Picnic and Visit List From Shafter Area Notes
A series of social notes from Shafter and surrounding communities details picnics at Sequoia National Dines, visits by residents to Lassen county and Santa Maria, and trips by residents to Reedley, Pismo Beach, and Crater Lake. It records family visits, engagements, marriages, births, and a back injury recovery, along with business trips to Racine and home remodeling projects. The items name numerous families and towns including Portsville Stratford Bakersfield Delano Shafter and Mountain View.
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Stewart Nill
Stevie
E. J. Musick
Portsville
B. McCain
Stratford
Steven D. Nill
Delano
Wiedmanns End Oregon Tour
Wiedmanns finish a fortnight in Oregon visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wiedmann traveled with their family on a several stop trip through the state.
Newly Weds Return From Honeymoon In Shafter
Mr and Mrs Wesley Barry return to their ranch two miles southwest of Shafter after honeymooning in Selma. Dr Taylor Tabb and daughter Betty with Miss Mable Stockton and Hattie Meecham drive to Paso Robles, join Mrs Tabb visiting her parents in Morgan Hill, then return to Shafter the same evening.
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Cosmo Farmway
Shafter Mercantile
R. L. Farmway
Delano
Wesley Barry
Shafter
Selma
Town
Paso Robles
Taylor Tabb
Betty
Mable Stockton Hattie Meecham
Public Hearing On Milk Stabilization Plan In Alameda
A state agriculture hearing in Oakland on September 25 will review an amended fluid milk stabilization and marketing plan for Alameda county producers. The proposed change would raise the price paid to producers by distributors to 75 cents per pound milk fat for class one milk, a 3 cent increase from the current 72 cent rate.
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State Department of Agriculture
Oakland
Alameda County
Oakland School Auditorium
Second Avenue
Fred Stevenot Named President Bankamerica Company
Fred G. Stevenot resigns as vice president of Bank of America N T S A to become president of Bankamerica Company, a Transamerica subsidiary. John M. Grant announces Stevenot will push growth in underwriting and distribution of security issues, drawing on his public and corporate finance background and prior service on the California Railroad Commission.
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Fred G. Stevenot
Bank of America N. T. & S. A
Bankamerica Company
Transamerica Corporation
John M. Grant
Transamerica
Stevenot
Bank of America
California Railroad Commission
Ed Kretz Sets Saugus Motorcycle Title Bid
Ed Kretz, Southern California’s top motorcycle racer, leads an international field of 18 in a Sunday 100 mile race at Langhorne. Riders from six nations include Jimmy Hasagawa, Angel Arias, A Landfield, Bee Bee Wilgman and German jockey, with four races on the program and the 2 30 p m start.
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Langhorne
Kretz
Jimmy Hasega‘ra
Angel Alari
Ican
A. Landfield
Bee Bee’ Wilgemn
Shafter Softball Falls to Shell Oil in Kern Playoff
Shafter’s softball squad lost 15 to 13 to Shell Oil of Bakersfield in the Kern County playoff Monday night. The defeat snapped a ten game Shafter win streak as Champlin pitched for Shafter and Bakersfield hitters pounded the ball with big rallies in the third and fourth frames.
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Shafter
Shell Oil Company
Bakersfield
Owl
Champlin
Trent
Campbell
Braves Score Big in Ball Scrap at Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo's Braves defeated Kern Lake 12 to 9 on Sunday afternoon at Rio Bravo. Pitchers Merle Calder and Floyd Trent worked the mound as Kern Lake managed eight singles while the Braves totaled 13 hits.
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Rio Bravo
Braves
Kern Lake Club
Merle Calder
Floyd Trent
Kern Lake
Star of the First Water Phrase Explained
A historical note describes the phrase star of the first water as a metaphor for a diamond of pure quality, likening it to a precious stone with flawless clarity and brilliance.
Highest Point in Lower Michigan Located Near Cadillac
The highest point in Michigan's Lower Peninsula lies seven miles south and three miles east of Cadillac with an elevation of 1,712 feet above sea level.
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Lower Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Cadillac
Representative Wanted for Magazine Subscriptions
Advertisement seeks a representative to handle magazine subscription interests in Shafter and nearby areas. Offers guaranteed lowest rates on all periodicals with free instructions and equipment. Promises a growing, permanent business in full or spare time. Moore-Cottrell, Inc. Road No. Cohocton, N. Y. 2112c
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Shafter and
U. S
Moore - Cottrell, Inc
No.h Cohocton
Bee Sting Carries Acid Pain from Formic Compound
The sting from a bee delivers pain due to formic acid used by the insect for defense. Formic acid irritates the skin and nerves, triggering sharp pain and inflammation that can persist briefly after a sting.
Gaede Nom Tha Choone of Nursery School
An unclear note describes J Gaede Nom Tha Choone connected to a local nursery school. It mentions Mrs Gaede previously linked to the local school before leaving for the east six.
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J. Gaede Nom Tha Choone
Geles
Gaede
East Six
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Diness
Attorney
Gregory Channeson
Peter Ohanneson
Lassen County
Por
Ike Peters
Glenn Woods
Bay District
Inglewood
Dick Zenk
Vincent Eyres
Mrg
R. E. Zenk
The
Shafter Furniture Co
R. E
Harold Baxter
Helen Fast
Roberta Roberson
Mr. Baxter
Fast
South
Mugunden
Alvis Raper
Santa Maria
F. W. Handel
H. P. Wilson
Pismo Beach
John Siemen
W. E. Guthrie
Oregon
Washington
Art Regier
Ennis Warren
Vancouver
Crater Lake
Kansas
Reedley
Jacob Loewen
Hillsboro
Dan Loewen
Jacob Lewen
Dan Loewens
Denver
Salt Lake City
Orient
Bosserdet
Walter Nicol
Wiliam Hughes
Ruth Eliott
Robert Carter
Mountain View
Spurgeon Reagan
Richard
Ralph Tucker
Tommy
Tom Devlin
Hitchcock
W. H. Hitchcock
J. I. Case
Racine
Wisconsin
Com
Daniel B. Altman
Kern General Hospital
Edwin Kirschenmann
Wayne Edward
Bakersfield Hospital
Geneva Payne
Harold Payne
University of California At Berkeley
C. Payne
Lou’ Fencer
Payne
Mr. Pierce
Mrs. W. P. Pierce
Billy
Peanuts
Ray L. Dye
Greenhorn Mountain
Dye
Steinberger
Dyes
Greenhorn
Peter Frantz
California Avenue
George Isaac
Isaac
Willis
Rose M. Willis
New Jersey
Paul Henning
Jacob Thomas
Pioneer Shafter
Texas
R. L. Ogles
Ross Gilbreth
Amarillo
Tex
Compton
Wm. J. Bestwater
Georg Strauss
Channesons
Phil Ohanneson
Vnetura
J. L. Palmer
Ida Palmer
Chickasha, Oklahoma
G. W. Palmer
San Jose
Aldeen
Edna Beese
H. H. Nikkel
Edna
Dave Strauss
Diana Jean
Guy Hawkins
Hawkins
Oildale
Lee Lysle
Hollywood
Berkeley
Anna Nickel
A. R. Duehren
Hendrioen Marten
John Schultz
Martens
Reseda
L. A
J. J. Biemens and Sons
John and
Menno H
Los Angeles
Fred Stevenot
Bankamerica Co
Kern
Penn
Nichol Tract
J. H. Becker
Camp Addition
Shafter Mercantile Co
W. Poznoff
O. M. Withrow
Arroyo Grande
California
T. V.’s Corner
Adobe House
Bertha Neufeld
L. A. Hume
Payne’s Shoe Department
Zitle
West Cabin
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
J H. Fuller
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