Walter Nicol welcomes daughter Norma Margaret
A baby girl named Norma Margaret joined Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nicol's family weighing 6'2 pounds at birth. The couple's other children are sons Donald and Kenneth. Arlene Bokemper, a book keeper, was home ill with a severe cold this week. New residents for Shafter include M. G. Rice and B. B. Allen with families, hired by Loffland Brothers to drill wells for Superior Oil Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter WN
Norma Margaret
Walter Nicol
Arlene Bokemper
Shafter Mercantile Company
Shafter
Mid-Continent
M. G. Rice
B. B. Allen
Loffland’ Brothers Company
Superior Oil Company
Rice
Allen
Louisiana
Harrison Teter
Loffland Brothers Oil
Teter
Joyce
Patricia
Charm Strings Showcase At Shafter Wednesday Club
Shafter's Wednesday Afternoon club features Charm Strings made by Mesdames Harrison Ohanneson and Ohanneson from gourds cotton and umbrella seed pods painted in enamel. Membership tops 100. upcoming program by Bakersfield High School Girls Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harrison
A. Peter Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
J. C. Ohanneson
A. Peter Channeson
Shafter’s
Walter Emrick
Bakersfield
Girls’ Glee Club
Bakersfield High School
Geophysical crew shifts to Trinidad voyage
Two United Geophysical workers Frank Perrin and Julian Smith moved from Shafter to Trinidad off Venezuela after months of exploration. They departed Sunday night from Burbank by plane with other Southern California crew members. The group will meet more colleagues in Dallas then proceed to Florida to board the Clipper for Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
United Geophysical Company
Shafter
Venezuela
Frank Perrin
Julian Smith
California
Burbank
Dallas
Florida
Shafter Matron Recovers After Cold Attack
Mrs Ed Warren of Shafter is recovering rapidly after suffering a mild cold attack. She is reported to be responding well to treatment and regaining strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Ed Warren
Beard buys lakeshore site to build residence and barber shop
Clearlake Observer-E reports A A Beard arriving from Shafter purchasing a lakeshore building site opposite Palms court from Jack La Bree with Archie Bruley as agent. Beard plans a combined residence and business building and will open a barber shop once complete.
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Clearlake
E. A. Beard
Shafter
Lakeshore
Palms Court
Jack la Bree
Archie Bruley
Beard
New Book Shipment Reaches Shatter Library Shelves
A new book shipment arrives at the Shatter library under librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge. Titles by Stewart Chase, F Collins, L M Montgomery, Will James, John Steinbeck, Zona Gale, and many others cover diverse topics including fiction, poetry, biography, and science with authors such as Longfellow, Willa Cather, and Emanuel Swedenborg among the noted contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shatter
Thomas Wedge
Stewart Chase
E. E.S. Wood
Red Cross
Servia
G. B. Stern
L.M. Montgomery
M. L. Robinson
D. G. Kelley
Marion Martha
Lulu Bett
Zona Gale
Will’ James
Margaret Kennedy
Camilla Kenyon
la Farge
G. B. McCutcheon
George Apley
J. P. Marquand
J.-E. Marston
R. C. Mitchell
B. R. Onions
Mrs. ES. Payne
O. H. Prouty
W. M. Raine
South Gate
E. H. Reisner
Emanuel Swedenborg
San Francisco Hotel Leaders Tour Treasure Island Expo Site
Hotel executives and workers from over 1300 San Francisco hostels toured Treasure Island, the 1939 World’s Fair site, to promote daily conventions with tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Ground Hog Day Weather Prediction Recapped
The article recounts the Ground Hog tradition and its weather forecast role. It notes February 2 Candlemas as the prognostication day and explains that seeing a shadow means six more weeks of winter while no shadow implies early spring. It accepts limits of fallibility for both living creatures and meteorologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground Hog
Shafter
Brother Ground Hog
Old Sol
Beet Acreage Increase On Local Farms Noted
Shafter sugar beet growers will plant about 1500 acres this year per C G Haydock local manager for American Crystal Sugar. This is a large rise over 937 plantings totaling 300 acres last year. Contracts for 1938 are closed and planting goes on with over 150 acres already in. Experiments with 22 seed varieties and 14 fertilizer types are conducted at Shafter Farms near Pond and Lerdo.
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Shafter
C. G. Haydock
American Crystal Sugar
Haydock
Neumbin Earle Weller
Lawrence Davis
Shafter Farms Company
Pond
Lerdo
Estate Signs Oil Agreement With Western Gulf
In a recent oil dealings item Elizabeth M Patterson John McWilliams Jr and John McWilliams as executor of the estate of Carolyn W McWilliams deceased signed a lease with Western Gulf Oil Company dated December 31 1937. The agreement grants a one sixteenth royalty and a three year drilling clause on the south half of the north half of section 24 28-25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Patterson
John McWilliams, Jr
John McWilliams
Carolyn W. McWilliams
Western Gulf Oil Company
Fall of the Title Celebrated at 1939 Golden Gate Expo
San Francisco celebrates the fall of the title at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition as French celebrations mark a milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Standard Oil KCL 15-1 Well Shows Moderate Flow
Unlike Shafter discovery, KCL 15-1 in section 27 30-26 between Ten Sections and Old River yields 28 gravity oil flowing about 400 bbls per day restricted through a 1/8 inch bean. Depth 8140 ft, has been plugged back to 8072 ft and cemented at 8000 ft with 6 5/8 inch casing. No new locations staked or rapid development planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
United to Run 40 Passengers NYC to San Francisco
United air liners will operate 40 passenger flights from New York to San Francisco in 11 hours as part of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
New York
San Francisco
Local Pair Lease Land to Helm in 1937 Oil Deal
Willie H. Mettler and Raymond C. Hemming with their spouses lease the northwest quarter of section 6 27 25 except one half oil to L. G. Helm dated December 9 1937 for one eighth royalty and a five year drilling clause in the described land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie H. Mettler
Et Ux
Raymond C. Hemming
L. G. Helm
Rev J J Penner Ends Evangelistic Meetings this Week
The Rev. J J Penner of Reedley will conclude his series of evening evangelistic meetings at the Mennonite Brethren church on Kern Street and California Avenue Friday night. Large crowds have attended nightly to hear him speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tod
Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church
Mennonite Brethren Church
George Harms
Bakersfield
J. J. Penner
Reedley
Kern Street
California Avenue
Frida
Mr. Penner
Russell vipers deemed more deadly than cobras in tropics
Aylwin Probert, Commissioner for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition now in the Orient, states that Russell vipers are more deadly than cobras in tropical regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Aylwin
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G. B. Thomas
Visalia
Dinuba
Roy
Max Bayless
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Kern County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women’s ‘Improvement Club
Maricopa
Arnold
Alhambrans
Anthony Peterson
Alhambra
Peterson
Harry E. Beebe
Los Angeles
Fred.Christensen
Three Rivers
Wm. McKinlay
Nill’s Drug Store
Shafter Oil
Fresno
Arthur Judisch
Judison
Conrad
Montana
J. W. Nickel
Henry Regehr
Kansas
Tabor College
Hillsboro
D. L. Schellenberg
Santa Fe
Canada
H. M. Dueck
Peter Rempel
J. H. Neufeld
Neufeld
Dueck
Lowe Brothers
Porterville
Minnesota
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Penn's Toggery
Central Ave
Kern County
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Chevrolet
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