Wasco Shatter Concert Group Plans Season Prosperity
The Wasco Community Concerts Inc. unveils plans for the 1948-49 season after a first board meeting on September 9 in Wasco. President Larry Stalin leads a campaign to recruit about 100 new members, with an November 9 kickoff dinner and rules to seat children with parents to ensure orderly conduct. The group aims to attract higher talent to enrich the two communities’ cultural offerings.
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Procere
Sncounity Concerts, Inc
Wasco- Community Concerts, Inc
Pasleys Return From Six-Week Visit To Topeka Kansas
Mrs Roy Pasley and grandchildren Donnie and Ronnie Evans returned to Shafter after a six week trip to Topeka Kansas. They visited Mrs Pasleys father Mrs Everett Martin during the visit.
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Roy Pasley
Donnie
Ronnie Evans
Shafter
Topeka
Kansas
Pasley
Everett Martin
Local dog license marks new Shafter citizen
A staffer in Shafter gains municipal dog license with rabies vaccination deemed compliant by Judge Shaw's office. Boss moves quarters to Zimmerman apartments after a Bakersfield hospital visit, leaving the narrator settling into a new home and awaiting their mistress.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Judge Shaw
San Mateo County
Kern
Bakersfield
Doc Watson
Zimmerman Apartments
Pacific Avenue
Shafter High Boys to Show at Kern County Fair
Shafter High School F F A boys enter Kern County Fair in Bakersfield opening Sept 28 with 101 cattle. Twenty three students will exhibit in open and F F A junior divisions including Herefords Angus and Shorthorn with fat cattle beef breeding cattle and pens of five. Fat steers judged Sept 30 beef cattle Oct 1. fat beef may be purchased Oct 2.
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Shafter High School
F.F.A
Bakersfield
Glenn Nay
Mickey Hair
Don Zachary
Tom Fletcher
Walter Bergen
Bill Blattenberg
Bob Calder
Everett Eyrand
Dean Flaming
Richard Fletcher
Aubrey Galbraith
Mitchell Galbraith
Jack Janzen
Marvin Kirschenmann
Roy Koenig
Leland K
Bill Leonard
Dewayne Neufeld
Steven Rodriguez
Leland Kroeker
Jim Neuman
Phil Zachary
Holger Hansen
Shafter Men Rally for Albacore Harvest at Newport Beach
In a Newport Beach run, Shafter group led by Skipper Hamrick and Little Man Kincannon drove up Monday night and returned Wednesday with a record 500 pounds of albacore. The haul, from 16 fish, was stored at Central Market with local police and news figures sharing credit and planning a communal fish dinner.
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Little Man
Melton Kincannon
Harry Sturm
Emmet Lilly
Shafter
Ned Jenner
Policement
Oscar Hamrick
Newport Beach
Hamrick
Little Man Kincannon
Me MERE EMAMOUTE EAST Sunday guests visit
Mr and Mrs Merwin Schirmer hosted Mrs Schirmer's aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Ernest Hawley of Oakland. The Hawleys were en route to Colorado and Texas, where they will be Mrs Schirmer's father.
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East
Merwin Schirmer
Campaign launched here against Senate reapportionment
Bakersfield leaders form Kern County Committee Against Senate Reapportionment to oppose Proposition No. 13 on the November ballot. Chairman Robert F. Hackett cites dangers of shifting legislative power to four large counties and urges a statewide NO vote to protect California’s farms water and overall well being.
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Senate
California
Robert F. Hackett
Bakersfield
Kern County
A. J. Magri
Southern California
Hackett
Henry Brandt
E. G. Buerkle
W. B. Camp
Philip Wagg
Paul Hubbard
Randsburg
Paul Newell
Phil Channeson
R. A. Jacobsen
Shafter
James A. Wilson
Taft
L. J. Kanstein
Tehachapi
John Vrba
E. J. Peters
Paul D. Appley
Wasco
Shafter Club Members Return From Catalina Island Convention
Twenty to thirty Shafter members report Catalina Island gathering as the largest international convention of the year with next year’s bid already won for Santa Cruz. O D Handel loses international trustee amid recount contest. Merv Willoughby of San Jose elected post after tight ballot.
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Shafter
O. D
Pat Neuman
Harvey Neuman
Pat
Kern County
Sacks
California
McFarland Beet Loadings Decline
Beet shipments in McFarland fell below 100 cars last week as Santa Fe and Southern Pacific moved 54 cars total from Pond Elmo. The season has about three weeks remaining with yields estimated from 15 to 25 tons per acre and test results around 15 percent.
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McFarland
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Pond and Elmo
Mistaken Identity Confuses Two Court Cases
In Judge E K Grant's court two mis identity cases were dismissed after confusion. A Los Angeles man named Johnnie was found not to match a $75 bad check suspect, and a San Diego jeweler civil suit hinged on naval records showing the local businessman had never served in the navy or been in San Diego.
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Justice Court
E. K. Grant
Judge Grant
Johnnie
Los Angeles
Grant
San Diego
Naval
Five Vets Lead Shafter Generals In Opening Grid Practice
Only five veterans turned out for football practice as Shafter High School Generals began preparations under Coach Dan Bledsoe. Four returning vets from 1947 include backfield players Mickey Hair and Glen Scales and linemen Eldean Beese and Doyle Metheny. New faces Bob Burns Jim Youell and transfer Jim Crabbe joined, with Bledsoe eyeing Jack Bayless and Bob Baze for depth. The team will run the Q formation in the new Sierra League as it pursues the championship.
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Ans
Dan Bledsoe
Shafter High School Generals
Bledsoe
Mickey Hair
Glen Scales
Scales
Bob Scales
Bakersfield College
Eldean Beese
Doyle Metheny
Bob Burns
Jim Youell
Jim Crabbe
Riverside High School
Shafter
Jack Bayless
Bob Baze
Prevent Fire Poster Contest Announced Here
In observance of fire prevention week October 3 to 9 the Shafter 20 30 Club sponsors a poster contest for local elementary schools. Kenny Howell president announces participation from Richland Maple Rio Bravo Lerdoey and Kern Academy. Tom Letizia and Harry Thompson head the committee with Arthur B. Craig Kern County Fire Department district chief managing the event.
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Shafter 20-30 Club
Kenny Howell
Richland
Maple
Rio Bravo
Lerdoey
Kern Academy
Tom Letizia
Harry Thompson
Arthur B. Craig
Kern County Fire Department
Construction Begins On Kings Sector Of Central Valley Road
Kings County announces start of 0.75 mile Central Valley Highway section from Denver Avenue to the Fresno-Kings line with federal aid funds. Contract cost about 45800, completion around December 8, 1940, with surfacing and raised profiles.
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J. R. Hays
Kings County
Anderson Company of
Visalia
Denver Avenue
Fresno-Kings County
Fresno County
KINGS
Central Valley Road
Dutch John Cut
W. J. Corley
Fowler
Luton
B. O. Webber
Kern County
Elmo Avenue
Wasco
Kern-Tulare
Webber
Sunrise City
Earlimart
Famosa
Famosa Highway
Public Works Department
Central Valley Highway Association
Kern County Public Works Department
Shafter
Rosedale
Barney Barnes
Shafter Art Associationopens fall season with exhibit
The Shafter Art Association held its first fall meeting at the Woman's Club House with a short business session led by president John Jacobsen. Officers appointed included Mrs. Maybell Sherrng treasurer replacement Mrs. Threadgill as secretary. Ernest Panero presented Rio trip photos and Marie B Kendall loaned canvases from Los Angeles. Several regional guests attended from Bakersfield Wasco and San Diego as plans to start another painting class were announced.
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Shafter Art Association
Woman’s Club House
John Jacobsen
Maybell Sherrng
Fred Hasty
William Bender
Threadgill
Phil Horwith
O. G. Ohlsson
Ernest Panero
Rio
Tip Henderson
Shafter
Marie B. Kendall
Los Angeles
Leonard Lester
William S. Fay
San Diego
E. B. Stringham
al Eckman
William
al Howen
Bakersfield
Howen
Bakersfield Art Association
Shafter High School
Harry Smith
Kern County
Wasco
Ben W. Homfeld
H. G. Bryson
Bill Banks Joins Shafter Press as Advertising Manager
Joseph M. Banks known as Bill Banks former Banks Grocery proprietor on Santa Fe Avenue North Shafter and longtime resident has joined the Shafter Press staff as advertising manager succeeding Phil Horwith who moves to Bakersfield Press. An Army World War II veteran he served in Europe with the Second Infantry division and now resides in North Shafter with his wife and two children.
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Joseph M
Bill) Banks
Banks’ Grocery
Santa Fe Avenue
North Shafter
Shafter Press
Phil Horwith
Bakersfield Press
Banks
Shafter
Youth for Christ Rally at Shafter City Park Saturday
A large Youth for Christ rally is planned for Saturday evening at 7 30 at Shafter City Park. The event features a gospel message group singing a ladies trio men's chorus testimonies prompts and a quartet with several solo performances inviting the public to attend.
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Youth For Christ
Shafter City Park
Lillys Visit in Texas
Mr and Mrs Emmet Lilly left last week for Houston Texas on an extended vacation trip. Visits will be enjoyed with Lillys mother and sisters.
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Emmet Lilly
Houston
Texas
Lilly
Redding Mayor Visits Shafter Son of Editor
Mayor Roscoe J. Anderson and Mrs Anderson of Redding visited their son R. J. Anderson Jr editor manager of the Shafter Press in Shafter. Mayor Anderson was en route to Long Beach for the California League of Municipalities convention this week.
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Shafter
Roscoe J. Anderson
Redding
R. J
Andy) Anderson, Jr
Shafter Press
Anderson
Long Beach
California League of Muniipalities
Fishing Party Delights at Lebec Trout Farm
Mr and Mrs Clint Parker Mr and Mrs Carl Taffera and Donald Zachary spent a recent Sunday at Lebec Trout Farm. The group enjoyed a fine catch of trout and prepared a delicious dinner on site.
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Clint Parker
Carl Taffera
Donald Zachary
Lebec
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Shafter High
Kern Fair
Albacore
Bobby Ganes
Bobby
Harold Lynch
James Crabb
Santa Catalina Island
Reno
San Antonio
Fullerton Club
Art Association
Bill Banks
Lillys
J. L. Kavanaugh
Indianapolis
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