Early Spuds Roll From Shafter and Saco Fields
Potatoes continue to move from Shafter with 49 rail cars shipped yesterday. Digging is underway at Saco fields owned by Bob Newman and Bill Bestwater, with Bliss Triumphs in a 120 acre Neuman field. Yield runs about 200 sacks of No. 1 per acre, with prices around 1.10 a bag and market strength noted.
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Newman
Saco
Bob Newman
Bill Bestwater
Bliss
Edison
Kern ‘County
Eastern
M. A. Lindsay
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United States
Kern County Junior Chamber to Elect Directors
Jake Siemens is a candidate for the Kern County junior chamber of commerce board of directors. The meeting to name directors and advisory directors will be held next Monday evening at the county chamber building in Bakersfield. Bennett Siemon, president, urges all members to attend.
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Jake. Siemens
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Kern County Junior Chamber of Commerce
County Chamber
Bakersfield
Bennett Siemon
Moore Well Completed By Superior In California Fields
Superior Oil reports Moore No. well completed between Shafter and Greeley fields on D C Moore property. Hole bottomed at 11,500 feet with oil sand at 11,300 feet. Estimated production likened to area peers with 1620 barrels of 37.3 gravity oil and 1,116,000 cubic feet gas via half inch line. Casing 1,525 psi tubing 1,500 psi. Next well Lewis No 1. Osborn No 3-2 location announced southwest of No 1-3. Derrick up at Crites No 4. Osborn No 1-3 below 10,521 feet. Pasadena Realty No 3 below 11,008 feet. No 4 drilling at 11,255 feet.
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Superior Oil Company
Shafter
Greeley Fields
Moore
D. C. Moore
Shafter Cotton Gin
Superior
Lewis No. 1
Greeley
Shaf- New
Osborn No. 3
Crites
Osborn No
Pasadena Realty Company
Third Crites earner for Union Oil near Shafter field
Union Oil Company announced a third well location at Arthur Crites property on the west side of the Shafter field near the northwest quarter of Section 28. The 43-28 well is south of the completed 52-28 and toward the west, aiming to widen the north field production area. Other reports: Pacific States 32-33 at 9,141 feet, Coles Levee field 78-2 at 9,432 feet, Stockdale 31-3 at 10,315 feet.
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Union Oil Company
Arthur
Crites
Shafter Field
Coles Levee Field
Betty Mork Heads Regional Speaking Final
Miss Betty Mork a Shafter high school student represents Kern county in Fresno regional finals of the annual contest by the California Bankers Association. Her topic is Democracy's Challenge to America's Youth. A Fresno win advances her to the state finals in San Francisco with a trip to Hawaii for the state winner. Accompanying her are Sepulveda the forensic coach and fellow students Tarnan Reilly Grant and Ruben Mettler.
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Betty Mork
Shafter
Kern County
Fresno
California Bankers’ Association
Mork
Democracy
America
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Mark
Sepulveda
Shasin- Nat
Tarnan Reilly Grant
Ruben Mettler
Students Back New Constitution At Shafter High
Shafter high school students approved revisions to the student body constitution by six to one in last week’s election. The main change would allow the student body to operate the Hi-Y stand on campus.
Nine More Votes Favor Incorporation in Shafter
The Shafter city council canvassed April 15 votes plus nine absentee ballots showing opposition to disincorporation. Official results: 385 against disincorporation, 166 in favor. The meeting also covered building concerns, a chicken nuisance, and health inspections.
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Bill Lachenmaier
Phil Channeson
Kern County Land Company
Shafter
Herb Schirmer
Shafter Business Men's Association
C. L. Hudson
Bak Subdivision
Santa,Fe ‘Way
Lerdo Road
Mettler Qualifies for State Semi in Speaking Contest
Shafter high school senior Ruben Mettler won first place at Selma in a regional Lion clubs speaking contest with the topic What Will We Do With America. Sponsored by the Bakersfield Lions, he advances to the state semifinals in Ventura on May 20, aiming for the June finals in Los Angeles.
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Ruben Mettler
Shafter
Lion Clubs
Selma
Mettler
America
Lion Club of
Bakersfield
Tulare
Ventura
Los Angeles
Elton Cole Visits Relatives After Camp Roberts Stay
Elton Cole of Battery C 56 Field Artillery Camp Roberts spent the past weekend visiting relatives in the community.
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Elton Cole
C-56
Field Artillery
Camp Roberts
Open House at Shafter High Plans Stock Show and Program
Shafter High School hosts an all day Open House May 2 including a livestock show staged by local Future Farmers in the afternoon, room displays, a hobby showcase in the library, and an evening gym program with the school band, glee club, and folk dances.
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Shafter High School
Muring
P. L. Arnold
Glee Club
R. L. Gates
Sarah Stys
Leroy Witcher
Russell Stone
Merton Wiedmann
Louella__Johnson
Leland Bell
Lloyd Pack
Wendall Allen
Fransquita Sullivan
Miss Stys
Panies
Shafter Women Attend Hanford Federated Club Meet
Among Shafter women who attended a San Joaquin Valley Federated Women's club meeting at Hanford Tuesday and Wednesday were Mesdames P. C. Guenther Fred Vandenberg Jack Battaglia A P Ohanneson J C Ohanne.
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Shafter
San Joaquin Valley
Federated Women’s Club
Hanford
Mesdames P. C. Guenther
Fred Vandenberg
Jack Battaglia
A. P. Ohanneson
J. C. Ohanne
Richland Elementary Spring Concert Set at Shafter High
A spring concert by Richland Elementary School music department takes place tomorrow at Shafter High School gym at 8pm. The program features the school band girls choir brass choir intermediate glee club baton twirlers and soloists with no admission fee.
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Richland Elementary School
Shafter High School
Shafter
Kenneth Helvey
Martha Gloeckler
Neva Helsley
Frances Neufeld
Marjorie Olson
Gwendolyn Ummel
Ana
Ummel
Olson
Wil
Carmel
Traffic sign promised near Shafter field direction
E W Taylor district traffic engineer for California highways promised a field direction sign directing to the United States army airfield east of Shafter at the Taft Greenfield and Shafter Taft highway intersection once a name is chosen for the field. He said a Shafter reflector sign may also be placed at the intersection in the future.
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Shafter
Taft-Greenfield
Shafter- Taft
E. W. Taylor
California Division of Highways
Highway Department
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Taylor
Franceschi Construction Company
San Francisco
Army Engineers
San Mateo County Sees 8 Million From Cut Flowers
San Mateo County earns about 8 million dollars yearly from the cut flower industry. The industry spans 800 outdoor acres and 400 acres under glass, supporting local agriculture and commerce.
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San Mateo County
Shafter Airfield Construction Details and Meetings
Construction at the Shafter area airfield progresses with Franceschi Construction moving 132 structures under U S Army expendi ture. Meetings next Tuesday at the American Legion hall present Chilean nitrate education and fertilizer experts to farmers and students at Shafter high and other area schools.
Whipstock Efforts At Wildcat Well Continue
Efforts to whipstock Continental wildcat in Section 25 27 24 continue this week as workmen angle off from about 8500 feet. A month ago a pipe string was lost at 11345 feet and earlier whipstocking attempts failed after a fishing job.
Fire damages refrigerator car south of Lerdo road
A fire in a refrigerator car on the Santa Fe siding south of Lerdo road caused about 300 dollars in damage shortly after 5 AM Monday. Two men, believed to be responsible, were arrested that evening by Fresno County police in Fowler after a description was issued by Constable John Reily.
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County Health Department
Shafter
Phil Channeson
Bill Lachenmaier
Glenn O. Nay
Joe W. Frizzell
H. Midgley
Santa Fe
Lerdo Road
Fresno County
Fowler
John Reily
Recreation Commission Plans Summer Program in Shafter
The Shafter Recreation Commission outlined initial plans for a summer recreation program with morning and afternoon child activities at Richland School and evening programs at Shafter High School. Local director anticipated, WPA leaders may help, and cooperation from Richland Elementary and Kern County Union High School districts is sought. A planning meeting with civic groups is planned next week.
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Shafter Recreation Commission
Richland School
Shafter High School
Commission
WPA
Richland
Kern County Union High
United States Army
Grape Disease Talk At Shafter Farm Center Meeting
At the Shafter Farm Center monthly gathering in Richland school Tuesday evening N. D. Hudson assistant county farm advisor showed slides on Pierce's disease in vineyards. Jack Hare Kern county agricultural inspector spoke about a potato tour. Musical numbers were performed by Timothy McDonald Calvin Wilson and John DeVincenzo.
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Pierce
N. D. Hudson
Shafter Farm Center
Richland School
Jack Hare
Kern County
Timothy McDonald
Calvin Wilson
Bakersfield
John DeVincenzo
Tennis Team Drops into Three-Way Tie in Sierra League
Shafter high school's tennis team falls into a three way tie for first with McFarland and Maricopa after a 10 7 team loss to McFarland at their home court. Coach R L Gates fielded players Ruben Mettler Leland Bell Bob Curtis Harry Hofman Harvey Dahl Bill Rose Clarence Kattenhorn and Jack Wilcoxon.
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Shafter High School
McFarland
Maricopa
R. L. Gates
Ruben Mettler
Leland Bell
Bob Curtis
Harry Hofman
Harvey Dahl
Bill Rose
Clarence Kattenhorn
Jack Wilcoxon
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