Shafter Area News Highlights Thanksgiving Visits and Local Travel
Debs Bayless of Madera arrives for a two day visit at the Bayless home on Shafter highway. J C Siemens attends a Bakersfield chamber meeting to discuss junior division by laws. Delano Exchange Club hears Charles Barry on migratory camp issues. Mrs M R Hare of San Diego guests of Mr and Mrs P L Arnold for Thanksgiving. Rev and Mrs Bestwater plus Katherine Remple travel to Los Angeles. Local families visit Dinuba and host Minnesota guests during holidays. Alhambra and Morgan Hill visitors join Shafter friends. Katherine Remple plans to remain about a week at Bestwater home. Mrs M J Stone visits Shafter then returns to Los Angeles. Mrs Lawrence Baughman and children visit Visalia. A H Winkels and Harvey Blankenship tour Long Beach and LA via Taft and Ventura. Vernon Pierce visits Dinuba with Ditman poultry family. South Dakota guests Herr and Schnabel stay with Stoller. future plans in Shafter. Stanton Willard visits for high school gym project. Don and Mrs Don Klingenberg attend Sportland auto races in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Winkels
Harvey Blankenship
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Taft
Ventura
Ridge
Shafter
South Dakota
Albert J. Herr
Edwin Schnabel
Tripp
Emil Stoller
Herrs
Schnabels
Thanksgiving Holiday Visits Across Local Homes
Local residents and visitors share Thanksgiving time with family and friends. UCLA student Miss Willene Camp spends holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Sol Camp while other families travel to Delano Ford City Death Valley and Los Angeles locations for gatherings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willene Camp
University of California At
Los Angeles
Sol Camp
Rio Bravo Teacher Returns To Home After Accident
Mrs. Fern Calvert of Rio Bravo returned home this week from Kern General hospital after an automobile crash three weeks ago. She is on the road to recovery but will miss several weeks of teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
Fern Calvert
Kern General Hospital
Kern County to named undersheriff Morace V Gray
Assistant Chief Morace V Gray of the Bakersfield Police Department will become Kern County undersheriff when Sheriff-elect John Loustalot takes office on January 1. Gray joined the Bakersfield force in 1926 and is a graduate of the FBI National Police Academy in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morace V. Grayson
Bakersfield
Kern County
John Loustalot
Loustalot
Grayson
National Police Academy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Nursery Pupils Take To Tents In Yard
Tents have been set in the yard of the old Richland grammar school to accommodate children attending the nursery school formerly held in the old building. Two sleeping tents a dinner tent and an activity tent are being used at present. Elmer Anderson returns to Shafter. He has been working at California Hot Springs and expects to remain for some time. John Ware Joare of Bakersfield San Joaquin Light and Power Company was a business visitor in Shafter Tuesday afternoon.
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Shafter
Democrat Hot Springs
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Grammar School
Foster
Richland Grammar School
Elmer Anderson
California
John Ware
Shafter— Joare
Bakersfield
San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation
Grocers Edge High School Team In Quick Basketball Win
The Grocers defeated a high school team 36 to 25 on the school court. Leonard Gaede led the Grocers with 18 points while Elmer Unruh and Wilbur Kirschenmann stood out for the school boys. Buck Osborn, Lewis Edwards, Arnold Priefle, and Helmuth Hehn played for the Grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Market Grocers
Elmer Unruh
Wilbur Kirschenmann
Leonard Gaede
Grocers
J. W. Wilson
Buck Osborn
Lewis Edwards
Arnold Priefle
Helmuth Hehn
Pillars in Giant's Causeway Crowded Basalt Field
About 40 000 basalt pillars crowd the Giant's Causeway in the northern seat of Teeland forming a striking natural columnar landscape considered a notable geological wonder by locals and visitors alike.
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Teeland
Varsity Letters Awarded To 1938 Sierra League Football Team
The Boys Letter club awarded first football emblems to Virgil Warkentine Emil Reich Bill Hildebrand Philip Haag John Lopez and Calvin Newton from the 1938 Sierra league champions. Other players earned letters for quarters played including Jess Combs Omer Evans Powell McCoy Merwin Olson Verne Kliewer Art Hein John Channeson Marvin P Bud Janzen and Marvin Keuman. Roy Dallam and Jack received letters though limited by injuries. A committee of Art Hein Elmer Unruh and Merwin Olson was appointed to organize initiation for new members.
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Boys Letter Club
Virgil Warkentine
Emil Reich
Bill Hildebrand
Philip Haag
John Lopez
Calvin Newton
Jess Combs
Omer Evans
Powell McCoy
Merwin Olson
Verne Kliewer
Art Hein
John Channeson
Marvin P . Bud Janzen
Marvin Keuman
Roy Dallam
Jack
Elmer Unruh
Notice to Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Landowners
Property owners within the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District must pay the first installment of the 1st District assessment at the District office in Shafter or at N P Cormack in Wasco. A 10 percent penalty applies if not paid on time. The second installment is due on the last Monday in June 1939 at the same offices, with a 5 percent penalty if late.
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Shafter-Wasco
Shafter
California
N. P. Cormack
Wasco
Freshman Class Plans Thanksgiving Basket For Needy Family
Members of the Freshman class at Shafter High School voted to provide a Thanksgiving basket for a needy district family. Miss Helyn McCormick and Eugene Ford, class advisors, will arrange for and dispose of the basket.
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Shafter High School
Helyn McCormick
Eugene Ford
Well Baby Conference Set Friday at Legion Hall
Mrs. Glenn O Nay announces a well baby conference Friday at the American Legion hall from 1 to 3 pm. The event aims to assist new mothers and families with infant care and health guidance.
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American Legion Hall
Glenn 0. Nay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Debs Bayless
Madera
Theodore F. Bayless
Shafter Highway
Town
C. Siemens
J. C. Siemens
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Delano
Charles Barry
Delano Exchange Club
M. R. Hare
Arnold
San Diego
P. L. Arnold
Bestwaters
Wm. J. Bestwater
Katherine Remple
Bestwater
Mountain Lake
Minnesota
Dinuba
John H. Neufeld
H. M. Dueck
Dinuba Sunday
Herman Fast
Henry W. Dick
Mr. Fast
Mr. Dick
Alhambra
Harry E. Beebe
Anthony Peterson
Mable
Winnifred Smith
Pawnee City
Nebraska
Remple
Henry W. Dicks
M. J. Stone
Lawrence Baughman
Visalia
Henry Kileinhans
Vernon
Stanton Willard
Don
Paola Ding Peppard Nyten
Standard Oil Company of California
Willene
Ford City
Orthodox Missionary
Baptist Church
Carl Reynolds
Cliff Buffington
Mrs. Reynolds
Louis Wades
G. P. Miller
Salinas
Louis Wade
Millers
Phoenix
Arizona
McFarland
Guy Mouser
C. C. Herron
Helen Fast
Roberta Roberson
J. C. Channesons
Death Valley
J. C. Channeson
J. J. Siemens
Gregory Malory
Davis
Mrs. K. Malory
Schmidt Horfie
H. C. Skinner
Capitola
H. H. Schmidt
Skinner
Schmidt
Darby
Bobby Darrel
Jacob Gaede
la Sierra
P. J. Gaede
Jake Walters
Joe Hofer
D. J. Maendle
J. J. Walters
Freeman
Shafter District
H. C. Neufeld
J. H. Dalke
J. F. Janzen
Sanger
Jacob Miller
Miller
W. C. Grose
E. M. Grey
Alice Barton
The
American Gas Association
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
G Nou
Hanford
East Seventh St
Corcoran
Charles Farrell
Shirley Temple
Pinky Tomlin
Arkansas
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