Timely Topics At Farm Center Meeting
Farmers gathered at the Farm Center meeting in Richland school with Harlan Wilson presiding. Speakers included Robert Davidson of the California Cotton Cooperative on government loans and seed selling options. Walter Haag of Kern County Farm Bureau Livestock Shipping on feeder cattle and market facilities. Nat D. Hudson on the new agricultural defense plan. and Jack Hare on seed potato inspection concerns revealing unregulated seed potato ring rates.
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Farm Center
Richland School
Harlan Wilson
Robert Davidson
California Cotton. Cooperative
Walter Haag
Kern County Farm Bureau Live Stock Shipping Association
Hudson
Great
Weekend Trip By Mr and Mrs Pat Wilson
Mr and Mrs Pat Wilson and their son motored south for the weekend, continuing a family trek and enjoying time away together.
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Pat Wilson
Standard Oil Service Station Under Construction In Lerdo Area
Construction of a Standard Oil service station began this week at the Lerdo road and Santa Fe way site near the Hudson home corner. The station is planned to open within 45 days with Harvey Thomas as manager.
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Standard Oil Company
Lerdo Road
Santa Z Way
Hudson Home
Harvey Thomas
Seventeen Local Men Attend 20-30 Club Meeting in Shafter
Seventeen Shafter men attended the third meeting of the 20-30 club at Motel Cawelo Tuesday evening. George Gunnarson of Wasco spoke, with local attendees including Buck Osborn, Herb Neuman, Stanley Lewis, Leroy Witcher, Virgil Warkentine, Frank Downey, George Gaede, Hanley Witcher, Elmer Anderson, Arnet Annis, Buster McCombs, Bob Carter, Ralph Wopat, Omer Evans, C. W. Schultz, Delbert Green, and L. A. Kattenhorn. The group plans to add a complete set of hand tools for the academy shop, boosting woodworking with current power equipment. Principal Clarence O. Tru/bye said fine articles are expected from the class.
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Shafter
Motel Cawelo
George Gunnarson
Wasco
L. A. Kattenhorn
Clarence O. Trubey
Assembly Planned by CSF Members in Shafter
Members of the Shafter chapter of the California Scholarship Federation discussed plans for a school assembly at a recent meeting. They considered sending a representative to a district convention. The assembly would feature motion pictures and a one act play. Funds from a recent dance will be used to obtain pictures.
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Shafter
California Scholarship Federation
Rainy Weather Delays Cotton Picking and Ginning in Shafter District
Rain and wet fields delayed picking and ginning in the Shafter district for about two weeks. Three local gins report season totals of 1770 bales versus roughly 8000 by this time last year. Picking resumed Wednesday. helpers are plentiful and a month of dry weather should secure the crop.
Man Noted for Self Inflicted Attempt In Bakersfield Area
Charles Cummings 55 of Shafter reportedly attempted death by own action at his home near Cloud Camp edge of town by drinking Lysol. Night Officer Ivan Stone transported him to a local doctor then to Kern General Hospital in Bakersfield by Janzen ambulance.
Church notices and religious happenings in Alfred and area
Union Congregational Church announces Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and service at 1 p.m. with anthem sung by the choir under John Prinegar and piano by Doris Davis. youth events at Plymouth House at 6:30 p.m. and a 7:20 p.m. session for young adults. First Mennonite Church lists services and German Bible study. Mennonite Brethren Church presents multiple services and programs. Life insurance growth note and cost of family food figures cited from a home economist.
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Union Congregational Church
James Street
Alfred T. Chandier
Scnday School
W. M. Turney
Congregational Chapel
John Prinegar
First Mennonite Church
Eagar Toews
John Unruh
General Christian Endeavor
Mennonite Brethren
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
P. N. Hiebert
Christian Fellowship
Jugendverein
Generals Meet Tehachapi on Shafter Field Saturday
Shafter High School Generals return to the football front Saturday afternoon to host Tehachapi High in a Sierra league game at 2 15. Montana Monty Montgomery will start Murray Evans at halfback with Glenn Bender Rosie Daniels and Ray Rexius or Boyce Townsend in backfield. Heavy line includes Ellis Hamilton Ray Poston at ends and Albert Nealand Jack Muse at tackles with Russell Stone Teddy Pierce guards and Gena Wilcoxon at center. Other likely players listed include Paul Jackson Eldon Myrick Jim Albright Lloyd Suckut Wade Hamilton and L F Cornelius.
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Tehachapi High School
Monty Montgomery
Generals
Mountain Boys
Wasco
Lancaster
East Bakersfield
McFarland
Erals
Murray Evans
Evans
Bender
Glenn Bender
Rosie” Daniels
Ray Rexius
Boyce
Townsend
Paul Jackson
Eldon Myrick
Ellis Hamilton
Ray Poston
Albert Nealand
Jack Muse
Russell Stone
Teddy Pierce
Gena Wilcoxon
Jim Albright
Lloyd Suckut
Wade Hamilton
L. F. Cornelius
Dudley Pasley
Richard Becker
Marvin Lane
Roy McDonald
Colonels Meet Bakersfield In Local Showdown Tomorrow
Coach Tommy Thompson brings the Shafter high Colonels to face Bakersfield high Sandad reserves on the local field tomorrow at 3 30 p m. The Colonels recently beat Wasco and the reserves also defeated Wasco making the game a toss up with a possible edge for Shafter.
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Tommy Thompson
Shafter High School
Colonels
Bakersfield High School
Sandad
Wasco
National Foundation Lists Iron Lungs in Kern County
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis surveyed the United States and listed all respirators and iron lungs by location and owner. Kern General Hospital units are named among those available for immediate action if needed.
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Tron
National Foundation
Cais
Tmergon
Te Ty County
Kern General Hospital
National Foundation For
United States
Shafter Boys Seek DeMolay Group Membership
Local boys from Shafter Wasco and Lost Hills petitioned to join a DeMolay chapter being formed in Wasco. The petitions were presented at a Wasco Masonic hall meeting last evening. An initiation is planned next Wednesday with Bakersfield DeMolay officers directing. Shafter boys may file petitions with Pred Pritschke at the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District office on Santa Fe Way.
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Shafter
Wasco
Respirator inventory across states details council approval
California has 57 respirators of the listed type New York state has 101 Pennsylvania has 84 Grand Winds foundation includes an adult cabinet type respirator approved by the American Medical Association council on physical therapy This distinguishes these devices from chest resuscitators inhalators and similar equipment.
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California
New York State
Pennsylvania
Council On Physical Therapy
The
American Medical Association
Hobby Show Continues With Craft Displays and Vendors
The event features Jack Allison crafts including a scrapbook and carved models, plus items by Mrs. Allison. Local committee members include T. Vea McKinley, X A Weil, Bill z ler, and John Spencer. Helpers Lucille Johnson and Edna Rust assist with displays. numerous sponsors support the show from banks to shops and services in Shafter.
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Jack Allison
The
Shafter Press
Safeway
Johnson and Schaaf
Duehren’s Hardware
Rascoe’s
Maxine Beauty Shop
Boots Perry
City Barber Shop
Dr. A
Home Appliance Co to Handle Hoover Vacuum Cleaners
The Home Appliance Company announced as official representatives for Hoover vacuum cleaners. Home trials and complete demonstrations may be arranged by bonded salesmen without cost or obligation. New models are on display at the Home Appliance store in Shafter.
Bronze Tools Shaped Rocks in Ancient Egyptian Build
Bronze lawn phrase notes ancient Egyptians using bronze saws set with corundum or diamonds to shape rocks during construction. The description highlights early metalworking techniques and material choices in monumental building.
Bootlegger Engine Becomes Hobby Show Centerpiece
The First Annual Shafter Hobby Show featured a steam engine once used by a local bootlegger now powering a home made vehicle dubbed a miniature tractor. Built by T Little and son Don Little, the machine runs on a two gallon boiler fired by wood due to oil shortages, with a four wheel steel frame and gear driven drive. The vehicle travels about 150 feet before needing a steam re-fire. The pilot and chief engineer is Don Little, the engine originally served to agitate bootleg whiskey during aging. The engine’s history includes a trading sequence ending with T V owning and keeping the machine.
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Shafter
T. Little
Don ‘Little
Don
Harris Ranch
T. V
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