Kids Told What To Do To Help Win The War
The U S Office of Civilian Defense urges boys and girls in Shafters to learn air raid procedures in target areas. They should save resources, buy war stamps, care for clothing and belongings, and assist at home as delivery helpers or youth volunteers. Readers 16 and under may join Junior Red Cross first aid courses with proper supervision.
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Shafters
U. S. Office of Civilian Defense
Red Cross
Defense Council
Aviation course launched for Shafter High students
Shafter high school introduces a new aviation fundamentals course titled aviation science. It covers physics, dynamics, meteorology and pre flight training aimed at preparing students for Army or Navy aviation or aviation mechanics. Acting principal Porterfield leads the start while students assemble for the new year with Russell Stone as student body president.
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Shafter High School
Errol Jones
Santa Barbara
John Porterfield
McFarland High School
Russell Stone
Harold Schnaidt
Miriam Klaudt
Portervield
Kern Theatres Salute to Heroes Bond Rally in Bakersfield
Kern Theatres stages Salute to Heroes with a bond rally in Bakersfield next Monday. A luncheon at Hotel El Tejon at noon features radio and screen stars, admission via a $25 war bond plus $1 meal. A 3 p.m. rally at 19th and Chester precedes an 8:15 p.m. Fox Theatre bond show. admission tied to war bonds ranging from $25 to $1000.
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Bakersfield
Hotel el Tejon
19Th
Chester
Fox Theater
Listening Post Workers To Meet Next Wednesday
Listening Post observers in Shafter will hold a meeting at the Legion hall next Wednesday evening. Mrs J C Channeson announces the gathering to set new schedules and discuss transportation for observers as part of war work.
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Legion Hall
Shafter
Rotary Seven Inducts Seven New Members At Shafter Club
Seven new members were inducted at the Shafter Rotary club meeting held Tuesday at Motel Cawelo. The list includes Bob Simpson Bates Dewey Deacon Fuller Fred Ruhlman Ed Brown Gordon Haycock and Walt. A Toronto convention film and a planned talk by Rotary International president Fernando Carbajal of Lima Peru were shown. Visitors included Frank Panero J H Porterfield Merle Taylor J C Rector and Les Wilhite. New bulletin Ro Tater debuted with a potato motif. Emmett Wilson spoke on Rotary meaning at a separate information meeting at Canelo.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Agan
Motel Cawelo
Bob Simpson
Bates Dewey
Deacon Fuller
Fred Ruhlman
Ed Brown
Gordon Haycock
Walt
Toronto
Canada
Fernando Carbajal
Lima
Peru
Rotary
Frank Panero
J. H. Porterfield
Merle Taylor
Canelo
C. J. Vignolo
Karl Wells
Ira Garuh
Emmett. Wilson
Bakersfield
New Pastor Arthur D. Wenger Joins Shafter Mennonite Church
Rev. Arthur D. Wenger becomes pastor of the First Mennonite Church in Shafter succeeding his uncle Rev. Edgar Toews who moves to Aberdeen Idaho. Wenger comes from Reedley where he served as assistant pastor and is a Newton College Kansas and San Anselmo Presbyterian Seminary graduate.
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Arthur D. Wenger
First Mennonite Church
Shafter
Edgar Toews
Presbyterian Church
Aberdeen
Idaho
Wenger
Reedley
Newton College
Kansas
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Calif
War Man-Power Commissioner to Address Shafter Rotary
Irvine Terrill of the U S War Man-Power Commission for the San Joaquin valley will address the Shafter Rotary Club at Motel Cawele next Tuesday September 22. Rotary President Ted Vignolo says Terrill will cover current labor problems affecting farmers businessmen and manufacturers with focus on the local scene and labor pirates.
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Irvine Terrill
U. S. War Man-Power Commission
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Rotary Club
Motel Cawele
Rotary
Ted Vignolo
Terrill
Vignolo
Local Bank Manager Weds in Gardnerville Ceremony
Gladys Dunning Smith of Hollister and Merrill L. Thomas, Bank of America manager in Shafter, wed in a quiet Gardnerville Methodist church on September 12. The ceremony was conducted by Reverend Grimshaw with family in attendance. A two week honeymoon follows as the couple hosted guests at Glenbrook Inn.
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Gardnerville
Nevada
Gladys Dunning Smith
Hollister and Merrill
L. Thomas
Bank of America
Shafter
Grimshaw
Robert Campbell
Oakland
Hollister
Wirt Thomas
W. A. Dunning
Glenbrook Inn
Lake Tahoe
Bessie G. Thomas
Thomas
Are &T
Olson Reports No Missing Children as School Opens
Superintendent O T Olson of Richland says no children are missing due to transport mixups in the first week of school. Enrollment is steady with two new teachers Mrs Edith Van Bever and Mrs Jack Hare. Under David Powell music bands are forming and glee clubs planned. Cafeteria meals total about 600 daily with six cent plates and five cent desserts aided by surplus commodities and WPA help.
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O. T. Olson
Richland School
Olson
Richland
Edith van Bever
Jack Hare
David Powell
Noted Rock Authority Visits Shafter and Bakersfield
Dr. Wesley Gordon, noted mineralogist from Hayward, Calif., inspected the Little rock collection in Shafter and spoke to the Kern County Mineral Society in Bakersfield at the Coda Co Bottling company. The next meeting is scheduled for the second Monday in October.
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Wesley Gordon
Hayward
Calif
T. Y. Littles
Shafter
Gordon
Little Rock
Kern County Mineral Society
Coda Co
Bakersfield
Minerol
Hi Little
Don Little
Faulty Wiring Believed Cause of Smith’s Corner Fire
Fire at McCormic's grocery on Smith's corner Tuesday morning likely started from faulty wiring. Quick response by county fire chief Jack Bennett and nearby brigades contained the blaze.
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McCormic
Smith's Corner
Jack Bennett
Bill
North Kern Group Selectees Announced for Induction
A new list of 85 selectees was announced by the North Kern Selective Service Board. The named individuals from Shafter include Van Puele Harris John Waldo Unruh James Kemp Richert Troy Lee Swofford Walter Le mois Anders Floyd Murrel Swan Sheldon Vivian Stone Frederick Lloyd Rice Joe Avila Rodriguez William Perry Coram Willis Lee Decker.
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North Kern
Interscholastic Football Is Sidestepped by War Time Rules
Acting principal John Porter of Shafter high says interscholastic football has been set aside during wartime. Ration boards will not provide rubber for school buses used to transport teams, and local authorities will not assume transport responsibility. A planning meeting for an intra-mural program will be held next Tuesday by physical education teachers from Shafter and McFarland high schools.
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Shafter High School
John Porterfield
Shafter
McFarland High
Mrs Bowman Appointed Public Health Nurse for Shafter
Mrs. Donald Bowman named by Kern County Health Department as public health nurse for Shafter area succeeding Miss Dulcie Green who left for Sausalito to oversee school health work. Bowman oversees clinic at county building and public health in Shafter Rio Bravo and Maples schools. She came from Kohala Hawaii where her husband works as an engineer on a sugar plantation and evacuated with her two children after the Pearl Harbor attack. She previously did public health work in Hawaii.
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Donald Bowman
Kern County Health Department
Shafter
Bowman
Dulcie Green
Sausalito
Rio Bravo
Maples
Kern County
Kohala
Hawaii
Bowmann
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Legion Sponsors Entertainment for Soldiers
A group of Minter Field men were entertained at a Inet Whereas weeks 244h. TOS building under the sponsorship of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213 American Legion. This was one of a series of twice monthly dances sponsored by Shafter Service groups. Home made cake and coffee were served.
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Minter
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Shafter Service Groups
Rightmire Granted Unusual Appellations Court Tale
An old justice was addressed with a humorous variant of his name, highlighting a mix up over unique appellations during a court scene. The exchange preserves the local newspaper’s period voice and quirky naming incident.
Shatter Collects Scrap To Lock Adolph Benito and Hirchito
A first aid class for women started this week under the local Red Cross chapter with Jack Hare as instructor. The ten week course meets every Monday at 7 PM in the high school bungalow and is open to all women with Women’s Ambulance Auxiliary members already joining the first session.
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Red Cross
Jack Hare
Women’s Ambulance Auxiliary
District Chief To Address Kiwanians
Ben Pratt of Lemoore District Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis International will visit Shafter Kiwanis next Tuesday noon, announced by President Harvey Gaede at Cafe Fuku. Herb Schirmer named delegate and Al Anderson alternate delegate to the California Nevada Kiwanis district convention in Los Angeles October 14 to 16. J Hugh Jackson of Stanford will preside as 1942 district governor, a Kiwanis Palo Alto club member and past president.
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Ben Pratt
Lemoore
Kiwanisternational
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Harvey Gaede
Cafe Fuqua
Herb ‘Schirmer
al. Anderson
Los Angeles
California
Nevada
J. Hugh Jackson
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Cifornia-Nevada
Wanis
International
Kiwanis Club of
Palo Alto
Pigeon Delivers Friendly Visit to Twin Peppers Owner
Jovial proprietor Bill Brown of the Twin Peppers reports a carrier pigeon landed at his home Monday night. The bird stayed through the night and left with no message, simply paying a friendly call on the Brown family.
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Bill. Brown
The
Twin Peppers
Mars
Brown
Shafter Cleaner Enlists in Navy
Les Hobson owner of Dial Cleaners and Shafter clubman has enlisted as fireman second class in the Navy. He reported to service on Monday at Terminal Island while Mrs Hobson will continue to operate the cleaning establishment.
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Les Hobson
The
Dial Cleaners
Shafter
Navy
Terminal Island
Tess W W Tannahill to resign Santa Fe post for Oakland move
Tess W. W. Tannahill, a Santa Fe agent, plans to move to Oakland once a successor is appointed. He has held the position for seven years with his wife and their son Alex, relocating the moment the transition is set.
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W. W. Tannahill
Santa Fe
Oakland
Tannahill
Portable wool balering device from UC farm study
A portable wool balery prototype developed at the University of California college of agriculture aims to enable on farm baling of wool using paper to cope with bytlap pay shortages.
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University of California College of Agriculture
Voters urged to register before September deadline
Voters are urged to register now to vote in the November general election. The deadline is September 24 for registration. Local registrars include Mrs. Julia Potter at the corner of Santa Fe and Shafter highway and Frank Shaw at the hall.
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Julia Potter
Santa Fe and
Shafter Highway
Frank Shaw
Night School Opens At Shafter High This September 25
Evening classes at Shafter High begin around September 28. Students are urged to enroll at the school attendance office or mail a card before September 25. Lloyd C. Pack, night school principal, notes the aviation course covers theory of flight and weather for upperclassmen, per Civil Aeronautics Authority request.
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Shafter High School
Lloyd C. Pack
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Russell New Fire Chief For Shafter
Frank Russell named Shafter fire chief to succeed Art Craig who joined the Navy. Bill Brown becomes assistant fire chief, taking Russell’s former post. Russell helped build the local fire company earning a “first at the fire” reputation and recently helped develop an auxiliary fire truck.
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Frank Russell
Shafter
Art Craig
Bill Brown
Shafter Fire Company
Russell
Sewing project seeks recruits for community work
A local sewing project invites volunteers to join. The call mentions a meeting at 1:30 at Sahnane ae home with Mr. Glenn Ney listed as contact. Details are sparse due to fragmented copy but emphasize recruitment and participation in sewing activities.
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Sahnane Ae
Dinuid
Denne
Glenn Ney
Shafter Town Scraps For War Effort In Gift To Axis Leaders
Shafter residents halted work to collect scrap metal and materials in a town wide salvage drive. Teams gathered rubber rags rope gunnysacks and strap to fuel weapons production for the Axis. Aimed at Christmas delivery the program supports the War Production Board and local defense council.
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Adolph
Benito
Hirohito
Shafter
Wake Island
Sanders
Shafter Defense and Council
Ted Vig
Shaftercombe Federal Salvage
War “Production Board
Defense “Council
Women Mechanics Wanted at Minter Field
Rapid expansion of the Air Forces has created a need for women mechanics as ground crew specialists at Minter Field. Alta Sandstad says those passing a mechanical aptitude test will go to training for three months, then be eligible for full-time work. They will be paid $90 a month while in training and $1.25 per hour upon starting work.
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Minter Field
Alta Sandstad
Hearinu
Mir
Classes in metal work and aero engine repair announced
Notice lists three courses at Palo Alto, Modesto, and Sacramento covering sheet metal, airplane engines, and aero repair. It notes an aptitude test and reminds applicants to prepare.
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Shafter
Palo Alto
Modesto
Sacramento
Ambitious shrub harvest planned in Saliries valley
A massive harvest project aims to remove a large volume of shrubbery from 600 acres in the Saliries valley. The effort prioritizes resource recovery and landscape management as crews prepare for an intensive removal operation.
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Saliries Valley
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Rightmire
Ebly
Rightmike
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Hirchito
Pigeon
Shafter Cleaner
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