Shafter News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Dr M S Gaede returns to Jerome after visit with brother in Shafter. Bakersfield high school hosts Thursday evening mineral class drawing students from county. Capital Company official from Fresno visits Shafter for property talks. Roofing upgrades appear after recent rain. Mrs Emil Stoller visits Wasco. Neill of Bishop hosts. Agricultural commissioner Burtch announces cotton picking contest. R Stansbury presides Kern County inspectors meeting on new state laws. Two births recorded October 4 at Shafter homes. Mennonite Brethren meetings draw crowd. conference heads to Oregon in 1936. L A Anderson visits Sawtelle. librarians meet in Bakersfield. Legion council includes Isaac, Berry, Zimmerman and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafterite Presides
R. Stansbury
Shafter
Kern County Agricultural Inspectors’ Association
Court House
Bakersfield
SERA Helps Growers Obtain Farm Labor
State Emergency Relief Administration officials announced rapid removal of workers from relief rolls to fill agricultural jobs to avert crop losses. Dr. W M Cunningham named labor coordinator as 20,000 blankets and essential items are issued to workers leased from relief rolls for cotton tomato and other harvests.
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Sera
State Emergency Relief Administration
California
Edwin J. Cooey
W. M. Cunningham
San Diego
State Chamber of Commerce
Wold
Cunningham
C. S. Schotteland
Cooley
Costes
How California Counties Got Their Names
Earl Lee Kelly examines the origins of county names in California. Mariposa derives from a river name meaning butterfly with legends of butterflies and a butterfly lily. Mendocino ties to Cape Mendocino and Mendoza the Viceroy. Merced honors Our Lady of Mercy and highlights agriculture, irrigation, and regional features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lee Kelly
Mariposa’ County
San Joaquin Valley
Sierra Nevada Montains
Mariposa
California
Yosemite Valley
Princeton
Spread Eagle
Merced River
Mendocino County
Cape Mendocino
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Don
Antonio de Mendoza
New Spain
Mexico
Spain
Mendocino
Redwood Empire
Ukiah
Potter
Round
Little Lake
Union Lumber Company
Fort Bragg
Merced County
Rio de Nuestra Senora de la Merced
World Affairs Institute to hold December meeting
The thirteenth session of the Institute of World Affairs will run December 14 to 20 with sessions on the Trojan campus in Pasadena and at the Riverside Mission Inn. Leading authorities from universities and business leaders will participate in the program moderated by Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid. An opening banquet will set events at the campus on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of World Affairs
R. B. von KleinSmid
University of Southern California
Trojan
Pasadena
Riverside Mission Inn
Plan
Riverside
Mission ‘Inn
San Francisco Rancher Thwarts Charity Scam in Park
Pierre Erenconda, a San Francisco rancher, met two men who asked about his health and persuaded him to donate 20,000 dollars to charity. He gave 5,000 dollars, then opened a box containing four counterfeit coins. The men disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pierre Erenconda
Certificate of Ownership and Publication Notice in Shafter
Formal document records AL BERT NIKKEL as sole owner of NIKKEL IRON WORKS in Shafter California and the 1935 ownership disclosure for The Shafter Press with H. G. Comfort as publisher and editor notary acknowledgement by E. K. Grant. Includes bondholder listing C. F. Hoffman Moorpark California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Nikkel
Shafter
County of Kern
California
Kern
Nikkel Iron Works
Califorta
E. K. Grant
K. Grant
Ifornia
Congress
Shafter Press
Shatter
State of California
H. G. Comfort
Comfort
H. G
C. F
Hoffman
Moorpark
Ntor
California survey flags inadequate elementary school facilities
A survey led by C. M. Hirst of the Division of Schoolhouse Planning reports over 100,000 California elementary students attend schools with insufficient facilities. Kern County alone needs 215,195 to fund new housing. Recommendations include district consolidation or seeking state or federal aid for districts unable to finance under bonding limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
C. M. Hirst
Division of
Department of Education
Kern County
San Francisco
Alpine
Hirst
Fight on Sales Tax Goes to High Court
Sean De Aryan from San Diego plans to take his California sales tax case to the U S Supreme Court after winning a state supreme court ruling that certain collections were illegal. He seeks to challenge tax on items priced under 34 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
California
Sean de Aryan
San Diego
Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.S. Gaede
Jerome
Arizona
T. V. Little
Gene Bossadett
Mr. Moris
F. Edward Te Bean
The
Capital Company
Bank of America
Fresno
Canoo
Shafter Furniture Company
Wasco
Emil Stoller
Chum
Ann Neill
Bishop, Tage
Oo County
Rs. Neill
Sol Bartel
Lewis A. Burtch
William Garret Baker
Menno J. Bergan
Mennonite Brethren Church
N. N. Hiebert
Salem
Oregon
Sawtelle
L. A. Anderson
Elaine
Ones
Mrs. Anderson
Vernon Langdon
Thomas Wedge
Beale Memorial Library
Delano and
McFarland
Shafter Legion
Kern County Legion Council
John Isaac
James L. Berry
Jack Zimmerman
Mesdames J. B. Henderson
Edna Annis
Grace Annis
George Enns
Merced
Yosemite National Park
Merced Falls
Modoc
Mono
Monterey
World Affairs Institute
T. V
Little Complete Machine Shop
Ad Welding
Shafter, California
Janzen Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Duehren’s
Sunshine Garage
H. Mayfield
Bakersfield Implement Co
L. A. Lugs
Dred Miles
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