Sunday Personalities and Trips Around Shafter
Shafter residents and guests are listed in a busy social roundup with visits in Los Angeles Long Beach and nearby towns. Notable movements include Buck Robinson joining Wasco army air corps camp, D W Painter’s promotion, and several families vacationing at Huntington lake Yosemite Lake Tahoe Sequoia and Catalina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Shafter
Army Camp
Buck Robinson
United States Army Air Corps
Wasco
Charges Against Sion Nicoles Are Here
Auto theft charges against Ray Nicoles were dismissed in Shafter Justice Court before Judge Elmer Lobre. District attorney and Kern county sheriff reports found no basis for kidnapping charges. The case stemmed from a month ago when he took his child with his estranged wife in a car owned by her parents. An interlocutory divorce decree granted custody to Mrs. Essie Ruth Nicoles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Nicoles
Shafter
Elmer Lobre
Delano
John Loustalot
Kern County
Wnicoles
Essie Ruth ‘Nicoles
Windsock Named Official Air Corps Paper at Shafter
Staff Sergeant Stanley Billett of Boston submitted Windsock as the official name for the United States Army Air Corps basic training school paper near Shafter. First edition will publish tomorrow from The Shafter Press office and distribute Saturday to trainees and families. Sergeant Billett earns a $10 merchandise order for proposing the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Corps
Billett
Shafter
County Moves To Extend Lerdo Road In East Kern
Condemnation proceedings were started by Kern County to acquire land for extending Lerdo Road toward the strip. The route has been surveyed from 99 to the Orange Belt highway extension from Ducor to Bakersfield. In years, Lerdo may join the state highway system at Shafter Lerdo and Santa Fe way, and westward it connects with the Blackwell's corner Taft highway offering a quicker route from the Kern south sea area to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Lerdo
Ducor
Tulare County
Bakersfield
Shafter
Santa Fe Way
Blackwell’s Corner
Taft
Southsea
Kern County
Hatcheries Yield Over Nine Million Game Fish in Wyoming 1939
Wyoming hatcheries produced more than 9,000,000 game fish in 1939 for streams and lakes. The output supports fish populations and stocking programs across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Shafter Plans Recreation Facilities for Army Air Corps
Plans progress this week to provide recreation facilities in Shafter for Army Air Corps men stationed at the basic training school. Eugene Ford, recreation coordinator, says the county building will supply a larger meeting room with writing tables and reading material. Lights are to be installed on the county building lawn for ping pong and badminton. The local nightball diamond will be available for army teams and cement tennis courts at the high school near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
United States Army
Air Corps
Eugene Ford
Local drive seeks funds for army recreation fund
The appeal notes money is being turned toward the local army recreation fund. Contributions are accepted by M. L. Thomas at the Bank of Anges or by Ford. Several local civic groups are expected to contribute this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Army Recreation Fund
M. L. Thomas
Bank of Anges
Civi
Dining Room Construction Planned at Shafter Motel Site
Mrs. Maybelle Powell states plans are being completed for a dining room and a cocktail lounge to accompany the Shafter motel on Lerdo road. The project outlines target expansion of the motel’s services and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Motel
Lerdo Road
Maybelle Powell
Notary Public A J Zimmerman Dies. Insurance Counselor
A J Zimmerman known as Jack, long a notary public and insurance counselor, is reported deceased. He served clients in public automobiles matters and his death prompts questions about his professional legacy.
Powell Outlines Tentative Motel Plans Next Spring
Mrs Powell announces tentative plans to build a swimming facility at the motel next spring while another building project will proceed.
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Sierra
Fresno State College
Huntington Lake
P.L. Arnold
Elias Henry ‘Wiebe
Phil Cameron
Helmer Stormo
Miles Allen
San Jose
Hemet
Barstow
R. M. Dressler
Bastow
Ed. Dressler
Lindsay
Ralph Short
T. D. Vines
Tule River
Regie. Robinson and
Gaylord Barron
Coffee Camp
Helger Hansen
Holger ‘Hansen
Catalina
Yosemite
Fresno
E. Hansen
Bill Brown
al Anderson
North Fork
Wishon
Thomas Back
Bank of America
San Francisco
Monterey
Bessie G. Thomas
California
dale _— Dick “Foreaker
Department of Public Health
Clarence Neumans
Huntington
Clarence Neuman
Mrs. Helmer Stormo
Vi‘salia and
Hanford
Lake
Harry Bergen
Lake Tahoe
Bill Bestwaters
Shafters
Mrs
Don Klingenberg
Catalina Island
Robert Neuman
South
Jacobsens On
W. C. Davis
R. A. Jacobsen
Yellowstone
National Park
Sun Valley
Idaho
Ellis Williams
Kerp County
Riekers
T. V. Little
Mayme
Kernville
Johnsondale
California Hot Springs
G. J. Rieker
Mr. Rieker
Jim Beard
Brach
Mond
Oakland
Late Tahoe
D. W. Painter
D.W. Painter
Lt. Painter
the Faye Blanchard
Chillicothe
Texas
Shafta
Miss Blanchard
Bestwaters
J. T. McKinley
F. S. Rasco
C. R. Holt
tosLodi
McKinley
Shaftes
Sequoia
Sequoia National Park
Claud-Newsom
Rupert Cole
Fort Worth
Mrrs. Cole
California Mountains
William J. Bestwater
Canada
Frank
Neuman Alley
John Dalke
Bob Neuman
John Gaede
Bill ‘Neu~man
George Vannatta
Mr. Thomas
Maine Avenue
Southern California
Jake Siemens
Eldon Sprayberry
WPA
Visalia
South Dakota
Ed. Wiedenbach
Billler
Springfield
Scotland
Beheanian Distributing Company
Union Avenue
Sion Nicoles
Vineso
Ak” Is
Chrysler
Irvine
Central Ave
Safeway
Royal
Sir Wesson
Canterbury
Lipton’s
Stella
Castle Crest
Eagle Brand
Libby Sauerkraut
Gerber's
Kentucky
Thompson
Weill
Ign
Christopher
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Bunset Ave
Calif
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