Rotary Elects Nay President
Dr. Freedman named vice president elect after Minnesota medical school graduate served in the Medical Corps during the war. He lived in Shafter during and after service and returned to private practice. The Rotary meeting covered festival planning including a parade float and refreshment booth with a committee named. Visiting Rotarians and guests attended, including representatives from Oakland Wasco Ottawa and Oildale.
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Freedman
Medical School
University of Minnesota
Medical Corps
Minter Field
Here
Shafter
Hag Sn
Rotary Club
J. H. Revell
Dan Bledsoe
Walter Nelson
Ernie Hofman
Booth
Frank Shaw
Turlock
Art Gerrish
Santa Fe Railway
Picnic at Hart Memorial Park Draws Two Families
Enjoying a Sunday picnic at Hart Memorial Park were the Irvin Fike and Jack Wilcoxon families, gathering for a peaceful afternoon outdoors.
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Hart Memorial Park
Irvin Fike
Jack Wilcoxon
Booth locations assigned to clubs for festival
County park near the fire station hosts booths for local organizations with the P T A and several clubs drawing lots for locations on James Street and Central Avenue. Groups include Kiwanis Rotary Junior Women’s Club and the Business and Professional Women’s Club plus Camp Fire Girls and the American Legion auxiliary with plans for a barbecue dinner. An additional meeting set for May 27 will finalize booth prices for staples like hamburgers hot dogs and coffee.
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County Park
P.T. A. Drew
Shafter Mercantile Co
Business and Professional Women’s Club
James Street
Central Avenue
Fike
Kiwanis Club
Shafter Ice Co
Rotary Club
Women’s Club
American Legion
Shafter
American Legion Auxiliary
Legionnaires
Camp Fire Girls
Kelly & Channeson
Potluck Honors Schultz Birthdays in Wasco
A Wasco potluck at Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz celebrated May birthdays for Herman Schultz of Shafter and Beverly Schultz of Wasco and Sam Shultz of San Jose. Attendees included multiple Schultz family members and local residents from Wasco and Bakersfield.
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John Schultz
Wasco
Herman Schultz
Shafter
Sam Shultz
San Jose
California
Beverly Shhultz
C. H. Gaines
Bakersfield
San
Card of Thanks for Bennie Family Bereavement
Mr and Mrs Bennie express sincere appreciation for expressions of sympathy received after the death of their baby son Bennie Jr The note notes gratitude for kindness and support during their loss.
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Bennie
Bennie, Jr
Shafter Potato Festival Draws Fresno Relays Spirit
Local column notes Shafter aims to mirror Fresno public appeal through a Potato Festival. It contrasts Fresno Relays as a big spectacle drawing visitors and money, while recounting humorous town vignettes including the Jim Parker family and Arline Judge’s personal life joke.
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Fresno
Shafter
No Liquor Sold During Election Hours
The Bakersfield Office of the State Board of Equalization notes that alcoholic beverages may not be sold during polling hours in today’s balloting for the Kern County Union High School District Board of Trustees.
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Bakersfield
State Board of Equalization
Board of Trustees
Kern County Union High School
Shafter Social Guests Visit Santa Anita Races
Mrs Edith Tabb former Shafter resident and her mother Mrs C C Osborne and daughter Betty were guests of Mr and Mrs Clyde Bell. The group drove to Santa Anita Friday for the races and returned Sunday. Mrs Osborne stayed in Burbank with Donald Fulton family.
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Edith Tabb
Shafter
C. C. Osborne
Betty
Clyde Bell
Santa Anita
Week-end Guests at Riley Home in Shafter
Mr and Mrs Paul Vail and their children of Los Angeles spent the weekend with Mrs Vail’s parents, Mr and Mrs Ben Riley, new to Shafter, visiting at their home.
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Paul Vail
Los Angeles
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Rotary
Roy
Kern County
Pol. Pol
Potluck
Schultz
Kay
Fred Goodman
Central
Willie Smith
Fred. Goodman
Hades
Jim Parker
Jim
Arline Judge
Santa FE Garage
Santa Fe
Tulare Ave
Shafterites
RS. Rasco
Variety Store
Weeine
Justesen’s
Parsons
Heinz Ketchup
Perfection Macaronica
Kellogg's
Tor
Staley
Mothers Oats
Peg
Spic & Span
Clearex
Zee
Crisp & Tender
Joustesen
San Joaquin Valley
Copen
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