Week-end Arrests In Shafter Report
Police in Shafter announced weekend activity including arrests of three men and six traffic citations. James Perry Lewis and Charles R. Allison each were fined 25 dollars and given 30 day sentences suspended for two years. Ed Gunter was jailed Sunday on intoxication vagrancy and impersonation charges for passing fictitious checks awaiting disposition.
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Shafter
James Perry Lewis
Charles R. Allison
Ed Gunter
Gunter
Prizes Offered for Press Subscriptions Enter Today
The Shafter Press advertises a $250 grand prize plus merchandise awards for subscription drives. All entrants over 12 may compete. under 14 winners receive $150 in merchandise. Submit nominations on a ballot at the Shafter Press office on Central Avenue. employees and relatives are ineligible.
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Shafter Press
Central Avenue
Local Residents Win Prizes at Modern Market Contest
A large Friday night crowd at Modern Market witnessed Daisy Abernathy win the first prize a Tri-Bike. Mr. Edwards of Shafter took ten pounds of sugar as second prize and Mr. Jack Dodgson won a carton of cigarettes. Owner J E Murray plans another giveaway soon and promises two more prizes of different merchandise. Daisy’s mother Daisy Abernathy smiled and said she would strive to be there again.
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Daisy Abernathy
Rt. 1
Shafter
Mr. Edwards
Jack Dodgson
J. E. Murray
Modern Market
Shafter Library Seeks Part Time Assistant
The Shafter Branch Library seeks a part time assistant to help with morning duties as eighteen classes visit weekly. Mrs Wedge and her assistant supervise child selections and warmly invite interested young women to call at the branch to discuss the position.
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Shafter
Brown Family Leaves Shafter for Lamont Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Brown, longtime attendants at Shafter Cemetery, depart Shafter after two and a half years and will establish their new home in Lamont.
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W. D. Brown
Shafter Cemetery
Shafter
Lamont
Big Sewage Bond Election This Friday
Shafter voters face a Friday referendum on a $1,000 denomination sewage bond issue with projected 2 to 3 percent interest. Officials urge turnout from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with bonds maturing in ten years and first due January 1, 1949.
Praise For Shafter Police In Quick Home Call
Mrs. Forrest Wood praised the Shafter police after calling when worried she hadn’t locked her doors. Within twenty minutes the department reported her doors were locked and all was fine, and she commended their promptness and reassurance.
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Forrest
Wood
Shafter
Wasco
Shafter Police
Bernie Morris Visits Hawthorne With Family Over Weekend
Bernie Morris spent the weekend visiting Hawthorne with her family and returned to Shafter late Sunday evening.
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Hawthorne
Bernie Morris
Shafter
Maxine Albright Surprised by Silver Wedding Shower
Bakersfield hostesses organized a sterling silver surprise shower for Maxine Albright at the Kirschenmann home in Shafter. Guests enjoyed gladioli centerpieces, a doll bride centerpiece, and games with prizes won by the Mettler and Weidenbach families among others.
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Walter Kirschenmann
Arnold Pfiele
Bakersfield
Maxine Albright
Kirschenmann
Shafter
Mylo Mettler
Alvin Weidenbach
Roland Mettler
Harvey Neuman
Henry Moor
Otto Handel
Ray Zebb
Corrine Mettler
Wilbert Kirschenmann
Arnold Kirschenmann
Edwin Preszler
Ruben Kunder
Mrs. O'Bryant Visits Shafter and Los Angeles
Mrs. Roy O'Bryant of Santa Rosa is in Shafter this week visiting her brother and sister in law Gordon Haycock. Richland teachers Beulah Bartlett Blythe Monroe and Mrs. Mary Jacobs and Mrs. Letha Brock visit families in Los Angeles over the weekend.
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Roy. O’bryant
Santa Rosa
Shafter
Gordon Haycock
Richland
Los Angeles
Beulah Bartlett
Blythe Monroe
Mary Jacobs
Letha Brock
Bridge Club Meeting At Mrs Wiedman’s Home
Mrs. Oscar Wiedman hosted a dessert bridge at her home Thursday afternoon. Prizes for scores went to Mrs. Christina Roscamp, Mrs. T. V. Little, and Mrs. Ralph Sanderson. Attending were Mesdames Elizabeth Ingram, William Lowe, P. C. Guenther, and Arthur Brownell.
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Oscar Wiedman
Christina Roscamp
Ralph Sanderson
Mesdames Elizabeth Ingram
William Lowe
P. C. Guenther
Arthur Brownell
Local Kiwanis Members to Attend Big Convention
Six Shafter Kiwanis delegates head to the California Nevada District convention in San Diego October 16 to 18. Highlights include a Navy aircraft carrier tour, North Island trip, La Jolla Tea and Fashion Show, a visit to Tijuana, and a Balboa Park zoo inspection. Officials attending are President-elect Jack Hill, Vice President-elect Hanley Witcher, and Secretary Ted Kinman, with alternates Art Hemingson, Lee Thomas, and Ray Rose.
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Kiwanis Fellowship
San Diego
Shafter
Navy
North Island
Bay
la Jolla Beach
Tijuana
Mexico
Balboa Park
Jack Hill
Hanley Witcher
Ted Kinman
Art Hemingson
Lee Thomas
Ray Rose
Birthday list of local residents this week
Happy Birthday this week to Mrs Emil Bender on Oct 7 S A Camp Oct 7 Marvin Kirschenmann Oct 7 Miss Anna Voth Oct 7 Mrs J F Richert Oct 8 Larry Toews Oct 8 Mrs R H Janzen Oct 9 A W Eckman Oct 9 Johnnie Battaglia Oct 9 Mrs Bertha Janzen Oct 9 Marie Lorenz Oct 9 Robert Neuman Oct 9 Nancy Isaac Oct 10 Bill Frizzell Oct 11 Mrs J W Frizzell Oct 12 Glen Putman 2nd Oct 13 Mrs Harold Freedman Oct 13 Related greetings to Mrs Edith West Oct 1.
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Emil, Bender
S. A. Camp
Marvin Kirschenmann
Anna Voth
J. F. Richert
Larry Toews
R. H. Janzen
A. W. Eckman
Johnnie Battaglia
Bertha Janzen
Marie Lorenz
Robert Neuman
Nancy Isaac
Bill Frizzell
J. W. Frizzell
Glen Putman
Harold Freedman
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Shafter Library
Shafter Mercantile Store
Hemingson
Joe Frizzell
Joe Cosgrove
Bank of America
Cosgrove
Atwood Crop Dusters
Jack Stepp
RAY Albert Standard Oil Plant
A Standard OF
California
Mrs. O’bryant
Bridge Club
Kiwanis
Edith West
OF Pr
Theguoh High
Cummins
Golden State Highway
Bakersfield, Calif
P. O. Box
Barbara
Advange
Sales & Service
Melton
Melton Dairy Supply
Aesterso
Mu Prrccffec
Wwe
Sore Convin
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