Shafter High Teachers Attend Stag Weekend
Fifteen members of the Shafter High School faculty led by Principal Jack Hill attended a Stag weekend on September 17 and 18 at Portugese Meadows within Kern County Union High School District. Activities started at noon Saturday with games and sports followed by a campfire program and a district wide band.
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Shafter High School
Portugese Meadows
Kern County Union High School
Jack Hill
Ed Schacht
Tom Letizia
Imprompu
Shafter
Field Day Showcases Cotton Harvest Machines at Experimental Farm
A large field day at the U.S. Government Experimental Farm will feature demonstrations of nearly all machines used in cotton culture and harvests. California cotton men will attend. Sponsors include the Cotton Mechanization Advisory Committee, the University of California, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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U.S
University of California
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Shafter Development Boost as New Stores Rise
Construction in Shafter adds Justesen's and Sprouse-Reitz buildings by George Vannatta with a shared front and elongated marquee across McClure Drug Store. Tile fronts and modern fixtures promise a premier valley storefront. Also notes cinema picks at the Shafter theater and upcoming mail delivery rollout led by Postmaster George Guenther with three carriers.
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Justesen’s
Sprouse- Reitz
George Vannatta
McClure Drug Store
George Guenther
Wesley Gorsching
Tommy Wallace
Henry Moor
Moor
New Salesman Joins Shafter Warehouse
Jim Aldridge brings decades of hardware experience to Shafter Warehouse. He arrives from Los Angeles after a year with U.S. Hardware & Paper Co and earlier stints with Eastern Hardware in Bell and Dawson Hardware, now residing locally with Mrs. Aldridge.
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Jim Aldridge
Shafter Warehouse
Aldridge
Los Angeles
U.S. Hardware & Paper Co
Eastern Hardware
Bell
Dawson Hardware
Shafterite
Shafter ‘Warehouse
Fresno County Tops Kern in Cotton Acreage Battle
California crop data shows Fresno County with 264000 acres of cotton and Kern with 247000 acres. San Joaquin Valley accounts for over 954600 of 963000 statewide acres, with Tulare and Kings also large producers. California ranks fifth in U S cotton production.
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Fresno County
Kern
California
Kern County
California Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
San Joaquin Valley
Tulare
Kings
Madera
Merced
Stanislaus
San Benito Counties
Riverside County
Imperial County
San Bernardino
Thean Joaquin Valley
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Fergon
Apple
Bisquick
U. S
Aunt Jemima
Uncle Mole
Aunt Jemima Riteeese
Fancy
Frankfurters
Tillamock
Welchs
del Monte
Lee TS
Kellogg’s
N.Y
Rinso
Perry
Rambler
Dan Dailey
Shafter Theater
Don Long
Stringham’s
Lee’s
Kiwanis
Bill Lowe
Clara
Fire Dept
Bess Williams
Mgr
Estelle Edwards
Aletha Schaeffer
Clara Schnaidt
Underwriters Laboratory
Dan Loewen
California Avenue
Shafter, Calif
Shafter Mercantile CO
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