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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1938

Page

6

Phyl Dalton Finds Confidence In Sleepless Romance

Phyl Dalton endures a weekend of insecurities about her looks and clothes as she flirts with Bob Munroe, Winmaker's advertising manager. A bought bargain basement dress haunts her when a suited rival wears the same gray gown, but a dinner invitation and a planned Symphony Hall outing offer a hopeful turn.

Phyl D Dalton Phyl Bowman’s Bob Munroe Winmaker's Bradley's Bob Phil Miss Dalton Tiley Phyllie Mr. Cransley Rishi Rae Zimbalist

Unprecedented tax rush as Bakersfield office expands staff

Branch offices mobilize over 100 deputy collectors to handle more than 2,000,000 tax returns by March 15. Collectors offer free signature notarization and guidance on 1937 and 1938 filings at the Federal Building Bakersfield, urging immediate action to avoid last minute crowds.

Nat Rogan Internal Revenue California Rogan Internal Revenue Service Federal Bakersfield

Anglo Bank Reports Record 1937 Performance

Anglo California National Bank reported a strong 1937 with deposits at peak levels, cash and securities reaching all time highs, and a rising surplus and undivided profits. The year saw a record 39 943 new accounts and a thriving Trust Department with multi million dollar wills and probate estates exceeding 5 million dollars.

Anglo California National Bank Mortimer Fleishhacker Anglo Bank Trust Department Bank Prem

Migrant Workers Declared TB Free in Kern County Clinic

A December motor TB clinic in Kern County tested over eight hundred migratory workers from Shafter and found a non reactorlated or advanced disease rate in line with national averages. E. Tate Thompson lauded local cooperation and said the portable clinic will return during potato harvest to continue the incidence study.

Shafter Area Mdtor California Department of Public Health Joe Smith Kern County E. Tate Thompson Bureau of Tuberculosis Thompson National Tuberculosis Association

San Francisco Bulletin Subscription Contests Sparked California Fig Industry

A 1881 subscription contest by the San Francisco Bulletin distributed Smyrna fig cuttings to thousands of participants aiding California's fig trade. The Bulletin Smyrna became a leading variety through Roeding of Fresno and later spread to Summa figs, shaping the state’s horticultural prosperity per H. M. Butterfield. The old Mission fig also remained a historic leading cultivar.

Hawaii Little Mary California San Francisco Bulletin Bulletin Smyrna George’ Reeding Fresno Bulletin Roeding H. M. Butterfield University of California Butterfield Mission Garden

Tabor College Director Sees Bright 1938 Outlook

D. L. Schellenberg of Shafter spoke to Mennonite Brethren church members in Hillsboro Kansas declaring Tabor College can expect a very successful year in 1938. He had just returned from the Kansas business meeting of the college directors.

Shafter Tabor College Hillsboro Kansas Mennonite Brethren Church

Oil Lease Signed in 28-25 Northeast Area

Wilhelm H. Mettler and others sign a lease dated December 21, 193% granting R A Hood one eighth royalty with a five year drilling clause for northeast quarter and east half of northwest quarter of northeast quarter, section 8 28-25. R A Hood and others assign to Tide Water Associated Oil Company.

Wilhelm H. Mettler R. A. Hood Et al Tide Water Associated Oil Company

Notice of Intention to Sell Alcohol at Lighthouse Lunch

Notice dated January 4 1938 declares ROY L TAYLOR plans to sell alcohol at Lighthouse Lunch 99 Highway 19 miles north of Bakersfield. Application to the State Board of Equalization seeks an On Sale Beer license. protests may be filed in Sacramento California within fifteen days.

99 Highway Bakersfield State Board of Equalization Sacramento California

Portals of the Pacific Framed for 1939 Exposition

Forty foot elephants sculpted as entry guardians will overlook visitors at the Golden Gate International Exposition. Outstanding operatic and musical stars will lead series of pre exposition pop concerts on Treasure Island for the 1939 World’s Fair of the West.

Treasure Island

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