Delinquent Tax List for City of Shafter 1939
Public notice by Frank G. Shaw Tax Collector of Shafter listing delinquent real and personal property taxes for the 1939 levy due by June 25 1940. Properties include Hitchens and others with amounts due plus costs. Sale authorized July 1 1940 at noon in the City Tax Collector's office to satisfy liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Frank G. Shaw
City of
California
Stewart
W. W
Leah
Frank G Shaw
Kern
Evening recreation opens at Shafter High School
Adults may use Shafter High School facilities on weekday evenings from 7:30 to 9 for ping pong badminton and shuffleboard. A children's program runs at Richland School with airplane modeling wood work and other crafts. Activities also include games and softball with supervision provided.
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Shafter High
Eugene Ford
Richland School
Progam
Temperatures Top 100 Each Day In Shafter District
The Shafter area sees daily highs above 100 degrees this week with a peak of 105 on Friday last week and 104 on Saturday. Temperatures cooled to 103 Sunday and 102 on Tuesday while nightly lows stayed between 60 and 65. The season high remains 108 degrees recorded at the experiment farm on June 14 and 15.
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Shafter District
Mercury
Experiment Farm
Union Congregational Church Services and Schedules
Alfred CH Chandler minister. Church school 9 50 a m Herbert Midgley in charge. Church service 11 a m sermon The Dominant Mood by Dr Carl Safford Patton read by a deacon James Livers organ. Public welcome. First Mennonite Church J P Glanzer pastor German 9 30 10 sermon 10 11 Sunday school 11 12 sermon Jonah story no evening service due to wedding. Love cannot be bought or sold its price is love. First Baptist Church 289 East herdic highner Edger McAllister pastor Bible school 9 6 mm Morning service 11 sermon Zacchaeus The Publican Young Peoples societies Prayer League 7 p m Evening service 8 sermon The First Four Trumpets Revelation 8 Midweek prayer 8 p m Mennonite Brethren Church Kern H D Wiebe pastor Sunday school 9 30 two departments 11 0 preaching German American music choir 6 45 prayer circle 7 30 Christian Fellowship basement 7 Bible reading 8 Evangelistic services 8 Midweek prayer Wednesday Come let us worship Jehovah St Johns Catholic Church 9th Broadway Wasco Rev Owen McMullan Sunday Mass 7 9 Confessions Saturday 7 Christian Science Society Corner Sixth and E Wasco Sunday services 11 m Sunday school 10 a m
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred. T . Chandler
Herbert Midgley
Carl Safford Patton
James. Livers
Jack Shore
First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
Jonah
First Baptist Church
East Herdic-Highner
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
Christian Fellowship
Jehovah
Honorable Addresses in United States
A scanned passage outlines the use of the term Honorable in addressing various officials. It lists American ambassadors, foreign ministers in Washington, governors, high commissioners, cabinet officers, senators, congress members, and other senior officials.
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United States
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
United States Senate
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Earliest Thanksgiving Chronology in Early America
The text traces early harvest thanksgivings from Plymouth in 1621 to official proclamations and recommendations. It notes Congress and presidents recommending or declaring days of thanksgiving during the Revolution and early republic, including Madison, Washington, Adams era, Lincoln’s 1863 national day of thanks.
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America
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth
Congress
Madison
Washington
Lincoln
Adventurer Halliburton Leaves Estate to Princeton Library
Richard Halliburton, Princeton graduate, names the university residuary legatee of his estate estimated at 100000 dollars. His parents receive a life interest, with the principal ultimately directed to the Princeton library for use.
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Richard Halliburton
Princeton
University
Romance in Hardware Ends in Reunion at Store
Peggy Prince, 15, begins selling tools at Warner and Prince's hardware, sparks with Harold Warner, son of the partner. After four years of driving Peggy home and a broken engagement, both pursue independence, then Harold returns to the store and Peggy secretly reunites, hoping for a fresh start with their families watching.
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Peggy Prince
Warner and Prince's
Peggy
Harold Warner
Mr. Prince
Mr. Warner
Harold
O. K
Prince
Wall Street
New York
Fifty Eighth Street
Self-Control and the Reluctant Cigar
Jones seeks treatment for ills and follows a strict diet with little fat meat tea salmon potatoes or sugar and no whisky. A week later he reports only a single daily cigar derailing the plan prompting the doctor to urge real restraint.
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Jones
Letter Ends with Heaven Preserve or Pickle
A native student wrote to the mission superintendent asking for a closing blessing. He looked up preserve in a dictionary and the letter arrived with the closing line revised to And may Heaven pickle you.
Saddest Cases Attendant at Asylum Padded Room
A clipped exchange describes the padded room at the asylum with a note on saddest cases of old-time auto mechanics. A visitor asks where the people are as beds show springs being worked on, hinting at hidden or imaginary patients.
Groom To Be Proclaims Tattoo Of Mabel On Heart
A groom to be tells his doctor he plans to marry Anne but reveals he has a tattoo of a heart with the name Mabel on it. The confession hints at past affections and current commitment.
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Doc
Anne
Mabel
Horace and Mazie Say Good Night
Horace bids Mazie good night as she replies she has not stayed up late and expects to be waking soon. The exchange preserves a warm, intimate tone between the two.
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Horace
Mazie
Throw Her Out Dialog Between Two Speakers
A brief exchange notes a wife saying she would throw the cat out after a hand motion. The dialogue centers on Sinbby stating I was going to throw her out and the other speaker noting the moment the cat perceived a throw.
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Sinbby
Not Knowing Hurts When It Isn’t Successful Doctor Joke
A playful exchange between a patient and doctor about surgery outcomes. The doctor reassures with humor that if the operation fails, the patient won't know and what they don’t know won’t hurt them.
No longer a mistake, a cure after two consultations
The speaker recalls a single serious error met with remedy through two medical consultations that cured a millionaire.
Rose Between Two Thorns Or Tongue Sandwich
A humorous exchange has Miss Talkalot seated between two men who quip about a rose and an implied insult. One man reframes the line as a tongue sandwich, sparking playful banter in the seating arrangement.
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Miss Talkalot
Types of Farming Prof How Many Kinds of Farming
The article lists four farming types: extensive, intensive, pretensive, and expensive. It contrasts broad farming approaches with narrower methods and notes differing resource use and scales.
Turned Over Something Mrs Fink New Year's Leaf
Dialogue ponders a husband’s change as Mrs Fink asks about a new leaf while Mrs Brink notes a different kind of turn over a car rather than a life. The snippet captures playful wordplay about resolutions.
City Cleanup on Shafter Agenda at Noon Luncheon
Shafter Business Men's association will consider a city cleanup at its regular noon meeting. The plan aims to reduce fire hazards make the city more attractive and control pests in unkept lots. Census facts for Shafter will also be discussed.
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Shafter
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Hudson Leaves Shafter for Sunnyvale Transfer
Ford L. Hudson and his wife will move to Sunnyvale where he takes a position at a Sunnyvale bank. During four years in Shafter he led the Businessmen's Association as president and served as city treasurer and recreation commission member. Mrs Hudson is active in club and church work.
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Ford L. Hudson
Shatter
Sunnyvale
Bank of America
Shafter
Grass Burning Discussed by Shafter Volunteer Firemen
The Shafter Volunteer Fire department met at the Shafter Ranger station to plan burning one vacant lot next Tuesday evening as part of efforts to reduce fire hazards. Ward Art Craig is coordinating burns for property owners with risky lots. The meeting included a social session after routine business.
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Shafter
Harris Family Returns From San Diego Visit
Mr and Mrs J P Harris have returned from a two weeks visit with relatives at San Diego Mrs Harris mother who had been visiting at Maywood accompanied them back to Shafter
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Harris
J. P. Harris
San Diego
Trip Taken By Mrs Milo Weston And Miss Joy Crain
Mrs Milo Weston and Miss Joy Crain motored to Visalia and Dinuba Sunday visiting relatives there.
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Milo Weston
Miss Joy Crain
Visalia
Dinuba
Miss Betty Spry Takes Train Visit to Gilroy Morgan Hill
Miss Betty Spry departed by train yesterday to visit relatives in Gilroy and Morgan Hill, continuing a family trip.
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Betty Spry
Gilroy
Morgan Hill
Rural Route Expanded On Riverside Drive
Rural Route No 1 from Shafter post office will extend to include 16 more families on Riverside Drive announced by postmaster Lois L Berry. City mail delivery remains unsettled with a map and sidewalks under preparation by city officials as business group representatives assist the postmaster in gathering facts for federal postal department review.
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Shafter
Riverside Drive
Lois L. Berry
Men’s Association
Federal Postal Department
Leavells Begin Two-Week Southern California Vacation
Mr and Mrs Walter Leavell departed this week for a two week trip to southern California, leaving their home in care. They plan to visit coastal cities and explore tourist landmarks during their stay.
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Walter Leavell
California
Neufelds Move to New Parish Tract Home
Mr and Mrs H C Neufeld and family moved this week into their new home in the Parish tract. The Walter Leavells have moved into the home formerly occupied by the Neufelds.
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H. C. Neufeld
Walter Leavells
Neufelds
Orphan Lambs Find Care At Lamb Haven Rescue
Charles Clark runs an asylum for orphan lambs in northern California. Ranchers call in stray lambs, using Clark’s courier pigeons or his telephone to reach the facility. Time matters, as lambs die quickly if separated from their mothers, and each goat milk source feeds two to three orphans before they are sold once mature.
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Charles Clark
California
Clark
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