Army Grid Game Here Now Is Set In Shafter
The first Army grid game at Shafter on November 1 features Minter Field Flyers against Muroc Bombing Base. Minter aims for a fourth victory behind scrappy linemen H D Ryan and Lt Jack Tulloch and back Chester Gibbons, Lt Ford Sexton. kickoff at 2 pm with tickets 55c adults 25c students.
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Army
Shafter
Minter Field Flyers
Muroc
Minter
Lee Frankovich
H. D. Ryan
Jack Tulloch
Milton Easley
Chester Gibbons
Ford Sexton
County-Wide Test Raid Set For 7 Tonight
Some 7000 volunteers from Kern County and Bakersfield Defense councils will enact a full dress mobilization at 7 pm with Maj J W Hensel supervising for the OCD. No blackout, sirens, or traffic stoppages. all-clear at 8 pm. Public urged to limit calls and not use phones 6:30 to 8 pm.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
Maj. J. W. Hensel
Office of Civilian Defense
A. W. Noon
County Defense Council
Korn
OCD
Kern
Delano
Wasco
Shafter
McKittrick
Fellows
Taft
Maricopa
Arvin
Tehachapi
Mojave
Duck Hunters Hit Opening Day In 1942 Season
Ducks season opens this morning with hunters out in force. The Ann Medd force is among those afield but returns and reports are unreliable while the public press hour holds little race on success.
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Ann Medd
Shafter City Council Holds Post-Holiday Meeting
City council met Tuesday evening due to a legal holiday on Monday. Officials conducted routine business and transacted standard matters in the semimonthly session.
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City Council
Shafter City
Winter Clothing Relining Demonstration At County Building
Dorothy Wilkinson announces a morning relining demonstration at 10 o clock in the county building open to all. A contact has arranged for a lining expert and attendees are urged to bring coats. The program will also cover storage of civilian clothing.
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Dorothy Wilkinson
Election Officers Named for General State Election 1930
Named election officers and polling places for the general state election on Tuesday November 3. Precincts list inspectors judges and clerks with polling sites at Baergs garage Bender precinct Bobst ranch Lerdo school J Siemen's warehouse Poplar precinct Fry residence Scaroni Woods Stone Shafco Eckmann residence and Frizzell rest.
Election precinct officers listed for Shafter and Bartel area
Polling places and officials named for Shafter South Precinct and Bartel residence. inspectors, judges, and clerks identified. Precinct one at 217 Golden West avenue with Inspectors Mrs Gladys Crandall and Mrs Harriet Notingham and judges Edna Schwaidt and Effie Wedel. Clerks listed include Lena Janzen Aldine Janzen and Virginia Gunnerson. Bartel residence at 271 Lerdo road Shafter and Los Angeles avenue polling place with Inspector Hearriett Notingham and judges Anna Beese Florence Lindquist.
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Lerdo
Opal Zachary
Lorene C. Hill
Margaret Grubb
Eleanor M. Mestmaker
Bessie M. Sawyer
Lerdo School
Poplar
Harry EL. O'Neil
Lydie Fast
Viola Neufeld
Elizabeth
Vuth
Neufeld
Riverside Avenue
Advent School
Richland
Opal W. Fry
Lucille M Fry
Mattie Riggs
Lena Schultz
Mathilda M. Becker
Madelene Wells
Fry
Tulare Avenue
Santa Fe Road
Gladys Crandall
Edna
S. Schwaidt
Effie Wedel
Lena Janzen
Aldine Janzen
Virginia Gunnerson
Shafter South
New Dim-Out Order Takes Effect October 25
Kern County defense officials urge citizen cooperation as proclamation No 12 tightens blackout rules effective October 25. Interior lights must be dimmed to one foot candle power on sidewalks. show windows and industrial facilities face stricter controls with written approvals required for essential variations.
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Kern County
Kern County Defense Council
Kern
J. L. DeWitt
Sips Defense Command
Noon
Charles D. Dart
Dart
Ito
Ninth Regional Office of
Baker Statue to Be Unveiled Sunday
Kern county historians and others gather Sunday for the unveiling of a statue honoring Colonel Thomas Baker founder of Bakersfield and early Kern county settler. The statue was funded by public contributions totaling 5374.95 dollars.
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Kern County
Thomas Baker
Bakersfield
Graveside services held for infant Ramona Crowe
Ramona Lee Crowe six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Vester Crowe of Long Beach had a brief illness and died Friday Graveside services were conducted Saturday at Shafter cemetery with Rev Carl Friesen of the Arvin Nazarene church officiating Janzen Funeral Home arranged the burial before the family moved from Arvin to Long Beach
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Shafter Cemetery
Ramona Lee Crowe
Vester Crowe
Long Beach
Carl Friesen
Arvin
Pacific M. E. Conference To Open Here
Shafter will host the annual Pacific District conference of the Missionary Brethren church on October 23 24 and 25 with focus on mission work and evangelism. Prominent outside speakers will discuss these subjects and a large attendance is expected. Some sessions may be held in a tent for evening meetings and the events are open to the public.
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Shafter
Pacific District
Mensionite Brethren Church
Service Flag To Honor Shafter High Armed Forces Members
The Pep Club at Shafter High decided to donate a large red white and blue service flag for all students and faculty in the armed forces. Edith Barton will oversee flag material with space for future enlistees. The foyer gym will display the flag, and a long Alumni list receives stars including Louis Wade Fred Janzen Homer MacDonald Are Hein Leon Bender and many others.
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Shafter School
Shafter
Uncle Sam
Edith Barton
Louis Wade
Fred Janzen
Homer MacDonald
Are Hein
Leon Bender
James Camp
Joe Engle
John Freeze
Fred Heinrichs
Elmer Lachenmaier
Johnny Lopez
Eugene Mettler
Harvey Myrick
Marvin Newman
Harold Pedersen
Emil Reich
Garnet Reily
James Reily
Edwin Evans
Tommy Dorris
Walker Fry
Johnny Gaede
Jack Wilcoxon
Bernie Koop
Bill Lachenmaier
Albert Neal
Deward Conner
Otto Reich
Clarence Rexius
Harry Shultz
Oran Sanders
Ernest
Ervin Lautch
Dale Short
Redon Baker
Jessie Amy
Elmer Anderson
Leroy Witcher
Virgil Warkentine
Mike Janzen
Waldo Unruh
Herb Neuman
Ralph Janzen
James Livers
Clark Wiedmann
Ruben Siemens
Ray Fest
Ben Myers
Bill Pierce
Walter Kirschenman
Dick Enns
Don Kliewer
Ray Dallam
Ewald Goehring
Rodgers Leaves For Fort Benning
Army personnel and spouses depart Camp Roberts for a 13 week training cycle at Fort Benning. A Norfolk Virginia post marked crates containing redwood siding were noted amid related logistics.
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Rodgers
Fort Benning
Smart Boy Sgt Billie Jones Wins Contest Gloves
Sgt Billie Jones ponders a race of luck and insight in Minter's guessing contest and wins 17 of 20 to earn Gene Moore fielders gloves. The piece highlights his thoughtful pose and the prize amid local sports chatter.
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Sgt
Billie Jones
Minter
Sgt. Jones
Gene Moore
Larry Baughman Delivers Travel Talk To Kiwanians
Local Kiwanians heard Larry Baughman a Merchant Marine member and former vice president speak during the regular lunch meeting. Home on furlough he detailed a voyage to South America and a train trip from New York to the west coast. He noted some restrictions prevented sharing certain details but kept the talk informative without censorship issues.
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Larry Baughman
Merchant Marine
Larry
South America
New York
Rotary talk on cement history at Shafter club
Chas H Pomeroy Jr Bakersfield told Shafter Rotary members that Portland cement does not originate from Portland places and shared concrete facts about this essential building material. Visitors included Harold Porterfield Herman Baine and others from Delano Bakersfield and Shafter. Shafter Future Farmers will attend next Tuesday’s meeting.
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Portland
Oregon
Maine
Jersey
Jersey City
Isle of Portland
Chas. H. Pomeroy, Jr
Bakersfield
Shafter Rotary Club
Motel Cawelo
Neil Huffsmith
Harold Porterfield
Herman Baine
Delano
George Crome
Fisk Harlow
Chris Rector
Shafter
Rotary Club
Double V Ball dance fundraiser in Shafter
A benefit dance titled Double V Ball is planned for Wednesday afternoon at the Shafter clubhouse. The Wasco and Shafter Women's Ambulance Corps organize to raise funds for essential needs for attending volunteers in the community.
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Shaf
Wasco
Shafter Women's Ambulance Corps
Liberty freighter deliveries by Bay Area yards in August
San Francisco Bay Area shipyards delivered 10 of 31 Liberty freighters built on the Pacific coast in August, marking a notable production run. The Navy and maritime industry track these wartime shipments, with Yard 7 and Pacific Works among key facilities contributing.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Pacifc
Shafter Man Burned To Death In Taft Fire
Gerald Roy Bosserdet a 29 year old Shafter resident died in a Taft area house fire at Valley Acres while a three year old daughter Kay was found unharmed and said Daddy is in there. His wife and baby son were away at a store and a sister in Fresno is among relatives. Funeral services were held in Taft with interment at Taft.
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Gerald Roy Bosserdet
Valley Acres
Taft
Gerald
Janice Kay
Phillip Garth
Kay
Imogene Thomas
Lorraine Smith
Fresno
Taftindere
al. Chandler
Union Congregational Church
Shafter
Shafter High Students Lead 50 Tons Scrap Drive
Sixty students from Shafter High joined the Victory Scrap squad to man trucks and collect an estimated 50 tons of metal for the war effort. Under Wesley Burford, the effort gathered old harrows and discarded bodies along with stray scrap while Kern County's total surpassed 8,000 tons in a drive aiming for 7,500 tons.
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Husky
Shafter High School
Victory
Army
County Road District
Axis Brothers
Wesley Burford
Shafter
Paul New‘eh
Kern
War Production Board
Newell
United Nations
Civilians Enlisted in Local Defense Effort in Kern Zone
In Zone 6 Kern County the local Defense council reports about 600 civilians engaged in community war work. The Serve America appeal urges universal enrollment in the Citizens Defense Corps and Citizens Service Corps. Information is available from F. G. Shaw, co council.
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America
U. S
Citizens Service Corps
Federal
State Councils of Defense
County of Kern
Local Defense Council
Citizens Defense Corps
F. G. Shaw
Citizens Handbook
The
Two Minters Injured in Night Incident
Two Minters were injured last night in an incident reported by California authorities. The article notes commodity price fluctuations with hop quotations ranging from $1 to $1.05 per pound this September era and 33¢ to 42¢ in September, 194. The details suggest a local accident connected to agricultural trade, with no further victims named.
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California
Rotary relief fund dinner to be held in Fresno
Jeff Williams an Oklahoma humorist will speak at a valley wide Rotarian dinner in Fresno Monday evening. The event supports the Rotary relief fund with reservations noted in five dollar increments to ensure the streamliner stops for both directions.
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Jeff Williams
Oklahoma
Fresno
Rotary Relief Fund
Meviver
Mage
Richard Harris Weds in Wyoming
Word has arrived that Richard Harris was married at Evanston Wyoming. His brother Jack reports the event. Richard, a former Shafter youth, has recently been involved in war production work in Utah.
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Richard Harris
Evanston
Wyomine
Jack
Richard
Shafter
Utah
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Maple
Vera L. Anderson
Susie Isaac
Alpha Helen Crawford
Jennie K Wiebe
Ethlyn R. Morgan
Leonard A. Anderson
J. Siemen
Warhhouse
Wasco Avenue
Scaroni
Daniel Woods Stone
Tena Hunter
Clara J. Schnaidt
David W. Nikkel
Irene Unruh
Katherine H. Gossen
Woods Stone
Lerdo Road
Shafco
Olive M. Eckmann
Eunice H. Hansen
Jessie M. McClain
Ruth Handel
Eckmann
Fresno Road
Manuel and
Ora Lee Unruh
J Rose Logan
Pearl Bellows
Calloway
Central Ave
Thalecker
Hazel M. Frizzell
Elizabeth M. Ingram
Velma Guenther
Christina Roscamp
Frizzell Rest
Dence
Golden West Avenue
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Camp Roberts
Roberts
Mrs. Rodgers
Norfolk, Va
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Gerald Bosserdet
Mysterious Blaze
Wyoming
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