Growth noted at Shafter Post Office as town expands
Shafter Rotary hears postmaster George Guenther report rising patrons and postal receipts, with 30 percent of mail misaddressed. He urges proper addressing and box numbers to speed delivery and notes Air Mail’s 30 year history. Plans for a new building depend on congressional funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Guenther
Air Mail Service
Congress
Joe Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Rotary Club
East Bakersfield
Bank of America
Joe Frodsham
Oakland
M. H. Robb
Corcoran
Mr. Guenther
Ben Keefer
John Kliever
al Ingraham
Phillips Noted Coach Re-builder Leaves Here
Mr and Mrs Arthur W Phillips formerly with the Harry West ranch have moved to Oroville where they bought a 100 acre ranch. They plan to improve it and make it their future home after rebuilding historic old time stage coaches and equipment for Mr West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Phillips
Harry West
Mr. West
Oroville
Dorcas Society 1948 Project Aids Needy Overseas
Shafter Dorcas Society members plan 1948 projects to gather and pack clothing for Europe and to make bandages for a Chinese hospital. Surplus clothing goes to San Francisco for Overseas relief via the Seventh-day Adventist Relief Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Dorcas Society
Seventh - Day Adventist Church
Europe
China
Dorcas Society
San Francisco
Seventh-day Adventist Relief Commission
Evelyn Toews
Kern Academy
Norman Nelson
Beverly Voth
Vivian Grendlin
Ernest Adamson
Sequoia
Pasadena
Kern County High School Board Certifies Election Results
Official canvass of the recent board of trustees election was presented at an adjourned Kern County Union High School board meeting. T. N. Harvey Bobby 2526 votes leads, Dr. A. H. Warner 2436, Harold Keeces 1007, Phil Ohanneson 1902. Harvey reelected president, Warner to join the board July 1, succeeding Ohanneson. Warner, a physicist formerly at UCLA, now with the Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Kern County Union High School Board
T. N. Harvey
A. H. Warner
Harold Keeces
Phil Ohanneson
Judge Harvey
Warner
Doctor Warner
Ohanneson
Harvey
Bakersfield
University of California At
Los Angeles
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
Kinman Wiedmann Set for June 27 Wedding in Garden
Barbara Joan Kinman daughter of Mr and Mrs William Kinman and Dale Wiedmann son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Wiedmann will wed in a natural garden ceremony at the Kinman home on Sunday June 27 at five o'clock. Maid of honor is Marion N Kinman with two former schoolmates assisting at the guest book. Best man is Everett Wiedmann, ushers Bill Kinman and Bob Packer. The couple will reside in Shafter after a honeymoon in the Southland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Joan Kinman
William
Theodore Kinman
Dale Wiedmann
Oscar Everett
Wiedmann
Kinman
J. W Bruner
Puerto _ Rico
Marion N. Kinman
Willis Reimer
Gwen Ummel
Fresno
Marion Pendrell
Glendale
Everett Wiedmann
Bill Kinman
Bob Packer
Monrovia
Miss Kinman
Shafter
Shafter High School
Jack Hill
Southland
C V Highway North of Wasco Slated For Improvement
Seven counties in the San Joaquin Valley Council of the California State Chamber of Commerce will receive 4.727 million dollars for county road and bridge construction under a three year program funded by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 and California's plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
County Highway Act of 1945 Project Highlights Fresno Meeting
Harold B. LaForge advised the San Joaquin Valley highway committee at the State Chamber Council meeting in Fresno. Kern County roadwork includes the Central Valley highway from Wasco to Elmo, 6.1 miles, 2 lane, grade and surface, $189,500 under contract. A second section from Elmo Highway to Tulare County line covers 7.3 miles, 2 lane, grade and surface, $300,000, with contract awarded this year. Total county program amounts to $1,074,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. LaForge
State Highway Commission
San Joaquin Valley Highway Committee
State Chamber Council
Fresno
Kern
Wasco
Elmo Highway
Tulare
Weekend visit to Ocean Park and Compton
Mr. and Mrs. Les Hobsons spent the past week end visiting Mrs. DeMuth in Ocean Park and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Aikman in Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Hobsons
South
DeMuth
Ocean Park
Mrs
Leonard Aikman
Compton
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Rapid Growth Shafter
Plumbing
Loewen Plumbing
California Ave
Joe's
Lsailole Leks
Mira
Pickles
Libby
Sperry
Swift
Zac
Eros
del Monte
Skippy
Welch's Grape
Barbara Kinman
C. V
U. S
Enterprise Grinders
Quikat
Lynch Typewriter CO
Chester Ave
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