Thursday Evening Storm Described as Most Spectacular
Old-timer residents of Shafter recall Thursday's storm as the largest on record with reports of the worst lightning and hail. Rain totals ranged from 1.55 to 1.71 inches over the period, with 8 inches and 6 inches measured in different gauges. Utilities outages lasted 45 minutes as PG and E reported a struck pole, candles lit homes, and streets flooded in several districts.
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Shafter
Cotton Experiment Station
Matt Hathersall
Pg&e
Lerdo Highway
Manne Avenue
Shafco
James, Lerdo
State Streets
Recreation Commission Sets Pee Wee League Rules
The Shafter Recreation Commission met Monday night and adopted rules for the Low Pee Wee and Pee Wee Leagues to increase participation. Officials noted complaints about too many boys riding the beach, and managers coaches and sponsors present supported several rule changes.
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Shafter Recreation Commission
Shafter
Sparrows Build Nest At City Fire Station
A progress report notes the sparrows returning to the city fire station and building a nest over the front entrance light. They laid four eggs and guard the nest from strangers while keeping them warm. The text mentions unsure details about swallows at Capistrano.
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Capistrano
Quiet Times In Shafter Police Department Report
Over the past two weeks Shafter police logged a mix of minor incidents. An ambulance carried a man to hospital for illness, a dog was run over on South Shafter avenue, a Wilshire Service Station door was found open, a juvenile girl went missing, a man was booked for vagrancy, a bar call referenced a troublesome brother in law, a prowler was sighted near an Atlantic garage, and a bicycle belonging to Don Zachary was reported stolen. The tone suggests calm before any storm.
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Shafter
Hanley Witcher
South Shafter Avenue
Wilshire
Central Valley Highway
Tulare Avenue
Odie Miller
Atlantic Avenue
Don Zachary
West Lerdo
Don
City seeks summer recreation staff at City Hall
Applications are invited for a pool manager lifeguards and arts and crafts instructors. Pool staff must be 21 with water safety certificate current senior lifeguard and reside in the district. Lifeguards need 18 plus senior lifeguard cert. Arts and crafts details available at City Hall.
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Ray Wiley
Bake Sale Set By Eben Ezer Church Ladies Society
The Eben Ezer Reformed Church Ladies Society will hold a bake sale Saturday April 10 starting at 9 a.m. in front of the Shafter Drug Store. Chairmen are Mrs Russell Hamman and Mrs Delmar Mettler.
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Ladies Society of the Ebenezer Reformed Church
Shafter Drug Store
Russell Hamman
Delmar Mettler
Shafter Cancer Crusade names chairmen for fund drive
Mrs. A. L. Biloff of the Shafter Junior Women’s Club is named residence area coordinator for the Kern County American Cancer Society Crusade. C. J. Ted Vignolo becomes business and rural chairman as the month long drive proceeds through April. The campaign aims to educate residents with literature and house to house envelopes to raise funds for cancer research and local education programs.
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A. L. Biloff
Shafter
E. J. Peters
Kern County
American Cancer Society
C. J
Ted
Vignolo
Billoff
Mrs. Elizabeth Comfort Dead After Long Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Comfort 78 of Paso Robles died after a long illness. She was wife of Herbert G. Comfort publisher of the San Miguel Banner and former Shafter Press publisher. Funeral rites were at Paso Robles District Cemetery with Rev. Gertrude Mae Parker officiating. She was born February 21, 1887 in Parkville Missouri and helped found the Paso Robles Daily Star in 1919. She belonged to Pythian Sisters, American Legion Auxiliary, Paso Robles Woman's Club and the Second Milers. She is survived by her husband, a sister in Paso Robles, a brother in New Jersey, a granddaughter and two great granddaughters.
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Elizabeth Comfort
Shafter
Herbert G. Comfort
San Miguel Banner
Shafter Press
Comfort
Paso Robles
Gertrude Mae Parker
San Miguel Community
Pythian Sisters
American Legion Auxiliary
Paso Robles Woman's Club
Second Milers
H. G. Reif
James McConnell
West Englewood
New Jersey
John Kennedy
Concord
Shafter Sets Pee Wee Rules Nucleus at Five Players
Shafter Recreation Commission approves next season rules for Low Pee Wee and Pee Wee leagues. Each team will carry five nucleus players and 18 on roster with remaining spots filled by rotation from a master signup list. Managers will finalize innings limits and sportsmanship rules at a later meeting.
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Commission
Ray Wiley
Bill Hildebrand
Arthur H. Johnson
H. W. Voth
Clyde Johnston
Frank O'Neill
North Kern Public Relations Banquet Featured Speaker
Frank O. McIntyre, Southern Section Public Relations Director from Los Angeles for the California Teachers Association, will speak at the North Kern Public Relations banquet. The event, set for Thursday at 7 o'clock, will be held in the Richland cafeteria.
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Frank O. McIntyre
Richland
North Kern
McIntyre
Los Angeles
California Teachers Association
Seminar for lay readers at St. Pauls Visalia
Rev John D Spear vicar at St Marks Episcopal and Dr Reg Hammond Jack McMeans rl Pitzer attended the spring seminar for lay readers at St Pauls Episcopal Visalia on Saturday. Rev Dr Louis Kelter of Portland was the lecturer instructing the 100 men present including lay readers and clergy of the Diocese of San Joaquin.
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John D. Spear
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Reg Hammond
Jack McMeans
Rl Pitzer
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Visalia
Louis Kelter
Portland
Diocese of
San Joaquin
Lightning Strikes Montgomery Home In Thursday Storm
Lightning hit Charles Montgomery’s home at 389 East Orange during a Thursday evening storm. The strike followed the electric line into the cellar conduit and reached the attic, where the Shafter Fire Department found a fire but only a blue haze.
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Charles Montgomery
East Orange
Coller
Shafter
Reappointed LeRoy Jackson Names Ben Grundy to Cemetery Board
On board supervisor LeRoy Jackson announces the reappointment of Ben Grundy to Public Cemetery District No. 1 of Shafter. Other members include Hanley Witcher of Shafter and Homer Wentz of Wasco, with Ruben Siemens serving as district manager.
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LeRoy Jackson
Ben Grundy
Shafter Cemetery
Public Cemetery District No. 1
Hanley Witcher
Shafter
Homer Wentz
Wasco
Ruben Siemens
Merchants Hear on Credit and Small Claims at Breakfast
About 25 merchants attended a breakfast at the Shafter Motel where Judge Harvey Gaede spoke on entry of suits in small claims court. He urged thorough credit checks, warned checks are not cash until cleared, and noted small claims as a path for bad checks and related issues.
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Harvey Gaede
Shafter Motel
Violet
Merchants Association
Gaede
Garde
Hemingson
Wayne Wood
Preliminary Library Plans For Shafter Building Design
Preliminary plans outline a 81 000 dollar Shafter Library on the existing James Street site with expanded land to 150 by 150 feet. The design features a large reading area, a conference room, staff rooms, and rest facilities with a rear parking area for 20 cars. Construction details specify suspended ceiling panels, vinyl tile floors, carpet in key areas, and concealed as well as air conditioning ducts and diffusers for improved climate control.
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Shafter
Pat Kelly
County Library Board
James Street
Sunset Avenue
Richland
Finn
Woman Injured in Fresno Avenue Crash
Mrs. Waldo Unruh was seriously hurt Thursday evening when her car struck a telephone pole on Fresno Avenue during a severe storm. She is recovering satisfactorily at North Kern Hospital Wasco with a broken collarbone pelvis and broken ribs and the CHP cites hail slickened pavement as a factor.
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Waldo Unruh
Fresno Avenue
North Kern Hospital
Wasco
Unruh
Madera Avenue
Shafter
California Highway Patrol
Poplar Avenue
Good Friday and Easter Services Planned by Churches
A Good Friday service inviting members of all churches will be held at First Southern Baptist Church at 12 45 April 16. The Easter Sunrise service will take place at Stringham Park at 6 00 Easter morning. Details of both programs will be announced next week.
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First Southern Baptist Church
Stringham Park
Shafter High seniors study critical thinking in debates
Shafter High School seniors work in four to six student teams to explore current topics using periodicals and library references. Jeanette Wheeler says the unit builds skills in defining problems gathering facts and presenting logical arguments for college work and citizenship.
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Shafter High School
Jeanette Wheeler
Migs Wheeler
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Mean County Free Library
Bakersfield, California
Board of Supervisors
LeRoy
Dr. H. W. Voth
Larry Shellberg
Montgomery
Linda Wonley Unruh
Ken Carlton
Patti Wegis
Danny Morgan
Nancy Stepp
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