Important Dates This Week In California
A compact list of historical milestones tied to California. Entries cover UC chartering in 1868 Napa incorporation Woodland incorporation Alameda County creation Mexican province status in 1825 Golden Gate sighting by Fages expedition San Jose San Diego and Benicia incorporation Anza’s 1776 San Francisco Presidio site selection and other city incorporations with dates and brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Napa
Woodland
James D. Lange
Yosemite Valley
Alameda
California
Republic of Mexico
Golden Gate
Oakland
Berkeley
Fage
Mission San Carlos - Borromeo
Santa Clara Valley
San Jose
San Diego
Benecia
Redwood City
Juan Bautista de Anza
San Francisco
Mexico
Presidio
Shafter Progress Notes Changes in Barbershop Lease
C E Gaede has leased his Shafter barber shop to Jake Neufeld and Charles Courtney as he retires after fifteen years. The shop continues to operate with the new lessees, who are long-time associates of Gaede. In addition, local social notices recount Miss March Karber’s birthday party and a move by J J Becker to establish a carpentry shop in the Handel building, with Progress offices relocating nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Progress
C. E. Gaede
Jake Neufeld
Charles Courtney
Gaede
March Karber
Mary Karber
Susie Siemens
Helen Koehn
Eleanor Peters
Elsie Enns
Irene Janzen
Matilda
Betty Neufeld
John Enns
Ed Peters
Henry Siemens
Henry Janzen
David Koehn
Alvin
Walter Karber
J J. Becker
Allen Lots
Shafter Bank
Wm. Handel
Becker
Handel
Progress
Shafter
Will Lachenmaier
Bobbie Boles
Bakersfield
Tourist Industry Becomes Top Postwar Money Source
Don Thomas of the All-Year Club reports postwar tourism earned about one billion dollars for Southern California in two years, moving from second to first among six main money pipelines. Other major exports included oil 321 million, motion pictures 350 million, citrus 163 million, apparel 282 million, air craft 328 million, and tourist spending 467.3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Don Thomas
Thomas
Larger Office Space For Two Farm Enterprises
Expansion of office space in the Hitchcock building at Santa Fe and Central Avenue nears completion. Office space for Brown and Bryant and for the R A Jacobsen farming enterprises has been approximately doubled. Both offices are completely refinished with modern office furniture.
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Hitchcock
Santa Fe
Central Avenue
Brown and Bryant
R. A. Jacobsen Farming Enterprises
Local Church Launches Landscaping Program in Shafter
The Assembly of God Church in Shafter has begun a landscaping project. Lilac bushes are in place, a lawn will be planted, and ten locust trees are being purchased. Ten fruit trees have been planted around the pastor’s new home under construction.
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Assembly of God Church
Shafter
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Primrose House
Central Ave
Valley
Wart
Stak ‘Cae
STEED
NZYV
Irvin E. Fike
Haucen
Irvin
FIKG
couLcor
Collier's
Irvin E. Fire
Chrysler & Plymouth
Shafter Press
aSeo
Home and School Association of Kern Academy
Tena Hunter
Hunter
Eva Buller
P. J. Gaede
King’s Herald Quartett
German Adventist Church Orchestra
Kern Academy Glee Club
Viva Harp
John Friesen
Ben. Friesen
George Duerksen
Dinuba
M. Ward
Visalia
Peter Wittenberg
Viola Wittenberg
S. P. Shultz
Ed Friesen
Ernest Shultz
John Shultz
Verna Balzer
M. B. Sewing Circle
Johny Balzer
Rubena Shultz
Walter Bergen
Christ
Vivian Bartel
Jack Kliewer
Earl Becker
Abe Karber
George Nikkel
Johnny Balzer
Harvey Gaede
Johnny Siemens
Jack Neufeld
Bill” Young
Wasco
Central Hardware CO
Kern
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Ira R. Ahern
Optometrist
Nineteenth St
N. K. Waukesha
H. P
Climax
Chrysler Industrial
Buda
W.O.K. Waukesha
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