Shafter Public Utility District adopts water and sewer ordinance
The Shafter Public Utility District enacts rules regulating water use during conflagrations, requiring meters for industrial users, installing screens in the sewer system, and penalties for violations. It sets enforcement authority, effective date in 30 days, posting requirements, and notices a 1940 adoption in the district.
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Public Utility District
Board of Directors
Shafter Public Utility District
ION
Shafter
Shafter Press
Shafter Public Dantes Dis- L
W. H. Hitchcock
H. Midegler
Sly
Tee
Ieet Onuty
H. Midg Sespuieny
Shatter Public Utility
Dis Mieai
All-Star Team to Meet Lancaster J C Hoopsters
An All-Star Shafter city league team will face Antelope Valley junior college hoopsters from Lancaster in the final local basketball game tomorrow night at the high school gym. Gate time is 8 15. Led by R C Franklin a former Firemen forward the visitors promise a fast breaking attack against the Lancaster club which has beaten freshmen college teams across Southern California this season.
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Antelope Valley
Lancaster
R C. Franklin
California
Shafter Municipal Election Set For April 9 1940
Notice declares a city election in Shafter on Tuesday April 9 1940 to elect two councilmen for four years and one for two years. One precinct, Shafter Consolidated Precinct, will use Legion Hall corner California Avenue and James Street as polling place. Polls open 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM. City Clerk A F G Shaw signs notice.
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City of
Shafter
Shafter Consolidated
Shafter One
Legion Hall
California Avenue
James Street
Notice of Real Estate Sale Under Executions Kern County
Sheriff John E Loustalot will sell at public auction on April 2 1940 at Bakersfield California the property of James L Berry Lying 280 feet of the East 155 75 feet of Lot 14 Section 9 Township 28 South Range 76 East B and M 25 East to satisfy a 1939 judgment of Kolbenstetter for 2237 92 plus costs. Reserve any bid to cover the lien and costs.
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James L. Berry
County of
Kern
California
E. G. Kolbenstetter
United States
State of
Kern County
Bakersfield
Ln Money
James LI
Sennett
John E. Loustalot
Notice to bidders for gas engine and cared head installation
The Board of Directors of the Shafter Public Utility District invites bids for furnishing and installing a gas engine and cared head. Plans are on file at the Superintendent's office City Hall Shafter California. Bids must include a 10 percent bid bond and be sealed and filed by April 5 1940. The Board may reject any or all bids and time to complete the work will be stated.
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Shafter Public Utility District
Sir Pubic Utility
Shafter
California
Ee Peyents
Board of Directors
Utility
Shafter Firemen Face Lancaster Rival Selection Battle
Shafter Firemen coaches eye a Lancaster match up after a 51 30 loss. Players under consideration for the squad include Bill Brown Marvin Voth Ralph Janzen Leonard Guzede Gene Russell Joe Russell Johnny Gaede Ernest Schnidt Ernie Ellington Ray Mettler Pete Duke Burrell Harrell. Harvey Gaede named official.
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Shafter Firemen
Lancaster
Shatter
Invaders
Bill Brown
Marvin Voth
Ralph Janzen
Leonard Guzede
Gene Russell
Joe Russel
Johnny ‘Gaede
Ernest Schnidt
Ernie Ellington
Ray Mettler
Pete Duke
Burrell Harrell
Shafter High 100
Harvey Gaede
Growth Reported In Shafter Boy Scout Troop 41
Growth in Boy Scout Troop No. 41 in Shafter is reported as near full. Sponsored by Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213, American Legion, the troop engages in several activities with Saturday work funding uniforms. Patrol leaders named include Wad Hamilton, Don Little, Ralph Browner, George Neufeld and Carroll Hansen.
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Shafter
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Ned Marksheffel
Wad Hamilton
Don ~~ Little
Ralph ~ Browner
George Neufeld
Carroll Hansen
Forest Service CC Camp Training Set For Four Cities
The U S Forest Service will teach new forest fire fighting techniques at four CCC officer training conferences this spring in Los Angeles Fresno Sacramento and Redding. Two new 35 000 ton luxury liners capable of transformation into wartime airplane carriers will be built for the San Francisco Orient according to the U S Maritime Commission.
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U. S. Forest Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
Los Angeles
Fresno
Sacramento
Redding
San Francisco Orient
U. S. Maritime Commission
Demonstration by Shafter Primary Children Saturday
On Saturday March 9 Mrs Rose Willis led a demonstration of work with her primary group at Shafter primary school. Activities included experience chart reading speech work daily class newspaper and an outdoor sketching trip to the new building site. About 15 teachers and parents attended and visitors viewed the permanent rooms and cottages. Children named their buildings with imaginative titles such as The Blue Bee Hive Casa Bonita The Penguin The Toadstool The White Elephant The House of Higgety Piggety and The Thunder Bird. The avenue between new buildings awaits a name.
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Rose Willis
Shafter
Helen Dooley
Carlton Cash
Frankie Guenther
Margaret Reynolds
Jerry Davis
Kenneth Monk
Bryan White
Johnie Trotter
Wilber Gwin
Tommy Weatherford
Vernon Victory
Danny Elkins
Richard Johnson
Lee’ Bandy
Gene Cofield
Childn
Casa Bonita
Snuff Sales in South Highlight 1938 Surge
A survey shows US snuff consumption in 1938 was 32 times higher than in 1870 and that more than half of snuff sales occurred in the South, indicating a regional boom in tobacco use.
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South
United States
Birling Sport Divides Into Racing Logs and Tricks
The sport splits into three classes racing logs rolting logs and trick performances all held on water on a turbulent river with events normally underway on the log while afloat.
Nagging Could Harm Husband's Heart Doctor Warns
In Wilmington Dr Robert Tomlinson says nagging wives after work cause daily worries that may trigger heart trouble. He warns persistent nagging can be a significant contributing factor to heart disease in men.
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Wilmington
Del
Robert Tomlinson
Dueling coeds duel ends with chocolate pie on campus
Miss Anna Holstead of Shreveport won a duel at Louisiana Tech in Ruston over a insult to her literary style. Miss Varnelle Plastow of Bay Shore N Y was peppered with a dripping pie after the standers and judges watched as the pair faced five paces apart.
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Shreveport
Anna Holstead
Miss Varnelle Plastow
Bay Shore
N. Y
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Two Mule Deer Die After Horns Lock in Cold Colorado
In Parlin Colorado two large mule deer found dead with their antlers entwined after a fatal battle over a half acre of ground. Rancher John McClain found the pair in frigid conditions noting one fell into an arroyo and the other died upright with his opponent suspended by locked horns.
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Denver
Parlin
Colo
State Fish and Game Commission
John McClain
McClain
Idle Man Picks Up 121 Dollars Returns Lost Money
John Griffen unemployed in St. John New Brunswick found a mud caked bundle worth 121 dollars. He returned it to the owner and received a 10 dollar reward. He bought shoes and continued seeking work with the police escort.
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ST. John
N. B
John Griffen
Griffen
Expert Says All Locks With Key Can Be Picked
Canton Ohio Maxwell C Maxwell a lock company executive says a successful lock picker needs knowledge dexterity patience and luck but few burglars possess all four traits and no key operated lock is unpickable. He notes modern locks are built on the same principles as the ancient Egyptian wooden locks from over four thousand years ago.
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Canton
Ohio
Maxwell C. Maxwell
Lock Company
Maxwell
First Schools Developed For Use of Privileged
The article traces the origin of the word school from leisure and describes how schooling began as a privilege for the few with spare time. It notes gender roles in early learning, the shift as cities grew, and the modern drift toward ordinary acceptance of education, urging adults to nurture children's curiosity rather than dull it.
Andros the Early Boston Figure and Royal Governor
Sir Edmund Andros born December 6 1637 on Guernsey died February 1714 London. A friend of the Duke of York he governed New York in 1674 and 1681 and later consolidated New England into a royal province. After William of Orange’s landing Boston rose against him and he faced trial in England before later serving as Virginia governor 1692 1697. He also held Guernsey lieutenant governor 1704 1706. The Dictionary of American Biography calls him one of the era’s ablest colonial governors though not popular with democrats. He was a soldier whose governance excelled in war but lacked business and Puritan psychology.
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Sir Edmund Andros
Guernsey
Channel Islands
London
Duke of York
New York
Troit News
New England
William of Orange
England
Boston
Andros
Virginia
Dictionary of American Biography
Saint Patrick Life Sketch and Legacy
The life of St Patrick blends fact and legend. Born about 387 in uncertain locale, he was captured as a youth, enslaved in Ireland for six years, and later returned to convert the Irish to Christianity. He died around 493 and is remembered as Ireland’s patron saint with March 17 celebrated by Irish communities and immigrants in the United States.
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St. Patrick
Scotland
England
France
Ireland
Patrick
United States
Ruler Madame Mesi Receives Blanket And Top Hat
Gifts reach Madame Mesi ruler of a Sierra Leone Protectorate chiefdom as a government blanket renews after fifteen years. She wears a scarlet blanket and top hat when contacted by a reap representative and requests a replacement. The government provides both items.
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Madame Mesi
Sierra Leone Protectorate
Reap
Thetown
Four Quick Blowouts Send Motorist Home
A frustrated Omaha driver suffered four rapid tire failures and abandoning his car. He left a note for state highway patrolmen explaining his troubles and then hitched a ride home.
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Omaha
City voting precinct set at Legion Hall in Shafter
City council voted to combine two city precincts into one for the April 9 election. Polling will be at the American Legion hall from 6 AM to 7 PM. Officers named for precinct include Jadys Crandall inspector, Wiegum and Christensen judges, Unruh and Zimmerman clerks.
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Shafter
American Legion Hall
Jadys Crandall
Atie Wiegum
Pearl Christensen
Cora Lee Unruh
Elizabeth Zimmerman
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J. C. Hoopsters
M24 & A
F. .G. Shaw
C. C. P. Sees
Sheriff’s Office
Ss. E. G. Kolbenstetter
H. H. Knott
Shafter Boy Scout
McCormick-Deering
Earl
Crandall
E. Lerdo
Walter Zimmerman
Wall St
Riverside Drive
G. J. Mayer
Golden West
P. O
G. W. Rusk
Shafter Business Men’s Association
H.J. Harder
Business Credit Service Bureau
Patromise Press Advertisers
Smile
Scaroni
Gus Tisch
KIGER
Rock and Hampshire
Kiger Poultry Ranch
Terra’ Bella
Allen’s
Myrick’s Corner
Wasco Highway
J. M. Forrest
Penticostal Church
P.O. Box
Wasco
Jack Dunlop
W. A. Minner Lumber Company
Airport
Norris Road
Genaaian Noth Consultus
HS Herder Harder
St. Patrick's
E. C. Eckman
Acacia Street
Bill Neuman
Cafe Neuman
Central Avenue
Channeson
Nay
Frizzell
Lachenmaier
Midgley
Shafter Theatre
Mae West
W. C. Fields
Chickadee
John Garfield
Pat O'Brien
and Sheridan
Hudson
Mickey Rooney
George Bancroft
Young Tom
Edison
Sidney Toler
Jean Rogers
Charlie Chan
Panama
Shafter Radio Electric
John T. Suderman
Central Ave
Gillette
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