Shafter Notes Record Wide Visit and Local Business
A wave of visitors and locals travels in and out of Shafter this week. A. G. Haddad and I Laeinman of Los Angeles confer on potatoes while Ralph Lachenmaier and Leona Bechsthold of Lodi visit the John Lachenmaier home. Local officials Jay Brown and George Burger arrive for potato season and guests from Porterville to Michigan tour area. Hospital reports C. S. Payne hospitalized with heart ailment for two weeks. taft former mayor E. C. Emmons attends Rotary.
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Ralph Lachenmaier
Leona Bechsthold
Lodi
Shafter
John Lachenmaier
E. C. Emmons
Taft
Jack Luce
Ray Dyé
Luce
Santa Rosa
Los Angeles
Jocie Ensminger
J. C. Stevens
Art Payne
Stevens
Michigan
Earl Boyd
Lansing
R. E. Youell
Boyds
California
Bakersfield
Boyd
Youell
Local Students Plan European Summer Tour
Miss Marie Cakin Richland elementary teacher joins Miss June Lachenmaier and Marvin Neu for a student travel group. Billy Lachenmaier of Lodi, formerly of the area, also plans to join. They depart New York June 16 and return August 27 visiting seven countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Cakin
Richland
June Lachenmaier
Marvin
Water association is abolished by county supervisors
County supervisors voted to abolish the water association formed on January 23. Dissension followed Ralph Abel's appointment as secretary, with two failed ousters resulting in deadlocks. Wimmer Lavin supported Abel while Woollames Harry voted for removal. Stanley Abel abstained. The action ends the association’s countywide representation though a reform by interested parties was hinted.
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Association
Automa
Abel
Charles Wimmer
Ralph Lavin Oppo
The
Water Association
Ralph Abel
Wimmer
Lavin
Woollames
Harry
Stanley Abel
Ralph Monday
Menting
Bank of America wins in DC against SEC in key ruling
The Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of the SEC from a suit to block disclosure of bank customer records. The court criticized pre trial publication of evidence and warned such statements could oppress justice. Grace Bird, dean of Bakersfield College, spoke to Shafter High seniors about continuing education.
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Bank of of America
SEC
Se D. C
Court of Apals
L. Thomas
Pec
Commission
Tribunal
Aie Dued
Grace Bird
Bakersfield For College
Shafter High School
Temporary classrooms near Shafter School occupy Richland first graders
Seventy two pupils from Richland school occupy newly built temporary classrooms near Lerdo road. First grade classes will stay in the two buildings for the rest of the year with Frantimore and Alma Fullated supervising. The move aims to concentrate only first grade in the Shafter site.
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Shafter School
Lerdo Road
Richland School
Frantimore
Alma
Cinco de Mayo Celebration At Me Colony South Of Shafter
Officials from city, school and judiciary attended a Cinco de Mayo program at Me colony south of Shafter. The event featured singing dancing and talks followed by a Spanish dinner and a baseball game in the afternoon. Leaders included Jose Almates Miguel Trujillo Manuel Rodriguez. Shafter figures listed include Mayor Ph il Channesson City Clerk Frank Shaw Building Inspector C L Black Judges H A Rightmire F E Manuel Chief Murray Arnold and Principal O T Olson plus teachers.
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Shafter
Jose Almates
Centro Cultural Mexicano
Miguel Trujillo
Patriotic Committee
Manuel Rodriguez
Phil Channeson
Frank Shaw
C. L. Black
H. A. Rightmire
F. E. Manuel
Murray Arnold
O. T. Olson
Richland School
Merwin Hunt
J. H. Fuller
Shafter Athletes Enter West Coast Relays
Shafter athletes to compete at the West Coast Relays in Fresno this Saturday. Track coach William White reports entries in class C half mile relay medley relay and 100 yard dash. Sanctioned lineups include Glenn Bender Olson Goertzen Unruh Janzen Collins with Olson in the open 100 yard dash.
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Glenn Bender
Olson
Goertzen
Unruh
Janzen
Collins
County Receives 91 Dollar WPA Project Allocation
President Roosevelt approved projects costing 91800 in Kern county for WPA work. Eligible for discretionary operation by the WPA administrator for northern California, the list includes six adobe houses at Kern General Hospital Bakersfield for elderly use, a county agricultural building in Bakersfield, and county buildings at Taft Delano and McFarland. Utilities, landscaping, and incidental work are included on county property under Kern county sponsorship.
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WPA
Kern County
Roosevelt
Northern
California
A. J. Eliott
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Taft, Delano and
McFarland
Kern
Former minister Alfred Funck listed in encyclopedia
The Reverend Alfred Funck of Huron South Dakota retired minister of the Evangelical and Reformed Church is noted in the Biographical Encyclopedia of America. He authored several works and lives with wife at 875 Arizona Avenue Huron. Son Ernest and his family also reside in Huron.
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Alfred Funck
Huron
South Dakota
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Biographical Encyclopedia of America
Funck
Arizona Avenue
S. C
Ernest
Anna Louise
Civil Service Test Announced for Assistant Inspector Post
The U S civil service opens an open competitive examination for the position of assistant inspector in the bureau of animal husbandry department of agriculture. Full information may be obtained from John F Ros.
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United States Civil Service
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Department of Agriculture
John F. Ros
Border Length Between United States and Mexico
The border separating the United States and Mexico spans 1,810 miles.
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United States
Mexico
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I. Laeinman
Paul Newell
Edward Bengon
Kern Herald
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Frank Depew
Laurence Baughman
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E. H. Alexander
Santa Maria
Henry] Kirschenmann
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Grant's Pass
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Tulare County
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