Irrigation District Election From Shafter To Wasco
Residents of Shafter and Wasco vote next Wednesday to elect three board members of the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District and to choose an assessor secretary treasurer. Incumbents defend divisions with various opponents while the large central vote covers the entire district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Wasco
Ndony AM BoweIoek
Shafter-Wasco
Treas
A. P. Ohanneson
Rolf A. Jacobsen
A. R. Duehren
Henry J. Schnidt
Charles Westenberg
R. W. Pixley
Fred Pritschke
Dave Unruh
Central Avenue
Shafter Highway
Madera Avenue
Kern River
Santa Fe Way
City of
Emil Bender
Kimberlina Road
Kiwanis Club Lunch Shows Hawaiian Motion Pictures
Shafter Kiwanis Club members watched colored motion pictures taken in the Hawaiian islands during yesterday's noon luncheon at Crawford's cafe. Visiting Kiwanian Paul Reiss of Bakersfield attended with Baker club members as guests. The program was introduced by Bill Rodgers.
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Hawaiian Islands
Billy Lachenmaier
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Crawford's Cafe
Bakersfield
Paul Reiss
Bakers‘field
Bill Rodgers
King
Highway Upgrade Planned for 99 North of Bakersfield
The 1941 43 biennium plan calls for widening Highway 99 from the overpass north of Bakersfield to seven and a half miles further, with Lerdo gorgeage area north of Lerdo included. A four lane highway is planned and funded by the California Department of Public Works Division of Highways.
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Bakersfield
Lerdo
Wilshire Oil Completes Campen No 1 Well
Wilshire Oil reports Campen No 1 Well in Section 1 29 25 on the eastern edge of the area produced about 3 500 barrels. The well bottomed at 11 500 feet with sand topped at 11 370 feet. Completion signals potential interfield connection between Shafter and Greeley fields.
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Wilshire Oil Company
Campen No
Shafter
Greeley
Union Completes Pacific States Well On West Edge
Union Oil reports completion of its Pacific States Section 33 28-25 well on the western edge of the field. The well flowed at 1 200 barrels daily if traps hold, with sand hit at 11 406 feet and depth 11 506 feet. Additional locations nearby may trigger more drilling activity. Union’s 634 project reached 10 150 feet in 17 days. Crites No 2 in Section 28 is slated as the next pilot project.
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Shafter
Union Oil Company
Pacific States
Union
Crites No
Rotary Education Topic Highlights Shafter Club Luncheon
The Shafter Rotary Club met at Crawford's cafe for a noon luncheon on Tuesday. E P Jones presented slides from Rotary International headquarters and spoke briefly on the history and ideals of Rotary. Guests included Fred Ruhlman and Gerry Horton.
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Rotary
Shafter Club
Crawford's Cafe
E.’P. Jones
Rotary International
Fred Ruhlman
Gerry Horton
Average car contains over fifty pounds of cotton
The item notes that the average automobile uses more than 50 pounds of cotton in its fabrication, highlighting textile usage in manufacturing.
Vaccination Drive Sets Dog Immunization in Shafter
City residents and rural neighbors will bring dogs to Shafter City Hall on Santa Fe Way tomorrow from 8 am to 5 pm for rabies vaccination and licensing. Fees total 4.50 for city dogs and 2.50 to 2.00 for county dogs, with Dr. N M Twisselmann in charge. Public Health records show rabies cases declining after 1938 39 vaccination program.
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Shafter
Santa Fe ‘Way
N. M. Twisselmann
Kern County
Department of Public Health
Shafter Farm W
Wasco
Milton Lohr
Wasco Avenue
Joe Smith
Farewell for Berthold Mission Trip to India
A Shafter group traveled to Wilmington to bid farewell to Rev and Mrs Daniel Berthold as they sail for India to join missionary work. The voyage will be their sixth overseas assignment. The local party included several Berg and Gloeckler family members and P H Kroeker and P C Epp couples. Meetings preceded the departure at the Mennonite Brethren church with farewell events also held in Reedley and Los Angeles.
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Shafter
Wilmington
Daniel Berthold
India
Bergthold
W. H. Berg
Ella Berg
H. S. Dahl
D. W. Gloeckler
Carl Gloeckler
P. H. Kroeker
P. C. Epp
Mr. Bergthold
Mennonite Brethren Church
Mennonite Brethren
Reedley
Los Angeles
Mrs. J W Hester Seeks Local Contacts in Visit
Mrs J W Hester formerly of Shafter now living in Los Angeles arrived in town Sunday to visit friends and attend to business matters.
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J. W. Hester
Shafter
Los Angeles
Superior Spuds Two Wells and One Completion This Week
Oil company spudded two wells in the Shafter field Burnner No 4 and Curtis No 3 and completed Pasadena Realty Co project at 11 470 feet. Sand at 11 302 feet, well rated equal to others in the northwest field. Osborn No 1 2 offset to Union Crites well.
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Superior
Oil Company
Shafter
Curtis
Pasadena
Realty Company
Tea
Pasadena Realty Company
Union
Pacific
Depot Mail Box Possible at Santa Fe Depot
Postmaster L Berry reports interest from postal officials and Congressman Alfred J Elliott on placing an official government mail box at the Santa Fe depot. The current box may move from the local office to the depot, though no firm decision has been announced. Elliott says he has raised the issue with the Washington Post Office Department and that all considerations are being given to the request. The night mail box issue arose after an unofficial box at the depot was removed during the holidays.
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Santa Fe
L. Berry
Postal Ae
Alfred J Eliott
Berry
Shafter Business Men's Association
Elliott
Post Office Department
Washington
Housing Committee Formed For Air Training Field
A Shafter Business Men's association special meeting names a committee to contact army officials about housing for men stationed at the air training field east of Shafter. W. H. Hitchcock serves as chairman with E. P. Jones and E. B. Stringham as members. No report has been received yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Shafter
Men's Association
W. H. Hitchcock
E. P. Jones
E. B. Stringham
Bakersfield Visitor Joe Roundtree Spotted in Shafter
Joe Roundtree of Bakersfield was seen visiting Shafter on Friday, making a brief local stop and social calls with residents.
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Joe Roundtree
Bakersfield
Shafter
Plane Crash Kills Cadet Robert E. Baylis at Kern Airport
A BT-13 Vultee training plane crashed three miles south of Shafter early yesterday, killing Flying Cadet Robert E. Baylis, 25, stationed at Kern County airport with the Seventy Ninth School squadron. The crash tore through a plowed field, leaving Baylis strapped to his seat. a board of inquiry is named.
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Shafter
Mornia
Robert E. Baylis
Kern County
Bakersfield
Army Air Corps
Harry West Ranch
Orarife ‘Street
Taft-Shafter Highway
Baylis
John Reily
Janzen
Wenatchee
Washington
W. E. Baylis
K. C. McGregor
Moffett Field
Miss Hessenflow Chosen To Teach In Richland School
Miss Dorothy Hessenflow a recent graduate of Santa Barbara State Teachers college is elected to teach in Richland School. She replaces Miss Jean Ramage who resigned January 1. Mrs Emanel Henderson has had charge of the third grade group in the interim.
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Dorothy Hessenflow
Santa Barbara State Teachers College
Richland School
Hessenflow
Jean Ramage
Emanel Henderson
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Friant
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San Joaquin
Hiram Johnson
B. W Gearhart
Central Valley
United States Department of Interior
United States
Dky
Charles Burns
Burns
Kimber
Niles
David Wittenberg
Wittenberg
New Hampshire
Army Housing
Army Air Training Base
Shafter Field
United States Army Air Training Field
Lerdo Road
Stimson
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Hawaii
General Shafter
War Department
99 Highway
War Stimson
America
William R. Shafter
Shafter Wowrsi
Richland
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