Local list of residents includes multiple names
A long line of names is listed: William Lachenmaier H Henderson Ralph Short Ervin Gage Ensie Warren W Bean William Neuman Earl Wroten Sam Lachenmaier Harvey Gaede Peter Bender Gideon Rube Ellen Kerr W Honeyman Sam Becker Harold Unruh W E Johnson John Lachenmaier James Taylor Elmer Biloff C Burns William Bestwater Gus Meyer Ed Friesen C L Black Frank Russell Roy Bayless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lachenmaier
Ralph Short
Ervin Gage
Ensie Warren
W. H. Bean
William Neuman
Earl Wroten
Sam Lachenmaier
Harvey Gaede
Peter Bender
Gideon Rube
Ellen Kerr
W. D. Honeyman
Sam L. Becker
Harold Unruh
W. E. Johnson
John Lachenmaier
James Taylor
Elmer E. Biloff
C. H. Burns
William Bestwater
Gus Meyer
Ed. Friesen
C. L. Black
Frank Russell
Roy S. Bayless
Local Draft Board Sets February March Quota
Draft board No. 137 met Tuesday to plan next month's quota. Officials said question naires will continue to be sent and men classified. The February March quota is 86 with 323 draftees expected from Kern County. A. P. attended.
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Draft Board No. 137
Kern County
City of Shafter Seeks Bids for Marengo Ave District Improvements
Pursuant to Resolution No 44 adopted January 20 1941 the City Council of Shafter will receive bids for grading and construction of cement sidewalks curbs gutters in Assessment District No 2 along Marengo Avenue and other streets. Bonds issued six percent interest over nine years, with Works Progress Administration support and Section 10 Improvement Act of 1911.
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Courncil
California
Marengo Avenue
Said
Th Rt
Administration of Public Works
Shafter
State of
City of Shafter Prevailing Wage Rates For Contract Work
Bidders notified that the City of Shafter will apply prevailing wage rates for all crafts and laborers on the upcoming contract. The notice specifies base hourly wages for trades, overtime rules, bid security requirements, and the contractor’s bond obligations with a bid deadline set for February 10, 1941.
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Wena
California
Shafter
Ck Ee
Carpenter
Clerk, Jr
WPA
Santee Clerk Sr
W.P.A
Oinkaeke
Works Projects Administration
Ae Suncnestas
Formance
City of
Notice of Trustee Sale on Kern County Deed of Trust
Notice is given that default on the May 41 1939 Deed of Trust by Merwin Hunt and Leslie Hunt has led to a trustee sale sought by Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association. The sale is set for February 14 1941 at 10 o’clock in the morning at the front of the California building in Kern County. The trust was recorded May 12 1939 in Book 840 Official Records. The trustee will sell the real estate subject to the deed to satisfy the secured debt.
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Merwin Hunt
Leslie Hunt
Corporation OF America
California
Bank OF America National Trust and Savings Association
National Banking Association
Kern County
State of California
Caliornia
Property map record filed in California office
A document filed in San Francisco indicates map No 1058 recorded April 18 1938 in Maps book 4 page 111 with trustee corporation and TOSI assistant vice details. The stamping shows a January 20 194 a date and mentions the county recorder's office in Kerri County California.
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Kerri
State of California
Aace
County Recorder
San Francisco
California
Tosi
Sredient
Instrumental Music Department Grows At Richland School
Richland school’s instrumental program expands with about seventy five students enrolled in violin clarinet piano drum saxophone and brass classes. Instructor Kenneth Helvey notes growing interest and offers free in school instruction to interested students whose parents should inquire.
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Kenneth Helvey
Richland School
Oliver Avants
Don Gaede
James Dirkson
Fred Starr
Dale Voth
Pauline Wiles
Pete Hei
Carl Neuman
Harvey Reimer
Harvey Neuman
Bobby Janzen
Billy Jackson
Alvin Nikkel
Max Wiles
Roberta Mettler
Keith Thomas
Herbert Spitzer
Jack Nikkel
Kenneth Buller
Jimmy Janzen
Sue Alexander
Luella Heinrichs
Helen Songer
Margaret Goertzen
Joel Wiebe
Ruth ‘Prender
Marjorie Dirkson
Betty Lou Neuman
la Verne Hamilton
Muriel Kroeker
Beatrice Coursey
Mary Lee Inieset
James Wiebe
Venona Warkentine
Raymond
Janzen
Veggie ‘Orgler
Olin Fletcher
Leroy Epperson
Neufeld
W. T. Pipkin
Glen Cornelius
Ray Fowler
Kenneth Melvin
Wayman Sanders
Jewel Witten
Jack Vastbinder
Joe Burkes
Leonard Witcher
Ray Lockard
Jack Janzen
Donna Latta
Hershall
Helvey
Union Congregational Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Miss Carol Pulcifer directing Christian Education. Church Service at 11 a m with sermon Religious Certainty Through Personality. Vested Choir directed by Mr Kenneth Helvey. Christian Youth meet at Plymouth House 6 30 p m.
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Union Congregational Church
James Street
Alfred T. Chandler
Carol Pulcifer
Kenneth Helvey
Plymouth House
Mennonite Brethren Church Service Schedule
The Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern lists 9:30 a.m. Sunday school with two departments. Morning services include German at 11:00 a.m. by Rev. F. J. Wiens and American at 11:10 a.m. Communion in the morning. Music by the church choir. Bible reading at 7 p.m. Prayer Circle 6:30 p.m. Christian Fellowship 6:45 p.m. American preaching by Rev. F. J. Wiens after Jugendverein. Mid week services Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. Bible Doctrine Friday 7:30 p.m. Thursday Bible Class 2 p.m. Thursday services led by Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Wiens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
F. J. Wiens
M. B
Church notices outline services at First Baptist and St John
Mrs Wiens will relate experiences in China at the First Baptist Church with a full day of activities. Services include Bible school 10 a m, morning worship 11, junior and senior Young People 6 30 p m, evening gospel message with baptism, and a Tuesday play hour for youth. St John Catholic Church on 9th and Broadway offers Mass 8 to 10 with confessions Saturday at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
William Jackson
P. A. Schmidt
St. John’s Catholic Church
9Th
Broadway Streets
Owen. McMullan
Christian Science Church Notice in Boston Corner
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston Massachusetts lists services at 11 am Sunday and 10 am Sunday school with a Wednesday 8 pm meeting on the first Wednesday each month. The Sunday lesson centers on Love with cited Bible verses and selections from Science and Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Christian, Science Society
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth
E Streets
Jeremiah
Churches of Christ Scientist
Isaiah
Periscope Giveaway With Salt Purchase Draws Local Kids
Children in the area can receive a real adjustable periscope free this weekend with the purchase of two packages of Morton's Salt. The toy, resembling submarine periscopes, can see over fences and around corners, and is suited for pretend play as soldiers or G men. Morton's salt is the blue and yellow branded product famous for the slogan When it Rains It Pours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Morton’s
Chinese Vollegians See U S Education Growth in 1930s
In the decade ending 1938 seven thousand five hundred forty five Chinese youths left their country to pursue higher learning in Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chine Vollegians
U. S
China
Europe
United States
Deadline Tuesday For Car Registration 1941
Car owners are reminded that the 1941 registration must be renewed by Tuesday February 4. No notification cards are sent. the renewal fee doubles after midnight February 4. Fees and total due are listed on the 1940 registration card, with plates issued at Zimmerman’s Santa Fe Way office and at the California Highway Patrol in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Zimmerman
Santa Fe Way
Central Avenue
Zimmerman
California Highway Patrol
Bakersfield
Sub Standard Housing Survey Is Completed in Kern County
Kern County Housing Authority announces completion of a sub standard housing survey led by Fred Snyder Jr. Shafter reports 568 sub standard houses, county total 5,199. The survey guides the use of 756000 dollars in federal funds for residents in sub standard homes.
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Kern County
Kern County Housing Authority
Fred Snyder Jr
Shafter
Causes of Amnesia Overview
Amnesia is memory loss arising from senility mental diseases injury or shock or severe illness. It notes various potential causes and the broad range of factors that can impair memory.
Look Before You Loot Causes Slithery Surprise
A Chester thief stole a suitcase from a parked car but fled with a nine foot Texas bull snake inside. The farmer who owned the snake had planned to use it to control rats in his barn.
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Chester
Spud Washing Under Way At Ruhlman Shed
Spud washing is becoming nearly year round in Shafter at the F A Ruhlman shed. Potatoes from a 100 acre Porterville area, White Rose variety, move to Shafter with 60 days of expected operation and potential heavy activity in the Lerdo and Buttonwillow region. Weather slows planting as Edison spuds and Lerdo acreage rise. Kern County eyes record acreage with Cuyama valley as a new large producer.
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F. A. Ruhlman
Shafter
Ruhlman
Porterville
Lerdo
Buttonwillow
Edison
Kern County
Cuyama Valley
Shatter Cotton Posts 17 663 Bales From Local Gins
Cotton receipts this week total 17 663 bales from three local gins. Camp West Lowe reports 6 293 bales, D O Moore 6 181, and Shafter Wasco 5 189. Ginning may extend for a couple of weeks or longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp-West-Lowe
Shafter-Wasco
Bookstores Favor Men Over Women for Browsing
Toronto booksellers say men make better browsers than women as purses and parcels hinder female shoppers. The claim suggests gender based browsing efficiency, reflecting midcentury retailer attitudes toward customer behavior and staff assumptions.
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Toronto
Snakes Drive Iowa Farmers to Arm Themselves in Fields
In Bonaparte Iowa farmers report a large snake infestation forcing many to carry clubs while tending fields. The article notes a modern parallel to Saint Patrick guiding locals to handle the reptiles.
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Sammon
St. Patrick
Bonaparte
Iowa
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City of Santa Barbara
M. Care the
Shafter Press
Poso Land and ‘Producti Ng
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BOR
A. R. Neufeld
Lepdo
A. W. Eckmann Ranch
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Manuel
Cuyama
van Buren
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Privat
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Mattie Riggs
Herman Unruh
Myrick
Roy Pitts
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J. S. Balzer
Pond Road
W.C. Thoras
Westinghouse
Business Center
P. LG Arnold
Bunch of Keys
Westland Santa Fe Way
Schnaidt
Shafter Hatchery
Riverside Road
Shafterites
Sam
W. A. Ae Lumber Company
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al Anderson
Sunnyvale
G.H. Wilde
Shafter Field
Congressman Elliott
A. Peter Channeson
H. G. Comfort
E. P. Jones
A. W. Gaede
F. G. Shaw
M. W. Pacoe
Irvin S. Fike
E. A. Weil
Bill Rodgers
Herbert Schirmer
H. Midgley
George Kearsing
Ernest Panero
Alfred G. Mortimore
V. Little
Phil Channeson
Otis Crawford
Taylor Tabb
WB. Hawthorne
William Stoller
Albert G. Stoller
B. J. Handel
Mrs. H. Neufeld
Co. E. Duerksen
G. R. Bosserdet
Albert J. Zimmerman
Harlow L. Johnson
Waldo Unruh
Arthur Regier
Claud Newsom
L. H.mcgrane
Jack Lighthill
W. C. Grose
J. W. Nickel
Curtis W. Robinson
M. L. Thomas
Chester Schaaf
Earl Johnson
S . Wood, Jr
A. R. Duehren
John Wastbinder
C. R. Holt
Leonard Gaede
W. O. Fuqua
Dewey L. Northam
C. G. Dragoo
M. Alexander
E. B. Stringham
R. W. Green
W. T. Groves
Laurence Baughman
P. V. McClure
Cousins Cafe
Ed. Warren
W. H. Hitch
Shaw
Church News
Wiens
Mary Baker Eddy
Elsie
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Mickey Rooney
Metro- Golewye Mayer
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