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Shafter Community News Highlights From October 1929 Files
The Shafter Progress of October 1935 notes Miss Sara Balzer hosting Sunday school class activities with many attendees. Harvesting harvests corn on nearby ranches continues with large crops. Local trips include Los Angeles and General Grant Park. A Halloween party fundraiser in 1929 raises funds for veterans with prizes and games. Shafter grape shipments total about 475 carloads valued around $229,425 with early-season pricing higher than other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Balzer
Shafter
Clara Nikkel
Viola Penner
Velda Voth
Doris Funk
Esther Becker
Letha Bartel
Minnie
Laura Koop
Martha
Esther Epp
Martha Gloeckler
F. W. Handel
Los Angeles
Redlands
William Siemens
General Grant Park
D. R. Gwin
Jesse Gwin
Naomi Gwin
Lois ,van Gorkom
Ruth Wiebe
Barbara Caldwell
Dorothea Peake
Katie Warkentin
Miss Gwin
la Rue Livers
Frances Kattenhorn
Virginia Stone
Essie Ruth Mayfield
Grace Warkentin
Ruth Wrebe
Lois van Gorkom
D. W. Gwin
Jessie and
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Kern County
Sawtelle
A. L. Anderson
Thompson
Siemens’ House
Thompsons
Siemens