County Chamber Calls Meeting to Discuss Labor Camp Closing
Kern County farmers plan a two week open meeting with other counties to study how to keep farm labor camps in the San Joaquin Valley running as the federal program winds down. The group will seek recommendations on leasing or selling centers and maintaining clinics amid looming liquidation.
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Kern County
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin
el Tejon
Bunje
Agricultural Labor Bureau
Local Softball League Enter Second Half Schedule
The local softball schedule lists second half games for July with multiple diamonds. Teams include Food Town Shafter, Dial Cleaners Western Auto, Brown & Bryant Shafter, Emerald Service Shafter, Button Willow, Mercantile Shafter, Pierce Jewelers Food Town, Rio Bravo, Dianne's Beauty Shop, Wasco Gin, Justesen's, Hofmans, and Western Auto. Games occur July 8 11 and 14 across Diamonds 1 and 2 with 6 8 PM time slots.
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Diamond
Shafter Paint
Dial Cleaners
Western Auto
Diamond 2
Brown & Bryant - Shafter
Emerald Service
Shafter Radio
Food Town
Buttonwillow
Central Market
Shafter Mercantile
Pierce Jewelers
Shafter Paint Shafter Warehouse
Rio Bravo
Food Town Brown & Bryant
Western Auto - Shafter-Wasco
Hofman’s - Shafter-Wasco
Shafter
Frown & Bryant
Dianne’s
Attendance High At Summer Arts and Crafts School
Attendance in the summer recreation arts and crafts program runs about ninety to ninety five daily three days a week with seventy five to eighty on nonattendance days. Miss Bernie Morris and Lorra ine Kleinkoff direct the activities including lanyard weaving pottery mural painting and planned metal work.
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Inter Field
Bernie Morris
Lorraine Kleinkoff
Services Held For William P Harris
Funeral services for William P Harris were held Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Janzen Funeral Home. Reverend R E Andrews officiated with burial at Shafter. Harris died in Santa Paula and was the father of Mrs Lawrence Horn of Shafter.
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William P. Harris
Lawrence Horn
Shafter
Janzen Funeral Home
R. E. Andrews
Harris
Santa Paula
Johnsons Take Brief Fishing Trip Near Greenhorn
Little and Frank Johnson departed Wednesday on a fishing trip near Greenhorn and returned the following day Thursday.
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On Little
Frank Johnson
Greenhorn
Crockett Family Leaves for Two Week Vacation
Mr and Mrs Marion Crockett and daughters Diane and Joyce depart Shafter for a two week trip to Berkeley to visit Mrs Crockett s sister.
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Marion Crockett
Diane
Joyce
Shafter
Berkeley
Mrs. Crockett
LA Visitors Call At Peter Channeson Home
Los Angeles residents Mrs. William Hart and her daughters Mary and Barbara Mullins visited the Peter Channeson home this week en route to Yosemite National Park.
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Peter Channeson
William Hart
Mary and
Barbara Mullins
Los Angeles
Yosemite
Men’s League Opens With Food Town Hi Y Clash
The Shafter Men’s Softball league began with Food Town Hi Y facing Hitchcock’s Auto Parts. Results from last night’s game were not printed and Friday’s sports section will carry full week results. The season runs through mid August with four leagues including Jr Pee Wee and a Girls league.
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Shafter
Food Town Hi-Y
Hitchcock
Auto Parts
Food Town
Big Shafter
Minter Field Barracks To Be Converted Into 401 Vet Housing Units
Spud sheds detail ends as Jack Hare finishes Monday with Rose and Crome and Malofy to finish by Thursday. Last week 376 cars delivered. season total 6936 cars. Prices ranged from 3.25 to 2.80 and 2.90 for U S carloads. twos sold 1.60 to 1.80.
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Jack Hare
Malofy & Son
Rose
Crome
Rose and Crome
Malofy
U. S
State Grants Funds For 90 Percent Of Cost 401 Private Units Planned
Barracks at Minter Field to be converted into 401 veteran housing units with 90 percent of the cost funded by the state and the county covering the remaining 10 percent. The project, prepared by Bakersfield architects, aims to ease veteran housing as 967 applications for emergency housing are on file. If approved, Kern County will receive about 642 820 dollars. the total investment exceeds 2 million with existing facilities for sewage fire protection streets and recreational areas.
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Minter Field
State Department of Finance
Chester A. James
Kern County Planning Commission
Kern
Herbert A. Jaqueth
Wright, Metcalf and Parsons
Bakersfield
Veterans
Oscar Green
Bakersfield American Legion Post
Mintay Field
Richland
East Bakersfield
McFarland
McFarland High School
Wasco Union High School
Rosedale Union
Rio Bravo
Minter
Abbott and Costello film replaces Mexican music night
Tonight at the high school a Abbott and Costello comedy replaces the planned Mexican music program. Last minute difficulties forced the substitution, and the film will be shown at 8 o'clock in front of the gym with spectators seated outside to stay cool.
Kern Aid to Needy Increases in May 1947
California Taxpayers' Association reports Kern County aid to the needy rose to 210,426 in May 1947 from 166,188 in May 1946. Relief funding split: 77,448 federal, 77,048 state, 55,930 county. State total May 1947: 11,816,122 versus 9,560,544 May 1946.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
California
Flying Discs Seen Over Shafter Reported
Mrs. Merwin Hunt and her mother Maude Strickland saw a silvery object moving north to south over their Klassen Drive yard. They initially thought a bird, but its extreme speed indicated otherwise, and the object vanished within minutes.
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Shafter
July events outline for Southern California plans holidays week
All-Year Club releases a calendar highlighting Semana Nautica in Santa Barbara and July outdoor drama and music across the region. Activities include yachting contests, speedboat races, swimming, and land sports, with venues in Los Angeles and Mission Bowl performances in July.
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All-Year Club
Southern California
Santa” Barbara
West 6Th Street
Los Angeles
Forest Fire Hazard Warned Across Pacific Coast
Officials warn a grave fire hazard looms across California Oregon Washington Arizona Nevada Montana and Utah due to a dry winter and spring and abundant woodland. National losses exceed 36 million dollars yearly from fires consuming timber and watersheds. Key prevention rules urge no campfires outside designated areas and thorough extinguishing, and no smoking in forests with proper ash disposal in cars.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Montana
Utah
Pacific Coast
United States
Virginia
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Ralph Bunje
Fresno
A. H. Walker
Chamber Agricultural Council
F. R. Kalloch
Arvin
Lamont
North Shafter
South Shafter
Wasco
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Treasury
Department of Agriculture
County of
Growers’ Association
The
Agricultural Council
Burne
A. J. Elliott
C. F. Baughman
Diamond 1
Central Market - Justesen’s
Shafter Radio- Pierce Jewelers
Phyllis Peters
Montecito School For Girls
Crocketts
L. A. Visitors
Minter Field Barracks
SO. Calif
San Gabriel
San Gabriel Mission
Mission Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
Bruno
Walters
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