Local Roads in Shafter District Numbered with Odd Even System
The Shafter community in supervisorial district No. 1 uses a county wide numbering plan for north south roads as odd numbers and east west roads as even numbers. A. Bender of Shafter helped select names eight to ten years ago and provided the Shafter Press with the street list. The district includes multiple avenues and roads such as Kimberlina road Dresser avenue Jacks avenue Merced avenue Madera avenue Fresno avenue Tulare avenue Lerdo highway Los Angeles avenue Riverside avenue Orange avenue Burbank avenue San Diego avenue Imperial avenue Seventh street road Berrier avenue Zachary avenue Cherry avenue Back avenue Manuer avenue Shafter avenue Santa Fe way Mettler avenue Poplar avenue Bender avenue Scaroni avenue Palm avenue Magnolia avenue Leonard avenue Jumiper avenue Wildwood avenue Rowlee avenue and other numbered roads up to 833.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
County Board of Supervisors
A. Bender
Shafter Press
Bender
Supervisorial District
East
Kimberlina Road
Dresser Avenue
Jacks Avenue
Merced Avenue
Madera
Fresno
Tulare
Lerdo Highway
Los Angeels
Riverside Avenue
Orange Avenue
Burbank
San Diego
Imperial Avenue
Seventh Street
Berrier
Zachary Avenue
Cherry Avenue
Back Avenue
Manuer Avenue
Shafter Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Mettler Avenue
Poplar Avenue
Bender Avenue
Scaroni Avenue
Palm Avenue
Magnolia Avenue
Leonard Avenue
Jumiper Avenue
Wildwood Avenue
Rowlee Avenue
Fifty Highway Projects Drive Jobs Across California
Three federal agencies approve a program of 50 Federal Works Highway projects via the California Division of Highways. The plan uses 78 percent of federal funds for state highways, feeder roads, and city streets, with at least 25 percent on feeder roads and 25 percent on city streets. About 4.3 million man hours of work are created, employing roughly 5,300 men for six months, with projects in numerous counties and cities including Mendocino and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Highways
Harry A. Hopkins
California Highway Commission
Mendocino
Lassen
Tehama
Shasta
Modoc
Plumas
Butte
Sacramento
Piacer
Santa Cruz
Sonoma
San Joaquin
Tuolumne
Stanislaus
Monterey
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
San Benito
Kern
Ventura
Orange
San Bernardino
Inyo
Riverside
Imperial
Napa
Calaveras
Kings
Fresno
Los Angeles
San Diego
Gold Golf Tourney Opens in Sacramento
Sacramento to host open golf championship January 17 18 and 19 with a $3000 purse up from last year. Bart W Cavanaugh outlines prizes from 750 for first to 5 for lowest places, funded by the Sacramento Golf Club and city civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Bart W. Cavanaugh
The
Sacramento Golf Club
Californians Plan Community Care For Aged Pensioners
A Sacramento plan proposes rural living communities for fixed income seniors. Twenty pensioners would live on 400 acres with one dairy, one poultry farm, and a vegetable garden under expert management. The project would employ 50 workers and amortize in 30 years with initial funding around 375000 dollars.
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Sacramento
Washington, D. C
B. W. Begeer
State Division
Highways
Son UN
San Jose Youth High in State Medical Exams
Kenneth Maxon McCoy of San Jose topped state medical exams with 92.19 percent after graduating from Northwestern Medical School. Board results show 45 of 49 passed the physicians and surgeons tests. two failures were graduates of foreign universities Goethe University Frankfurt and Royal University of Modena Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Maxon McCoy
San Jose
Northwestern Medical School
Board of Medical Examiners of California
Physicians and Surgeons
Johann
Governor Merriam to occupy state mansion this Christmas
The governor’s mansion, unused since early Ralph days, will be occupied by Governor Frank F. Merriam around Christmas time after necessary remodeling. He had planned to move from his hotel to the mansion for Thanksgiving initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Frank F. Merriam
Old California Still From 1850 to Be Exhibited at Sutter Fort
The State Board of Equalization confiscated one of California’s oldest stills dating to about 1850. It was found abandoned near Stockton and last used in 1903. Elwood Squires announced the plan to turn the confiscated artifact over to Sutter’s Fort for public exhibition.
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California
State Board of Equalization
Sutter’s Fort
Elwood Squires
Stockton
Quarantined Family Near Shafter Over Scarlatina Suspicion
Jacob J. Peters and his family southeast of Shafter are quarantined briefly due to a suspected scarlatina exposure in a young son. The household has remained healthy, and the pause allows them to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob J. Peters
Shafter
Scarlatina
California Counties Named From Missions and Saints
San Luis Obispo County formed February 18, 1850 as one of California's original twenty seven counties. Santa Barbara County noted for missions and coastal towns. San Mateo County created April 19, 1856 named for Saint Matthew, with floral industries and varied highways. Population figures, areas and landmarks are given for these and adjacent counties along with future mentions of Santa Clara and Shasta counties.
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San Luis
Obispo County
California
San Luis Obispo
Saint Louis
Toulouse
Charles of Anjou
Naples
Junipero Serra
Jose Cavaller
San Diego
Sonoma County
San Luis Obispo County
Salinas Valley
Arroyo Grande Valley
Paso Robles
el Paso de Robles
Morro Rock
Morro Bay
Pismo Beach
Mission San Miguel
Saint Matthew
Jehovah
United States
Covent Gardens
London
Chicago
San Francisco
San Mateo
San Francisco Bay
Ocean Shore Railroad
Burlingame
Hillsborough
Menlo Park
Woodside
la Honda Canyon
Redwoods
Santa Barbara County
Saint Barbara
Santa Barbara
Sebastian Vizcaino
Santa Barbara Channel
Saint Barbara’s
Pedro Junipero Serra
Santa Barbara, Virgen Y Martir
Saint Barbara, Virgin and Martyr
Puerto de Navidad
Jose Francisco Ortega
Santa Brabara
San Buenaventura
St. Barbara
U.S. Forest Reserve
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Sutter
Theodore
Bayless
By Earl Lee Kelly
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
Los Alamos
Carpinteria
Montecito
Serena
Goleta
Refugio
Gaviota
Surf
Presidio
Pacific Ocean
Fermin de Lasuen
Shafter Drug Store
E. B. Stringham
Shafter Mercantile Co
Virginia
Philco
Universal
Shafter Furniture Company
Emil Stoller
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