Shafter News Briefs Include Local Visits and Births
Local residents across Shafter and nearby areas are noted in weekend visits, travels, and family news. Highlights include Art Hein visiting from Marshfield, Norma Neufeld pledged at UC Berkeley, J. M. Rogers visiting Bakersfield, and several hunting and travel reports. Also listed are new homes, post office staff returns, and family events from Shafter and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hein
Shafter
Air Corps
Marshfield
Riverside
Katie Hein
Sunday Wakefulness and Wildlife Licenses in California
A reflective note on Sunday morning disruptions, followed by wildlife updates from California. Deer tags total 21 642 through September 22, up from 20 603 last year. Mendocino leads with 3 406, Lake 2 267, Sonoma 1 216. Sturgeon numbers rise in the Klamath. fishing prohibition from the early 1900s stands. California licenses issued for domestic fish breeders reach 99 this year, surpassing prior records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Division of Fish and Game
Mendocino
Lake
Sonoma
Klamath River
California
Roosevelt and Willkie Clash on Government Ownership Issue
The piece notes the core campaign debate between Roosevelt and Willkie over whether the current push toward government ownership of industry and agriculture should continue or be resisted. It urges voters to decide if they prefer self management or government control in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Willkie
Willkie Sidelights from the Campaign Train
A Caliente husband recalls a Willkie campaign special arrival amid playful bickering over breakfast and a wife wearing field glasses. A newspaper man aboard jokes about a woman who says only Roosevelt can run America, then muses on Eleanor taking over if he dies. The vignette captures wartime era political humor and attitudes toward female voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caliente
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Tricky Jimmy Cross Shines for Bakersfield Renegades
Jimmy Cross, a Shafter has moved to first-string left half for Bakersfield Renegades. He wowed fans with a change of pace and speed, after a Hollywood Amateur Stars background. Mike Janzen is also a first-string end for the Renegades. The team opens their 1940 season Friday at Griffith Field against Santa Barbara State freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Radoumis
Kern Herald
Jimmy
Cross
Shafter Boy
Bakersfield
Jaysee
Renegades
Griffith Field
Santa Barbara State
Jack Frost
Hollywood
Oklahoma
Frost
Mike Janzen
This and That: Pioneer Shafter Woman Watches Reliefer Cash Ham Check
A Shafter woman observes a relief worker cashing a sizable check for a ham, noting the unusual scene amid local charity aid. The anecdote reflects everyday life during hardship and the community’s response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Shafterwoman
Local Restaurant Serves Half Cooked Ash Covered Steak
A diner orders a steak in a local restaurant and questions paying for it. The order specifies hunter’s style and half cooking with ashes as a unique presentation. The incident highlights unusual dining requests and service responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Wood Carvings Displayed At Tulare Fair
Short of Shafter has a notable wood carving display in the Tulare Kings County fair art department. A four horse team and wagon and a saddled horse are shown, drawing local attention after national newspaper and magazine coverage of his hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pales Short of
Shafter
Tulare-Kings County Fair
Tulare
Short
Hours Announced For Maple School Library
Maple branch library hours were announced by librarian Mrs. George Nikkel. The library will be open Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1 to 4 o clock and Monday evenings from 7 to 9 o clock. Located at Maple School in the main building, the library is part of the Kern county system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nikkel
Maple
Miss Bennett
Wasco
Boys’ and Girls’ Library
Bakersfield
Maple Branch
Kern County
Maple School
Sidewalk Work Under Way At County Park
WPA project in Kern County sponsors a county park sidewalk job with about 35 workers. The crew began last Thursday and plans call for about two weeks to finish.
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County Park
WPA
County of
Kern
Small Fire at D.F. Mettler Ranch Traced to Bee Smoker
An attempt to smoke bees from a tankhouse at the D.F. Mettler place on Poplar avenue caused a small fire Saturday evening around 8. The damage was slight. The Shafter forestry truck and crew were summoned to the Mettler ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.F. Mettler
Poplar Avenue
Shafter Station
Mettler Ranch
A J Jack Zimmerman Career Roles Listed
A J Jack Zimmerman is identified as a fire notary public, insurance counselor, and public weighmaster, with automobile work noted in the listing.
Bankers honor A. E. Sharboro on retirement tribute
Local bankers pay tribute to Alfred E. Sharboro vice president of Bank of America retiring after more than four years in banking He was born in San Francisco in 1875 as eldest son of Andrea Sharboro who came ashore at the Clay and Montgomery waterfront and became a noted businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Sharboro
Bank of America
San Francisco
Shone Andrea Sharboro
Old Clay and Montgomery
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Uriarte
Fred Uriarte
Richmond
The
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Louis Starrh
G. L. Starrh
South
June Lachenmaier
Santa Barbara State College
Bill Lachenmaier
Dinuba
George Duerksen
Peter Shultz
Dinuba Tvere
Shultz
Ben Friesen
Tarzana
H. M. Martins
J.P. Shultz
Southern California
K. Bo Montgomery
Inglewood
W. Hutchins
Southgate
Jack Montgomery
Long Beach
Diana Leach
Lone Beach
A. R. Duehren
E. Hanson
John Wastbinder
Jack
Sunday
Kernville
Greenhorn
Walter Poznoff
Bill McClain
Tobias Meadow
R. W. McCarty
Shafter Hunter
Paul McCoy
Red Bluff
al Peters
Ralph Short
Lindsay
T. E. Vines
Nevin Burrell
Norma Neufeld
Berkeley
University of California
Delta Zeta
Auto Club
G.P. Parmelee
Automobile Club of Southern California
W. R. Blair
Los Angeles
A. P. Emerald
Blair
Midway Island
Government Naval Base
Ernest Panero
Lorain Apartments
Lerdo Road
J. M. Rogers
Morro Bay
R. E. Youell
Jack Kliewer
Mr. Kliewer
Oxnard
P. L. Kohls
E. A. Weil
Postoffice
John Roskam
Shafter Postoffice
Herman Ruby
State Board of Equalization
Art Craig
Santa Monica
Faber
Amelia Cornell
Shafter High School
Faber Street
L. A
New Mexico
Peterson Place
Mrs. W. McCafferty
Bud Janzen
Santa Maria
Bob Neuman
Joe Neuman
Bill Neuman
Arthur Neufeld
Menno Siemens
Ed. J. Peters
Treasure Island
R.C. Franklin
Mojave
Franklin
Air
Shafter Peorle
Norfice Cornelius
Richard Ray
Casteels
Clarence Casteel
Melba Gail
Strauss
Pendalls
Mrs
Smiley
Moses Randall
Ellen Tonise
Ian
Beersfield
Roy Allen
Charley R. Rhodes
Reichwirl
Buttonwillow
Dorothy May
W. Onl
Bill Rodgers
Bankamerican
Bankamericans
Bank of America National 8Use.& Association
Federal. Deposit Insurance Corporation
A. J
Jack” Zimmerman
Bankers
A. E. Sharboro
Jack A. Lighthill
Sunset Ave
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Cali
Nations
Biscuit Co
Save
Castle Crest
Safewey
Royal Latin
Safeway
Ane County
Valley
Sunny Dawn Brand
van Camp
Can
Ayma
Stokely's Finest
Green Giant Peas
Stokely’s
Stokely Baby Foods
Mission Tuna Edwards Coffee
Morton’s Salt
Camay
Rinso Soap
Lifebuoy Spa
Bueb37
O'S
SWIFT
Pitener
Tan
Conan
Kraft Cheese American
Rlek
Jule Lee Wright
Graham Crackerson
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