Shafter Local News Roundup Highlights Visits and Trips
Shafter residents and visitors populate the town with weekend trips and social calls. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Northam spent Sunday in Paso Robles visiting friends, while Ellen Fowler joined a Bakersfield weekend. Willard Randel and party visit Shafter, and Martelle Moore hosts relatives from Visalia. Fred Janzen enters the Navy in Los Angeles with a 10 day furlough in Shafter. Dean Lockard visits from Bakersfield, and James L. Mann of Fresno conducts business here. A hunting party plans to go from Shafter to Oregon after a San Francisco stop.
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Paso Robles
Mrs. Dewey Northam
Shafter
Visalia
Martelle Moore
G. M. Davidson
Fred Janzen
Navy
Friday
United States Navy
Los Angeles
J. P. Howland
Bakersfield
Shafter News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Deer hunters Laurence Baughman and Gordon Miller were seen near Jack Ranch over the weekend. Bakersfield midget auto races drew John Halfords R E Youells and Joe Fast with Andy Guthrie winning the main event. Balboa visitors Mr and Mrs Lonnie R and Mrs P V McClure stopped in Shafter, en route to Vancouver. Elsie McGovern district county schools visitor in Shafter last Friday. Cal Poly student Tommy Tucker visited Shafter over the weekend, former Shafter High student. Petaluma couple Lawrence Showalter and wife spent a week as guests of Vernon and Mrs Pierce, former Shafter residents. Donna Jane Sutton of Bank of America toured Macon Missouri for two weeks with family.
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Laurence Baughman
Justesen
Gordon Miller
Bakersfield
Jack Ranch
Shafter
John Halfords
R. E. Youells
Joe Fasts
Andy Guthrie
Lonnie R
Balboa
Visi Shafter
P. V. McClure
Vancouver
Tommy Tucker
Cal. Poly
San Luis Obispo
Tucker
Shafter High School
Petaluma
Lawrence Showalter
Vernon Pierce
Showalters
Kansas
Donna Jane Sutton
The
Bank of America
Macon
Missouri
New Home Planned on Shafter Ranch by Plymales
Mr and Mrs L E Plymale plan construction of a new home at their ranch near Shafter Rev R Klaudt to Lodi for a Mission Festival service Sunday morning at the Shafter Evangelical Reformed church He will be accompanied north by Mrs Klaudt
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L. E.plymale
Shafter
R. Klaudt
Lodi
Relatives and travelers noted in Shafter region
Sunday and Monday visits linked to Mrs. Milo Weston in Los Angeles. Lonnie Moser and son Lawrence return to Shafter from Templeton. Dick Dodson arrives as relief at Shafter Rangers station after transfer from Bakersfield. Ralph Lachenmaier family weekend in Lodi. Deer shot by Shafter hunters including Lawrence Hudson John Lachenmaier Bill Lachenmaier and Orvin Mettler. Wallace Lachenmaier planning to join.
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Santa Monica
Milo Weston
Los Angeles
Shafter
Dick Dodson
Bakersfield
Shafter Rangers
Dodson
Utah
Lawrence Hudson
John Lachenmaier
Bill Lachenmaier
Orvin Mettler
Billy Lachenmaier
Ralph Lachenmaier
Air Machine Tamps Ties For Railroad Workmen
Santa Fe railroad workers switch to a compressed air tamping device to lay ties, expanding section gangs. The Shafter crew now includes five new men, bringing total workers to 10 plus a foreman, with Santa Fe stationing 15 men in Shafter.
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Santa Fe Railroad Company
Shafter
Santa Fe
Army Air Corps Enlistment Talk At Shafter High
Lieutenant A. W. Bryant outlined enlistment requirements and training at a Shafter high school assembly. He said age 20 to 27, two years of college with 60 units, and a physical exam are needed. Training lasts nine months with pay and leads to a second lieutenant rating plus a three year service obligation.
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United States Army Air Corps
Air Service
Shafter High School
A. W. Bryant
Fiveman Flying Cadet Board
Kern County
Bryant
Regular
Army Air Corps
Lieuenant Bryant
Dickson Outlines Kern Agricultural District Operations
Howard K. Dickson, president of the Kern County Agricultural District, spoke to the Shafter Business Men's association detailing how the 15th district funds and administers the Kern County Livestock Show. He said state finance funds cover premiums and approved classes while public funds must cover overhead, with shows held once yearly in the district. Additional notes covered cemetery improvements planned for November and the annual Civic Christmas party organized with the Shafter Theatre.
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Kern County
Howard K. Dickson
Kern County Union High
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Ruhlman’s
Dickson
Bakersfield
State Department of Finance
California
Finance Department
T. V. Little
Shafter Cemetery
A. P. Channeson
Shafter Theatre
Rotary Education Topic Highlighted At Shafter Meeting
Shafter Rotary luncheon at Ruhlmans featured E. P. Janes as chairperson. He recalled Rotary’s 1905 Chicago origin and current reach with over 5 000 clubs. He noted Shafter’s charter granted March 24 1938 as Rotary International’s 4936th club.
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Rotary
Shafter Rotary Club
Ruhlman’s
E. P. Janes
Janes
Chicago
Shafter Club
Rotary International
C. J. Vignolo
John B. Mackindon
San Francisco
Robert Hird
Los Angeles
Tom
Speaker System Used to Call Plays at Shafter High Game
A student body purchased speaker system at Shafter High School was used to call plays during the Shafter Maricopa football game last Saturday. Don Hart led the man behind the mic. Gym horns will be moved to a new post by San Joaquin Division Pacific Gas and Electric workers. Bleachers will be added to the field to seat about 300 East Bakersfield supporters expected at the game.
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Shafter High School
Don Hart
San Joaquin
Pacific “Gas and Electric
East Bakersfield Rooters
Alaskan Oil Fields Under Government Control
Alaska hosts several known oil fields managed by the government. The statement notes state oversight of these energy sites and their role in regional resource policy.
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Alaska
Faulty Posture Noted Among Kern County Freshmen Girls
Dr Sophia Loven physician for Kern County Union High School district examined freshmen girls at Shafter high school finding posture flaws linked to vitamin deficiency. Other issues include impacted tonsils and decayed teeth among the students in the district.
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Kern County
Sophia Loven
Kern County Union High School
Shafter
County Girls Sports Contest Reports
Girls from all county district schools are checked in for the event. The note confirms participation and preparation across multiple schools without listing specific names or results.
Rare tooth within a tooth found in Tennessee case
A Tennessee patient exhibited a rare dental anomaly where an inner tooth separated after an extraction and dropped out, while the outer tooth split in two. The report highlights the unusual occurrence as noted by Collier's magazine.
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Collier’s
Tennessee
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Texas
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Chillicothe
Buren Mayfield
Dean Lockard
Fresno
James L. Mann
Simon Mettler
R. A. Jacobsen
Henry Kirschenmann
Oregon
P. D. Enns
Cayucos
Dobrennen
Alex Dobrennen
John Caepen
Maywood
Geles
William Dobrennen
City Terrace
Everett King
Shafter Monday
R. N. Monahan
Great Northern Railroad
Jacob Thomas
United States
New York City
Geraldine Mundt
Coalinga
Donley Furtney
Eugéne. Ford
Long Beach
Ens
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Shafter -On Businss
Wasco
F. E. Unruh
Ira Unruh
Unruh
Oliver Sly
Lerdo Road
Nickel Street
Kendell
A. A. Kendell
Vernon. Kendell
O. C. Meadows
Santa Barbara
Lawrence Annis
Sand Flats
Frog Meadows
Greenhorn
Annis
John Reily
Murray Arnold
Jack
Elsie McGovern
General Regioniser
County Superintendent of Schools
Dorothy Lamour
Preston Foster
Moon Over
Burma
John Mack Brown
Joe
Leo Carrillo
Joe E. Brown
Lachenried
Ihaha
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Raymond Taylor
A. J
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Pitts
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Blue Ribbon
Ee Ey
Golden City
Yellow
Freestone
Red Hill
Emey
Sersing
Southern California
Knox
Beverly Brand
Hemet Olives Medum
Guthrie
del Monte
Ohio
Target Corned Beef
Jer
Dixie Jellies
Comet Brown
Lia
Lee Wrigh
Guthrie's Crackers
Vermont
Syra Lipton
Safeway
Dsea
Safeway Meats
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the Family Circle Magazine
Edwards and
Nob Hill
Aaa
Lake Coun
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KPMC
Jack A. Lighthill, M. D
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Bank of America National Trial Association
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