Buttonwill WB for Permission to Build New Outlet in Shafter
In Shafter local news discusses approving a new bank outlet, possible site choices, and regulatory steps. Parker requests county chamber input as the Buttonwillow bank seeks a currency examination and potential establishment in Shafter with Lamont as a branch.
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Buttonwilh
Shafter
Parker
Comptroller of Currency
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Chamber
Buttonwillow Bank
Lamont
Kern County
Charles Parsons
Buttonwillow
Treasury Department
20-30 Club Drive for Coke Bottles This Saturday
The Shafter 20-30 club will conduct a door to door collection of all empty soft drink bottles Saturday afternoon. President Herschell Rodgers said the bottles are for deposit and will fund the club's local scholarship and national college fund. Last year the group financed a $200 scholarship for a Shafter High School senior and hopes to grant another in May.
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Shafter
Akew House
Herschell Rodgers
Shafter High Band Concert Scheduled for Tomorrow Night
The Shafter High School band under director Kenneth Pahlbender will present its annual concert tomorrow evening in the high school gymnasium. Eighteen seniors will exhibit their talents as the Swinging Sergeants pop charts like Tender Trap Years and Bugler’s Holiday features highlight a program including Trombone Rhapsody and selections from Oklahoma.
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Shafter High School
Kenneth Pahlbender
Fahsbender
Shafter
Mary Suderman
Gordon Pipkin
Noel Wilson
Oklahoma
Mrs. Thompson Seeks Kern County Mrs America Title
Kern County finals of the 18th Mrs. America Contest occur tonight at IOOF Hall Delano at 8. Mrs. Thompson of Shafter competes alongside contestants from Tehachapi Lamont North of the River Delano McFarland Bakersfield and others. Contestants bake a cake and face a judging questionnaire interview sewing and a home cake made by a home economist. The event is sponsored by Southern California Gas.
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Kern County
IOOF
Delano
Dennis
Dianne
Dean W. Craig
Southern Pacific
Buttonwillow
Shafter
Jimmie Fay Thompson
Thompson
Douglas
David
Billy Jack Thompson
United States Army
Germany
Tehachapi
Susan Sullivan
Sullivan
Catherine
Elizabeth
M. J. Sullivan
Lamont
Ruth Davis
Jobe
Lee
Carol
James R. Jobe
Lois Harris
Harris
Roy Jr
Kathleen
Colleen
Roy Harris
Schenley Industries
McFarland
Arvella Owens
University of California
Bakersfield College
Southern Fornia Gas Company
Potato Crop Reduced by 526 Acres in Shafter 1956
Kern County reports a 10 percent drop in planted potato acres in Shafter for 1956, with 5000 acres planted vs 5526 in 1955. Countywide, 45,660 acres were planted this year. Harvest in Shafter-Wasco aimed for early May, with average yield around 270 sacks per acre, and frost impact minimal except in Edison area.
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Shafter
C. Seldon Morley
Kern County
California
Edison
A. H. Bryant
Shafter-Wasco
United States
Aroostook
Maine
Bill Lewis
Shafter Agricultural Inspector
Cawelo
Fresh Win Track Meet Between Shafter High and Richland
Shafter High School C track team edged Richland Elementary eighth graders 42 to 34 in the annual meet. The victory highlighting the rivalry and close score showcases youth track competition in the region.
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Shafter High School
Richland
Candidates Invited to Shafter Chamber Luncheon Event
City council candidates will attend the Shafter Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon at Lee’s Drive Inn. President Merton Wiedmann said this is the first and likely only public group appearance by all eight candidates.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Lee’s Driveinn
Merton L. Wiedmann
Wiedmann
Fire Department Double Duty Under City Assessor Plan
Fireman Ed Bender uses city assessment work with annual fire inspections. Assistant fire chief W R Gorshing confirms the plan to certificate buildings within city limits. Certificates are issued to owners for future reference after inspection.
Shafter Generals Face Lemoore in Weekend Practice
The Shafter Generals travel to Lemoore for a practice baseball game Saturday then return to South Sequoia league play. They have losses to Corcoran and Exeter and no league wins. An exhibition with North High School ended 15-5, after a six run seventh inning broke a scoreless duel. Shafter's offense produced singles in the third, a three spot in the fifth, and a run in the eighth.
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Shafter Generals
Lemoore
Generals
Corcoran
Exeter
Shafterites
North High School
Shafter
Proctor Bags 31st Wildcat in Shafter Hunt
Ray Proctor, Shafter hunter, reports training and using a pack of hounds to bag his 31st wildcat this season. He notes dogs must be trained to ignore deer and other game, with two fully trained dogs and two pups currently in training.
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Ray Proctor
Proctor
Shafter
Right
Ross Chatman
June
Left
Jimmie
Voters Face City Council Race and Bids for Water Project
Voters go to the polls next Tuesday to elect three of eight candidates to Shafter city council. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall, with incumbent Robert Gates and others facing competition. absentee ballots deadline passed. Engineers advertised for bids on the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation second segment, a multi‑million project digging 48 miles of trenches and laying 48 miles of pipelines for the Central Valley project.
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City Hall
Corps of Engineers
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project
Bureau of Reclamation
Lindsay
Calif
Shafter
Robert Gates
Rolf Jacobsen
Merril L. Thomas
Re- Lavery, Jr
Oper
Shafter of Commerce and Agriculture
Albert J. Zimmerman
Jack Bellows
Leslie Nusz
Floyd Raney
Biter
PTA Barbecue Committee Details and Attendance Expectation
All committee chairmen are Bil Irvin. Ticket duties go to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weitz. Program work is by L. S. Robbins and Kenneth Fahrbender. Publicity by Mrs. Clyde Mullins. Six barbecue committees cover meat cutting serving salad beans coffee and supplies. About 1000 people expected.
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Bil Irvin
Ben Peters
Dan Weitz
L. S. Robbins
Kenneth Fahrbender
Clyde Mullins
Wilson
Frank Johnson
Albert Janzen
PTA
Concert Group Drops Series But May Reorganize
The Shafter-Wasco Community Concert association has closed operations this week while leaving open the possibility of reorganizing later. Final president Mrs. John J. Peters Jr. noted many supporters may seek a new group and a fall membership meeting for subscribers could be held. Ticket holders are reminded they may still attend a concert.
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Shafter-Wasco Community Concert Association
John J. Peters, Jr
Obie Bovie
Cancer Crusade campaign opens monthlong drive
Mrs Leland Bell cam chairman for Shafter announces the Cancer Crusade runs from Monday through April as Cancer Control month penny con es and urges the public to give to the American Cancer Camp. Assisting are numerous volunteers including Mia Turner Patey New man Dorothy Wilson Sadie De Somers and others.
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Leland Bell
Cam
Shafter
Ed Sullivan
National Cam
Dwight
Bell
Mia, Turner
Pez
Patey ’ Newman
Dorothy Wilson
Sadie de Somers
Dee Voth
Eloise Lowe
Marilyn
Dorothy
Shafter Woman's Club Drives Primary Voter Registration
The Shafter area campaigns to register about 300 voters for the June primary. Eighteen club members recruit former voters who lost eligibility and sign them up this week at the Bank of America lobby. The group also assists shutins unable to travel. They were sworn in as registrars by county clerk Vera K. Gibson and began canvassing in newer homes to boost registration. The April 12 deadline approaches.
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Shafter
Shafter Woman's Club
Bank of America
Shutins
Topher
Neer
C. Eckmann
Mra. Oan
Vera K. Gibson
Otto Reich Dies of Heart Attack in Bakersfield
Otto Thomas Reich aged 35 of 146 Marengo avenue died in Bakersfield after a heart attack. He was born May 50 1920 in South Dakota and moved to Shafter in 1934. He worked as an aircraft worker and had served four years overseas in the air force. Surviving are his mother Mrs Mary Reich of Shafter two sisters Mrs Bertha Beck of Washington state Mrs Tillie Powell Bishop Cal seven brothers Helmuth Alvin Bakersfield Hugo Emil Sacramento Rubin Cuyara valley Oscar South Dakota and Milbert Texas.
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Armstrong Mortuary
Otto Thomas Reich
Marengo Avenue
Bakersfield
Mr. Reich
South Dakota
Shafter
Reich
Air Force
Mary Reich
Bertha Beck
Washington State
Tillie Powell
Bishop
Cal
Helmuth
Alvin
Hugo
Emil
Sacramento
Rubin
Cuyara Valley
Oscar
Milbert
Texas
Mrs Leonard Williams Hospitalized for Surgery in Bakersfield
Mrs Leonard Williams known as Bessie of Bessies Beauty Salon entered Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield on April 3 for surgery scheduled April 9. The notice lists her as a local business figure undergoing a planned procedure.
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Leonard Williams
Bessie
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
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Harvey Bartel
Maple District
Juanita Kattenhorn
Shafter Highway
Robert Bongberg
E. C. Eckmann
Arthur Brownell
SHS
Merton Wiedmann
Tony Brown
San Joaquin Valley
Mrs. Thompson
Fire Department
Ed “Wimpy” Bender
GOV
S.w.ld
Otto Reich
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