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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1976
Page
2
Ranchers Cotton Oil plant at Cawelo six miles east of Shafter begins a 500000 expansion. The upgrade aims to lift salad oil output by 50 percent, with completion targeted by year end. The 7 million facility operates 24 hours daily, producing about 24358 gallons of salad oil and crushing 550 tons of cottonseed daily for multiple uses.
Police report three Shafter businesses targeted over the past week. At Kern Loan at 429 and 435 Jamee Street burglars entered front doors, taking a $20 calculator and then three color televisions, four stereos, and a combination device worth about $4,500 from Colvard's Home Furnishings and Kern Loan. Saturday morning there were two more break ins with $318 stolen from Shafter Texaco at 289 East Lerdo Highway.
Two Richland School sixth graders Vernon Rex and Brian Montgomery completed the first hydrant painting at Central Valley Highway and Shafter Avenue depicting an Indian to honor America’s bicentennial. Shafter committees and local youth groups will continue painting hydrants in downtown and near the school with historic personages. materials come from the Shafter Fire Department.
Richland PTA led by President Cathy Prout reports completing a program that provided about 2958 dollars in benefits to students. Donations from fall carnivals include items such as an upper grade patio expense and classroom equipment totaling multiple small grants to the district.
Garden tip notes that pinching young fuchsias encourages bushier growth and increases flowering since blooms appear on new growth. Regular pinching through the growing season promotes denser shrubs and more blossoms.
March 1976 building permits in Shafter total $339 592 the second strongest month in four years bringing Q1 1976 permits to $438 105. Notable items include three $60 000 apartment units for Marvin Roe at Village and Reiker two Cecil Hight remodels at 300 South Shafter Avenue a $28 000 permit for Santa Barbara Savings and Loan at 237 Central Avenue and a $2100 remodel for Ag Water at 229 Walker Street. Two new homes valued at $42 701 and $29 091 plus 14 residence remodels completed the March list.
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