Shafter Wasco District Names Clarence Annin Leader
Clarence Annin of Wasco is elected head of the Shafter Wasco Irrigation district board. The farm owner understands the underground water strata and warns the district must plan for future Friant canal water or risk land value losses. A practical solution to sinking groundwater levels is urged.
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Shafter- Wasco Irrigation District
Clarence Annin
Wasco
Annin
Shafter- Wasco
Bureau of Reclamation
Warren Completes Red Cross Drive Organization
Ed Warren heads the drive for the local Red Cross. He asks every Red Cross worker to give full cooperation to finish the drive within the three day period.
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Red Cross
Ed Warren
Education and Red Cross Highlight Shafter Club Meeting
Shafter High School Principal Jack Hill urged education as key to world peace comparing Japan and Germany. Marian Fay of the American Red Cross discussed overseas relief, G I recreation, and home front support, urging continued funding for Red Cross programs locally and abroad.
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Jack Hill
Shafter High School
Japan
Germany
Hill
Marian Fay
American Red Cross
Miss Fay
England
Red Cross
Wasco irrigation board discusses water costs and goals
Property owners in the Shafter-Wasco district seek full disclosure on water conditions and measures to offset water declines. Directors convene monthly on the first Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Santa Fe Way office in Shafter. Salinas was incorporated on March 4, 1874.
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Wasco Irrigation Board
Shafter-Wasco District
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Public lands in San Francisco total 13,147 acres
Publicly owned lands in the City and County of San Francisco total 13,147 acres. The figure reflects the city’s vast holdings and includes undeveloped spaces and municipally managed parcels across multiple districts.
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County of
San Francisco
Richland eighth graders set records in field events
Richland School dominated the 8th grade track meet with new marks in pole vault 8 feet by Jim Lacy and shot put 43 feet 6 inches by Gene Thompson. High jump tied at 4 feet 6 inches for John Howard Luther Hagby and Vernon Edwards as other event winners and top placements noted across 75 yard dashes discus broad jumps and relays.
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Richland
Jim Lacy
John Howard
Luther Hagby
Vernon Edwards
Bobby Baze
Gene Thompson
Baze
Cato
Lacy
Howard
Smith
Thompson
McNew
Tidwell
Bagby
Warneke
Kenney
Adamson
Fletcher
Edwards
Metlock
Beach
Grumbles
Prieve
Wells
Bender
Day
Self
Ray
Lopspeck
Nixard Lytle
Neuman
Dil- Tard
Robey
Laughlin
Henry
Lytle
McLain
Loveless
Sanders
Unruh
Prender
Ratzlaff
Hester
Rodriguez
Broom
Crawford
Jacobsen
Hensley
Fulmer
Patterson
Handel
Middleton
Hicks
Smart
Mendenhall
Hamilton
Denny
Lamb
Sexton
Woods
Istavelle
Trout
Kirkham
Martin
Red Cross drive urged in Shafter community push
Ed Warren leads a three day Red Cross drive this week with a $3000 quota. About twenty five volunteers will solicit from hundreds of residents while many may not be contacted. The effort aims to support the humanitarian cause and uphold Shafter’s rallying record.
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Shafter
Rio Bravo
Maple
Red Cross
Cross Drive
Ed Warren
Len
Otringdine
Kern County Potato Growers Set Third Annual Meeting
The Kern County Potato Growers Association schedules a two day event starting March 17 with an expected attendance of 900. Sid B Carnine executive Secretary Manager urges advance reservations by Friday and notes Monday features the inaugural invitational golf tournament at Stockdale Golf and Country Club. The banquet Tuesday will feature Honorable William Jeffers Union Pacific vice chairman and former president as speaker.
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Kern County Potato Growers Association
Sid B. Carnine
Utive
Stockdale Golf and Country Club
William Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
Washington
Five Kern County youths enlist in Marine Corps training
Five youths from Kern County have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and begin initial training at the San Diego base. William J. Palmer Shafter Carol C. Bel cher McFarland Robert C. Lanier Grapevine James B. Leonard Arvin Grover C. Miller Bakersfield. The Corps offers advanced technical training and a path to better civilian employment after discharge.
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Kern County
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
San Diego
William J. Palmer
Shafter
Carol C. Belcher
McFarland
Robert C. Lanier
Grapevine
James B. Leonard
Arvin
Grover C. Miller
Bakersfield
Smart and Final to Open Cash and Carry in Shafter
Wholesale grocer Smart and Final prepares a cash and carry unit in the Christensen building on Cauésa Th and Wrace wallvare way in Shafter. The new eight unit in the Southern San Joaquin Valley aims to open by March 20, joining Bakersfield Taft Delano Tulare Visalia Porterville and Hanford locations. Officials cite Shafter as northern Kern county’s business hub and remodeling is underway.
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Smart and Final
California
Shafter
Christensen
Cauésa
TH. Wrace
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Taft
Delano
Tulare
Visalia
Porterville
Hanford
Kern County
Paramount Manufacturing Company
Smart and
Final
Palmquist to Speak at Shafter Civic Banquet
Dr. Theodore Palmquist, minister of Fresno's First Methodist Church, will be guest speaker for the Richland Teachers Club Civic Banquet in Shafter on March 12. The former advertising executive is acclaimed as a dynamic speaker and is highly regarded across the state.
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Theodore Palmquist
Shafter
Palmquist
Richland
Teacher’s Club
First Methodist Church
Fresno
Big Turnout For Return of St Therese Church Mass
Attendance reached 125 for the first Sunday Mass at St Therese Catholic Church held in the Woman's club building. Rev Father Badeson conducted services. altar donation by Al Ingraham of Ingraham Lumber. peach blossom arrangements enhanced the ceremony. a large turnout was expected next Sunday with an important announcement anticipated.
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St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Woman's Club
Father Badeson
Wasco
al Ingraham
Ingraham Lumber Company
Clean Up Week Wins Praise From City Council
The City Council praised residents for Shafter Clean Up Week success and cooperation. They noted satisfying results and urged obtaining garbage cans soon to enable thorough city truck pickups.
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Shafter
Babies Born to Local Families at Cottage Hospital
A baby boy was born March 4 to Mr and Mrs Harlton West at the Cottage Hospital in Oildale. A baby girl followed March 6 to Mr and Mrs Ralph Carrede at the same hospital location.
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Harlton West
Cottage Hospital
Oildale
Ralph Carrede
Wasco Celebrates 40th Anniversary Homecoming Weekend
Wasco Chamber of Commerce schedules May 10 and 11 festivities for the 40th anniversary homecoming. Sammy Mason and Hollywood Hawks headline a high profile air show with wing walking and parachute jumps. A parade, barbecue, F.F.A. rodeo, street dance, band concert and dances fill the two days at Wasco airport and local venues.
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Wasco
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Sammy Mason
W. C
Bill) Young
Young
Hollywood Hawks
Mason
Tex Rankin
Bath
Man Seeks Two Aunts in Shafter 1937 38
Charles C Bennett connected the local Chamber of Commerce to locate two aunts Nettie Burkitt and Mrs Mary Nichols or Nippel who lived in Shafter in 1937 or 1938. The nephew seeks information on their present addresses to learn about a missing brother.
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Charles, C. Bennett
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Nettie Burkitt
Mary Nichols
Nippel
Carpenter Named Manager of Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Bill Carpenter of Bakersfield has been named manager of the Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company succeeding Glen Putman who enters the cotton brokerage business. Carpenter previously engaged in farming enterprises in Hawaii in view of this community becoming California's cotton center.
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Bill Carpenter
Bakersfield
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
Glen Putman
Carpenter
California
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G.I
Jean Chambers
A. W. Eckman
Ernest Graf
Hansel & Gretel
Ned Smith
Ed Brown
Art Hemingson
E. C. Eckman
J. W. Lassiter
Salinas
Monterey County
CAR & Home Supply
Shafter Car & Home Supply
Central Ave
Smash Field Records
Shafter Bay Marine Corps
Wallvare Way
Teachers’ Club
Wasco’s
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Putman
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