Conferences Held Throughout Country Aid Preschool Development
Public health officials and volunteers host 46 child health conferences nationwide to guide mothers in preschool care. Nurses and physicians staff sessions focusing on formula preparation, bottle sterilization, and family physician instructions. Sessions occur at Shafter health center and camps on scheduled Fridays and Thursdays by appointment.
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Invern ‘County Department of Public Health
P-T
A. Am
Erican “Legion
Health Department
Shafter Health Center
Shafter
Shafter County
Recreation Hall
Richland School Enrollment Increases at Richland
Enrollment at Richland School rises from 975 to 1158 by midweek, per district superintendent O T Olson. Seven new pupils registered in three days as fall brings anticipated growth, with rapid progress on the school garage cafeteria and boiler room projects and a bus garage set to open in four weeks.
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Richland
O. T. Olson
Shafter
Olson
Don Hart to Call Shafter Lancaster Game Broadcast
Don Hart will handle the center spot on the broadcast for Saturdays Shafter Lancaster football game on the local field. Hart is a Bakersfield native who played high school and junior college football in the area and later at Santa Barbara State. He announced the local games season over the school speak system and plans to go to the kickoff.
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Shafter-Lancaster
Don Hart
Bakersfield
Santa Barbara State College
Hert
Zinta
Siemens Hitchcock Display Wins Blue Ribbon at Show
The Siemens and Hitchcock display won a blue ribbon at the fair featuring commercial fertilizers seeds and equipment. The Farm Implement and Engine Company took a sweepstakes prize while the air corps section displayed cadet gear a parachute and radio equipment.
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Siemens-Hitchcock
Nyaly Ones
caat--of-Shafter
Farm Implement. and Engine Company
Siemens and Hitchcock
Air Corps
Funeral Set For Mrs Mary Voth Pioneer of Shafter
Mrs. Mary Voth 61 a Shafter district pioneer dies at home on Orange street after brief illness. Funeral at 1 pm Friday at Seventh Day Adventist church Rev L S Melendy officiating with burial in Shafter cemetery. Survived by husband Jacob, son Clarence, daughters Martha and Esther, four brothers J S Loewen Henry Loewen L W Loewen P W Loewen, two sisters David Strauss and Katherine Heinz. Family came to Shafter in 1919 from Parker SD and lived there since.
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Mary Voth
Shafter District
Orange Street
Janzen Funeral Home
Seventh Day Adventist Church
L. S. Melendy
Shafter Cemetery
Shafter Cemetery. Mrs. Voth Leaves Her Husband, Jacob Voth
Clarence
Bishop
Calif
Martha Voth
Shafter
Esther Voth
Palo Alto
Henry Loewen
Hooker
Oklahoma
J. S. Loewen
Enid
L W
P. W. Loewen
Lodi
Caliz
David Strauss
Katherine Heinz
Mountain View California
Parker
South Dakota
Wasco to Hold Funeral for Mrs. Martha Wallace
Mrs. Martha Wallace aged 18 died at a Bakersfield hospital and her body was brought to the Janzen Funeral Home. A native of Oklahoma she had lived most of her life in California. Survived by husband Luther C. Wallace and four sons, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hall. Funeral services in Wasco at the True Light Baptist Church with interment in Shafter Cemetery.
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Martha Wallace
Bakersfield
Janzen Puneral
Mary Kelly Injured in Colorado Auto Crash Recovers
Mary Kelly of Shafter, injured last week in a crash just over the Colorado line in Kansas, is reported recovering. Donna Jane Sutton of Shafter was killed. Sutton’s body was shipped to Missouri for burial last Friday. Kelly is expected to return to Shafter within a few days.
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Mary Kelly
Shafter
Colorado Line
Kansas
Burlington
Colorado
Donna Jane Sutton
Missouri
Miss Kelly
First Aid Night Class to Open at Shafter High
Shafter high school announces an adult night class in first aid if at least 15 people enroll. Two sessions were offered last year. enrollment closes today or tomorrow evening from 4 20 to 8 30 at the main school office.
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Shafter High School
Principal and Teachers To Attend Central Valley Meeting
The piece notes plans for a Visalia gathering of the California Interscholastic Federation central valley council with Jones on the federation's executive board. It also lists home economics teachers Martha Wein Katherine Rodgers and Thella Call attending a Saturday session. California tallies total vehicle registrations in 1940 reach 2 773 659.
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Piitipad
Visalia
Jones
Central Valley
Council Sieboanhegein
Central Valley Area
Martha Wein
Katherine Rodgers
Thella Call
Richland
Letter Week Observance Urged by Postmaster Berry
Postmaster Lois L Berry urges observance of the fourth National Letter Writing Week October 5 to 11 to encourage letter writing to family and soldiers in army camps. The aim is to foster friendship and develop a letter writing habit nationwide.
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Lois L- Berry
False alarm at Shafter siren triggers volunteer fire response
Fire siren at Shafter sounded last night around midnight due to a suspected automatic switch being tipped by a passing freight train. Volunteers responded en masse, but only items reported burned were the volunteers themselves.
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Shafter
Wis
Mayfield Returns Home After Shooting Incident
Guy Mayfield is brought back to his North Shafter home from Mercy Hospital Bakersfield after a two week ordeal. He is said to be in good condition. Ray Nichols, alleged to have shot Mayfield, remains in custody to face charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder.
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Guy
Mayfield
Ray Nichols
Ted
North Shafter
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Nichols
Peasons
Marvin Lane Wins Premium Money At Kern County Show
Marvin Lane won thirty dollars in premium money at the Kern County Live stock show in Bakersfield. Lane exhibited four first place Hampshire hogs and captured the championship with a fat barrow in the 4 H club division.
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Marvin Lane
Rio Bravo
Kern County
Everting
Bakersfield
Harbor wharfage length reported for San Francisco
The San Francisco harbor shows a wharfage measurement of 1S miles, reflecting the extensive waterfront facilities and staging areas used for cargo handling and maritime traffic.
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San Francisco Harbor
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Wasco
Guy Mayfield
POST
CAMAY
Hershey
Bargain - Hunter's Platea
Wang Les Toys
Mary Lee Taylor
Bie
Wieners
Mi-Ho
Ghiradelli
Justese
San Joaquin Valley
Ewe
Wwe
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