Vets Plan for California Legion Meet in Hollywood
Shafter legionnaires prepare to attend the California State American Legion convention in Hollywood August 8 through five days of sessions. More than 75 000 visitors are expected as Warner Brothers sound stage is transformed into a large convention hall. State Adjutant James K Fisk says veteran welfare and Americanism will be discussed. Auxiliary and affiliated groups will hold separate sessions nearby.
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Shafter
Warner Brothers Sunset Boulevard
Legion
James K. Fisk
Legion Auxiliary
Local Man Launches Campaign in First Supervisorial District
H A Rightmire of Shafter begins a personal canvass for the first supervisorial district seat, currently held by Roy Woollames, board chairman. A former Kansas legislator and prior candidate, he vows to make a strong bid despite the challenge.
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H. A. Rightmire
Shafter
Roy Woollames
Rightmire
Kansas
County Shares in Increased Gasoline Tax Apportionment
Sacramento Controller Ray L. Riley announced Kern County received a $71 827 11 warrant as its portion of $11 405 844 73 in gasoline taxes apportioned to the state and counties for the three months ending June 30. Gasoline tax receipts rose by over two million dollars from the previous year.
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Sacramento
Ray L. Riley
Kern County
Stolen fruit jars contain poison at ranch in California
Officials warn that fifteen hundred fruit jars stolen from Kern County Land Company Post ranch in Rosedale hold enough arsenic to poison a small army. The jars appear empty but contain crystals of the deadly poison that cannot be removed by ordinary washing. They were owned by the county horticultural department and had been used for a specific spray.
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Kern County Land Company
Rosedale
County Horticultural Department
Services for Local Woman Held Monday
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. John Pranter a local resident who died at Keene on Friday. She is survived by her husband and children. The interment was in Shafter cemetery.
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John Pranter
Keene
Shafter Cemetery
Mutiny on the Bounty stars vast cast at Shafter Airdome
The film Mutiny on the Bounty comes to the Shafter Airdome on Sunday and Monday August 2 and 8. Charles Laughton and Clark Gable lead a large cast in a sea adventure based on Hall and Nordhoff’s account. Director Frank Lloyd delivers a landmark maritime drama about tyranny, mutiny, and survival on the Bounty.
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Bounding
South Seas
Shafter Airdome
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Hall
Nordhoff
H. M. S. Bounty
West Indies
Bligh
Gable
Eeen
Shafter Beauty Jean Chatburn Weds Frank Orsatti
Miss Jean Chatburn former Shafter grammar pupil and M G M contract player, wed Frank Orsatti. The ceremony in Yuma was set as elopement plans leaked, making her again news headline. Honeymoon planned later. former classmates hope Shafter appears in itinerary.
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Jean Chatburn
Shafter Grammar
M-G-M
Hearst Papers
Frank Orsatti
Yuma
Shafter
Library to Stay Open in August
The Shafter library will remain open in August for the first time in five years while librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge and her husband take a two week vacation starting about August 14. It is not yet known who will staff the library during her absence.
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Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Long Beach
California
Wedge
Death Claims George Wiegum After Pneumonia
George Wiegum died at Kern Hospital Sunday afternoon from pneumonia after an operation. A Wasco resident, he had lived in Shafter for 15 years and later moved with his wife to Wasco to run a business. He is survived by his widow, his mother Mrs. Deuss Wiegum, a brother and sister in law, Art Wiegum, two sisters Mrs. Lydia Wilkieson and Mrs. McGaggey of Lodi. body taken to Lodi for burial.
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George Wiegum
Kern Hospital
Shafter
Wiegum
Wasco
Lodi
Inlaw
Art Wiegum
Deuss Wiegum
Lydia Wilkieson
Local Happenings in Shafter Area Weekly Roundup
Mivocals visit Camp Dr W Gaede and family report light rain at Y M C A camp near Sugar Loaf Sunday. Beach outings for Mr and Mrs Ray Dye and family at Moro and Cayucos Beach. Donald and Merrilla return from Los Angeles and Catalina Island vacation. J H Tornber of Bakersfield campaigns in Shafter for Republican assembly seat. New mail car in Shafter R F D a Plymouth coupe purchased from Norval Fair. Emil Stoller assists Shafter Furniture Co in Los Angeles. Constable John Riely’s family vacationing in the mountains. Glenn O Nay and family back from San Diego after deep sea fishing. License to wed issued to John D Unruh and Katie G Poetker.
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Ray Dye
Moro
Cayucos Beach
Shafter R. F. D
F. L. Kinyon
Norval Fair
Chrysler
Plymouth
Los Angeles
Emil Stoller
The
Shafter Furniture Co
Visits Mountains and returns home with son to Shafter
T. V. Little spent Sunday at his Sugar Loaf mountain cabin and returned with his son Don for a week stay in Shafter. Principal Home concluded an extended vacation that included a trip to Oregon.
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T. V. Little
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Don
Shafter
Oregon
Latta Reports Extreme Heat in Hermosillo Mexico
In a letter to The Shafter Press F F Latta head of a Shafter High School historical research expedition describes Hermosillo as very hot with daily perspiration and near continuous lightning and thunder. He notes nightly rains and friendly cooperation from local officials and archives. Latta mentions meeting Mexicans living in the United States who previously worked in Shafter area crops.
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Shafter
Hermosillo
Mexico
F. F. Latta
Republic
Shafter Press
Latta
States
TOTS WILL BE EXAMINED AT RICHLAND
The Kern county health department with the assistance of the P T A offers a free physical exam for all children entering school this fall. The summer round up checks for defects and allows corrections before school opens, aiding kindergarten and first grade entrants. The event is at Richland school on Thursday August 6 at 9 a.m.
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Kern County Health Department
P.T. A
Richland
Local Shafter Community Notes On Coach Wilson
Local friends report on Wednesday that J. Wilson of Shafter High School is the focus of community attention. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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J. . Wilson
Shafter High School
Unique Rites Held Here Sunday
Erwin Richard Klassen and his bride Stella Bartel were married in a second wedding at the Mennonite Brethren church. A reception followed at the Wednesday Afternoon Clubhouse with over 600 invitations issued by the bridegroom’s parents Mr and Mrs Gus L Klassen. The couple will live on the bridegroom’s ranch southeast of Wasco while his father heads to Santa Maria to supervise potato harvests for three months.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Erwin Richard Klassen
Corn
Oklahoma
Gus L. Klassen
Stella Bartel
C. V
Shafter Infant Buried at Delano Funeral Service
The infant burial took place in Delano with Rev. J. T. Edwards of the Shafter Pentecostal church officiating the funeral.
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Shafter
Delano
Santa Fe Display Showcases New Streamlined Stage
A new streamlined Santa Fe Transportation Company passenger stage was exhibited in Shafter last Friday from 9 to noon. Arrangements were by A A Brennan and W H McMillin. The crimson and cream vehicle drew many visitors along Central avenue as the first of a fleet to be purchased by Santa Fe across California.
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Santa Fe Transportation Company
Motor Stage
Getatle Gulch
Bob Galdeel
Santa Fe
Shafter
A. A. Brennan
W. H. McMillin
Santa Fe Press Bureau
Central Avenue
The
Taft Publisher Riley D Millard Dies Suddenly
Riley D Millard 61 president of the Oilfields Dispatch Publishing Co Taft died suddenly at a Bakersfield hospital Monday night He had led Kern county publishing circles for 47 years and once served as foreman of the Morning Echo in Bakersfield
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Riley D. Millard
Oilfields Dispatch Publishing Co
Taft
Bakersfield
Kern County
Old Morning Echo
Shower for Ada Mae Grose was hosted by Mrs. Pritchett
A large circle of friends and relatives attended a miscellaneous shower Friday evening at the Grose home for Ada Mae Prichett, bride elect of Vernie Grose. Refreshments were served and many lovely gifts were given to the couple.
Lerdo Highway Regrading Between Shafter and 99
A section of Lerdo highway between Shafter and Highway 99 is undergoing regrading work to improve road alignment and drainage. No dates or official notices are provided in the text.
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Lerdo
Shafter
Highway
Delayed Bond Election on Sewer Water Plant Plan
Shafter Public Utility directors postponed a formal call for a bond election for sewer and water plant improvements due to missing information. If bonds pass the $10,000 already contributed toward sewer purposes would be returned to contributors.
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Shafter Public Utility
Dairy imports under the New Deal in 1985.
The query seeks total dairy imports during 1985 under the New Deal framework, but no article text is provided to extract facts from. Please provide readable source content to summarize.
Famous Biblical Leader To Write Church Feature
Harold L. Lundquist dean of Moody Bible Institute Chicago known Bibical authority takes on weekly Sunday School Lesson feature for The Shaf Press. Lundquist is a U of Minnesota graduate Princeton Theology attendee and army trained with legal and theological education. He is a popular speaker and Bible class teacher. Watch for his illuminating exposition in The Press each week.
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Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Shaf
Fitzwater
U. of Minnesota
Princeton Theology
Dean Lundquist
Lard Substitutes Imports and Rural Impact in 1935
The record notes 1,489,914,1963 pounds of lard substitutes imported under the New Deal in 1935. It estimates 18,406,170 acres needed to predict demand from a ten year average. It states 938,723 rural people were denied self support by these operations.
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United States
U. S
New Deal Imported Goods Impact Lands Measure
The article notes that new importations under the New Deal cover fourteen of hundreds of agricultural items and relate to an area of 33,463,836 acres. It highlights government policy affecting farming sectors and land usage.
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New Deal
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