Housing boom urged in Shafter for growth and demand
National Editorial urges a progressive investor to fund housing in Shafter California. It notes a growing town with an army airfield nearby and oil workers needing homes, while Kern County faces a regional housing shortage. The piece frames Shafter as a permanent, expanding community with strong future demand for modern houses and invites a "live-wire" builder to seize the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Shafter
Kern County
Bakersfield
Delano
Sita
Men urged to resist, women urged to use moral dominance
A Chicago psychologist Dr Robert N McMurry suggests women seeking matrimony should employ moral dominance to win a husband. He says a woman picks a steady man, gains his dependence, then points out his flaws and pressures him into marriage. The piece argues the idea subverts men and calls for men to reclaim control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GGS
Robert N. McMurry
Chicago
Dr. Murry
Diet may affect aging says Agnes Fay Morgan
Dr. Agnes Fay Morgan argues in Scientific Monthly that a primitive diet of whole plants animals and insects could extend life and slow aging, while modern refined foods remove vital vitamin rich parts and replace them with pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Fay Morgan
Scientific Monthly
Dr Morgan
Humanitarian Joe White invents curb horn suppressor device
Anderson Indiana resident Joe White claims a simple electrical control using a weighted leaf spring switch stops car horns when the vehicle is stopped, aiming to curb neighborhood honking. He jokes that if needed an arm could bong the horners for public peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe White
Anderson
Indiana
White
Honker
Delegates Showcase Eco Fashion at National Chembargic Conference
Delegates demonstrated practical uses of their trade in eco attire. The group president wore a milk suit while another member displayed a necktie made from soy fibers and a third presented a felt hat containing dairy fibers.
Hint of Eastern progress seen in Chinese students abroad
A report notes about 2000 Chinese students are enrolled in American universities studying courses to aid their homeland's future development. The observation suggests growing ties and potential collaborative growth between China and the United States in education and national progress.
Shafter Council Debate On Meat Market Hours
Bakersfield League of Women Voters pressed a meat ordinance at a Shafter city council meeting to regulate butcher shop closing times for sanitation. Councilman Bill Lachenmaier challenged the proposal noting the same standard would affect dairies and cows, questioning evening milking limits.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
League of Women Voters
Bill Lachenmaier
Letter to the President on draft and war fears in 1930s
A citizen voices misgivings about selective service and the president's leadership. He questions democratic ideals, fears possible war and conscription, and cites newspaper commentaries and academic opinions on war costs and race. The letter includes references to Stanford President Ray Lyman Wilbur and the Council for Unity Among the American People.
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United States
America
Patriotihie Lagden A.c.deto
Tulare
Ray ‘Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Remé
Council For Unity Among
Eugene Block
San Call Bulletin
Nar
Richland Choir Leads With Ken Helvey’s top group
Ken Helvey heads a highly praised Richland girls choir lauded by those who know. On Monday morning Glenn Nay reported a fast moving fire at the high school farm campus, signaling an emergency at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Helvey
Richland Girls
Glenn
Nay
Shafter News Briefs From Maple School Graduation To Local Play
Maple school plans May 29 graduation with Henry Abrams of San Luis Obispo as speaker and soloist. Budding actors from Shafter high prepare for June 1 performance of Seventeen with Booth Tarkington script directed by Ruth Voth. Community rabbit drive scheduled Sunday west of Shafter with free lemonade for volunteers.
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Booth Tarkington
Shafter High School
Grammar School
Mrs. Baxter
Beulah Engle
Mr. Baxter
Yelton Camp
William Sylvanus Baxter
Billy McClain
Johnnie Watson
Arthur Epp
Jane Baxter
Alma Zimmerman
Mary Parcher
Gertrude Mettler
Lola
Albert Kattenhorn
Hazel Robertson
Lorena Voth
Ida Schnaidt
Edna Wendland
Marjorie Grant
Herbert Midgley
Shatter
Old Maple School
Shafter
Spud Market Opens as Shafter Potatoes Hit San Francisco
Richard Stafisbury of the horticultural department reports two truckloads of large fine spuds shipped Monday from the Ed Kirschenmann ranch to San Francisco. Potatoes bring three dollars per hundred on the market. Shafter farmers praise the large, high quality potatoes as buyers show interest signaling the season start.
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Richard Stafisbury
Horticultural Department
San Francisco
Ed. Kirschen
Mann Ranch
Graduation Exercises at Richland School Set for May 29
Graduation exercises for Richland School will be held Wednesday evening May 29 in the school auditorium. Rev Leonard Oewisli of Bakersfield will deliver the address. The program includes orchestra, procession, invocation, talks by Francis Midgley and Darrell Janzen, mixed octet, cornet solo by Lawrence Annis, American Legion honors by Jack Zimmerman, class chorus, Olympic awards by Jack Byfield, and diplomas presented by E B Stringham, clerk of the board.
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Maple School
Paul Wiebe
Willard Koop
Tina Dueck
John Siemens
Frank Whalen
Sam Berling
Edward Schellenberg
Edwin Neufeld
Marie Janzen
George Gaede
Berg
Richland School
Leonard Oewisli
Bakersfield
Francis Midgley
Darrell Janzen
Lawrence Annis
American Legion
Jack Zimmerman
Jack Byfield
E.B. Stringham
Minstrel Show Cast Honors Mrs Rose With Gift
The minstrel show cast surprised Mary Rose Monday evening in the lunch room by presenting a hand embroidered linen luncheon set in appreciation of her direction chairmanship. Mrs Earl Perry and Mrs Rose led the presentation and Rose gave thanks, followed by refreshments and a social hour for cast members and husbands.
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Mary Rose
Earl ‘Perry
Pedersen
E. Tov. L. B
Engagement Shower Honors Miss Beth Van Buskirk
Miss Beth Van Buskirk received a wedding shower hosted by Mrs J B Engle's home group on Wednesday evening. The Legion discussed attending memorial services at Shafter Congregational church next Sunday and will meet at the Legion hall to march to the service. Mrs Al Nikkel avoided a head on collision Monday when an oil company official swerved into her lane, suffering minor injuries.
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Beth van Buskirk
J. B. Engle
Legion
Shafter Congregational Church
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
al. Nikkel
Local Visits and Staffing News From Wasco Area
Mr and Mrs P Waldo Castle and Mrs a d Fast of Roseda spent Monday with Mr and Mrs J B Neufeld E D Enns of Reedley is a visitor here at the P D Enns home Harvey Bartel of Wasco is now employed in the Stringham drug store Max McKinley Everett Jumper Walter Frantz Orvin Mettler and Elizabeth Voth attended a junior senior banquet at Wasco high school last Saturday James Hubbard a famous golf player is now lodged at the government experiment station at Shafter
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P. Waldo Castle
A. d. Fast
Roseda
Mire
J. PB. Neufeld
E. D. Enns
Reedley
P. D. Enns
Harvey Bartel
Wasco
Stringham Drug Store
Max McKinley
Everett Jumper
Walter Frantz
Orvin Mettler
Elizabeth Voth
Wasco High School
James Hubbard
Government Experiment Station
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