Local residents travel and visit around Shafter area
William M. Delaney and his father travel through Shafter on a sort visit north. Several families and individuals from Shafter take weekend trips or visit relatives in Ontario Sequoia Park Long Beach and Visalia. Santa Fe officials and businesspeople are noted visiting Shafter as well as multiple residents returning from vacations and attending weddings and graduations in nearby cities.
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William M. Delaney
The
Santa Barbara
Shafter Notes Include Weddings and Local Activity
Mrs Newt Gender headed to Fullerton for a month long stay. Constable John Reily and companions fished Tule river reporting a catch below the limit. Nellie Burnice Robertson and Dewey Faine Howard, both of Shafter, wed by Judge H A Rightmire. Richard Hetz returned to San Jose for summer school after visiting his mother and was elected president of Kappa Delta Phi. Irving L Singer of Oakland visited Shafter on business yesterday.
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John Reily
Laurence Baughman
al Anderson
Jim Reily
Tule River
Coffee Camp
The
Forks
Nellie Burnice Robertson
Dewey
Faine Howard
Shafter
H. A. Rightmire
Richard Hetz
San Jose
Margaret B. Hetz
Kappa Delta. Phi
Honorary Scholastic Society
Marine Recruiting Station Opens in Bakersfield
Young men from Shafter may apply at room 14, post office building, Bakersfield, where a permanent Marine recruiting office is open. Gunnery Sergeant William G. Mathews leads the Bakersfield HQ. Hours are 8:30 to 4:30 weekdays, Saturdays until noon. Immediate service applications are being accepted.
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Shafter
United States Marines
Bakersfield
William G. Mathews
Business Men To Investigate Census Procedure
Shafter business leaders met at Cafe Neuman to question census counts in the city. They plan to contact census official Albert F. James and seek verification of potentially omitted residents before the period ends. Ford Hudson resigned as vice president and board member. he and his family move to Sunnyvale this week.
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Albert F. James
Shafter
Shafter Business Men's ‘Association
Cafe Neuman
Ford Hudson
Hudson
Sunnyvare
Concrete Stress and Strain Measured by Deformation
Engineers use strain meters to measure tiny deformations in concrete structures and back-calculate the unseen stress causing these movements. The comparison to a boy’s cramps illustrates how pressure relates to deformation in materials and how readings infer the original cause.
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Johnny
Mrs. Dan Wendland Rejoins Shafter After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Dan Wendland returned to her home in Shafter after a two week stay at Mercy hospital in Bakersfield and is reported to be getting along quite well. Roy Woollames of Delano, chairman of the Kern county board of Supervisors, was a business visitor in Shafter Tuesday and attended a meeting of the Shafter Rotary club.
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Joe Moline
Los Angeles
Shafter
P.M. Janzen
P. M. Janzen
Hilo
Hawaii
Vancouver
Dan Wendland
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Roy Woollames
Delano
Kern County Board of Supervisors
New Heat Transfer Set Uses Aluminum For Quick Cooling
A novel heat transfer set relies on aluminum’s high thermal conductivity to cool drinks and freeze ice cream without power or heavy labor. It features a nested trio of cans with a fluted inner can for increased cooling surface and two outer cans of different sizes.
Potatoes Donated for Camp Fire Girls Summer Camp
Local potato sellers are furnishing spuds for the Camp Fire Girls camp opening Sunday. Donors include J. C. Ohanneson J. J. Siemens Bob Neumen Orvin Mettler Bill Chernabaeff Phil Ohanneson and Jim Camp Onions are also being donated by J. C. Ohanneson.
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Fire
J. C. Ohanneson
J. J. Siemens
Bob Neumen
Orvin Mettler
Bill Chernabaeff
Phil Ohanneson
Jim Camp
Veterans' Hospital Site Favored by Congressman
Congressman A. J. Elliott informs Honorable John E. Rankin that he favors a proposed United States Veterans Administration hospital to be built in Kern Fresno Kings Madera Stanislaus or Tulare counties.
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A. J. Elliott
John E. Rankin
Washington
United States Veterans’ Administration
Kern
Onions Bring High Prices For Shafter Growers
No 1 yellow onions are this week fetching 90 cents to 1.00 per cwt at Shafter with heavy yields of 500 to 600 sacks per acre. The market contrasts with last year when onions sold for 30 cents or less and demand was weak.
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Shafter
Treasure Island Exhibits Sole Dog Sparko
San Francisco health ruling restricts entry to a single dog at Treasure Island. Sparko, the mechanical canine star of the Westinghouse exhibit, remains the only dog allowed in the area.
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Halth Department
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Sparko
Westinghouse
Golden Gate Exposition
State Cotton Yield Reaches New High in 1939
California records the highest per acre cotton yield in state history for 1939. State agriculture figures show 442,626 500-pound bales from 327,000 acres at an average of 648 pounds per acre. Shafter district produced 14,334 bales from under 11,000 acres. Kern County yielded 108,878 bales. San Joaquin Valley totaled 435,655 bales.
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California
State Department of Agriculture
Shafter District
Kern County
San Joaquin Valley
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G. J. Siemens
Bill
Jake Siemens
Detroit
Jake
Ontario
Ralph Pearson
Sam
Sequoia Park
Les Edwards
Mrs. Lies
Edwards
Shatter
Long Beach
Robert
Harvey
Horwitz
George Kearsing
Mr. Kearsing
Bank of America
Bank
Taft and
Maricopa
Capitola
H. H. Schmidt
W. K. Lee
H. C. Skinner
Harold Unruh
Lompoc
T. L. Bryant
Midget Bryant
Margaret Webster
Huston Ferguson
B. E. Curtis
Cokes
Bakersfield Cokes
East Pasadena Merchants
Boots Perry
Reggie Robinson
Bill Lachenmaier
R. E. Youell
Harvey Gaede
Catalina
Lake J
Santa Fe
W. L. Ketcham
Topeka
Kansas
Clarence F. Gleason
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
A. W. Wainton
Wichita
Gene Harrison
Arvin
M.S. Neufeld
Carol Joy
Nancy Kay
Mr. Neufeld
A. B. Neufeld
Hot Springs
Taylor Tabb
J. B. Henderson
Clyde Bell
Democrat Hot Springs
Kern River
al Peters
Mrs
al Peters Monday
Mannel Tract
Ed Friesen
Ed. Siemens
Canada
J. J. ‘Siemens
Abe
Isaac
Betty Isaac
Saskatchewan
Siemens
Frances’ Midgley
Les Hobson
George Nikkél
Dave Schmidt
Se ‘Quoia Park
Sequoia
Preston Cornelius
Horace Cornelius
Gould
Davidson
Visalia
Martelle Moore
J. H. Walters
Shafter High School
L. Black
Glendale
Bob Black
Arkansas
Everett Baker
Macon Parker
Arkansas State College
Shafter Monday
Paraguoid
Sam Wilcoxon
Baker
Wilcoxons
Charles R. Codd
Jacglyn
Mary Jean
Shafters
R. W. Partridge
Union Congregational Church
Chameson Plunge
G. L. Starrh
Guy Lowe
Porterville
Wasco
John L. Fidler
Nedra Latta
Norma, Lohr
Milton Lohr
Luther Elliott
Ralph . Janzens
R. Janzen
Middlewestern
Nideara Falls
New York City
Washington, D.C
Carlsbad Caverns
E. P. Jones
Portland
Oregon
Fullerton
Newt Gender
Tule
Oakland
Irving L. Singer
Anta
Valley Flyer
Valley
Rior
Berkeley
Richmond
Stockton
Merced
Fresno
Hanford
Corcoran
Bay Bridge
W. W. Tannahill
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Notary Public
Public Weighmaster Automobile
Veterans’ Hospital
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Snowy Peak
Julia Lee Wright
Ri Bell
Hormel
Anderson
PET Foods
ZEE
Family Circle
Peany
Mak
Southern California
Safeway
Eiaie
Stokely
Utah
Ene
Hite E Magic
Ivan Koone
Nese
Lee Nahe” Poten
Lifebuoy
Super Suds
Rotoend
Ifeways
Peru
Kraft Dinner Joe Chicken & Noodles
Swift
Cudahy
Wilson
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