Shatter F F A Builds Pig Rearing Path With Gilts Purchase
Shatter Future Farmer Association advances toward state and national porcine events by buying three purebred Poland China gilts from Livingston ranch San Miguel. Gilts, daughters of Kittie Fashion, cost $125 each and will be bred to Golden Chief, a renowned boar linked to national champion status.
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Livingston Ranch
San Miguel
Future Farmer
Glenn
Agriculture Department
Local Future Farmers buy stock to aid feeding projects
The Future Farmer Pigs group plans to resell champion stock to members to bolster local broods. Kenneth Burkhard leads the organization with Leroy Henderson recently purchasing a Chester White boat from Tom Thorp at Lockford. Additional stock from Peter Friis ranch will support the high school farm and feeding projects, with Orvin Mettler acquiring twenty for his ranch.
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Future
Kenneth Burkhard
Future Farmers Organization
Leroy Henderson
Future Farmers
Chester White
Tom Thorp
Lockford
Peter Friis
Hollister
Orvin Mettler
Cady Visits Kiwanians In Shatter
R. E. Cady of Bakersfield newly elected lieutenant governor of Kiwanis International was guest of honor and speaker at Shafter Kiwanis club in Cafe Fuqua. Cady’s election was at a San Joaquin valley district meeting in Visalia. Earl Weil represented Shafter. Elections for officers will be held next Wednesday.
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R. E. Cady
Bakersfield
Kiwanis International
Shatter Kiwanis Club
Cafe Fuqua
Cady
Kiwanis
San Joaquin Valley
Visalia
Earl Weil
Shafter Club
Kern County
Football On Richland Slate Rumbles Into Season
Intramural football begins at Richland School with teams named the Giants Cubs Bears and Eagles. Early games show close scores as Eagles hold first place Cubs second Bears and Giants follow.
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Richland School
Giants
Cubs
Bears
Eagles
Shafter Council Meets With No New Business
The Shafter city council met Monday night with no business approved aside from sign warrants.
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Council
Shafter City
Night School Enrollments Open for Shafter Residents
Enrollment of 129 Shafter residents in the high school evening classes announced by Principal Lloyd Pack. Interested students should contact the high school. Classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 9 in typing woodshop and mathematics. Mondays and Wednesdays 7 to 9 cover aviation. First aid Mondays. PE on Mon Wed Tue Thu. Ten week session ends December 3.
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Shafter
Lloyd Pack
Pricipal
USO Bakersfield Darkroom Encourages Soldier Photographers
The Bakersfield USO center installed a darkroom to spark photography among service members. Director Leon Addis led the effort with dryers, a contact printer, time clocks, developing tanks, and related equipment. A technical library is also being added for trainees.
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Bakersfield Uso
USO
Leon Addis
The Washington of the West Directory Listed
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce publishes a special directory titled The Washington of the West listing Bay City federal offices for visitors and reference.
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San Francisco
Shafter Urges Guayule Planting On Local Range
Shafter district seen as ideal for guayule rubber cultivation. U S Forest Service official Lester Hanson says 73 000 acres will be planted across California Arizona New Mexico and Texas this year. Guayule rubber reported 95 percent purity vs para rubber. Plantings planned in Salinas Kern County Indio region. Rotary club meeting hosted by Shafter members. October immunity badge auctioned for 20 dollars to Phil Channeson. Visiting Rotarians and guests named.
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Shafter
Lester Hanson
U. S. Forest Service
Kern County
Shafter “Rotary Club
California
Salinas
Indio
Rotary
Phil Channeson
J. H Porterfield
Delano
Fiske Harlow
M. A. Lindsay
Bakersfield
O.L. Bullack
Fresno
Noel E. Roberts
Richland School IntraMural Girls Teams Compete
The sixth to eighth grade girls at Richland organize five intramural teams Bombers Spitfires Skinners Kites and Ramblers for noon games. Captains lieutenants and cheerleaders lead each team with two tournaments indoor ball and volleyball under coaches Ida Engle and Margaret Bennett who also referee and record scores. Sportsmanship and attendance are stressed.
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Richland School
Bombers
Spitfires
Skinners
Kites
Ramblers
Mes
Ida B. Engle
Margaret Bennett
Rightmire Warns Against Throwing Lighted Cigarettes
Rightmire warns residents not to discard lighted cigarettes or cigars to prevent fires. A judge has levied a court cost of 2.68 on related penalties.
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Rightmire
Plymale Buys Harris Ranch
L E Plymale, after leasing the J P Harris ranch for two years, purchased the 40 acre property from Mrs Harris, who now resides in San Diego.
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Plymale
Harris Ranch
Lindsay Expounds Dim-Out Rules For Outdoor Lighting
Lindsay outlines interpretations of the dim-out order via the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense board. Wardens west of Bena and Glenville hold lighting examples. residents should verify yard and porch lighting legality. Shield bare lamps visible through windows and shield all external light reflectors to prevent upward glare.
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Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board
Kern County Defense Council
M. A. Lindsay
Bena
Glenville
Lindsay
County Defense Council
Limitations of Light Specification in Ground Illumination
The text notes that specifying light height and wattage alone cannot guarantee a fixed ground illumination level. It cautions that illumination on a surface depends on multiple factors beyond just light height and candle power, making accurate control of surface brightness unreliable with those specs.
Radio Stars Salute National Newspaper Week
Outstanding radio stars prepare salutes to National Newspaper Week October 1 through 8. NBC lists programs with tributes including Fanny Brice Frank Morgan Rudy Vallée Harold Peary Red Skelton Fibber McGee and Molly Kay Kyser College of Musical Knowledge and Point Sublime.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
National Broadcasting Company
Thursby
Los Aon Daily News
Rudy Vallee
Harold Peary
Gildersleeve
Red Skelton
Fibber McGee and Molly
Kay Kyser
College of Musical Knowledge
Robert L. Redd
Bill Henry
Sam Hayes
Hank McCune
John Ward
Corporal Bender Arrives in Hawaii
Word has been received that Corporal Leon A. Bender son of Mr and Mrs August Bender has arrived safely in Hawaii He was previously stationed with the 185th Infantry at Fort Lewis Washington He reports he is well and that food is plentiful and very delicious
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Leon A. Bender
August Bender
Hawaii
185Th Infantry
Fort Lewis
Wash
Oilfield Dim-Out Order Aims to Limit Ground Illumination
James C. Sheppards of the Office of Civil Defense argues the dim-out order should keep ground lighting for industrial drilling and production at the minimum while not hindering operations. When shielding is impracticable, operations should be restricted to daylight hours as far as practicable.
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James C. Sheppards
Ocd
Shatter Scrappy Drive Aims For Home Scrap Hoard
Shafter officials launch a two week war scrap drive led by 1500 students from Shafter schools. Ted Vignolo urges Kern county to match Shafter's per capita effort as 200 trucks prepare to collect metal and rubber from homes and ranches.
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Shafter
Kern County
Ted Vignolo
Wesley Burford
Shafter High School
Walt Fillmore
Rosalvage Committee
Army
First Road District
Ted Vignelo
Vignelo
General Petroleum
Wasco Women’s Ambulance Drill Unit Opens New Quarters
Wasco unit of the Women’s Ambulance and Defense corps hosts guests as the Shafter Unit drills for the first time in their new quarters at 123 Shafter highway. The building, owned by T. Little, will house drill work, replacing the old ball park site with better lighting and facilities. Cadet Kendall receives special honors at Minter Field while Sgt Ora Lee Unruh and Cpl Frances Kendall are noted by Bakersfield Exchange Club.
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Wasco
Women’s Ambulance
Defense Corps
Shafter
Shafter Highway
T. Little
Ball Park
Ora Lee Unruh
Cpl
Frances Kendall
Gardner Kendall
Minter Field
Kendall
Wes
Bakersfield Exchange Club
State Peace Officers Meet in Bakersfield
High ranking state officials will join delegates and guests for the sixth annual State Association of Justices and Constables convention in Bakersfield October 8 to 10. More than 300 representatives from 59 counties are expected. opening at Emerson School auditorium at 10 a.m. Mayor Alfred and Ch 4 Wimmer will give welcomes with a rabbi’s invocation. Delegates will tour the Kern State Prison at 10 30 a.m.
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State Association of Justices and Constables
Bakersfield
Stewart Magee
California
Emerson School
Alfred
Ch 4
Wimmer
The
Kern
Rom
T, Men's Prison
Civic Music Drive Sets Membership Week in Sept
The Tulare Kings Civic Music Association announces annual membership week from September 21 to 26. Present members may renew on or before September 19, says new president Ihane G. Terry.
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Terra Bella News
Tulare Kings
Civic Music Association
Ihane G. Terry
Gardner Kendall Earns Best All‑Around Cadet Honors
Aviation Cadet Gardner W Kendall of class 42 K was selected as best all around man in military flying and academics by Maj Speed. He received a plaque and an associate degree from Santa Rosa Junior College. He letters in track and rugby and is the son of Mr and Mrs Clare Kendall of Sebastopol California. cousin of E E Kendall of Shafter.
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Gardner W. Kendall
Maj. Speed
Santa Rosa Junior College
Clare C. Kendall
Af Sebastopol
Calif
E. E. Kendall
Shafter
Kern County Musical Association Announces Year of Concerts
The Kern County Musical Association led by president Ronald Clark unveils a varied season lineup starting October 21 with Rise Stevens and continues with Paul Draper and Larry Adler on November 13, February 17 Mischa Ehrman and March 3 the San Carlos Opera Company with Carmen starring Glade Coe and Nelson Eddy in The Chocolate Soldier. Tickets through Shafter committee members Rev and Mrs Alfred Chandler Martha Gloeckler or Beulah Bartlett with special student rates for service members.
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Kern County Musical Association
Ronald Clark
Rise Stevens
Metropolitan
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
Mischa Ehrman
San Carlos Opera Company
Carmen
Glade Coe
Nelson Eddy
Metropolitan Opera
der Hosenkavalier
Octavian
America
Shafter Committee
Alfred Chandler
Martha Gloeckler
Beulah Bartlett
Tomato Canners Increase Acreage Under War Needs
Department certified canners have raised contracted tomato acreage by about 40 percent since 1941. George J, agricultural statistician, told the USDA War Board that 64 canners now under contract control roughly 72 000 acres of canning tomatoes and expect to reach 80 000 by season's end. The 1941 total was about 1 600 acres.
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Department
Eee McEe
George J
Usda War Board
P. G. & E. Employees Buy Over Million In Bonds Yearly
Pacific Gas & Electric workers purchase war bonds totaling about 1.224 million dollars annually through payroll deductions or cash payments. The monthly Treasury report notes rising participation, with about 95 percent of employees buying bonds and half the divisions at full participation as the drive for 100 percent continues.
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Pacific Gas & Electric Company
United States Treasury Department
Curfew Issued for Minter Field Soldiers by Army
Bakersfield Wasco Delano and Shafter police ask to aid Army in enforcing a 1 am curfew for Minter Field soldiers with civilian officers to remind and report any after hours departures. Capt Julius Blank cites enforcement plans and return to base by 2 am. California mental hospital system history noted from 1850.
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Bakersfield
Wasco
Delano
Shafter
Julius Blank
Marsha
Minter Field
California
San Bay
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Forest Service
Richland
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Manchester
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NBC
Radio Stars
National ‘Newspaper Week
Corporal Bender
Thomas Wedge
Little
W.A.D.C
Phil S. Gibson
Blani
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