Shafter News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Moves
A roundup of Shafter area social notes features Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Janzen and Mrs. Myrtle Osborn, while Bedford Lockard of Stockton plans a return visit. Novella Stewart transfers to Bakersfield PG&E. Phyllis Prieve takes her place in Shafter. Local residents attend meetings, trips to Tehachapi and Lompoc, and forestry, bowling, and civic events mark a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novella Stewart
Bakersfield
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Shafter
Phyllis Prieve
Richard Gribble
R. E. Gribble
March ‘Field
United States Army Aviation Signal Corps
Wheat Marketing Vote Scheduled Next Saturday
Wheat growers are urged to vote on May 81 1941 in a nationwide Wheat Marketing Referendum. Polling places include Merertana range hall in McFarland Farmers Co op gin in Buttonwillow Cattann Arvin gin in Arvin and the County Agricultural Conservation office Bakersfield. Fire house construction on Santa Fe Way progresses with walls up and plumbing installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. R. Bright
Kern County Agricultural Conservation Association
Bright
Merertana Range
McFarland
Farmers Co-op
Buttonwillow
Cattann Arvin
Arvin
County Agricultural ‘Conservation Office
19Th St
Bakersfield
Santa Fe
Rotary Club Speaker Tuesday at Shafter Meeting
Lt. D. W. Painter spoke at a Shafter Rotary Club meeting held at Crawford's cafe. He will assist with recreation at the U S Army airfield east of Shafter. Eugene Ford acting principal at Shafter High School also spoke, a Japan film was shown, and Rotarian Harold W. Greene sang. Guests included Jim Camp Floyd Cooper and visiting Rotarians from Bakersfield: Al Eckmann W. A. Eardley and Frank Degier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Painter
Shafter
Floyd Cooper
Bakersfield
al Eckmann
W. A. Eardley
Frank Degier
Bible School Opens Monday at Lerdo Baptist Church
Vacation Bible school at the First Baptist Church on Lerdo Road begins Monday at 9 o clock with Rev. William Jackson announcing a nondenominational program. Sessions run 9 to 11 each morning for two weeks with Bible drills recreation and two study periods. Closing demonstration is June 13 and a June 14 picnic follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Lerdo Road
William Jackson
Crowds Attend Cawelo Motel Opening
Large crowds attend the opening of the Cawelo motel with events planned by Blake Hale. Construction continues at the Cawelo site with a super service station at the Highway 99 Lerdo road intersection and rental cottages under development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawelo Motel
Blake Hale
M Tr
Cawelo
Highway 99
Lerdo Road
Petition Report Slated For Board Meeting Tuesday
A report on sufficiency of dissolution petitions for the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District will be presented by secretary-assessor Fed Pritchke at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday at 2 pm in the district office on Santa Fe Way. Petitions require 50 percent of legal voters, acreage, and valuation to be deemed sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter- Wasco
Fed Pritchke
Santa Fe Way
Frank Shaw Appointed Temporary City Judge in Shafter
Frank Shaw was named temporary city judge at an ad journed Shafter city council meeting to replace F E Manuel who resigned due to ill health. The council also authorized Shaw and Mayor Ohanneson to negotiate a relief labor agreement with the State Relief Administration to employ relief workers on a street project May 26 to June 30 with city costs capped and labor shares outlined.
City Receives $457 From Gas Company Franchise
The city of Shafter received $457 from Pacific Gas and Electric for the 1940 franchise tax. City Clerk Frank Shaw notes this amount marks a 25 percent rise from the previous year, driven by PG and E revenue in the city and by line footage and facility expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Frank Shaw
Faculty member named for Shafter High School
Edwin De Melle will join the Shafter High School faculty next year. He will head the library and study hall and teach three classes under current arrangements. De Melle is a University of California history major with English and journalism minors and has spent the past year as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp advisor in Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin de Melle
Shafter High School
de Melle
University of California
Civilian Conservation Corps
Nevada
Final Night Class Held Tuesday In High School Gym
The last session of an adult recreation class was held Tuesday evening in the Shafter high school gym. Organizers report several months of sessions with various games and many local residents enrolled. Monty Montgomery, the high school coach, led the program.
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Shafter High School
Monty’ Montgomery
Rotary Troop Scout Charter Applied For
An application was made this week for a charter for the Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Shafter Rotary Club. The troop committee met Friday evening with Kenneth Pipkin as scoutmaster and Don Hart named chairman. Members include Phil Channesson Glenn Q Nay Art Craig and Vernon Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Rotary Club
Kenneth Pipkin
Don Hart
Phil Channeson
Glenn Q. Nay
Art Craig
Vernon Pierce
Pontiacs Bowl Friday the 13th In State Play
The Pontiacs from Shafter prepare for the Mid-State tournament at Bakersfield Bowling Academy on Friday the 13th of June. Team members include John Dalke George Vanhatta Bob Youell Bill Lachenmaier and Harvey Gaede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Shafter
Bakersfield Bowling Academy
John Dalke
George Vanhatta
Bob Youell
Bill Lachenmaier
Harvey Gaede
Salvation Army Drive Opens Here Next Monday
A local Salvation Army drive in Shafter runs from June 2 to June 9 with a $400 goal. Local committees will retain a portion of funds for Shafter welfare, as city officials recognize the effort and streamline social service through new liaison groups with Salvation Army headquarters in San Francisco.
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Salvation Army
Drive For Salvation
Shafter
City of
Crawford
Salvation Army Social Service
H. Schirmer
Shafter Merchant
Salvation’ Army
Salvation Army Corps
Little
Frizzell
Lighthill
Olson
Handel
San Francisco
Salvation Army plans new California relief network
The article outlines proposed benefits from a new Salvation Army arrangement in California. It highlights direct ties with women's homes and hospitals in Oakland Los Angeles and San Diego, localized catastrophe relief, centralized social service facilities, and aid to veterans and defense workers. It notes a state sales tax increase of 16,525,703 dollars, up 23.7 percent, in ten months.
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Women’s Homes
Salvation Army
Oakland
Los Angeles
San Diego
Lytton Home
Evangeline
San Francisco
Department of Social Service
United States Armed Forces
Salvation Army State Prison Welfare Department
California
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Wendland
Mrs
H. C. Janzen
Dad
Mrs. Myrtle Osborn
Myrtle Osborn
Buck Osborn
Bedford Lockard
Stockton
Rubena Shultz
John P. Shultz
Yuba City
Koleta Osborn
Geneva ‘Payne
Oildale
Gerald Bosserdet
Louie Wade, Jr
J.E. Thomas
Karl Wells
Jake Siemens
Kern
Shafter Man
Portland
Ruben Schmidt
Oregon
Engineers
Uoia Park
Areiger
Ensie Warren
George Carmody
F. F. Latta
Alexis Godey
Kern County
Kern ‘County
Martha Wedin
Katherine Rodgers
Joe Smith
Ray Carlisle
Keva Geputy Nawition
Shatter Kiwanis Club
Taft Kiwanis Club
al Anderson
Les.Hobson
Noel Roberts
W. E. Johnson
Bob Wardwell
Jim Beard
Ramona Beard
Florence Badger
Delano
R. E Youell
Joy Crain
Buck Robinson
Kernville
Edwin Bender
County Forestry Department
Tehachapi
R. W. Partridge
Lois ‘L. Berry
Angus Greene
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
F. H. Dequine
C. O. Pollard
Ennis Hughes
Midgley
Howard Walker
Henry Casselt-of-Glendale
H. Midgley
Irmgard Brekelbaum
Oxnard
Richland
Home of Friends
Harold Unruh
Walter Unruh
Reedley
A. H. Unruh
H.M. Bainer
Amarillo
Texas
Chowchilla
Oliver White
Sam White
J. L. Ditman
Dinuba
Garnet Reily
Fresno
The
Cafe
Bill Neuman
Bob ‘Neuman
Boots Perry
Dave Unruly
Johnny Gaede
Rotary Club
Baptist Church
Phil Ohanneson
Glenn O. Nay
Shafter High
Rotary
Schirmer
T. V. Little
P. L. Arnold
J. A. Lighthill
M. L. "Thomas
V. V. ‘Little
F. W. Handel
Joseph Frizzell
O Te. Olson
Salvation Army Fund
Thomas
Arnold
Los J 'Ie
Union Avenue
Chrysler
Ies Med
Irvine
Fike
Central Ave
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