Shafter High Prepares Freshmen, Veterans for 1945 46 Basketball
Coach Lowell Todd builds a near ground up Generals squad with only two lettermen returning Gene Harless and Elmer Mettler from last season while Mack Wilcoxson and B squad players vie for A team spots The Generals face East Bakersfield Avenal Wasco Fowler Taft Maricopa Tahachapi and McFarland in a home schedule beginning December 7 at East Bakersfield.
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Lowell Todd
Shafter High
Generals
Colonels
McFarland
Maricopa
Tahachapi
East Bakersfeild
Avenal
Fowler
Wasco
Taft
Gene Harless
Elmer Mettler
Mack Wilcoxson
Herschell Rodgers
Bob Gaede
Carl Heffley
Bob Peters
Bud Anderson
East Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Shafter
MacFarland
Farm Bureau Actions Highlight Price Ceilings and Labor Outlook
A California Farm Bureau meeting in Fresno outlined setting ceilings at retail levels if kept, opposition to federal control of the Central Valley Water Project, and a forecast of a severe farm labor shortage in 1946. A. W. Eckman of Shafter was named to the membership and rural zoning committee at a Bakersfield meeting.
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Central Valley Water Project
California Farm Bureau
Fresno
A. W. Eckman
Shafter Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Bakersfield
Eckman
Mrs Putman's Mother Dies in Wichita Falls
Mrs John R Miller mother of Mrs Glen Putman of Shafter Texas died in a Wichita Falls hospital Friday morning November 23 after sustaining second degree burns from a dress fire while burning trash at home on November 21. Death caused by heart attack due to shock.
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John R. Miller
Glen: Putman
Shafter
Wichita
Falls
Texas
Millard at San Pedro Awaiting Navy Discharge
Robert L. Millard son of Mrs Estellene Millard and nephew of Mrs J A Bonds is at San Pedro awaiting his discharge from the navy after about two years in service. He spent much of that period aboard a mine sweeper in the Pacific.
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Robert L. Millard
Estellene Millard
J. A. Bonds
San Pedro
Mavy
Pacific
Coronado Couple Visits Reverend Harper Family
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mather of Coronado California were weekend guests with the Rev. Wm. S. Harper family. Mr. Mather served two years in the South Pacific theater and has just been discharged from service. Mr. Mather is a nephew of Mrs. Harper.
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Leroy Mather
Coronado
Calif
Wm. S. Harper
Mather
South Pacific Theater of Action
Mr. Mather
Harper
Fresno State students at home in Shafter for Thanksgiving
Gwendolyn Ummel Betty Nielsen Beulah Neuman and Francelia Hansen from Fresno State College stayed at home in Shafter during the Thanksgiving holidays.
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Gwendolyn Ummel
Betty Nielsen
Beulah Neuman
Francelia Hansen
Fresno State College
Shafter
For Sale Items and Personal Notice Fragments
Gentle brown mare six years old and about 1400 pounds offers contact via Ed Kennedy seven miles east of Pixley Porterville 46F15 3212c. Simus with asthma cold treatments chronic irrigation cabinet sweats high blood pressure prostrates Radionic home treatments Dr E Parker Maloney DC 415 California Avenue. For sale one Schuler piano 256 Marengo Street 32t2p.
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Brown
Ed Kennedy
Pixley
Porterville
Simus
E. Parker
Maloney
D.C
California Avenue
Aitic
Schuler
Marengo Street
Sugar Saving Demonstration Planned in Fresno
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson Kern County demonstration agent will lead a sugar saving hints session on Tuesday December 4 at 9 30 a m in the home of Mrs Herman Unruh on Fresno Avenue Noontime meal will be served and guests are asked to bring a covered dish or salad Friends are invited to attend and bring a guest
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Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern County
Herman Unruh
Fresno Avenue
Wilkinson
Coddington Takes Command at Minter Field
Col. Lawrence C. Coddington assumed command of Minter Field on November 18 replacing Col. R. C. Winston who moved to Maxwell Field Alabama. He previously served as Air Inspector for the Western Flying Training Command at Santa Ana California and began his army career in 1923 as an ROTC cadet.
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Lawrence C. Coddington
Minter Field
R. C. Winston
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Coddington
Western Flying Training Command
Santa Ana
Calif
Infantry Reserve
UCLA
Col. Coddington
Randolph Field
Texas
Air Corps Reserve
Northwest Airlines
Air Forces
Army Air Forces
Los Angeles
West 41St Place
Roscamp Family Feasts in Los Angeles for Thanksgiving
Mrs. J. A. Roscamp and son Robert of Shafter join Earl and Rhoda Roscamp of Cuiana to visit Mrs. Roscamp’s daughter and her husband Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muttart in Los Angeles during the Thanksgiving holidays.
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J. A. Roscamp
Robert
Shafter
Earl
Rhoda Roscamp
Cuiana
Thanksgiving in Modesto
Mr and Mrs J P Hansen spent the Thanksgiving holidays with relatives in Modesto.
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Modesto
Small-Pox Immunization Planned at Shafter High
Shafter High School offers small-pox shots next Wednesday December 5 in the attendance office at 1 15 PM. Nurse Miss Juanita Booth and Dr. Alvin Gaede will administer the immunizations. parents must send a permission note. Students who had shots more than four years ago are urged to repeat.
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Shafter High School
Juanita Booth
Alvin Gaede
Churchill Visit Highlights Pasadena Family Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs Ray Churchill of Pasadena visited their son Capt Gordon Churchill and his wife in Shafter on Thanksgiving Day reflecting a family reunion during the holiday season.
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Mrs
Ray Churchill
Pasadena
Capt
Gordon Churchill
Shafter
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George Smith
Herbert Spitzer
James Hubble
John Leonards
Jerry Mathis
Allan Mettler
Columbus Rice
Steven Rodriguez
Ray Schaeffer
Don Gaede
Don Nikkel
George Cooper
Todd
Farm Bureau Action Told
Shafter Mercantile CO
Mathers
Coddington Minter
Justesen
The
San Joaquin
Vally
Eer
Abe
Justesen’s
Nabisco
Libby
Pillsbury Pancake
Pillsbury
Gerbers Baby Foods
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
Royal Baking Powder
Albers Ea Sae
Utah
California
Parsnips
Churchills
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