Shafter News Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Trips
Lemoore business visitor B. Chinn stops in Shafter. Vernie Grose enlists in the US Army Air Corps and heads to Jefferson Missouri. Farewell dinner for Ralph Janzen held in Bakersfield with local hosts. Iva George visits Shafter en route to Santa Monica from Lake Tahoe. Several residents relocate to Bakersfield or Shafter. Marion Harrison chosen for Pomona College choir. Dennis Handel born weighing nine pounds three ounces. Ohio State defeats USC 33 to 0 in Los Angeles. Multiple weekend trips and visits logged across Wasco, Delano, Los Angeles, and Fresno area communities.
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Santa Monica
Iva George
Lake Tahoe
Shafter
Les Hobson
Marion Harrison
George Harrison
Pomona College
Ralph Lyman
College System
Otto Handel
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Mr. Handel
Dennis. C. Handel
Rio Bravo Man W E Haag Named President of Kern County Farm Bureau
Rio Bravo resident W E Haag was named president of the board of directors for a Kern County Farm Bureau Livestock Shipping association at a county Farm Bureau meeting in Bakersfield. The group aims to help small stockmen market cattle and welcomes all cattlemen as members. Other officers include D E Scarbury Tehachapi vice president Frank Stockton Arvin secretary treasurer R R Martin Glennville and E G Buerkle Magunden with A W Eckmann Shafter Frank Alvos Buttonwillow and Lester Frick Arvin as directors. Alvos named farmers agent to work with the county industrial delegate to the state Farm Bureau convention with Alvos as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Haag
Rio Bravo
Kern County Farm Bureau Livestock Shipping Association
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Bakersfield
D. E. Scarbury
Tehachapi
Frank Stockton
Arvin
R. R. Martin
Glennvie
E.G. Buerkle
Magunden
Shafter
Frank Alvos
Buttonwillow
Lester Frick
State Farm Bureau Convention
Alvos
Airfield Chapel Finished at Flying School East of Shafter
Chaplain Edwin Kraemer announced the Air Corps base near Shafter has completed a non sectarian chapel with Gothic design and 359 capacity. The $20000 building supports Catholic Jewish or Protestant services via sliding panels and an electric organ. Kraemer, a former Baptist pastor, notes chaplains focus on spiritual welfare and assist in morale activities.
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Air Corps Basic
Shafter
United States
Edwin Kraemer
C.W. Pyle
Kraemer
Air Corps
Bakersfield
First Baptist Church
Barstow
Texas
Baylor University
New Ides
Colonels Rally But Fall 6 0 To Wasco Tigers
The Colonels lost 6 0 Friday at Wasco but gave the Wasco Tigers a tough game. They faced a rough first quarter after a Wasco kick rolled to Shafter’s two yard line, yet held Wasco to four touchdowns from the two. A second period pass produced Wasco’s score, while Wasco’s defense limited the Colonels in a defensive showdown.
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Wasco
Colonels
Wasco Tiger Cubs
Shafter
Evening surge lifts Colonels in final quarter
Vic Alexander and a late burst from the Colonels sparked a comeback as Shafter players Fleming, Mariett, Neuman, Loewen, Reynolds, Norman Voth, O'Neil and others saw action. Wasco starters included Ryman, Ornalaz, Torrez, Turpin, Shell, Norton, Hadlock, Kelly, Smith, Gossett and Uecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Alexander
Shafter
Ralph Fleming
J. C. Mariett
Harvey Neuman
Don Loewen
Kenneth Reynolds
James Norman Voth
Harry O'Neil
J. Cross
Vic’ Alexander
Dodge
Kenneth Burkhard
Leon Johnson
Leonard Schaeffer
Lean Rodgers
Harold Cornelius
Dave Channeson
James Son
Martin
Paloma
Wasco
Perryman
Bi Ornalaz
Torrez
Turpin
Shell
Norton
Hadlock
Kelly
Smith
Gossett
Uecker
New Beach Created at Aquatic Park in San Francisco
One hundred feet of new beach has been formed at Aquatic Park in San Francisco. The sand and gravel were excavated from Union Square.
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San Francisco
Aquatic Park
Union Square
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Ig. B. Chinn
Lemoore
Vernie Grose of
United States Army Air Corps
Jefferson, Missouri
Ralph Janzens
Ralph Janzen
Floyd Cooper
George Gaede
Hershal Martin
Oildale
Jack Stoller
Henry Schnadt
Paso. Robles
Emil Stoller
Wiedenbachs
Rd. Wiedenbach
Barnetts
B. B. Barnett
Hanford
Barnett
Alvina Eni
South Dakota
Fred Fitzsimons
Corcoran
RE. Fitzsimons
Mr. Fitzsimons
Emma Thropp
Rosedale
Shafter Sunday
Ike
J. Peters
John J. Peters, Jr
Harry Bergen
Ed Brown
Ohio State
Los Angeles
Ike J. Peters
Oregon
Washington
Canada
J. R. Bergens
J.R. Bergen
Louisiana
Clare Griffeath
Jimmy York
Fresno
Don Griffeath
P. V. McClure
Gras
Co. W. Sherwin
Thomas
Lieyd Meadow
Sherwin
Pismo
Bill Horner
Herb Midgley
Pismo Beach
Irvin Fike
South
Delano
Vernon Pierce
W. P. Pierce
Edmund Swanson
Minneapolis
Bank of America
Monty Montgomery
Eugene Ford
Tommy ‘Thompson
Lloyd Pack
Palo Alto
Stanford University
Frank H. Janzen
J B. Klassen
Wesley Janzen
Kansas
Martin Lepp
Oklahoma
Sepp
Herman Janzen
Dinuba
Bobbie Warren
Ed. Warren
Burbank Military Academy
Ensie Warren
Norma Wayne Shepard
Lorene Rachel Rorhans
Tulare
Irvin E. Fike
Monrovia
C.W. ‘Schultz
Reedley
al Peters
FHA
Bank of America National Frysl32 Association
Federal Deposit Tysuranee Cobmedd Federal Reserve SY 495
United For Strength and Service
ANE
Chevrolet
Fisher
N&k Chevrolet Co
Airway Coffee Rine Re
Val Vita Pork & Beans
Sibeckraut
Bos
Fender
Sareways
Pac
Schilling
S. Pepper
Linton
Val
W. Be
W. Te
Julia Lee Wright
Mae
Globe Mills
Fo. Men
Holly Cleanser
Rio
Ious
Ting
I. C. Penner Notary Public
Shafter County
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