Shafter Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travels
Stanley Abel of Taft visits Shafter on Kern county supervisor duties. Santa Cruz guests Mr. and Mrs. Kishpaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Oberacker stay en route home from the south. Dallas Texas guest Miss Jean Schofield arrives for summer with aunt Mrs. George Robin after high school graduation. Several families and individuals travel to Monrovia Reedley Arkansas Los Angeles and Santa Barbara for visits and camps.
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Stanley Abel
Shafter
Taft
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Guy Mousers
W. J. Kishpaugh
R. T. Oberacker
Jimmy
Santa Cruz
Guy Mouser
Dallas
Jean Schofield
Texas
George Robin
J. V
Reedley
Henry Duerksen
Charles and
Jerry
H. B. Gray
Norin
Patsy
Vallejo
George Norin
Fire department responds to motor fire at Camp home
Shafter volunteer firefighters rushed Friday afternoon to Sol Camp's Pacific avenue residence where a cooling system electric motor burned out. Basement smoke filled the area, but damage was limited to the motor itself.
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Shafter Volunteer Fire Department
Sol Camp
Pacific Avenue
Shafter Business Men form committee on airport improvements
A three man committee was appointed at a Shafter Business Men's association meeting to study improving Shafter airport. Chair P. V. McClure will lead Dr. L. H. McGrane and H. J. Harder. They will evaluate hangar construction, runway smoothing and field expansion for regular commercial use.
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Shafter
Shafter Business Men’s Association
P. V. McClure
L. H. McGrane
H. J. Harder
Roy Woollames
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Supervisorial Board
Business Men’s Association
Central County Library
Frank Don Carlos
Federal Postal Department
Yearly Attendance Above Average At Shafter High School
Shafter High School maintained attendance above 95 percent for all but one month during the year, with average daily attendance ranging from 262 to 279 pupils. Attendance officer Eugene Ford cites withdrawals and work permits during potato harvest as the dip, noting higher Richland enrollment during harvest. Highest monthly average was 97.3 in September. lowest was 94.62 in April.
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Shafter High School
Eugene Ford
Ford
Richland
Ighest
New Valley Flyer Train Begins Service From Shafter
Santa Fe officials announced a new ix-car air conditioned Valley Flyer starting Sunday morning. The service runs Shafter to San Francisco in about eight hours with flag stops at Shafter for bay region passengers. Up departures are 6 49 am 12 33 pm and 10 47 pm with return arrivals to Shafter from the north at 7 32 am 5 42 pm and 11 41 pm.
Farm Bureau Resolution Seeks Potato Rot Study
Kern County Farm Bureau directors passed a resolution asking the University of California College of Agriculture to pursue research on soft-rot in Kern county potatoes. The Bakersfield meeting also covered routine business with farm advisor and extension service representatives present.
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College of Agriculture
University of California
Kern County
Kern County Farm Bureau
Bakersfield
Farm Advisor
Extension Service
Looking Forward Franklyn to Altar
The piece argues Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics data show farm income in 1933–1938 averaged 8.278 billion yearly, subsidies 381 million yearly, totaling 8.659 billion, still 1.564 billion less than 1927–1932 per year. It compares pre and post New Deal eras, blaming policy for lower farmer earnings while noting broader economic ties to overall prosperity. It cites Henry A. Wallace and critiques New Deal policy as insufficient.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics of Statistics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Deal
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Floor goes down in Shafter high school auditorium and gym
Floor installation progressed this week at the new Shafter high school auditorium and gymnasium. Interior finishing work is underway as the project nears completion.
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Shafter High School
Ium
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