Kern County Leads in Air Transport by War's End
Kern County has long pushed air minded development with the nations first county owned airport in 1927 and more than a million dollars spent on its port. It operates 20 additional county airports and hosted Army air fields since 1940. By prewar and wartime efforts Kern led California in planes per population, and its strategic location is seen as a gateway for Pacific to eastern U S air traffic.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Kern County
California
Great Central Valley
Mojave Desert
Pacifc
United States
Sierras
Kern
Walker
Tehachapi
Army
Muroc
Minter
Gardner Fields
Army Air Forces Pilot Schools
Basic
Shafter Plans War Loan Drive With Local Merchants
The Treasury assigns Shafter businessmen to push the Third War Loan. Earl Johnson heads a local committee with members Bill Johnson Ed Warren Henry Neu feld Earl Weil A. J. Morss Herb Schirmer and Leonard Gaede. Each store clerk will aim to sell 200 in War Bonds during Sept 9 to 19 as part of a national 15 billion dollar push.
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Shafter
Glenn O. Nay
Shafter War Loan Committee
Nay
Treasury Department
Meni’s
Earl Johnson
Bill Johnson
Ed Warren
Henry Neufeld
Earl Weil
A. J. Morss
Herb Schirmer
Leonard Gaede
Johnson
Retail Merchants Committee
Giant Victory Food Show Opens Soon at Kern County Fairgrounds
Entries pour in for the 1943 Victory Food Show sponsored by the Fifteenth District Agricultural Association. Prizes total over 11750 across five divisions including live stock poultry rabbits and food preservation. Judging starts September 9 with entries due by September 5 and grounds ready by September 8.
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Kern County Fairgrounds
Fifteenth District Agricultural Association
Gladys J. Holmes
Victory Gardens
Art Johnson
Horace Strong
Robert L. Shreve
P. D. Spilsbury
Futur
Walter Shore
East Bakersfield High School
S. C. piseCon
Kern County
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Califfornia
County Food Preservation Committee
Richland Splits Grades for Two Building Classrooms
Richland plans two building divisions for next Tuesday with primary grades in the Santa Fe building and intermediate grades in the main building. The change aligns with California practices to boost efficiency. School starts at 9 and follows last year’s bus schedule.
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Richland
O. T. Olson
Santa Fe
California
Olson
Free Minstrel Show Tonight at Farm Workers Camp
Free public minstrel show to be staged Friday night at Shafter Farm Workers Camp. The performance begins at 8 p m in the camp assembly hall with Floyd McWilliams directing and Jack Manweiler supervising the camp as organizer.
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Shafter Farm Workers Camp
Floyd McWilliams
Jack Manweiler
Premium list for Victory Foods Show exhibits
The premium list outlines prizes totaling 223 dollars for the Victory Foods Show. Exhibits must be entered by regularly enrolled vocational agriculture students and related to sheep dairy cattle poultry rabbits bees or general farm and food processing equipment.
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Agricultural Mechanics Department
Patriotic Pigs Head to Kern Livestock Show
Ert Neuman and Phil Chaneton at the Shafter Auction last spring are bound for the Kern County Livestock show with their patriotic pigs.
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Ert Neuman
Phil Channeton
Shafter Bond Auection
Kern
Two Lanes But No Speed
The Lerdo Bakersfield two lane divided highway will be completed with immediate widening and improved crossings at Lerdo with the Southern Pacific and at Lerdo Lerdo Boulevard and 99 intersection. Supervisor W. R. List proposes grade alignment to remove the roller coaster crossing, creating a flat, direct two lane route to Bakersfield via Shafter.
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Lerdo
Bakersfield
Southern Pacific
Lerdo Highway
W. R. List
Shafter
Scout duds wanted for local Boy Scout use
Shafter parents whose sons were once Boy Scouts and who own attics are asked to dig it out and turn it over to local Boy Scout troops where it can be put to use. Marion Crocket, scoutmaster of the Rotary troop, notes that it is hard to buy most Scouting equipment right now. The equipment may be taken to Stringham's Drug store.
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Shafter
Marion Crocket
Rotary Troop
Cotton Picker Applications Urged as Labor Shortage Looms
Farmers urged to apply now at the Farm Labor Office in Wasco for Mexican Nationals as contracts expire Oct 1. County Farm Adviser Marc Lindsay notes the labor need for Kern's cotton harvest and seeds a countywide push for congressional action while Shafter residents Eckmann Livers Bender Wilson De Vincenzo Bobst Guenther family plans travel to Alhambra and Wilmington.
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Wasco
Marc Lindsay
County Farm Bureau
Bakersfield
Kern
Lindsay
California
Ing
Shafter
A. W. Eckmann
W. A. Livers
A. Bender
Harlan Wilson
John de Vincenzo
8. M. Bobst
G. L
Tunis Rotary Club Letter on Flag Shortage
The president of the Tunis Rotary Club wrote to Ted Vignolo, former Shafter Rotary Club president, about a Tunisian flag issue. The French letter notes there is no cloth in Tunis and no ready made flag available.
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Shafter
Tunis
Shafter High School Opens With Fresh Paint and Cleaned Grounds
Shafter High School has a renewed look as buildings and grounds were scrubbed and repainted. Principal W. Pat reports classrooms cleaned, floors waxed, and a new concrete platform installed. School registration is set for Friday and Saturday.
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Shafter High School
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W. Pat
Seesaan
Ō Io Su
Harlan Wilson and Family Vacation at the Coast
Harlan Wilson and his family left for a two week seaside trip. The excursion marks a planned break from routine with no stated itinerary beyond coastal destinations.
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Harlan Wilson
Farm Labor Office Explained To Shafter Farmers
The Farm Labor Office in Wasco will explain its services to Shafter district farmers at a meeting next Tuesday at 8 pm in the Richland School cafeteria. Joe Hunt, director of the labor office, will speak.
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Farm Labor Office
Wasco
Shafter
Richland School
Joe Hunt
Labor Office
Church Plans $25000 Nest Egg for Postwar Church
Shafter's Union Congregational Church aims to raise 25000 for a new edifice as wartime shortages end. Building committee led by A Peter Channeson seeks cash or war bonds from members and friends to fund a fitting temple for worship and growing Sunday school.
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Shafter
Union Congregational Church
Congregational Church
A. Peter Channeson
J. F. Battaglia
J. C. Channeson
Glen Crampton
J. C. Plymale
Rolf Jacobsen
Herbert Midgley
Shaffer
Wasco
Alfred Chandler
Chandler
Fresno
William Harper
Sean Toe
Ceedjzex
Nedit & Tate
Poe
Fireside alert as Russell cites multiple violation notices
Russell points to several violations of fire safety rules and warns residents to avoid reckless burning. Authorities urge compliance and inspection follow ups to prevent fires.
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Russell
Kern County Lowers Taxes for Coming Year
Supervisor W R Woollames announced during a Shafter visit that Kern County taxes will be cut 19 cents, with inside city rate 96 cents and outside rate 1.05 dollars. A surplus from material and labor shortages for road work is cited.
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Kern County
W.R. Woollames
Shafter
Kern
Woollomes
Mandamus Hearing Set For Sept. 20
In Kern County a mandamus hearing is set for September 20 on a petition for a writ. The case involves Westenberg and others and the Kern County district seeking to allow George Crome and J Zachery to withdraw property from the irrigation district with representation by Donald G Kendall and James K Abercrombie.
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Kern
Westenberg
John Nail
C.F. ‘Crowder
Theo P. Clawson
James K. Abercrombie
Ath
Donald G. Kendall
Nation
George Crome
J. Zachery
Stoller Family Vacationing Two Weeks in Shafter
Emil Stoller and his Richmond family are spending a two week vacation in Shafter, enjoying local sights and leisure time away from home.
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Emil Stoller
Richmond
Shafter
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Edy Guenther
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FA Labor Office
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