thelma Warkentin
Leonora Wittenberg
Mary Ellen Hansen
Louise Livers
Get Those New Plates Before February Fourth
Memo warns motorists to renew now as only two weeks remain. Penalties double the annual fee or half the license fee based on car value for late renewals. Renewal deadline is midnight February 4 with 1940 plates issued on 1939 certificates and proper payments.
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Automobile Club of Southern Califoria
California
Department of Motor Vehicles
Motor Vehicle Department
The
Automobile Club of Southern California
Motor Club
Southland
Evangelistic Services Open Here At First Fennonite
A series of evangelistic meetings begins January 28 at the First Fennonite Church with Rev. J. J. Beau of Ohio as speaker. The blind preacher Esau speaks on topics each session including With God Bearing the Marks of the Lord Jesus The Bible the Unexhaustible Treasure The Christian Church and Her Mission The Christian Life and What It Is The Supreme Sacrifice The Necessary Miracle Abounding Grace and The Great Salvation The public is invited to attend.
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J. J. Beau
Ohio
Eeau
Pacific Coast
Esau
Jesus
Mary Elizabth McClellan Dies in Martinez at 67
Former Rio Bravo resident Mary Elizabeth McClellan, 67, died in Martinez where she lived with her son James McClellan. Born in Illinois, she farmed near Rio Bravo and Buttonwillow districts until 1926. Husband Charles died nearby. She also leaves son George of Hollister. Funeral services in Martinez, burial at Union Cemetery in Bakersfield. Calhoun-O’Meara Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.
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Mary Elizabeth McClellan
Martinez
James McClellan
Illinois
McClellan
Rio Bravo
Buttonwillow
Charles
George
Hollister
Bakersfield
James
Calhoun-O’meara
Union Cemetery
Mr. McClellan
Wheat Shower Falls on Andalusia in 1804 Local Legend
A rare historical report recalls a 1804 incident when a shower of wheat allegedly descended from the sky over Andalusia in Spain. The event is cited by local chronicles as a remarkable meteorological oddity and agricultural omen.
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Andalusia
Spain
Richland Teachers Missed By Illness This Week
Richland school pupils were largely absent over the past ten days due to colds and flu. Several teachers also missed days. those out included Rose Willis Alma Fuller Alice Beeman Edythe Magee Edna Prieve Elizabeth Otto Jessie Balderson Corrinne Hedges. Substitutes included Paul Moore R E Gribble Eunice Hansen Leonard Dorn and J Carl Tener.
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Richland ‘School
Rose Willis
Alma’ Fuller
Alice Beeman
Edythe Magee
Edna Prieve
Elizabeth Otto
Jessie Balderson
Corrinne Hedges
Paul Moore
R. E. Gribble
Allard A. Calkins Named Officer Of Anglo Bank
W H Thomson president of The Anglo California National Bank of Sa Francisco says the board elected Al lard A. Calkins as first vice president. He will start February first. Calkins, SF native, has long been active in banking and finance in San Francisco and Los Angeles and led the Reconstruction Finance Corporation here.
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W.H. Thomson
Anglo California National Bank of
Sa Francisco
Allard A. Calkins
San Francisco
Calkins
Los Angeles
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
University of
California Lawyer Bicentury Paths in Early San Francisco
California in 1911 entered general practice of the law in San Francisco first at the Associated Oil company law department and later in association with Beverly Hedgehead and D. Stringham. He also served on the faculty of the University of California.
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California
San Francisco
The
Associated Oil Company
Asso
Beverly Hedgehead
Aes D. Stringham
Te University of California
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