Police Tactics in Shafter Cites Staffing Strain and Proactive Patrols
The Shafter Police Department relies on a small force where officers fill multiple roles and patrol strategies include a roaming prowl car and twice nightly store checks. Most arrests come from fringe areas on Saturday nights, prompting a three-man shift to reduce crime and ensure rapid response. Chief Reily, active since 1942, notes expansion from two to three officers by 1943 and highlights a 23-city radio network for coordinated protection.
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Shafter
Shafter Department
Reily
Albert Annis
Murray Arnold
Hanley Witcher
Tant
Department
Sunday School Friends Bid Laura Lee Kroeker Farewell
A farewell party at Mannel Park honored Laura Lee Kroeker daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kroeker who departs for Paraguay on Sept 19. Hostesses Mrs Jim Gloeckler and Mrs Ernest Schultz led gifts and games with handkerchief shower and prizes for Leola Kliewer Beverly Gloeckler and Donald Nachtigall.
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Mannel ‘Park
Laura Lee Kroeker
Lloyd Kroeker
Paraguay
Jim Gloeckler
Ernest Schultz
Mennonite Brethren Church
Laura Lee
South America
Leola Kliewer
Beverly Gloeckler
Donald Nachtigall
Nancy Bergman
Patsy Russell
Janice Kroeker
Howard Funk
Gary Wiens
Mary Caraway
Kathy Bergman
Gordon Wiens
Dale Nickel
Philip Neufeld
Maple Girls Win Blue Ribbons at State Fair Event
Norma Nicol and Karen Wiens won Blue Ribbons at the California State Fair in Sacramento. They were among 12 Kern County exhibitors and 169 statewide recipients. Norma exhibited a street dress and Karen a cap sleeve dress.
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Norma Nicol
Karen Wiens
Sacramento
Kern
Sacramento County
Norma
Karen
Kern 4-H Youths Attend State Convention at Davis
Kern County 4-H members travel to the California College of Agriculture at Davis for a two day state convention. A 36 bus convoy to the State Fair followed a grandstand review and evening program. Maple Club participant Janice Balzer reported on India and on a demonstration plan. Sally Curtis and Barbara Walker earned places in the dress review and talent contest finals.
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California College of Agriculture
Davis
Sacramento
Fair Board
America
Janice Balzer
John Balzer
Maple Club
Kern County
Lyman
Curtis
Fred Thompson
Panama
Janice
India
Lieves
Chicago
Sally Curtis
Bakersfield
Barbara Walker
Rosedale
Kern
Maple Library welcomes new staffer at Maple Branch
Mrs. Bergman has become librarian at the Maple Branch after Mrs. Whittaker resigned to join Wasco Library. Hours shift to 7 9 p m Mondays and 12 noon 5 p m Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The group note a family trip to Boone Indiana and a recent death in the elder Whittaker family.
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Maple
Oscar , Bergman
Maple Branch
William Whittaker
Whittaker
Wasco
Bergman
Maple School
Salt Water Barrier Study Leader Named In California Plan
Raymond A. Hill, a Los Angeles engineer, will head a consultants board paid $100 a day to study the feasibility of building salt water barriers across San Francisco Bay. He will help select other members. the board operates independently from the state engineers and reports to the water project authority. The study, backed by Assembly member H. W. Kelly, would authorize $500,000 for two years.
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Raymond A. Hill
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay
Hill
The
Water Project Authority
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
YMCA Director Recalls Negro Spirituals for Shafter Club
Manley Johnson of the Carver YMCA spoke to Shafter Rotary Club members this week outlining the history of Negro spirituals and their cultural significance.
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Manley Johnson
Carver Ymca
Shafter
NIK KELs Take Detroit Trip Visiting Relatives Along Way
Mr and Mrs Alvin Nik Kel with Ronnie and Gerald of Central avenue returned from a two week trip to Detroit where they bought a new car. En route they visited relatives in Oklahoma City and met his sister in Minneapolis. Mrs Nikkel and the children left soon after for a visit with her sister in San Jose.
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Alvin Nikkel
Ronnie
Gerald
Central Avenue
Detroit
Oklahoma City
Minneapolis
Minh
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Chi
Fat Arden
Orden
Arden
Journeyer
Kings Department Store
Central Ave
Remington
Winchester
Ithica
Peters
Hunter
Central Hardware CO
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