Week End Activity-Plenty Of Travel In Shafter Area
Local notices summarize a flurry of weekend trips and visits. Marksheffel visits Los Angeles to see parents. A B R Duehren returns from Sacramento. E A Weil trips to Fresno. Frizzell home hosts Woodside family. Kay home hosts Trueman Fisher. Pollards vacation in Huntington and Shaverlake with snow noted. Showalter visits from Petaluma. Sandersons return from Hollywood and Monrovia. Dragoo tours Los Angeles on business. Newsom hosts Corcoran visitors. Fitzsimmons move from Corcoran to Shafter. A drive to Red Rock Canyon and Dove Spring is described. Shafter high officials plan to attend Bakersfield meeting on senior classes. Peters building a new home on Manne l tract. Lena Shultz visits Fresno. Goshen trip with Jacob Harder. Rose Moon from Oakland visiting. Rogalsky death prompts family travel to Hillsboro Kansas.
Shafter Social News Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Robert Howard and son of Vestal spent four days in Shafter at the home of Mr and Mrs Elvin Mankins. New home in Wall Tract construction on Golden West avenue started by Dr and Mrs L H McGrane. Dinuba guests Mr and Mrs John Gratz visited Shafter relatives. Harvey Gaede of Shafter with Bakersfield Cokes had two hits versus Seattle Rainiers. A G Rinn San Luis Obispo supervisor visited Shafter High School farm department.
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South
R. G. Sanderson
Southern California
Hollywood
Leon Haydock
Monrovia
al Peters
Manne! Avenue
Mannel Tract
Town
Robert Howard
Vestal
Shafter
Elvin Mankins
Howards
Wall Tract
Golden West Avenue
L. H. McGrane
Dinuba
John Gratz
Harvey Gaede
Bakersfield Cokes
Seattle Rainers
A. G. Rinn
San Luis Obispo
State Department of Agricultural Education
Shafter High School
Hopkins Visits Shafter Rotary Meeting
Harry Hopkins of Taft, noted civic leader in Kern county, visited Shafter Tuesday to see friends and attend a Rotary club meeting. George Gaede departed Shafter yesterday for Tehachapi to begin work there for an undetermined period.
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Harry Hopkins
Shafter
Taft
Kern County
Rotary Club
George Gaede
Tehachapi
Local Hosts Welcome Out-of-Town Guests and News
Guests Monday and Tuesday night at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Tabb were Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fulton of Daggett. The Fultons visited relatives at Morrow Bay Tuesday and returned to Shafter in the evening. Everett Wiedmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wiedmann, left recently for Alaska to stay for some time.
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Everett Wiedmann
Oscar Wiedmann
Alaska
Oratorical Contest Slated Here March 26
Shafter high school hosts the Sierra League oratorical contest March 26 with five schools. Nine students audition for three finalists per school. prelim talks at 5, dinner at 6 30, finals at 8. Last year’s winner Hattie Mecham and third Ruben Mettler compete in local tryouts alongside McFarland Delano East Bakersfield and Bakersfield High lower division.
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Shafter
J. H. Walters
Shafter High School
Fet
Walters
Stuents
Hattie Mecham
Ruben Mettler
McFarland
Delano
East Bakersfield
Bakersfield High School
Six New Members Initiated Into Shafter Forensic Club
Six students were inducted into the Shafter high school forensic club at a Monday ceremony in the home economics room. Louella Johnson Kathleen Janzen Letha Bartel Patty Stringham Merton Wiedmann and Kelly Grant joined after meeting eligibility requiring participation in two interschool speech events.
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Shafter High School
Louella Johnson
Kathleen Janzen
Letha Bartel
Patty Stringham
Merton Wiedmann
Kelly Grant
Household Arts Students Paint Stage Setting
Shafter high school household arts classes paint the stage set for the school play The Hoosier Schoolmaster. Frieda Neuman heads the project with Miss Martha Wedin supervising. Rehearsals for the April 5 performance proceed daily with a large cast.
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Shafter High School
Hoosier
Frieda Neuman
Martha Wedin
California Horse Population From Government Inventory
The 1940 livestock report shows California had 190000 horses on January 1940, down one percent from the previous year. Officials note the decline reflects shifting agricultural conditions and market demand affecting horse numbers statewide.
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California
California state insect and local life in Shafter
The piece notes California naming the Zerene eurydice as state insect in 1929 while highlighting local features. It covers civic topics from a taft bakers yacht club water issues to winter sport plans, and profiles Shafter residents and events such as Pierce Knox and Melva Leonard aiding the blind, plus school sports and a Civil War era watch.
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California
San Francisco
San Diego
Valley
Pierce Knox
Melva Leonard
Shafter
University of Kansas
State of
Kansas
United States
National Transcribers’ Society
Ernest Schnidtard
Ill Brown
Pete Duke
Ernie Ellington
Gene Russell
Leonard Gaede
Fred Vaughn
Johnny Gaede
Joe Russell
Burrell Harrell
Ralph Janzen
Ray Mettler
Mike Janzen
Ed Merkel
Holger Hansen
Ronald Pierce
Cure For Backache Reliefers Secure Medical Certificate
A fragment notes workers claiming public job eligibility by securing a medical certificate. The text is incomplete but indicates use of medical certification to justify work status. The context suggests controversy over legitimacy and employment eligibility.
California Tops Nation With Five National Parks
California now has five national parks Lassen Yosemite General Grant Sequoia and Kings River, more than twice as many as any other state in the nation.
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California
Lassen
Yosemite
General Grant
Sequoia
Kings River
Sunday dinner guests listed in Rio Bravo BE social note
In Rio Bravo the Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Dell Brandon and son Bob from Los Angeles. Also attending were Mrs Birdie Holbrook and son Victor, Mr and Mrs P L Bergen and family, and Mrs Whiting Martin visiting LA with her husband undergoing treatments. Earl Calder is recovering from flu. Mrs Carl W Haag attended 4 H club home furnishing leaders meeting in Wasco.
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B. Suydam Heme
Dell Brandon
Bobby
Birdie Fiolbrook
Victor
Los Angeles
P. L. Bergen
Whiting Martin
Earl Calder
Carl W. Haag
Wasco
Rio Bravo 4-H Club Meeting Planned Tomorrow
The Rio Bravo 4-H club meeting is announced for Friday evening at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Gene Stewart, president, will conduct the business meeting. A demonstration on foot care and shoe buying will be given. The recreation committee is arranging an Easter party and refreshments will be served.
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Gene Stewart
Shafter High Baseball Eyes Strong Preseason Turnout
Warm days spur pre season workouts at Shafter High School with coach J V Wilson predicting a large turnout. Returning players include Walt Kirschenmann Phil Haag Ivan Mettler Bob Curtis Jess Combs Omer Evans Wilbert Kirschenmann and freshmen Harold Schnidt Murray Evans Gene Wilcoxon Ray Poston.
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Shafter High School
J. V. Wilson
Walt Kirschenmann
Phil Haag
Ivan Mettler
Bob Curtis
Jess Combs
Omer Evans
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Teachers Fall Before Students In Ball Game
At Shafter high school gym last Friday the varsity beat the teachers 44 to 18. John Searcy led all scorers with 12 points, Eugene Ford topped the faculty with seven. The teachers’ lineup included Gates and Hansen among others.
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Shafter High School
John Searcy
Eugene Ford
Gates
Hansen
Ford
Latta
Pack
White
Wilson
Varsity
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Channeson
Walt Kirschenmann
Searcy
Witcher
Myers
Combs
Newton
Olson
Club Signs Placed At Lerdo And Santa Fe
Signs erected at the Lerdo road and Santa Fe Way intersection bear the insignias of the Shafter Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and local civic groups. Smaller placards will announce meeting times and venues. A second standard will go at Santa Fe and Shafter highway and at five corners as investigations consider locations.
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Lerdo Road
Santa Fe Way
Shafter Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Shafter Business Men's Association
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Santa Fe
Shafter Highway
Five Corners
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Richland
Ed Marksheffel
Sacramento
A. BR. Duehren
Ameranthes
E. A. Weils
Fresno
E. A. Weil
Sequoia Park District
Frizzell
George Woodside
Ronald
J. W. Frizzell
Art Pollard
Huntington
Shaverlake
L. O. Showalter
Petaluma
Vernon Pierce
Pierce
Sol Byrd
Santa Ana
W. P. Pierce
Alpha Sturgis
Visalia
Clair Dragoo
Corcoran
C. Newsom
Claud Newsom
Frank Fitzsimmons
Red Rock Canyon
Dove Spring
E. W. Gage
Muriel Gage
LaVerne Kliewer
The
Canyon
E. P. Jones
Bakersfield
Pacific Union Students Home
LaVerne and
LeRoy Buller
Pacific Union College
A. E. Buller
Lena Shultz
Elnort Frances Schierlmann
Rio Bravo
Fresno State College
Goshen
H. J. D. Janzen
Grumble
Jacob Harder
Oakland
Rose Moon
Elen Kerr
Rogalsky
J. W. Nickel
Z. C. Bartel
Hillsboro
Herman
Mogalsky
Tabb
Shafter Bay
Taft-Bakersfield
Chamber of Commerce
Jack A. Lighthill
Sunset Ave
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman Notary Public Insurance Counselor Public Weighmaster Automobile
Floraloft Shop
Wasco, Calif
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Calif
Pat Ord
Bank of America
Bank of America Money
Bank of America Tithe
Association
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lerdo
Orson
Chevrolet
Flint
Michigan
N & K Chevrolet Co
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