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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
2
H. G. Comfort, Publisher, released every Thursday from Central Avenue office in Shafter Kern County California. Subscription price two dollars per year payable in advance. Advertising rates available on request. Entered as second class matter August 1 1935 at Shafter post office under March 3 1879 act.
Kern county amateur photo contest spots Shafter potato industry for monthly prizes. Five cash awards offered, judged by Kern County chamber of commerce visual publicity committee, with grand prizes for best series and eligible historic scenes. Contest runs February to June, open to all photographers, with winning prints and negatives becoming property of the chamber.
Oil agreements this week list H. H. Nikkel et ux Theo J Suess et ux Elma O Wilson Andrew Mettler et ux Adeline Edelmian leasing to Tidewater Associated Oil Co. Lease dated December 3 1937. One eighth royalty five year drilling clause covers west fifth acre of lot 5 and lots 6 to 9 Section 9 28 25.
A Los Angeles Superior Court heard Freddie Bartholomew argue his $98 thousand yearly income left his family in London with only a dollar a week to spend. The child star contends 20 percent gifts to relatives would devastate his earnings for 1938.
In this nostalgic passage March brings memories of youth kite making with glue pots, paper sheets, twine and bunting. Johnny and friends recall being skipper and helmsman as their hand crafted kites soared on windy fields and hills with proud pilots aloft.
The Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion dedication at the Woman's clubhouse drew John Isaac as post commander and featured talks by C H Conklin Z W Hoskins Charles Badger and R S Peterson on service to the community and Legion ideals. Rev William Patrick spoke of Leslie L. Robinson’s life and death in 1918. Independent note reports an irrigation well by Charles Anderson near Shafter reaching 585 feet with a 14 inch diameter and a 170 horsepower pump delivering 1530 gallons per minute.
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