Early potato acreage forecasts for 1935 across major states
The United States Bureau of Crop Estimates reports 1935 early and second early potato acreage to total about 282000 acres, down from 307000 in 1934 and below the 1929 33 five year average. Some yields in Kern County may be slightly below normal though overall acreage shifts are noted. Zip wins seventh Angels Camp frog jumping contest with a 12 feet 3.5 inch leap.
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Alabama
California
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Virginia
Kern County
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Shafter District
M. A. Lindsay
Zip
Angels Camp
Poppies for Memorial Day Drive Set On City Streets
Women from the American Legion Auxiliary and volunteers will distribute red poppies door to door across the city all day Saturday. The tribute supports disabled veterans and families of those who died or were injured in service, with proceeds funding local Legion and Auxiliary welfare work.
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United States
Poppids
Leslie L. Robinson Wait
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
West 10S
Angeles
Eunice Hansen
Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
Shafter
Legion
Paroled After Eleven Years for Hammer Murder
Clara Phillips, infamous California hammer murderess, will be paroled from Tehachapi women's prison in under a month after nearly eleven years behind bars.
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Clara Phillips
California
Tehachapi
Weekend Guests and Birth Notice From Kern County
Week end guests at the H O Jones home included Mr and Mrs Stanley Asper of Bell A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Smith at Kern General Hospital on Friday May 17 Mrs Rosa Nord spent the week end in Bakersfield with son Pete Nord and family Mr and Mrs Athur Harbaugh and Miss Frances Kruger formed a motor party that visited Keene Sunday Mr and Mrs Oscar Wegis and children Everett and Polly Margaret visited relatives in Taft Esther Weigand of Traverse City Michigan joined Peter Heimforth and family on a coast trip with uncle arranging the visit Also present were Mrs Andrew Heim forth and Miss Minnie Heimforth The party visited Pismo Beach Avila and Morro Bay
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George Smith
The
Kern General Hospital
Rosa Nord
Bakersfield
Pete Nord
Athur Harbaugh
Frances Kruger
Keene Sunday
Oscar Wegis
Everett and
Polly Margaret
Taft
Esther Weigand
Traverse City
Michigan
Peter’ Heimforth
Ter
Andrew Heimforth
Minnie Heimforth
Pismo Beach
Avila
Morro Bay
Auxiliary Officers Selected for Les Lie Robinson Post
Mrs. Emanel Henderson was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Les lie L. Robinson post. Other officers named include Grace Annis as first vice president Elizabeth Zimmerman as second vice president Edna Annis as secretary and treasurer Lois Berry as historian Elizabeth Ingram as chaplain and Alma Skaggs as sergeant at arms. Nominations for the executive committee included Gertrude Nay Erice Hansen and Alvina Enns. Kern county delegates named Grace Annis Lois Berry Rose Zimmerman Edna Annis Elizabeth Zimmerman and Alma Skaggs. Monthly meetings will be held during the summer season.
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Emanel Henderson
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Annis
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Edna Annis
Lois, Berry
Elizabeth Ingram
Alma Skaggs
Gertrude Nay
Erice Hansen
Alvina Enns
Kern County
Mesdames Grace Annis
Lois Berry
Rose Zimmerman
Mrs Janzen from Hilo Plans Extended San Joaquin Visit
Mrs P M Janzen arrives from Hilo Hawaii and stays with Mrs C H Janzen in Shafter to visit relatives in the San Joaquin valley. Mr Janzen, formerly at the Kress store in the islands, will join June 9 for a vacation in the states.
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P. .M. Janzen
Hilo
T. H
Janzen
C. H. Janzen
Shafter
San Joaquin Valley
Islands
A Kress
States
Plan to Locate Dr. J. E. Enfield Opens Shafter Office
Dr. J. E. Enfield of Delano and his business manager Geo. T. Pearce visited Shafter on Tuesday to arrange opening a local office. Enfield, a drugless practitioner, has practiced in Delano for fourteen years and is a noted lecturer across southern California.
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J. E. Enfield
Delano
Shafter
Enfield
California
Body Still Not Found in Kern River Tragedy
Diligent search for Miss Dorothy Miller who drowned in Kern River last Sunday continues with Sheriff Ed Champness personally directing the rescue effort as of press time.
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Dorothy Miller
Kern River
Ed. Champness
Merriam to speak at Townsend Club gathering in Santa Cruz
Governor Frank F. Merriam will headline a Townsend Club get-together at Santa Cruz Big Trees on Sunday May 26. Members from the club are invited to attend this scenic social and political event hosted by the organization in the coastal city.
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Frank F. Merriam
Townsend Club
Santa Cruz Big Trees
Glass Night Program Presented at Kern Academy
Richland auditorium overflowed for Kern Academy class night. Elementary program featured addresses by Martha Lorenz and Ernest Ehrhardt, music by Holland and Weber Heath, readings like Willie's Hearing, and geography lessons on Germany Spain Ireland Japan Russia Holland. Academic department included piano duets, readings by Hubert Robison, Ruby Weitz, Geraldine Corona, and a valedictory by Ruby Weitz with Benediction by Jake Heinrichs.
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Ernest Ehrhardt
Willie
Edward Duerksen
Martha Lorenz
Abé — Lincoln
le ‘Roy Buller
Sansolo
H. A. Davis
Jake Heinrichs
Ruby Weitz
Geraldine’ Corona
Virgil Shapansky
Lass
Ida
Cat
Bartel
Hubert Robison
Bunker Hill
Geraldine Corona
Ann Howe
Lillian Kraft
Kern River Park Festival Draws Large Crowds
More than 300 people attended the annual farm bureau picnic at Kern River Park last Saturday. The Sunday celebration marked the park’s summer opening with nearly 5 000 participants enjoying speeches and band music as part of the program.
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Farm Bureau
Kern River Park
Shafter
Shafter High to Stage Hot Copy Comedy May 22
Shafter High School plans three act comedy Hot Copy at Richland auditorium Friday May 22 at 8 pm. Orchestra led by R L Gates will perform Wagner and various duets while students play roles such as Sylvia Dale Grace Weyand and Bill Gregory Waldo Unruh. Director W B White coordinates cast and crew with tickets sold by students and reserved seats at Shafter Drug Store.
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Shafter High School
Richland Auditorium
R. L. Gates
Tannhauser
Wagner
Allen Bartel
Everett Devine
Donald Sdydam Ae
Gates
Randolph Peters
Clarence Neuman
Dudley Kay
Raymond Kay
Peggy
Rubena Peters
Little Pneumonia Victim Buried in Shafter Cemetery
Graveside services were held yesterday at 10 am in Shafter cemetery for Auspane Bay Hill aged 26 months the son of Mr and Mrs Austin Hill. He died of pneumonia after a brief illness leaving four brothers and four sisters. Janzen Funeral Home conducted the funeral.
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Shafter
Auspane
Bay Hill
Austin Hill
Janzen Funeral Home
Kern County Mineral Society Finds Rich Specimens on Tehachapi Trip
Members recount a Sunday excursion through Tehachapi visiting the Cuddeback cinnabar mine and Bentonite mine near Mono. They gathered petrified wood, opal, jasper and agate. Attendees included T. V. Little, W. D. O Guinn, Ray Courtney, Delia Nixon, Donald Little, Clarence Swanson, Helen Scott, Maurice Reed, C. Little, Louis Patriquin, E. L. Hamman, Joseph Scott, W. E. Nicol, R. R. Whitehill, A. R. Duehren and F. W. Erdman.
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Kern County Mineral Society
Tehachapi
Cuddeback Cinnabar
Monolith
T. V. Little
W. D. O’guinn
Ray Courtney
Delia Nixon
Donald Little
Clarence Swanson
Helen Scott
Maurice Reed
C. Little
Louis Patriquin
E. L. Hamman
Joseph Scott
W. E. Nicol
R. R. Whitehill
F. W. Erdman
Charity load lightens as Los Angeles county cases fall
Los Angeles county charity officials report indigent load down to below 40 000 cases after a March high of 41 338. The count has declined steadily from that peak.
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Los Angels
Will Roge reflects on radio, government aid and letters
Beverly Hills columnist Will Roge shares thoughts on listening to radio, public response to his economics talk, and letters from readers. He notes debates over relief money, a WV cave family on relief, and a desert set at Fox with Harry Oliver.
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Beverly Hills
Will
Fort Gay
West Virginia
Mose Maynard
Harry Oliver
Fox
Gold Gulch
Missouri
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Industralists
Florida
Exchange program for 1934 cotton certificates
C. Mg Corwin, assisting in cotton adjustment, visited Shafter to collect unused 1934 cotton certificates. Growers must take certificates to the Farm Bureau office in Bakersfield Court House to exchange for 1935 certificates.
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Mg Corwin
Farm Bureau
Shafter
Bakersfield
Social News From Rosedale and Nearby Towns
D O Moore and family moved to their ranch in Rosedale. Fay Betha of Tracy visited Ernie McKinnon’s home. Lelia Temple of Mountain View attended a Sunday visit with Walter White. Jesse Combs of Shafter visited Ernie McKinnon. Paul Graves stayed at the county seat with R S Regan. Mr and Mrs Ernie McKinnon visited Jesse Combs in Shafter. Haag couple and daughter Cecilia returned from a Los Angeles trip. Two year old Walter Bergen celebrated a birthday hosted by parents Mr and Mrs P L Bergen with guests Frank Schierlmann and daughter Elnory Frances. Rio Bravo district represented at a bureau picnic by numerous local families and friends.
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Little Walter Bergen
P. L. Bergen
Frank Schierlmann
Elnory Frances
Rio Bravo
One Bureau
Roy Newman
Harry Jackson
Carl Haag
Elnor Frances
T. M. Martin
Rafe
W. B. Wilson
James E. Haag
J. B. Lewis
California Cotton Acreage Sees 1935 Estimate Rise
It is estimated that California cotton acreage for 1935 will total about 226,000 acres, up from 226,000 last year, indicating a modest change in crop area.
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