Governor Warren Urges Power Saving Steps for Shafter
Governor Earl Warren sends to Mayor J. W. Frizzell a plan for cutting power use in Northern and Central California. He urges curtailing electrical power in city buildings during 4 pm to 8 pm, urging citizens to conserve, and to form local committees to administer emergency rules.
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Joe Frizzell
Earl Warren
J. W. Frizzell
Shafter Shafter
California
California Public Utilities Commission
Tehachapi
Commission
New Santa Fe Freight Pick-up Man
Albert G. Baird has contracted with Santa Fe railroad to pick up all outgoing freight. Roy Paslay handles all express and mail. Freight calls go to the depot and are relayed to Baird for pickup. Baird, a Shafter resident of 3 years, previously managed the Shafter theatre and now runs a service station business with Joe Hinsley on Santa Fe way.
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Albert G. Baird
Santa Fe Railroad
Baird
Roy Paslay
Shafter
Shafter Theatre
Joe Hinsley
Santa Fe Way
Ex Shafter Boy Earns Eagle Scout in Santa Cruz
Howard Crampton 15 son of Mr and Mrs Glen H Crampton formerly of Shafter received the Eagle Scout badge on Thursday February 12 in Santa Cruz He is the second active Scout in the city to wear the award He earned 21 merit badges including bird study life saving crafts civics fingerprinting pathfinding first aid and pioneering He completed 50 days and nights camping with ten nights on hikes He built a model raft with twine and self chopped wood He joined Scouts at 12 and is Senior Patrol Leader of Kiwanis Troop 71 in Santa Cruz He is a high school sophomore planning UC Berkeley and a career in pharmacy He enjoys football track stamping and music.
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Howard Crampton
Glen H. Crampton
Shafter
Santa Cruz
Crampton
Kiwanis
University of California
Birthday notice for readers of Shafter paper
Birthday announcements published weekly list residents with birthdays this week. The notice appears in a Shafter California newspaper at 169 Central Avenue with订 subscriptions and pricing details.
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Central Avenue
Shafter
Kern County
State of California
Wasco 1707 Residents Receive Free Chest X rays
Last week the 70 mm X ray Unit of Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association set up in Wasco, screening 1707 residents an increase of 581 from last year. Students over 12 were X rayed on Tuesday and Friday with adults aided by local clubs and Wasco Health Department staff.
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Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Wasco
The
Legion Auxiliary
Mary Driscoll
P.H.N
Elizabeth Bennett
Wasco Health Department
H. G. Brooks
Alice Trew
Cecil West
Violet Melcher
Marie Iribarren
Pauline Rauler
Irene Baltierra
Edith Miller
Deanna Gilliland
Tone Wishard
Miriam Traylor
Baby Born at Bakersfield for Eckmans With 8 1 4 Pound Weight
Mr. and Mrs. E C Eckman welcome a baby boy born February 29 at Miss Freise s Maternity Home Bakersfield weighing 8 1 4 pounds Mother and baby reported splendidly The name is not yet certain though James Clarence appears a likely choice
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E. C. Eckman
Miss Freise
Bakersfield
James Clarence
Pentecostal Church Drives Sunday School Attendance Rise
Reverend Bradhurst and Sunday School superintendent J. W. Rose of the Pentecostal Church of God led a drive to boost youth Bible classes. Assistant Mrs. A. W. Neal mailed out cards. attendance grew from 200 to 327 in about one month, with a goal of 400 and optimism they will reach it.
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Bradhurst
J. W. Rose
Pentecostal Church of God
A. W. Neal
Services Today For C. E. Whorton
Cecil Elsman Whorton died Saturday in Camarillo. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. today at Flickinger Janzen Mortuary.
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Flickinger-Janzen Mortuary
Cecil Elsman Whorton
Camarillo
Death Notices for Whorton Resident in Shafter
State hospital resident Whorton of Shafter, 40, a farm laborer, died aged 40. Reverend Sam Wilcoxin will officiate at today's services with burial in Shafter Cemetery. Survived by three brothers R. G. Whorton of Shafter, True Whorton and Roy Wharton of Texas. Born Piney Arkansas January 6 1908.
Visitors From North Dakota in Shafter
Mrs John Mettler and daughter visit with relatives in Shafter this week along with Mr and Mrs Henry Schnabel and son and Mr and Mrs Ben Mettler of Upham North Dakota. Mrs Mettler is sister in law of Mrs Schnaidt and of Fred Schnaidt Sr. Mr Schnabel is an uncle to Jerome Mettler. Mrs Mettler, eighty six, took the trip fine.
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Shafter
John Mettler
Henry Schnabel
Ben Mettler
Upham
North Dakota
Katherine Schnaidt
Fred Schnaidt
Schnabel
Jerome Mettler
Mettler
Freedom Train visit planned for Bakersfield College event
Bakersfield J C plans observation of the Freedom Train arrival on March 19 with patriotic exercises and exhibits by the Junior Statesman of America chapter. Tentative events include assemblies March 10, a colored choir program, readings, poetry and prose, a science display, historic document facsimiles, and a panel on liberty.
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Bakersfield
Bakersfield College
Junior Statesman of America
Science Department
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Jerry Dean Holmes
Wesley Barry
O. L. Seago
Iva Finkbeiner
Sandra McCoy
Arthur Fenderson
Marion F. Gittinger
al Anderson
Earl Weill
Burton Kendrick
P. H. Kroeker
Bill Connell
Shafter Progress
Paul C. Newell
Florence J. Newell
Walter C. Nelson
Schneider
Wikoff
James & State
Sis
Mildred Grand
Dorothy Wheat
Mildred Hadlock
Marie Grettel
P. D. Salisbury
F. D. Goodman
Lester Smith
George Terry
C. R. Wedel
Jeannette Walforth
Helen Crowder
Dorothy Clements
H. S. Giddings
Shirley Summers
Emmy Lou Hamfeld
Teresa Burke
L. T. Arnold
Violet G. Prather
Mrs. O. D. Ring
E. C. Eckmans
Pentecostal Church
C. E. Whorton
No. Dakota
J. C
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Tohn Deene
Stuart Erwin
Barbara Wooddell
William Wright
Hobart Cavanaugh
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