Donors Make Wonderful Contribution To Community
The Shafter community shows strong support for the Houchin Memorial Blood Bank as donors aid the blood bank and Staudacher family. The Kiwanis Club requests club member donations credited to Wesley R. Staudacher to ease his family’s medical expenses while Al Finkbeiner leads the local blood bank effort and mobilizes the unit to Shafter today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley R. Staudacher
Shafter Press
al Finkbeiner
Shafter
Mrs. Pierce Honored by Civil Air Patrol Leaders
Mrs. Vernon Pierce is selected by Civil Air Patrol Southern District officials to lead a distinguished group of Hawaiian CAP women cadets during a tour of the Southern California region. Her and her husband’s notable Civil Air Patrol work has brought recognition to Shafter through voluntary service linked to Civil Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Pierce
Civil Air Patrol
Southern District
Southern
California
Pierce
Shafter
Shafter Police Education On Narcotics Plant Display
Shafter Police display a marijuana plant at headquarters to educate the public about narcotics. Assistant Chief Han-Cae plans fall lectures in local schools using the plant to illustrate the narcotics menace. The department seeks community backing for the project.
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Shafter Police
Sistant
Han- Cae “Bis
Judge Grant Earns Title of First Shafter Citizen
Judge E K Grant long revered in Shafter for ten years on the local bench is hailed as the first Shafter citizen. He moved to the area in 1910 and bought two business lots in 1914 when Kern County Land Company laid out the town. He opened a garage on the site now occupied by Woodard Motors and helped Shafter grow into a thriving San Joaquin Valley city through stern yet kind service. He also served as city building inspector enforcing construction standards and is praised by many for his decades of civic dedication.
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E. K. Grant
Shafter
Judge Grant
Kern County Land Company
Woodard Motors
San Joaquin Valley
Grant
Granv
Shafter: A Growing California Trading Center
The piece extols Shafter California as a growing trading hub. It highlights the U S Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm and cotton center led by George Harrison who developed Acala 442. It describes Shafter as the potato capital and notes prominent harness racing stables. It mentions Assemblyman Pat Kelly and the historic California and Oregon Coast Stage Line.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
California
U. S. Department of Agriculture
George Harrison
United States
Santa Anita
Bay Meadows
Kern County Fair 1954 Opens With Record Premiums
Premiums for the 1954 Kern County Fair total 63 78450 dollars, up from last year, with seven days from September 27 to October 3. Junior Horse Show nights September 28 and 29 feature English and western events judged by Francis Folley and Charles Araujo. New on site parking by Bakersfield Junior Chamber of Commerce aims to ease traffic and improve access.
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Kern County
Bill Straub
Walter Kane
Robert Buckley
J. J. McCarthy
C. J. Vignola
John Heard
W. M. Jacobsen
James Stanton
Maurice St. Clair
Francis Folley
Oldest Texas Cypress Traces 4000 Years At Colcan
A Sequoia-like cypress stands at Colcan as the oldest tree in Texas, with an estimated age around four millennia. Researchers note its remarkable longevity among state flora.
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State of
Texas
Colcan
Controls tightening on farm production and price supports
The piece critiques Benson’s stricter diversion and total acreage schemes aimed at curbing surpluses from wartime parity rules. It warns that escalating government controls push toward total regulation, with Congress split between fair return for farmers and possible regimentation as incentives to produce diminish.
Birthday Listings and Early 1920s Marriage Notice
Readers' birthday greetings list names and dates in July for many individuals. A separate note records MISS EULA DUERKSEN and Jake Kliewer marrying in April 1925 at the Mennonite Church in Reedley with plans to occupy a new brick bungalow soon after completion.
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Eula Duerksen
Jake Kliewer
Reedley
Editor's Mailbox: Family expresses thanks after bereavement
The family of Virgil Trantham extends thanks to friends for their love and sympathy during the loss of their brother.
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Virgil’ Trantham
Baptist Conrad Delegates Attend Southern California Rally
Reverend and Mrs. M. N. Krug of the First Baptist Church attended a quarterly rally of the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California in Los Angeles. The event replaced the former Fellowship, with Krug as nominating committee chair and executive board member. Speakers included missionaries and veteran pastors, and J Edwin Orr delivered a banquet speech to about 50 pastors and laymen at Hermosa Beach.
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M. N. Krug
First Baptist Church
Conservative Baptist Association of Southern
Couple Welcomes Son With December 18 1928 Birth
Mr and Mrs Phil Mannus welcomed a baby boy born December 18 1928. Mr and Mrs E B Stringham joined by Mr and Mrs Thomas Wedge Miss Ruth Voth and G Gillet were Sunday evening guests of Mr and Mrs George Straut enjoying a musical program over the radio in December 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Mannus
E. B. Stringham
Thomas Wedge
Ruth Voth
G. Gillet
George Straut
Midshipman Kelly Leads Training Aboard USS Missouri
Midn John J Kelly son of Mr and Mrs H W Patrot of 665 Manuel Ave Shafter California trains at the controls of the anchor windlass aboard the battleship USS Missouri He is in his fourth year at the U S Naval Academy and graduated Shafter High School in 1951. Cpl A Y Scogin wife Myra Lorrain of Romoland California participated in dedication of a Korean school built by the 7th Infantry Division Armed Forces Assistance to Korea program Scogin son of Mr and Mrs Albert Seogin of Shafter serves as a machine gunner in Company F 32d Regiment Osan Ni six room primary school project completed in Osan Ni He joined the Army in Sept 1952 arrived in Korea in June 1953.
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MIDN
John J. Kelly
Hott
Manuel Ave
Shafter
Calif
Missouri
Kelly
U. S. Naval Academy
Shafter High
Myra Lorraine
Romoland
7Th Infantry Division
Seogin
Albert Seogin
Osan-ni
Korea
Arizona suspect links fade in Kern drowning case
Kern County investigators say a Shafter man did not appear involved in the drowning of Virgil Trantham whose body was found in the Kern River. Ted Phillips admitted dunking Trantham as horseplay but no serious injury occurred. Phillips is held in Atgona over a separate fatal stabbing. Mayes and Phillips once worked in the Arvin area before heading toArizona. San Francisco Maritime Museum opens as the first on the Pacific Coast.
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Kern
Arizona
Virgil Traned
Shafter
Kern Ris Ver
Attys
D. R. McBride
Jos Taylor
Ted Phillips
Trantham
McBride
Phillips
Atgona
E. H. Hayes
Mayes
Arvin
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Ernie Hofman
Pat Kelly
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Oregon Coast Stage Line
Oregon Points
Redding
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The
Travelers Safety Service
Clinton County Republican News
St. Johns
Michigan
Benson
Mr. Benson
Congress
Tom Wilson
Michael Neufeld
Morton Brown
Maureen Mettler
Bert Ware
Ted Vignola
Rachel Morse
John Dalke
Phillip Jeffries
Elden Meyrick
M. J. Stockton
Vernet Weidenbach
Carol Smooth
Paul Ratzlaff
Carolyn Fitterer
Linnea Siemens
Clarence Neuman
Raymond Neufeld
Sandra Grundy
National Editorial
Seasap
Eagtion
Paul C. Newell
Easter and Publisher
Florence J. Newell
Mrs. Krug
Baptist
Shafter Man
San Francisco
Maritime Museum
Pacific Coast
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
Central Valley Television
Central Ave
Packard Bell
Good Values
Lorde RA
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