Dollar Day Draws Throng to Shafter Celebrations
A four to five thousand crowd packed Shafter’s business district for Dollar Day events. Sheriff Ed Champness led a parade along Central Avenue with Camp West Lowe riders and local bands. A public wedding of Miss Lela Daniels and Walter Conaway drew spectators, while shops offered bargains and a free dance capped the day.
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Shafter
Kern County
Ed. Champness
Central Avenue
James and
Munzer Streets
Justice of the Peace
F. E. Manner
Lela Daniels
Walter Conaway
James Street
Joe Henderson
Connie Siebert
Jack Zimmerman
Jack Janzen
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion of
Sheriff Champness
North Viders
Wasco
Don Latta
Baker
Lohr
Jelopy
Dale Spohn
Abe Culwell
Shafter High School
Shafter Business Men's Association
City of
Tance In
Co Bar
Twenty One Ton Yield Of Sugar Beets From Experimental Acreage
An average of 21 tons of sugar beets per acre was reported at the Phil Ohanneson ranch on Lerdo road east of Shafter. Fertilized rows produced 5–6 more tons per acre than unfertilized, with 60 pounds of ammonium sulfate per acre. Fertilization yielded a production gain valued at about $38 on $4.50 expense, suggesting fertilizer may expand Kern county beet growing.
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Phil Ohanneson
Lerdo Road
Shafter
Ohanneson
Lindsay
Kern County
Channeson
Buttonwillow
Poso Creek
Drainage Ditch Dug on Shafter Highway
A drainage ditch is being dug along Shafter highway to drain a low area near the Pentecostal Gospel mission. The work is by WPA labor with the county in charge, and a pipe will carry waste water to a sand pit on Los Angeles street.
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Gospe
Shafter Highway
WPA
Los Angeles
Cotton Moves In Shatter Area Sees Early Ginning Progress
Cotton movement in the Shatter area is accelerating with 100 bales ginned Monday by Camp-West-Lowe and more plans to run. Lerdo growers are picking while Allen ranch crews haul and gins restart after a pause. Early yields vary by soil, with frost risk and rainfall noted as the main factors affecting the season two weeks later than normal. Arvin and Rosedale gin activity continues as light rains fall without damaging the crop.
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Shatter
West- Lowe
Lerdo
Allen Ranch
D. O. Moore
Shafter
P. A. Schmidt
Rosedale
Union Oil Drilling Progress in Shafter Field
Union Oil reports two wells below 10,000 feet with 5-34 at 10,690 feet and 2-34 at 10,460 feet. The newly spudded G-34 drills at 7,600 feet as progress continues without trouble. no new locations announced and completions not expected for about a month.
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Union Oil
Shafter
Union
Drivers License Examinations Held Tomorrow at Legion Hall
Examinations for drivers licenses will be given tomorrow in the American Legion hall from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. The California Highway Patrol Bakersfield office announces both license renewals and new licenses will be processed by the examiner.
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American Legion Hall
California Highway Patrol
Bakersfield
Holmes Bishop Speaks Tonight on Proposition No 1
Holmes Bishop state president of the Associated Farmers speaks at 7 30 pm at Richland grammar school auditorium on Proposition No 1 to appear on the November general election ballot. The talk covers curbing strikes and limiting picket activity to actual strikers as part of state labor policy.
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Holmes Bishop
Associated Farmers
Richland Grammar School
Bishop
Southern Californians, Inc
Richland
Shafter
City Sidewalks Discussed At Council Meeting
Shafter city council heard a sidewalk proposal with preliminary work costs estimated at 10 to 12 percent of project cost. A second petition was to be circulated by the Business Men's association to gain more signatures. The council also split street sweeping and garbage hauling contracts and welcomed O. H. Strom to office.
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Shafter
Althouse
WPA
Channeson
Business Men’s Association
O. H. Strom
Shaw
Race emotions judged as similar by UC professor
Dr. G M Stratton, emeritus psychology professor at the University of California, described a test at the American Psychological Association meeting in Ohio. The study compared reactions to a blow to show Caucasians and Mongolians share similar emotional responses.
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G. M. Stratton
University of California
American Psychological Association
Ohio
Water Spreading Report Heard by Kern Officials
A meeting in Bakersfield reviewed water spreading tests by the Shafter-Wasco and North Kern Storage districts. Data from A. B. Etcheverry and Irving Althouse suggested water levels rose in some districts, but conclusive results require more study. Funds of about 30,000 to 145,000 were discussed, with a WPA grant of 40,000 and district appropriations proposed to carry the project forward.
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Shafter-Wasco
North Kern
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Bakersfield
A. B. Etcheverry
Kern County Water Development Commission
Irving Althouse
Shafter
Wasco
Charles Westenberg
John Nale
August Bender
A. R. Duehren
A. P. Channeson
Fred Water Commission
A. M. Wells
Jack Haley
East Side
Roland Curran
Etcheverry
Kern County
Kern River
Army
Kings River
Services Held for Claude P. Morgan of Shafter
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Janzen Funeral Home chapel for Claude P. Morgan 56 a Shafter Wasco dairy man and civic leader who died Thursday in Santa Barbara after a long heart illness. Rev H Donald Clarey officiated burial was in Memorial Park Bakersfield Morgan native of Illinois lived in Shafter 20 years active in civic affairs and was Wasco high school board member survived by wife Nell Jane two daughters Barbara Betty Jane sister Mrs George O Brien of Los Angeles and brothers J C Morgan Read Morgan and Guy W Morgan all of Greeley Colorado pallbearers included W H Hitchcock Horace Strong J C Channeson H G Hull W G Ulery and W B Camp. Out-of-town relatives who
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Janzen
Claude P. Morgan
Shafter and
Wasco
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
H. Donald Clarey
First Congregational Church
Wesco
Memorial Park
Bakersfield
C. P. Morgan
Illinois
Shafter
Nell Jane Morgan
Barbara
Betty Jane
George O. Brien
Los Angeles
J. C. Morgan
Read Morgan
Guy W. Morgan
Greeley
Colorado
Shafter Livestock Competing at Bakersfield Show
Thirty nine entries from Shafter high school and Shafter Future Farmers travel to Bakersfield for Frontier celebration events at Kern County Fairgrounds. Grand champion Hereford steer owned by Alvin Roberson, Sacramento State Fair winner, leads the Shafter lineup along with two China-Poland Master Santa Rosa and Sir Don. Judging hogs and dairy cattle today, beef cattle and sheep tomorrow, with a livestock auction during the four day event.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Bakersfield
Sec
Alvin Roberson
Sacramento
Hampshire Bay
Hamshire
Victor Voth
Earl Glenn
Kern County Fair
Pixley Visitors Attend Shafter Dollar Day Event
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Newsom of Pixley spent the weekend in Shafter for Dollar Day and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Newsom on Sunday.
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Pixley
O. C. Newsom
Shafter
Claude Newsom
Wagner No 4 Ready For Completion In Shafter Field
General Petroleum reports Wagner No 4 in the Shafter oil field with Vedder sand cemented at 11 327 feet and water shut off. Drilling continues as production sand is reached. completion expected before week’s end. Wagner 2 and 1 previously completed. No 3 rigging begun.
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General Petroleum
Wagner No. 4
Shafter
Wagner No. 3
Superior
Helbling
Anderson Well
van Ness
Seventh Standard Road
Wagner No
Exchange Club Nominates New Officers
Regular meeting of the Exchange Club at Cafe Neuman saw nominations for new officers. Ernest Panero Peter Bender Glenn O Nay were named vice president with Jack Jansen and Bob Neuman as sergeant at arms. Dr L H McGrane and William Brown joined as new members. Roy Woollames Opal Frey and Dr Jack A Lighthill attended as guests.
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Cafe Neuman
Ernest Panero
Peter Bender
Glenn O. Nay
Jack Janzen
Bob Neuman
L. H. McGrane
William Brown
Roy Woollames
Opal Frey
Jack A. Lighthill
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Dollar Day
Jack Frost
Lowe
Shafter Livestock
Bakersfield Show
Wagner
G. P
Exchange Club
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