Shafter Contest Winners Rewarded in Press Drive
Wanda Ashmore wins first prize an all expenses trip to San Francisco with 570000 votes. Robbie Albright finishes second earning a $100 merchandise order with 370000 votes. Gerene Begley starts strong and ends third with Petra Nieto Bertha Kroeker Ollie Skaggs also earning prizes. Contest paid 10 percent cash commissions to all entrants. Shafter hosts first winter potato season shipping Calrose variety from Mettler farm at Cuyama Valley.
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Wanda Ashmore
San Francisco
Shafter Press
Robbie Albright
Gerene Begley
Albright
Petra Nieto
Bertha Kroeker
Ollie Skaggs
Frank Ghaw
E. K. Grant
J. C. Penner
Randolph Collier of Siskiyou County
Randolph Collier, head of a Siskiyou title firm, also serves as state representative for De Norte and Siskiyou counties. The piece notes regional politics around the Jefferson state idea and wartime shifts in California demographics and road building.
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Collier
Siskiyou
de Norte
Oregon
Jefferson
Shafter Colonels Down East High Reserves 12-0
The Shafter Generals kept their sixth win alive by defeating East High reserves 12-0 on the local field Friday night. Glyn Scales and Bob Grumbles scored in the final period as injuries limited Don Bledsoe’s lineup, with Spitzer and Fletcher keying earlier drives despite a stalled first-half.
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Shafter Colonels
East High
Dusty Rhoads
Shafter
Colonels
Glyn Scales
Bob Grumbles
Shafter Generals
Tehachapi
Generals
Shafter Crew
Wayne Hill
Herbert Spitzer
Chest Drive Nears Completion As 1946 Quota Dips
With two thirds of the three thousand dollar 1946 chest quota raised Shafter leaders say progress is good but urged all residents to contribute. Some collectors have not started and are told to visit secretary Pat Kelly for materials or donate at the bank via open account.
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Shafter Community Chest Drive
Community Chest Drive
Drive
Pat Kelly
Salvation Army seeks blanket donations from readers
Rev. William S. Harper head of the local Salvation Army Welfare Committee asks for any blankets that can be spared. Donors are urged to call Mr. Harper at 643 to aid a needy family.
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William S. Harper
Salvation Army Welfare Committee
Mr. Harper
Generals Set for Saturday Tilt With Wasco After 6 8 o'clock B Team
Sierra league champions Generals chase two more wins to end the season strong. They trained all week under Coach Bledsoe as Tehachapi and McFarland victories lift their record to 6 1. Saturday match notes a halftime exhibition by Richland School's top 8th grade teams led by LeRoy Adamson and Bobby Baze, signaling future high school players in action.
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Generals
Tehachapi
McFarland
Wasco
Bledsoe
Lindsay
Richland School
Kirkham
Kinney
LeRoy Adamson
Union Congregational Church Pot Luck Dinner
Members and friends are invited to a Monday evening pot luck dinner at the Union Congregational Church. Attendees may bring a hot dish salad or dessert and a song fest led by Mrs. A. J. Hemingson will follow the meal. A friendly gathering is planned by the seven person committee Art Craig Bill Brown Ernie Panero Dick Arnold Jack Hare and A J Hemingson.
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Union Congregational Church
A. J. Hemingson
Sevening
Art Craig
Bill Brown
Ernie Panero
Dick Arnold
Jack Hare
Officers Named for Shafter 20-30 Club Term
At Cawelo on Wednesday night the Shafter 20-30 Club nominated officers for the next term. Nerwin Schirmer and Lowell Todd are candidates for president while Marvin Neuman advances unopposed to vice president. Rudy Nightengale and Harvey Neuman seek sergeant at arms, with Harry Thompson Elmer Anderson and Bud Dyer named for the Board of Directors. The next meeting on Ladies Night will be at 7:30 p.m. at Motel Cawelo.
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Shafter
Cawelo
Nerwin Schirmer
Lowell Todd
Marvin Neuman
Rudy Nightengale
Harvey Neuman
Sargeant At Arms
Harry Thompson
Elmer Anderson
Bud Dyer
Shafter Council Rejects Housing Project at Minter Field
The Shafter City Council on Tuesday night rejected the proposal to sponsor a housing project at Minter Field. The decision ends consideration of the plan and begins formal withdrawal from the project.
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Shafter City
Minter Field
Shafter Utility Board Delays Pump Bowl Upgrades
The Shafter Public Utility District and City Council discussed repairing worn bowls on the nonworking central west pump near the high school. Hornkohl Laboratories will test the well at various levels to size bowls while action on the project and a storage shed for pump no 2 waits for more data. Ordinance 28 on tax rates was adopted.
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Shafter
Shafter Public Utility District
Dick Prather
Utility District Board
Central Avenue
Shaw
Hornkohl Laboratories
Shafter Car Highlight Becomes This Week's Directory Feature
The Shafter Car is showcased as this week’s directory feature with a cheerful character called Ad-Tom central to a new advertising campaign. The ad runs on the front page of each Press issue, a notable item to watch.
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Shafter
Shafter Car
Baby Girl Born To Elmer Ziemkes
Mr and Mrs Elmer Ziemke announce the birth of a seven pound eleven ounce girl born Monday November 11 Mother and daughter are doing fine Mrs Ziemke is the daughter of John Gaede of Shafter Beverly Anh is the name of the daughter they will be home about November 22.
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Elmer Ziemke
Ziemke
John Gaede
Shafter
Fire Department Seeks Compliance With Burning Hours
Shafter city fire department urges residents to keep outdoor incinerators burning only from 6 a.m. to 12 noon. The campaign aims to ease firefighting, reduce warnings and fines, and prevent fires through adherence to the rule.
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Shafter City
Shafter Forms Credit Bureau With Forty Merchants
A Shafter Credit Bureau formed by local merchants will open offices December 1 in the Kelly and Channeson building. About forty merchants join a survey led by Dr. J. H. Revell. Herbert P. Sears will manage the bureau and Miss Connie High School will be office manager. The bureau will use the Kelly & Channeson suite and lists phone 78 5072.
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Shafter
Shafter Credit Bureau
Kelly and Channeson
Shafter Business Men’s Association Committee
J. H. Revell
Herbert P. Sears
Bakersfield Merchants_ Association
Shafter U
Miss Connie
Bank of America
Bakersfield Merchants Association
New Merchants Bureau
Kelly & Channeson
Bureau
B P W Club Sets December 3 Dinner at Richland School
The Business and Professional Women's Club will host a dinner December 3 at the Richland School cafeteria at 6 30 p m. Tickets cost 1 50 and offer roast beef or roast pork with all trimmings. Dorothy Satran Del Martin handle ticket sales under Annette Albright general chairmanship Aletha Brock program chair.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Richland School
Dorothy
Satran
del Martin
Annette Albright
Aletha Brock
Shafter High P.T.A. Dinner Promised for Tuesday
The Shafter High School P.T.A. will hold a pot luck dinner at the high school on Tuesday November 19 at seven o clock Burns program chairman Ray Kitts counselor will speak on guidance program Mrs John J Peters will sing with accompaniment by Mrs Gordon Haycock All members and friends urged to attend fathers of high school students invited
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Shafter High Parent-Teachers Association
Seven Burns
Ray Kitts
After High
John J. Peters
Gordon Haycock
Shafter High P.T.A
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Miss Ashmore
Cuyama Valley
Mettler
E Mettlers
Santa Maria
Mettlers
Yreka
Siskiyou County
California
Randolph Cellier
Nho
Tomara
Central Ave
Spitzer
Tom Fletcher
Don Bledsoe
Fletcher
Eldean Beese
Rodriguez
Raloma
Zachary
Marchman
Council
William
Lan Gommaltiee
Knowland
Airman
Te Shafter
This Week
Elmer Ziemkes
E. H. Mettler
ATO Gas Station
Car & Truck Service
Shafter Highway
P.T.A. Dinner
Kirty Edward and
Neaman & Johnson
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