Shafter News Highlights Local Visits and College Plans
Shafter residents spend weekends with relatives in Reedley and Compton and plan new studies at Tabor College in Hillsboro Kansas and Pacific Union College St Helena. Local families host guests, attend institutes, and report trips from Shafter to Sacramento Fresno Ventura and beyond with 4 H club members and a state fair attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strauss
Hillsboro
Kansas
Tabor College
Howard Crawford
St. Helena
Pacific Union College
Pendeltons Visit Needles Over Labor Day Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Pendelton traveled to Needles during the Labor Day weekend to see D. G. Pendelton's brother O. T. Pendelton and his family. They also met their children Geraldine and Ray Allen, who had been in Fort Worth and returned to Shafter to attend school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day
Needles
D. G. Pendelton
Mr. Pendelton
O. T. Pendelton
Geraldine
Ray Allen
Fort Worth
Tex
Shafter
Travel notes from Vernon and Shafter weekending scenes
Mr and Mrs J B Moore of Vernon Texas visit relatives in California while Mr Moore is brother of Mrs Patterson George Norins Los Angeles Labor Day visit with relatives Fred Christenson and son Don spent Labor Day weekend in Venice with family W E Johnson Safeway manager and wife joined relatives in Los Angeles Peter Ting and wife spent Monday in Shafter on business Mr and Mrs E J Thiessen and son Lowell returned from a month long Kansas Nebraska trip with Mrs H C Janzen C C Duerksen left for New Mexico with a load of furniture for the Kinettels future home at Elmore Mr and Mrs R E Gribble attended a Golden Wedding in Orange then returned to Shafter Louis Wade family picnicked at Mooney Grove and heard a pension plan speaker Shafter students Glenn Nay and Holger Hansen returned from Sacramento with State Fair exhibits for the Future Farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Thiessen
Lowell
Kansas
Nebraska
H. C. Janzen
C C. Duerksen
New Mexico
Dinuba
Julius Kinettel
Elmore
Mr. Kinettel
Kinettels
Mr. Duerksen
R. E .Gribbles
R. E
Orange
Mr. Gribble
W. M. Gribble
Shafter
Mooney Grove
Louis Wade
the Grove
Glenn O. Nay
Holger Hansen
Shafter High School Agricultural Department
Sacramento
Family Labor Day Trips Highlight West and South
Mr and Mrs Fred Christenson and relatives toured the middle west to New York visiting Niagra Falls and other points of interest. Lawrence Baughman and Roy Dillingham spent Labor Day at John Guthries White River ranch and shot doves. Abe Karber and cousin Henry Karber with Mrs Karber spent Labor Day in San Diego then returned via Escondito and Fallbrook reporting heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Christenson
Middle West
East
New York
Niagra Falls
Christenson
Inglewood
White River Ranch
Lawrence Baughman
Shafter
Safeway
Roy Dillingham
Labor Day
Abe Karber
Karber
Henry Karber
Bakersfield
San Diego
Escondito
Fallbrook
Ernest Panero Leaves On Deer Hunt
Ernest Panero manager of the Shafter theatre leaves for the headwaters of Kings river with six relatives from Lancaster and Delano for two weeks of fishing and deer hunting. The party plans to pack in from Southlake about 25 miles west of Bishop. His brother August Panero of Delano will manage the local palace of amusement during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Panero
Shafter Theatre
Kings River
Lancaster
Delano
Southlake
Bishop
August Panero
Dove With Broken Wing Recovers At Firehouse
A wounded dove found by a state forest ranger during grass burning along Ledro road two weeks ago was brought to Shafter Fire Station. Craig and his assistant Glen Tenner fashioned a pine splint for the broken wing, placed the bird in a grain and water filled cage, and after rapid recovery the tape was removed last week. The splint remains on the wing and the bird is expected to be fully recovered within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therd
Shafter Stant
Ledro Road
Craig
Glen Tenner
Shafter School Grounds Weed Cutting Nearing Leveling Work
SRA workmen under City Clerk Frank Shaw complete weed cutting at the new Shafter school and rubbish removal prepares for leveling. With nine to fourteen men employed this week city streets are cleaned up and work will extend to outlying districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SRA
Frank Shaw
New Shafter School
Shaw
Contract Awarded for Missouri Building on Treasure Island
The contract has been issued for the construction of the State of Missouri Building on Treasure Island in connection with the 1939 World's Fair of the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Missouri
Treasure Island
Kern County Exhibit At State Fair Draws Crowds
Kern County presents a two unit display named the Dhammapada at the State Fair. The blue and gold neon exhibit shows Kern wildflower life county activities and a route from Kern River canyon to Mt Whitney. A second unit features a rock garden fountain and large photo murals of county resources with miniature models. The display has earned $150 in prizes and about 900 people per hour visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Kern
Kern River Canyon
Mt. Whitney
Walker’s Pass
Desert
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Emory Gay Hoffman
Fire damages WB box car cabin near Lerdo
Early Thursday morning a fire destroyed a box car cabin belonging to W B Camp near Lerdo. Mr and Mrs Elmer Marks and their young son escaped. A kerosene stove blamed. damage est at 1000 dollars. Shafter fire truck and crews from Bakersfield Jasmine and McFarland saved a nearby pump and prevented spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo
Elmer Marks
Small Son
Marks
Shafter
Treasure Island Bond From France Reported
A fragment notes a bond or claim related to Treasure Island and mentions France as a source, but details are unclear in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasure Island
France
Oidae Gouten Bond
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P. P. Kroeker
Eva
Reedley
H. A. Warkentin Home
A. T. Kroekers
A. T. Kroeker
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Santa Maria
Epp
Santa
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William Jr
HH. E. Unruhs
H. R. Unruh
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San Jose
H.R
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Bestwater
William J. Bestwater
George Strauss
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Frieda Plett
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G. J. Siemens’ Home
P. P. Rempel
Peter Rempel
Los Angeles
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Herald
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Ewald Handel
Henry Levi
Cal
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Goodrich
N. D
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Lena Shultz
Elnor Frances Schierlmann
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Bill Shultz
Schderlmann
Rio Bravo
Institute
The
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Palmers
Albert Edwin
G. W. Palmer
4-H
Robert Curtis
Joyce Haag
Gene Stewart
Irene Wilson
Frances Wilson
Harlan White
Greenhorn Mountain
Ventura
George Wedel Ofentura
Bertram Martin
Wasco
Paul Martin
Shafter Firehouse
Art Craig
Stockton
College of the Pacific
Elmore Hahn
Kern Academy
George Strauss Place
Miss Hahn
Academy
Boulder
Colorado
Fresno
F. F. Latta
Kiwanis Club
San Francisco
Shafter Boys
Latta
J. B. Moore
Vernon, Texas
James Patterson
Mr. Moore
Patterson
George Noriis
George Norin
Venice
Donald
California
W. E. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Carl Pfiefles
Carl Pfiefle
California Avenue
Munzer Street
Mrs. Funck
Peter Ting
Porterville
Co. C. Duerksen
State Fair
J. E. Unruh
Emerson Shroeder
Ellenwood
Kan
Mr. Shroeder
Mrs. Unruh
William White
Shafter High School
Europe
Palo Alto
E. B. Stringhams
E. B. Stringham
Victoria
British Columbia
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Port Angelus
Vancouver
A. K. Garnes
Ira Marlatt
Cora E. Meek
Garnes
Okmulgee
Okla
Mrs. Garnes
George Raft
Dorothy Lamour
Bill Boyd
Old Mexico
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Ann Sheridan
John Litel
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Central Ave
Aan
Aetla
Dent Hancock Dealer
Nunes Investment Co
Freitas
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Hanford
East Seventh St
Corcoran
Whitey Five
John Deere E
Killeper
LE Tourneau
Nineteenth St
Seventh St
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