Shafter News Roundup of Visitors and Local Goings-On
Loz Angeles visitor M Pollock looked after business in Shafter Monday. Bakersfield resident Josephine White toured Shafter Tuesday as a Frontier Days queen candidate. Visalia’s John I Bayless spent the weekend with the Phillips family. Kansas resident William Ollenberger visited Shafter this week. Bud Janzen and Waldo Unruh returned from the San Francisco fair on Tuesday. Alhambra couple Anthony Peterson and daughter Mabel visited Shafter Friday. Several families shared Sunday dinners in Shafter including the Harder and Sanderson households. Joe Shapro of San Pedro joined Shafter friends for dinner then departed south. Dr. Currie involved in city sidewalk project visited Monday. Kansas family August Unruh and kin spent days with S. P. Schultz. Milton Hopper of Covina paid a surprise visit Sunday. Santa Fe officials O. R. West and George Santhu conducted depot inventory in Shafter Friday. Fresno guest Mrs. Eddie Frances visited over the weekend. Martelle Moore and Mrs. Gould Davis traveled to Visalia Sunday then returned to Shafter. C. C. Meadows returned from a San Francisco trip. P. V. McClure spent a week at Huntington Beach. David Ohanneson returns to San Rafael Military Academy. Bakersfield couple W. K. Lee and Mrs. Lee welcomed twin sons Billy and Bobby. Suderman sisters Viola and Mary visited Shafter over the weekend. Floyd Penn and family plan to remain in Shafter after trips to Indiana and Pennsylvania. Local fans joined Bakersfield JC frosh game in Bakersfield. Deer-hunting group from Alder Creek near Greenhorn failed to bag a deer.
Local Notes on Residents and School Staff
Mel Dreyfus of Bakersfield visited yesterday to see friends and handle business. Pauline Gatov of Long Beach arrived in Shafter to visit friends and manage property interests. Ruby Williamson, Richland school teacher, returned to work after two weeks away for a minor operation. Lonnie Mosier and family moved into the former Unruh house in the Handel tract. The Unruhs moved to Lodi. Roy Laugesen and Zelma Pucifer spent the weekend at Sequoia National Park. Laugesen is a new Richland faculty member and Pucifer teaches at the high school. Glenn Nay, Art Johnson and Holger Hansen attended a Kern County Agricultural Teachers Association meeting in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Gatov
Shafter
Long Beach
Ruby Williamson
Richland
Emabel Henderson
Lonnie Mosier
Walter Unruh
Handel Tract
Mosiers
Unruhs
Lodi
Roy Laugesen
Zelma Pucifer
Sequoia National Park
Laugesen
Pulcifer
Glenn D. Nay
Art Johnson
Holger Hansen
High School Agricultural Department
Kern County
California Agricultural Teachers’ Association
Bakersfield
Miss Mayme Brother Attends State School Supervisors Meet
Miss Mayme Brother who directs the course of study in Richland school attended the state convention of school supervisors in San Jose this week and returned home Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mayme
Mayme Brother
Richland School
San Jose
Shafter Local Notes and Appearances This Week
C A Ralstin returns from an eastern trip with a new car from Michigan. Mrs Mildred Rice of Cleveland Ohio visits Shafter at the Buxton home after 30 years apart. Bill White to speak at Kern County Mineral Society meeting in Bakersfield Coca Cola building. Allene Dawn born to Mr and Mrs Al Anderson in Bakersfield hospital. Judge Rightmire on vacation to San Francisco. Sixteenth Township Justice Court to be handled by Judge Allery in Wasco during absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Rice
Shafter
Cleveland
Ohio
Phil Buxton
Buxton
Mrs. Rice
Bill White
Kern County Mineral Society
Coca Cola
Bakersfield
Allene Dawn
al Anderson
H. A. Rightmire
San Francisco
Sixteenth Township
Allery
Wasco
Rightmire
Hare Returns From Mexico City Vacation Trip
Jack Hare arrives back in Shafter Sunday afternoon after a vacation that reached Mexico City. He traveled with DeWitt Pennings of Bakersfield, entered Mexico at Lorado on the Texas border, and went to Tampico before proceeding south. He left Shafter September 16. D. W. Gloecklers return to Shafter Sunday evening from a long trip through eastern states and Canada with a new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hare
Shafter
Hime
Mexico City
DeWitt Pennings
Bakersfield
Hare
Mexico
Lorado
Texas
Tampico
Egg production reaches 236 eggs per person yearly
Government figures from the Department of Agriculture estimate that Americans collectively produce enough eggs to supply about 236 per person per year. This implies robust output across the industry and highlights the scale of poultry farming in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Department of Agriculture
Warning Issued Against Tampering With Survey Stakes
Local police issued a warning after a week’s work on the con project was destroyed by knocked down stakes on Sunset Avenue. Resident engineer Carl Teget reported the loss and urged vigilance. officers say charges will follow any tampering as a deterrent.
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Carl Teget
Sunset Avenue
Teget
Library patrons check out nearly two thousand items
The Shafter library reported September circulation totals including 672 adult fiction books 179 adult non fiction books 95 adult magazines 605 juvenile fiction books 232 juvenile non fiction books and 15 juvenile magazines announced by librarian Mrs Thomas Wedge. Regular sessions in the library are being conducted for.
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Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uae
Los Angeles
M. Pollock
Josephine White
Frontier Days Queen
Visalia
John I. Bayless
William Ollenberger
Homes of
Friends
Kansas
San Francisco Fair
Bud Janzen
Waldo Unruh
Alhambra
Anthony .Peterson
Mabel
Dave Strauss
Earl Becker
H. J. Harder
Sierra Vista _ tract
Glenn Sandersons
Glenn Sanderson
Stockton
Joe Shapro
San Pedro
South
David H. Currie
Shafter Monday
The
Currie Engineering Co
August Unruh
Hillsboro
S. P. Schultz
Milton
O. R. West
George Santhu
Fresno
Topeka
Santa Fe
Eddie Frances
J.W. Wilson
Clair Dragoo
Ruth
Sue Wilson
Martelle Moores
Martelle Moore
Gould Davis
Moore
C. C. Meadows
Maud Stritter
Mrs. P. V. McClure
Hurttington Beach
David Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
San Rafael Military Academy
W. K
Viola
Mary Suderman
G. G. Suderman
Floyd Penns
Floyd Penn
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Bakersfield Junior College
Santa Clara Frosh
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Louise Fotheringham
Frosh
Jim Martin
Bill McClain
Buck Osborn
Jim Reily
Aldeer Creek
Greenhorn
Mel Dreyfus
Lonnie Mosiers
Cc. A. Ralstin
C. A. Ralstin
Michigan
al Andersons
A. Cemneene Movernize
Bank of America
General Motors
Dons
Jack ‘Hare
D. W. Gloecklers
D. W. Gloeckler
Canada
Ace Dee
Aratone
Singin
Sam
KPMC
San Joaquin Pipe and Salvage Co
Chester Ave
Waynes’ Dairy
Jack A. Lighthill
M. D
Sunset Ave
A. J
Jack”. Zimmerman
Notary Public
Stokely S. P
Stokely
Libby
Jacobs Jone
del Monte
Lakeport
Edwards
Camp Glenn Aire
van Camp
Ass’t
Zee
Nalum
Jonathon
Lake County
Pearl
Idaho
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