Shafter News Highlights Local Happenings and Visits
Community notes from Shafter feature sports results as Bakersfield Cokes defeat Standard Oilers in El Segundo, plus residents returning from Southern California trips. Local officials, church visits, and family updates cover educators, farmers, and businessmen among Shafter and Kern County residents.
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Shafter
Bakersfield Cokes
Standard Oilers
el ‘Segundo
Bill ‘Lachenmaier
Boots Perry
Obern Hamilton
California Apricot Harvest Shrinks to Twenty-Year Low
California reports the 1940 apricot crop as the smallest in almost two decades. Growers expect reduced yields and potential price impacts across the state.
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California
Draft Hoover Move Opens in Kern County
Kern county witnesses a draft Hoover club forming to back ex president Herbert Hoover for the 1940 Republican presidential bid. E B Duncan of Bakersfield chairs the committee with H G Comfort of Shafter and Ahlida Ballah of Bakersfield as vice chairs. Li T. Wink serves as treasurer and Arthur S. Crites as secretary with other members including H W Thomas and Thomas H McManus of Bakersfield.
Temporary Classroom For Local High School
Kern county board of trustees announced a temporary classroom will be built at Shafter high school this summer for general use during the next term. Bids for this and seven other district buildings will open July 8, with construction to start soon after.
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Kern. County
Caunion High School
J. H. Walters
Shafter High School
Walters
San Bernardino
College
Richard Gribble
Chico State ‘College
Shafter
RF. Gribble
Kern County Union High School Board of Trustees
Bakersfield
Federal loans totaling 59000 insured monthly in Sacramento
The Federal Housing Administration insures loans totaling about $59,000 every month in Sacramento County. The program supports home financing and mortgage guarantees for residents navigating the housing market.
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Sacramento
County
Federal Housing Administration
Cement tennis courts planned for high school
Shafter high school will add three cement tennis courts in the next weeks. School officials say plans have existed for some time and a WPA project has been pending for about a year, with indications the construction will start soon.
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Earl Roberts
San Luis Obispo
Shafter District
Shafter
Shafter High School
Grass Fire Extinguished Near Poplar School
A grass fire along the road near Poplar School was extinguished early Friday evening by local fire crews. The blaze burned about 25 acres before containment.
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Poplar School
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