County to fund four buildings by direct tax
The county will not pursue a bond election for a Bakersfield library and Taft Delano facilities. A $160,000 library, $40,000 hospitals at Taft and Delano, and a $40,000 old folks home at Arvin will be built this year by direct taxation following the 25 member county committee’s recommendation to the board of supervisors. If approved, construction starts this year with a direct tax levy to cover costs after anticipated state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Taft and
Delano
Arvin
Board of Supervisors
Webb
Committee of 25
New Fish and Game Laws Take Effect Sept 15
The Division of Fish and Game announces new regulations from the recent legislative session. Most laws take effect 90 days after adjournment unless an urgency clause applies. Only the trout spawn prohibition crossed with urgency and is already law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Davis
Division of Fish and Game
Department of Natural Resources
Davis
Ancel
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Bertha Pye Mortis
Funeral services were held at the Pentecostal Gospel Mission for Mrs. Bertha Pye Mortis formerly of Riverside who died after a long illness. Rev BE Edwards officiated with Mrs Edwards singing Shall We Gather at the River and Tell It to Jesus by special request of the deceased. Her parents Mr and Mrs C M Pyle of Shafter brought her here eleven weeks ago. She leaves a husband four children and four brothers and one sister and her parents. The Janzen Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Gospel Mission
Bertha Pye Mortis
Riverside
BE. T. Edwards
Edwards
Jesus
Morris
C. M. Pyle
Shafter
Former local girl prominent in movies
The Shafter community learns Miss Jean Chatburn, granddaughter of E. G. Kolbenstetter, now living in Hollywood, has a part in Joan Crawford’s No More Ladies. She previously appeared in Memories and Ladies and other Southern song shorts with M G M after a Kentucky location stint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Jean Chatburn
E. G. Kolbenstetter
Richland Grammar School
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Stephen Foster
Miss Iburn
Kentucky
M-G-M
Bakersfield Y M C A to visit Shafter All Stars season opener
The Bakersfield Y M C A a top local team travels to Shafter for the season opener against the Shafter All-Stars. The locals, in good form, expect to win. A practice game between the No 1 and No 2 teams earlier this week saw the first team defeat the second string by a comfortable margin. No admission is charged. a collection is taken to offset expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield Y. M. C. A
Shafter All
No Formal Observance in Shafter for Independence Day
No formal Independence Day observance planned in Shafter. Residents plan to travel to beaches and mountain resorts seeking relief from the unseasonably poor weather. The post office and bank will close, with some businesses following suit, possibly giving Shafter a deserted village feel.
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Shafter
Oliver Goldsmith
New Principal Assigned as Shafter High Opens
Errol P. Janes will lead Shafter High School as principal this fall after five years at McFarland. E. J. Péery departs to Bakersfield High to teach history. Leslie W. Hedge becomes McFarland principal, moving from Bakersfield science. Shafter Furniture Co adds Philco radios, with Emil Stoller promoting the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Errol P. Janes
MccFarland
E. J. Péery
Bakersfield
Jones
Mc Farland High School
Leslie W. Hedge
Bakersfield ‘High School
Shafter
Shafter Furniture Co
Philco
Emil Stoller
Social activities mark a festive shower for newlyweds
A Monday evening baby shower style event honored Mr and Mrs Bill Siemens at Menno Siemens home with gifts of canned goods, Q and A on the lawn, and refreshments served by Mesdames Menno Siemens and Abe Isaac. Dozens of relatives and friends attended a lively gathering including Misses Frantz Schultz Peters and Unruh, and Messrs Strauss Neufeld and Siemens. Elizabeth Emerald and Walter Vereeschagin wed in Reno on June 24 and plan to live in Orland. another ceremony in Los Angeles tied two brides and grooms in a Russian county wedding with traditional dress, feasting, and blessings led by Father And row Prakovevich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Siemens
Menno Siemens
Laura
Frantz
Mable
Lena
Rubena Schultz
Alice Peters
Lena Hein
Susie Penner
Helen Koehn
Marie Kliewer
Edna Schultz
Evelyn Unruh
Alice Klassen
Sara Balzer
Martha Loewen
Edna
Aldeen Boese
Almeda Warkentin
Susie Dueck
Esther
Unruh
Venona Stone
Adeline Harms
and Meagames
Irene
Reno
Elizabeth Emerald
Shafter
Walter Vereeschagin
Orland
Nevada
Miss Emerald
Vereeschagin
K Kalpakoff
Oregon
Miss. Kulikoff
Koenix
Arizona
Los Angeles
Constantine Emerald
Walter Emerald
Funeral Services Held for Jacob Krause
Funeral rites were held for Jacob Krause a longtime Wasco resident and well known in Shafter. The Mennonite Brethren minister Rev G B Huebert officiated at the First Mennonite Church Reedley Tuesday morning. Krause aged 82 was the father of Mrs Charles Hitchcock of Shafter. Many friends and relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Krause
Wasco
Shafter
First Mennonite
Reedley
G. B. Huebert
Mennonite Brethren Church
Krause
Charles Hitchcock
Local plums top prices from Santa Rosa shipments
Premium Santa Rosa and Beauty plums shipped from the Shafter district earned the season’s highest prices in the United States, per Bill Rainey of Blue Goose Fruit and Produce Co. This year’s shipments totaled 16 cars, about half of last year, with Santa Rosas at roughly 30 percent of normal. A few Vicksen plums were sent by P. D. Enns. Grape harvest expected to begin August 1.
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Resiload
Shafter
United States
Bill Rainey
The
Blue
Goose , Fruit and Produce Co
P. D. Enns
Rags Roberts Wins Main Event In Shafter Arena
In Tuesday night boxing at the Shafter arena, Rags Roberts defeated Jack Hutchison by decision in the main event. Roberts landed three Sunday fials but could not KO Hutchison as a sizable crowd watched a solid undercard.
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Rags” Roberts
Jack Hutchison
Shafter Arena
Rags
Hutchison
Christian Endeavor Officers Elected
The Mennonite Brethren church Christian Endeavor Society held its semi annual election Sunday evening. Ernest Siemens was named President and Nick Johnson Vice President. Susie Penner is Secretary with Edna Schultz as Treasurer and Margaret Koehn as Corresponding Secretary. Glen Bergthold is Singing Director and Edna Nikkel the Pianist. The president will convene staff meetings soon to plan the coming term.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Mennonite Brethren Chrrch
Ernest Siemens
Nick Johnson
Susie Penner
Edna Schultz
Margaret Koehn
Glen Bergthold
Edna Nikkel
Modern Teletype Link Bouses Blue Goose Offices
The Shafter offices of Blue Goose Fruit and Produce Co. are linked to the Los Angeles head office and branches in Modesto Exeter and Lodi by a teletypewriter system. The setup keeps the local office in constant contact with the main office and other branches and even has indirect reach to all parts of the United States. It is described as faster than telegraph and more accurate than the telephone.
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Shafter
Blue Goose Fruit and Produce Co
Lecal
Los Angeles
Modesto
Exeter
Lodi
United States
Improvements at local beauty parlor and sale extended
The Green-Gold Beauty Shop reports new equipment including a desk a barrel chair a permanent waving cabinet and thermostatically controlled heaters. A. R. Duchren extends his big sale through Monday to give more shoppers a chance at substantial bargains.
Former Letina editor jailed for libel over sheriff
Malcolm F. Calkins editor of a Corcoran newspaper must serve six months in jail after the appellate court affirmed a Kings County Superior Court conviction for libel of a former sheriff. Calkins once lived in Ster and worked in a local printing office operated by his uncle in the building now housing The Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letina
CTS
Malcolm F. Calkins
Corcoran
Appellate Court
Superior Court of
Kings County
Calkins
Ster
Shafter Cleaner Expands with New Equipment
C. Dee Hanson, proprietor of Shafter Cleaners And Laundry, this week installed a truckload of new equipment to better serve his rapidly increasing business.
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C. Dee Hanson
Shafter Cleaners and Laundry
Petitions Open for Shafter Sewer District Formation
Citizens and property owners back a move to form a Shafter sanitation district to install a town sewer system. Officials outline legal steps, tax implications, and district boundaries while SERA and county crews offer labor and material support.
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Shafter Sanitation
Shafter Business’s Association
Ening
Roy Woollames
W. A. McGinn
J. R. Thornton
Baughman
Health Department
McGinn
Woollames
Board of Supervisors
Dye
Shafter
Thursda
Return of Library Books Requested
The Shafter library seeks the return of lost books as shelves are searched. Librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge urges patrons to check for mislaid items and warns no penalties for overdue returns.
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Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
Plans for Shafter day nursery under SERA project
Plans are practically complete for a day nursery in Shafter as a SERA project sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon Cub. It will serve pre school children and operate in the Richland kindergarten and the Clubhouse during the summer months.
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Shafter
Richland
Infant Gwen dolyn Seabolt Dies at Six Weeks
Funeral rites for six weeks old Gwen dolyn Seabolt of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jone Seabolt were held at Janzen Funeral Home on Monday. Gwendolyn succumbed to a severe attack of diarrhea. She is survived by her parents a brother Charles J. and sisters Doris Jane and Patsy.
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Gwendolyn Seabolt
Charles Jone Seabolt
Janzen
Gwendolyn
Charles
Doris Jane
Patsy
Local residents noted in social and travel updates
BANQOCALS lagis Mr and Mrs Ralph Jacobson left for San Francisco Tuesday. Dean Shipley and Jim Ferguson went on a fishing trip over the weekend. Louis Wade and family visited in Bakersfield Sunday. Misses Alice Peters Lena Hein took Miss Sue Janzen to Paso Robles. Ben Peters left for Santa Maria to work. Clarence Gugenheim left for Stockton. Jaac Nickel and four daughters are moving into the Frantz home. Mr Nickels brother of J W Nickel. Pete Remple and relatives visited Shafer Sunday. John Grumbles family spent Sunday at Delano with swimming in the new Delano plunge. Funeral attendees for Eleanor June Shomate included local residents. George Miller of San Jose visited relatives here.
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Ralph Jacobson
San Francisco
Dean Shipley
Jim Ferguson
Louis Wade
Laura
Louis and
Lee
Bakersfield
Alice Peters
Lena Hein
Sue Janzen
Paso Robles
Ben Peters
Santa Maria
Emmanuel Mettler
Clarence Gugenheim
Stockton
Mr. Gugenheim
Jaac Nickel
Hillsboro
Kansas
A. I. Frantz
Mr. Nickel
J. W. Nickel
Pete Remple
Danantete
Mariel
Doris
Shafer
Ean
H. M. Dueck
Frank B. Dueck
John Grumbles
Davied
Roma Mae Stone
Delano
New
Delano Plunge
Shafter
Eleanor June Shomate
Charlie Shomate
Orsfield
Opal
Woods Stone
Eliza Stone
P. J. Buller
George Miller
San Jose
P. L. Arnold
T. Olsen
C. Meadows
Miller
New Citizens Named in Kern County
The Kern county naturalization ceremony admitted 49 new citizens. Superior Judge Be Lanier oversaw the proceedings on Friday as applicants swore allegiance to the United States and renounced former nations. Italy and other countries were noted among the origins of the new citizens.
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Kern County
Naturali
Lanier
United
Italy
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Peery
Walter. Emerald
Dorothy Kalpakoff
Constantin Emerald
Vera Kulikoff
Sunny
Andrew Prakovevich
Saas Emiss Bett
Christian Endeavor
A. R. Duchren
State Highway Patrol
California Highway Patrol
E. Raymond Cato
Cato
SERA
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