Shafter News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Local residents and visitors fill weekends with calls on family and trips. Shafter residents include Mrs. Jack Lighthill from Santa Monica, Mrs. N. Oliver of San Francisco, and Mrs. Margaret Rodgers of Porterville, among others. Families travel to Pismo, Dinuba, and Kern River Park, while others return from Oregon and Monterey.
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Jack Lighthill
Shafter
Santa Monica
N. Oliver
San Francisco
Margaret’ Rodgers
Porterville
Leonard . Gaede
Waldo Unruh
Don Klingenberg
Allen Schapanski
Bakersfield
Kern River Park
Generals Begin Football Workouts as Season Nears
High School Generals start football workouts Monday on the school field under Coach Monty Montgomery. The team aims to defend the league title and open the season September 28 at home against Lancaster from Antelope Valley. Schedule includes Tehachapi Maricopa Wasco and East Bakersfield with possible late additions and potential Friday night games if lights are installed.
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Generals
Monty Montgomery
Lancaster
Antelope Valley
McFarland
Newton
Montgomery
Calvin Newton
San Luis Obispo
Tehachapi
Maricopa
Wasco
East Bakersfield
Firemen meet to set blood donation policy in Shafter
The Shafter Volunteer Fire Department held a Thursday meeting at the local station to decide on continuing free blood donations for city residents during emergencies while charging the usual fee for those who provide wrap from Shalita wie teschefey Paw day. They noted increased call volume since typing blood months ago and keeping the service as a community offering. Also discussed was the reinstatement of Wimpy Bender, who left after taking county forestry work.
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Shafter
Bender
County Forestry Department
State Commander To Be Honored At Legion Dinner
Bakersfield American Legion Post 26 honors L. G. Taggart state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ray Labre retiring state commander of the Disabled American Veterans at a community dinner in Bakersfield on September at 7 p.m. Veterans and families invited. Hollywood entertainment planned and officials from San Francisco and Los Angeles invited. Reservations required at legion headquarters.
Tommy Taught to Sew in British Army
Sewing classes started in the British army with ATS girls teaching servicemen to mend and sew. The war office notes ATS women are giving spare time to help men, now showing them how to do their own sewing. San Francisco led large U S cities by population at the midyear in the national traffic safety contest.
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London
A'T.s
A.T.S
War Office
San Francisco
Cal Poly Students to Exhibit Meat Animals at State Fair
Poly students from Shafter will enter multiple fat stock projects at the California State Fair in Sacramento from August 29 to September 7. John Lopez and 16 peers will show Hampshire lambs, Crossbreds, and Southdowns, plus five Hereford steers and other breeds. At Great Western Livestock show in Los Angeles the Poly team won major prizes, including Grand Championship for Wilbur Davis and top money for Jerry Didier in hog events.
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California Polytechnic College
State Technical School For Agriculture and Industry
Sacramento
Shafter
John Lopez
Lopez
Hampshire
Poly
Los Angeles
Cal Poly Boys
West
Last Springs
Great Western Livestock Show
Wilbur Davis
Southdown
Jerry Didier
Polyswine Department
Duroc-Jersey
California Sparkling Wines: San Francisco Leads 1940
A 1940 survey shows fourteen percent of California sparkling wines were produced in San Francisco. The data highlight the city’s significant role in the state’s wine industry while detailing regional production shares.
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California
San Francisco
Romance Engulfs Private at Camp Clairborne
Pvt. Howard Davis of St. Louis caused astonishment among comrades by receiving 100 letters and many packages in two months at Camp Claiborne. One day he received seven letters all from the same feminine hand. After his first furlough he returned married.
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Camp Clairborne
Howard Davis
St. Louis
Davis
Mani
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