Shafter Seeks $1000 USC Fund Drive Record
The Shafter district aims to raise 1000 dollars for the USC fund as volunteers, churches, schools and local merchants mobilize. Chairman Ford urges every resident to contribute, with donations directed to Merle Thomas, treasurer at the Bank of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
USC
Ecludes Thomas
T. V. Little
Bill Brown
al Chandler
Glennay
Shafter Drive
Ford
Merle Thomas
Bank of America
Secretary Chosen for Shafter Business Men’s Association
HL Midgley was chosen as secretary of the Shafter Business Men’s Association at a directors meeting after the regular luncheon at the Shafter motel. He succeeds Bill Rodgers who resigned to go to war. The retiring secretary received a rousing vote of thanks for service to the organization and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL Midgley
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Shafter Motel
Midgley
Bill Rodgers
Rotary Contributes $50 to Kern USO Fund
Shafter Rotary directs a $50 donation to the Kern County USO fund after a directors' vote at Canela club. Ernest Panero urged the appeal. Captain J e Frankovich praised USO morale work for servicemen as more troops are stationed outside the continent and California bears half the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
USO
Canelo
Ernest Panero
Minter Field
Frankovich
California
Cod Liver Oil Helps Shafter School Pupils
Ten a.m. codliver oil time reaches 50 youngsters at a Shafter primary school. The program, run by the Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club with Kern County Health, aims to combat undernourishment and nervousness. teachers report calmer, more active children and brighter moods after two weeks of vitamin rich oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club
Kern County Health Department
Sre
Nage Wig Ny
Nurse Shafter District
Seniors Graduate at Shafter High in 48th Class Commencement
Shafter high school marks graduation week for the 48 senior class. Baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p m at Mennonite Brethren church feature choirs, readings, and a sermon. Graduation exercises Thursday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium include awards, a commencement address by Lawrence D. Pritchard, diplomas, and the recessional. A junior senior banquet with Lat in American decor and a Grant speaker rounds out the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Anque
Mennonite Brethren Church
Joseph Barnby
Mennonite Brethren Choir
Arnold Joe
Alice Ne
Robert Klaudt
Reformed Lutheran Church
Jesus Our
Lord
James
Sam Wilcoxon
Missionary Baptist Church
Longfellow
Hulda Gaede
Erma Neufeld
Vernon Neufeld
Ernest Neufeld
Alfred T. Chandler
Union Congregational Church
God Is
Scholin
Mennonite Brethren
Edgar Toews Mnister
First Mennonite Church
H. D. Weibe
Mennonite Breth- Tenore
Cardinal Overture
Johnson
Lawrence D. Pritchard
University of Southern California
E. P. Jones
Shafter High Schoo
T. N. Harvey
Recessional
the Beautiful
Richland School
Cai Tan Robert Horton
Gran Ici
Grant
Kelly Gran
Ana Soma
Dorsey Visits Shafter Amid Campaign Gossips
Journalist notes Jess Dorsey, noted rae file attorney and visitor to Shafter, assessing political climate as passersby claim he will win in a walk. Local chatter centers on his growing notoriety among thousands who know him by reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ess Dorsey
Rae
Shaftery
Class of 1942 Skaters and Notables List Largely Names
A compiled roll from the class of 1942 lists skater Evelyn Barron and many peers including Letha Bartel Richard Becker Alice Bender Glenn Bender Jim Bobst Bryant James Jones Kathleen Janzen Clarence Kattenhorn Trene Mor Lorena Kroeker Charlotte Leedom Ivan Mettler Louis Myrick Myron Myrick Philip Mallister Alberta McKenney Clara Oweta Julia Niordin Eugene Pasley Tris Peters Bonnie Peters Teddy Paul Pierce Charles Potter Minnie Evelyn Koop Arleen Kro Joyce Townsend Lloyd Warden Ki Vallamae Hilda Wessner Merton Wiedmann among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Barron
Letha Bartel Richard Milton Becker
Alice Katherina Bender Glenn Howard Bender Jim Richard Bobst Son Bryant IN
James Charles Jones Kathleen Doris Janzen Clarence Otto Kattenhorn
Trene‘d Lorena Marie Kroeker Charlotte Mary Leedom Ivan Calvin Mettler
Louis Eldon Myrick Myron Lee Myrick Philip Ross Mallister
Alberta Ee McKenney Clara Noweta
Julia Niordin Dudley
Eugene Pasley Tris Mae Peters
Warden KI Vallamaey
Hilda Ruth Wessner
Merton Lynn Wiedmann
Richland Graduation Is Tonight at 8 P.M.
Richland high school hosts graduation in the gym at 8 o clock tonight May 28 1942. The program includes processional Little Corporal marches invocation by Rev C W Opie address by Rev Edgar Starr Spangled Banner overture Neptune and other musical selections with choirs and the presentation of awards and diplomas. The list of graduates features Minnie Jementa Aguilar Claudine Claire Albright Maxine May Albright Ruth Alexander Hope Bernice Almaraz Elvina Avants Velma Baugh Mary Idell Bayless Donna Lee Beese Norma Caruthers Mary Louise Contre ras Edith Jeanette De Long Alice Dominguez Ilene Dyer Doris Flippin Tomasa Flores Helen Guenther Anne Elizabeth Gunter Irefe Hamilton LaVern Barbara Hamilton Florence Arlene Hargrove Mary Louie Helton Rose Mare Henson Vada Lee Hendryx Freda Inez Holsonbake Isabel Ruth January Joyce Kendall Ruby Mae Emmel Marel Kroecker Louie Delma Lynch Evelyn Marrs Anne Lee Marsh Johnne Louelle Mayo Otha Mare Messer and many others.
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Richland
Corporal
Zamecnik
Edgar
Neptune
Eisenberg
Faust
Vernon Ferry
St. Mary's
Adams
Graduation At Maple School Ends Class Of Six
A small Maple School graduation was held last evening for six students. The ceremony featured Maple Band selections under Alfred Sessions, an invocation by Dave Nikkel, and a flag salute with “America” sung by the audience. Class members included Alema Anderson, Bobby Hamon, Alice Nikkel, Lapham Reynolds, Jean Rogers, and Murray Thornburg Jr.
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Maple School
Maple Band
Alfred Sessions
Dave Nikkel
America
Lapham
Reynolds
Girls Glee Club
Alice Nikkel
Jean Rogers
Phyllis Peters
Lawrence E. Turner
Paul H. Richert
Abel’. Isaac
Alema,Anderson
Bobby Hamon
Lapham Reynolds
Murray ‘Thornburg, Jr
Peak Day for Local Spud Shipments Reaches 107 Cars
Rail shipments of potatoes from Shafter hit the peak for the season to date yesterday with 107 cars rolled. The season total reaches 1384 cars as the week ahead is expected to bring heavier shipments. Prices reported against cars compare at $1.85 to $1.95 per car or similar unit.
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Shafter Hit
Railway Officials Visit Shatter Capitol City
Railway officials visit the California capital this week to discuss communication and public relations with Santa Fe representatives. Officials review spud export data and connective freight policies amid a statewide transport agenda.
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Capitol City of
California
Santa Fe Railway
Names listed in a community voter roll fragment
A partial OCR segment shows a sequence of personal names including James Moore Wilbur Mc Donald Elwin Neufeld Paul A. Nikkel Norman Norton Stanley Wayne Osborn Troy Ervin Owens Eugene Peters and ends with Harvey G.
Politics In Kern County Promises Dull Election Season
The piece notes a sleepy political year in Kern County as war dominates public attention. Governor Olson seeks re election facing Earl Warren, with local races from constable to coroner and a contested state senate race. Turner’s bid for the upper house faces Jess Dorsey while C L Tomerlin and Wilbur Wiatt contest assembly seats. The overall tone predicts little excitement for at least two years.
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Kern County
Olson
California
Hiram Johnson
Earl , Warren
Kern
Tulare
Kings Counties
Senate
Assembly
Turner
Jess R. Dorsey
Bakersfield
State Assembly
C. L. Tomerlin
Wilbur Wiatt
Democratic
H A
Rodgers Heads to Camp with Lectees from Wasco
Bill Rodgers departed for camp this morning with a group of lectees, leaving Wasco at 8 45. He plans to write about his experiences and share updates as he settles in.
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Rodgers
Bill Rodgers
Wasco
Schabster
Rationing Office Handles Scarce Commodities
The rationing office at 3 Walker Street governs the distribution of tires sugar typewriters and other items on the rationing list. The press is urged to cooperate, though officials note the task is thankless and a burden for board members to balance duties.
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J.C
Walker Street
Telefon
Howe Lige
Home Canning Sugar Sign Up Dates Set
Shafter Rationing Board to issue certificates for home canning sugar next week on June 3 and 4 in the County building. Applicants must provide family names, wartime serial numbers, annual fruit canned, quarts on hand, quarts to be canned, intended use, and sugar excess. Limits allow one person per year for home canning at a four quarts per year ration.
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Shafter Rationing Board
Eid
Bercherries
Food for Fire Fighters Discussed At Rio Bravo Meet
The Rio Bravo Farm Home department held a regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Pete Freda Beebe. A special meeting was planned for June 2 at 2 p.m. to organize the women of the group. Attendees from the community included Misses Freda Beebe and Myrtle Haag and Messrs Sager, Gle Funsey. Services for George Is er o ee, a Shafter resident for seven years, were held May 11 with burial in Shafter cemetery. He is survived by a widow, two children, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo Farm Home Department
Pete Freda Beebe
Ett Uis
Ted Atonin
Pte Sager
Freda Beebe
Myrtle Haag
George Har Jer
George
Ero Ee
Shafter
Shafter Cemetery
Es Eet Reesseas
Frank Csemiar
Shafter Unit State Militia Forms Tonight
A meeting at 8 o'clock in the Legion hall in Shafter invites residents to learn about joining the State Militia. Lindsay and County Farm Adviser selenetes, Governor Ol son area officer, and County Frank W. will speak. Open to all, with blanks for those undecided. age limits 16 to 65, enlistments stay within the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion’ Hall
Shafter Se Eenes
W H Stoller Named City Treasurer in Shafter
Shafter appoints W H Stoller, manager of the Home Appliance company, as city treasurer after Bill Rodgers resigns to join the armed forces. Council selects T W Little as director of civilian defense. Joe Frizzell to investigate a sanitation complaint about a cow entering Oliver Sly’s Victory garden. Mayor Lachenmaier and council members attend.
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Shafter
W. H. Stoller
Home Appliance
Stoller
Bill Rodgers
T. W. Little
Oliver Sly
Joe Frizzell
Lachenmaier
Nay
Frizzell
Neufeld
Firefighters Quell Large Shafter Blaze Saturday Night
Speedy response by the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department prevented a major disaster from a fire sparked by a faulty motor in a cooling system. The 11:30 p.m. blaze threatened nearby structures due to the building being one of the town’s largest wooden frame structures.
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Shafter
Center of Golden Gate Bridge Clears the Water
The report notes the center of the Golden Gate bridge clears the water by 220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate Bridge
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U.S. C. Fund
Midgley Newness Men's Association
San Francisco
Rotary
Jess Dorsey
Rheaid Annis
Ulver Avant
Zsaymond Earl Agnes
Howard L. Bailin
Robert Bailin
O. Coone
Barton
Raymond Browner
Bill Bryant
Dewey Burns
R. L. Carrell
J. P. Cloud
Jewell Collins
Teddy Floyd Colvard
Roy Contreras
Billy Jackson
James Preston
Johnim
Max Eugene Ings
Aon
Maple School District
Abe F. Isaac
Frank C. Wiebe
A. F. Warkentin
Champness
John Lousan
Home Canning
Rio Bravo
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