Shafter Potatoes Travel to Politically Packed Kern County
Local booster Emory Hoffman recruits W H Hitchcock to deliver two sacks of Shafter potatoes to presidential hopefuls Harry Truman and Tom Dewey. Hitch cock loads the display at the Kern County Chamber of Commerce, sending one sack to each train bound for Bakersfield, with the potatoes praised as harvest quality and politics aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay
Herndon
Pioneer Shafter Booster
Harry
Tom
Scouts Parents Dinner Invite for Troop 53
A pot luck dinner will be held for the parents of Boy Scout Troop No. 53 sponsored by the Shafter Rotary Club at Richland School cafeteria on Tuesday evening. After dinner a regular meeting will be held followed by a round table discussion and films on fire prevention and a short cartoon. All parents invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop No. 53
Shafter Rotary Club
Richland School
Shafter 20-30 Club Opens Fire Prevention Week Contest
Kenny Howell announces the annual Shafter 20-30 Club Fire Prevention Week essay and poster contest now in progress with Kern County Fire Department Shafter Fire Department and local schools assisting. Participating schools include Maple Richland Rio Bravo Kern Academy Lerdo. Prizes awarded by club members and fire department representatives. winning essays to be published in the Press and posters shown in local windows.
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Kenny Howell
Shafter
Kern.County Fire Department
Shafter Fire Department
Maple
Richland
Rio Bravo
Kern Academy
Lerdo
Shafter High School
Science Defined at Rotary Club in Bakersfield Talk
Dr G L McCloud of Sunland Industries spoke at the Shafter Rotary Club luncheon at Motel Cawelo arguing science is a tool not a purpose and should serve home church school and youth groups He questioned atom bomb uses and urged trusteeship of space in time Ed Brown chaired the program and Wasco Shafter clubs plan a joint meeting October 25 honoring 40 athletes from each high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. McCloud
Sunland Industries
Bakersfield
Shafter Rotary Club
Motel Cawelo
McCloud
Division of War Foods Administration
Ed Brown
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Rotary Clubs
Wasco
Shafter
Truman Dewey Got Shafter Spuds on Visit to Kern
During western campaign tours presidents Truman and Dewey were served Shafter long white potatoes aboard trains. Kern County Chamber of Commerce manager Gay Hoffman arranged for sacks of U S No 1 potatoes to be presented to each candidate in Bakersfield via Shafter Warehouse Co director W H Hitchcock.
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Herndon
Kern County
Emory Gay Hoffman
Truman
Dewey
Shafter
Gay Hoffman
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Hitchcock
Shafter Warehouse Co
Kern Chamber
Bakersfield
Hitchcock
Em. H. Mettler & Sons
U. S
Proclamation Declares Fire Prevention Week in Shafter
Mayor Paul V. McClure proclaims Fire Prevention Week October 3 to 9 in observance of national and state leaders. He urges all schools organizations clubs businesses and residents to inspect stores homes attics and vacant lots for fire hazards and remove risks.
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Paul V. McClure
City of
Shafter
Truman
Warren
Sheeseante
Veterans Exhibit Strong At Kern County Fair
Shaffer veterans in the Institutional-On-Farm training program of Kern County Union High School district earned high marks at the Kern County Fair. They collected 15 firsts, nine seconds and eight thirds in open competition across crops including alfalfa hay wheat barley milo maize sweet corn and cotton with multiple individuals listed as first place winners in various displays and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Union
Kern County
Amos Boatwright
Arvin
Alfred Elcano
Bakersfield
John Stenderup
Johnny Pyle
Shafter
Elby Patrick
George Grundy
William Portnoff
Jack Thompson
William Peltier
Clarence Kattenhorn
Dick Wilson
George Force
Jack Busby
William Fx
Shafter Artists Lead in Exhibits at County Fair
Kern County Fair showcases an impressive oil exhibit with 41 paintings, 20 by Shafter artists. Bakersfield Art Association arranged space for non members and a special display features Sylvia Winslow. Sixty two oil water color and pastel works hang by many artists including Minnie Akins Donna Baughman Wilma Ball Leroy Bender Lillian Bender A H Cooper Olive Eckman A W Gaede Beatrice Gaede Francis Hasty A J Hemingson Violet Heming son Allegra Jacobsen John F Jacobsen Dorothy Kirkham Rosie Nugent Harry Sturm Maybelle Sherrng Mary Starrh Nellie Wolfe and others.
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Kern County
Shafter
Bakersfield Art Association
Sylvia Winslow
Art Association
Minnie Akins
Donna Baughman
Wilma Ball
Athabaska River
Leroy Bender
Lillian Bender
Oregon Coast
A. H. Cooper
Buttonwillow
Snow Cap
Olive Eckman
Yosemite Falls
A. W. Gaede
Yosemite
Beatrice Gaede
Francis Hasty
A. J. Hemingson
Violet Hemingson
Allegra Jacobsen
John F. Jacobsen
Rosie Nugent
Harry Sturm
Maybelle Sherrng
Mary L. Starrh
Nellie Wolfe
Women’s Club Opens Season With Luncheon
The Wednesday Afternoon Club begins its fall season with a luncheon at the Woman’s Club House on Wednesday October 6 at 1 PM. Attendees must call Mrs Jack Hare or Mrs Bert Ware by Monday October 4 for reservations. Miss Blythe Monroe Richland School curriculum director will speak.
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Woman's Club
Jack Hare
Bert Ware
Blythe Monroe
Richland School
Guests at Barling Home Hosts from San Fernando
Mr and Mrs Jessie Butler of San Fernando were weekend visitors at the Harley Barling home on Orange Avenue. Veterans third place winners include Sylvester Ledbetter Shafter ten commercial bases of Aldrow Standridge Bakersfield sheaves of alfalfa Dick Wilson Arvin seed cotton Mike A J son Arvin plate of potatoes Elmer Unruh Shaf Thompson seedless
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Barling
Jessie Butler
San Fernando
Harley Barling
Orange Avenue
Jack Thompson
Shafter
Sylvester Ledbetter
Aldrew Standridge
Bakersfield
Dick Wilson
Arvin
Mike A JSON
Elmer Unruh
Thompson
Foresee 1949 Completion of Central Highway
Indications that central valley highway work will finish in 1949 were reported at the Central Valley Highway Association meeting in Selma. Fresno Kings Tulare and Kern officials outlined steps to finish surface links for a through route from Selma to Bakersfield and discussed current and upcoming projects. The group unanimously opposed Proposition 13 on the November ballot citing adverse apportionment effects on agricultural lands. Attendees included Bill Stoller W H Hitchcock Paul Newell Irvin E Fike Dan Loewen Wilbur Stocker and R J Anderson Jr.
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Central Valley Highway Association
Selma
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Kern
Bakersfield
State Senate
The
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Hitchcock
Paul Newell
Association
Irvin E. Fike
Dan Loewen
Wilbur Stocker
R. J. Anderson, Jr
Band to Parade at Game Tonight
Shafter High School 43 piece band led by four majorettes will parade and play tonight before Shafter meets McFarland in the football feud. Graf, band director, announced the band comprises nine girls and 34 boys with listed members including Sue Alexander Naomi Bryant Patty Davis Wilma Gregory Iva Dell Koeng Joyce Kinamel Margaret Reynolds Joyce Ross Ella Mae Starth and boys such as Walter Bergen Lowell Bergman Harold Brewer Keith Burnquist Paul Cato Vernon Edwards Dean Flaming Lloyd Fletcher Norman Fortenberry and others.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
McFarland
Graf
Sue Alexander
Naomi Bryant
Patty Davis
Wilma Gregory
Iva Dell Koeng
Joyce Kinamel
Margaret Reynolds
Joyce Ross
Ella Mae Starth
Walter Bergen
Lowell Bergman
Harold Brewer
Keith Burnquist
Paul Cato
Vernon Edwards
Dean Flaming
Lloyd Fletcher
Norman Fortenberry
Bobby Gaines
Jimmy Guenther
Lawrence Hoan
Layton Lynch
la Var McDonald
Don Millard
Earl
Shafter Generals Open 1948 Grid Season on Local Field
The Shafter High School Generals host McFarland Cougars in a season opener that tests an inexperienced line against a seasoned foe. Coaches Bledsoe and Rhoads expect a hard fought QT offense and seek early league success in Kern Tulare play with Lindsay at Lindsay Oct. 8 looming.
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Shafter Hi Generals
Tonite
Cougars
Generals
Kern-Tulare
McFarland High School Cougars
McFarland
Shafter High School Generals
Lindsay
Lindsay High School
Dan Bledsoe
Dusty” Rhoads
Roy Packard
Doyle Metheny
George Tidwell
Jack Bayless
Shafter
Youell
Tom Burns
Fred Houston
Mrs Burns Named Shafter Chairman of TB Seals Sale
Mrs Charles Burns has been appointed chairman of the 1948 Christmas Seal sale in Shafter. County chairman Mrs H C Gardner says the assignment is one of great importance and responsibility and calls for cooperation from each local committee to ensure a successful campaign.
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Charles Burns
Shafter
H. C. Gardner
Shafter Colonels Edge Taft In Opening Grid Tilt
The Shafter High School Colonels beat Taft 7 to 6 on Taft field in a tight first game. Taft opened with a 29 yard pass from Case to Kooken for a TD. Shafter answered in the fourth quarter on Jerry Johns 11 yard run and Tom Kelly’s QB sneak for the decisive points.
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Shafter High School Colonels
Taft
Lnes
Case
Kooken
Shafter
Jerry Johns
Tom Kelly
Colonels
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Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
Em. H. Mettler and Sons
Cuyama Valley
Messler
Central Valley Highway
County Chamber of Commerce Office
Guy Hoffman
Trumam
Thether
Strafter
Herndon Hitchcock
Kern County Fair
Shafter Booth
Rotary Club
Shafter Spuds
Alma Badgett
Ruth Lott
Betty Turney
Dorothy Wadley
Leola Engle
Barbara Becker
Jimmie Fay Witcher
Willard Stoller
James Crabb
Benny Absher
Melvin Brewer
Henry Beach
J. C. Warneke
Troy Smart
David Friedly
Robert Merz
Shaffer
McFarland Cougars
McFarland High School
East Bakersfield
Glenn Scales
Mickey Hare
Bob Baze
Eldean Boese
Boese
Bledsoe
Taft Kittens
Schacht
Dickeber
Shafter Colonels
Council
Shafter Highway
Shafter City
Shafter Concrete Co
Joe D. Miller
Pipe Line Constructors
Pollard Bros
Virgil Hamlin
Central Avenue
Southern California Association
Lerdo Avenue
Oppocore
E. Lerdo
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