Young Navy Cadet George Cooper Leaves for Florida Training
George Cooper 22 son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Cooper of 329 East Ave departs Saturday to train as a Navy air cadet in Florida. A Shafter High School graduate who studied at University of California Davis campus, he will receive 18 months of basic training.
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George Cooper
Floyd Cooper
East Ave
Ja, Fla
Reed
Shafter High School
University of Lifornia College of Agricultural Ampus
Davis
Bill Shultzes Entertain Friends in Summer Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shultz of Fresno avenue hosted a series of weekend visits with friends and relatives. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Kinni and their party, Shultz’s sister Robina Shultz, and the Henderson Martin family from Encino.
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Bill Shultz
Fresno Avenue
Eugene Kinnicut
Billy
Gail’ Lynn
Harry
Strathmore
Shultz
Robina Shultz
Coachella
Turlock
Henderson Martin
Ward
Gloria
Encino
John Shultz
City declines aid for Kern Humane Society efforts
Shafter will give no city funds to the Kern County Humane Society. Humane officer Jack O'Brien asked the city to join other communities and Kern County in contributing 1000 dollars per month for the society's work.
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Kern County Humane Society
Shafter
Jack O’brien
County of
Kern
Bledsoe traits husky recruits seek A team fit
Coach Bledsoe steadies a depleted Colonels squad with three new husky players Delmar Earls Max Tudor and Billy Hinsley joining the A team veteran returns include Harley Martin Glen Hamilton and Dale Scales. Eliades backs the squad while eyeing a 1951 B league crown and future Generals talent.
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Bledsoe
Delmar Earls
Max Tudor
Billy Hinsley
Earls
The
Colonels
Rhoads
Dale Scales
Glen Hamilton
Harley Martin
Carry Smith
Reber Plan Study Prompts 2030 Club Water Talk
The Shafter 2030 Club considers the Reber plan amid critical San Joaquin Valley water shortages. Members may sponsor a talk by John Reber of San Francisco and assess a west side canal to bring irrigation water, with bay fill enabling defense loan eligibility via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Rep. Frank Havenner cites a half mile earth fill as a potential San Francisco escape route, while Army engineers weigh essential-project status if California applies for crossing approval. Josh Clarke of Bakersfield reported on Los Angeles conference and Kern Chamber board endorsed the summary.
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Shafter
San Joaquin Valley
West Side Canal
Bay
Reber
Harnes
Sacramento
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Frank R. Havenner
Washington
Army Engineers
California
San Francisco
Josh Clarke
Bakersfield
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Clarke
Kern County Chamber Executive Board
Havenner
Willard Stoller Leaves For Navy Tour
Willard Stoller son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stoller 160 Golden West Ave returns to his ship the USS Abbott docked in Philadelphia on Saturday after a 30 day leave in Shafter. He serves as radioman seaman apprentice onboard.
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Willard Stoller
William Stoller
Golden West Ave
Abbott
Philadelphia
Shafter
Defense project receives certification hailed as progress
Reber hailed the certification of a defense project as progress reflecting timely milestones and steady advancement toward goals. The announcement emphasized continued support and expected benefits for national security and production capacity.
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Reber
Final Services Held For Sylvia Dawson Bridgeville Teen
Funeral services were held at Armstrong Mortuary for Sylvia Irene Dawson an 18 year old Bridgeville girl killed in an accident a week earlier Reverend Sam Wilcoxon officiated The deceased was a Shafter High School graduate who later attended Bakersfield College before enlisting in the Navy Survivors include Horace L Dawson and his wife of Bridgeville three brothers George Jerry and B V three sisters Hilda Suzy and Phyllis and grandmother Mrs Catherine Baker of Shafter California’s half million acres of vineyards produce about 90 percent of the nation’s grapes.
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Armstrong Mortuary
Sylvia Irene Dawson
Bridgeville
Sam Wilcoxon
Stoller
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Navy
Horace L. Dawson
George
Jerry
B. V
Hilda
Suzy
Phyllis
Catherine Baker
Shafter
California
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Bill Shultzes
Bell & Howell
Eastman Kodacs
Ionoun
Bausch & Lomb
Dorothy Gray
Stringham's
Shafter Drug Store
Bledsoe Carves
Bill Staudacher
Jack Anderson
Eliades
Ely, Ney
Daily Times
Turk Eliades
White Pine High School
Bobcats
National Production Authority
W. Marengo
Shafter, Calif
Oregon
Alps
Prignae
Welch
New York
Concord
Ted
Jer
Oak Glen
Sunnybank
Beverly
Airway Coffee
Nob Hill Coffee
Tun
Vermont
SLI Roxbury
Manor House
Beltsville
Lac-Aix
U. S
Albers
Eastside
Schneider & Wikoff
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