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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
1
A brief Kern County library update from Bakersfield covers activities at the city branch, community programs, and service notices for patrons. The report highlights available resources and upcoming events at the Kern County Public Library system.
The five annual Shafter Cotton Festival queen candidates gather at Cawelo for a roundtable meeting to discuss ticket sales and build enthusiasm. Queen candidates include Betty Stringer, Dorothy Gacde, Phyllis Bieger, Marjorie Rob, Dortha Rodgers, Jo Ryan, Annie Williams, and Jimmie Faycher. last year’s queen Betty Stringer and runner up Dorothy Gacde attend. Voting closes May 13 as festival directors plan quiz questions for each candidate to gauge sales potential.
True supporters of the Shafter chamber believe the organization should guide the town destiny. They attend meetings irregularly, with some stopping by Lee's Dining Room at noon on Fridays. Erle Bailey, manager of Schneider and Wikofa, says he attends regularly for the community’s sake.
Cotton growers face a hard truth about farming as a gamble. The piece argues many factors affect yields and profits beyond sowing seeds, including weather, timing, and market swings, even for long‑time farmers at Shafter Experimental Farm.
Public Works Director Jack Harris announced a city clean-up week from April 28 to May 5 to remove heavy debris from residents’ properties. Crews will start in the Nikkel tract, then cover Central Valley Highway side, railroad tracks area, and Mannel Street side, while paving California and Munzer avenues with oil and rock and painting hydrants and utility buildings.
Shafter High School invites parents to an Open House on May 2 as part of Public Schools Week. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria precedes classroom visits to view student work. A student program in the gym will feature a home economics fashion show and performances by the band and glee club led by faculty chairman Dick Heber.
Funeral services for Winifred Banks will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Armstrong Mortuary. She died yesterday morning about an hour after giving birth to a boy at Mercy Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds 15 ounces and is in the hospital nursery.
Mrs Henry C Neufeld a Shafter pioneer and prominent clubwoman died last night in a Bakersfield hospital after a long cancer struggle. A longtime Shafter resident she lived on Sierra Street. The family requests contributions to the cancer fund in lieu of flowers through C J Vignolo or the Kern County American Cancer Society Brower Building Bakersfield. Survivors include her husband Henry C Neufeld and two others.
Kern County Day at Santa Anita pays homage to Shafter stables with officials from Bakersfield Wasco McFarland Shafter and Delano as honored guests. The feature race will be named The Shafter to salute Sol Camp Bill Lachenmaier and Bob Neuman, pivotal figures in California harness racing.
Thirteen year old Jean Calder an eighth grader at Rio Bravo School won the grand prize in the fifth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival poster contest earning $10 and pride for her school. The entry was one of 47 from four schools. Other winners from Lerdo Maple Richland Rio Bravo are listed with their grades and prizes.
Shafter officials announced a $6000 summer recreation budget covering softball, swimming, crafts, playgrounds and tennis. Rates were cut to five cents for under 12, sixteen cents under 18, and 25 cents for 18 and up, with season tickets unchanged at 3.50 for children, 7 for teens, and 10 for adults.
Dr. Irvin R. Melbo of USC will give the dedication address at 10 a.m. for Richland School's new 354000 dollar administrative and classroom units. The day includes a dedication service and the California Public Schools Week program. Open house 7 to 9:30 p.m. with displays in every class.
Judge E K Grant 73 year old Shafter area pioneer will serve as grand marshal of the fifth annual Potato and Cotton Festival May 17 chairman Richard A Larson announced. Grant came to Shafter in 1917 after Kern County Land Company sold town lots to settlers and later held posts as circulation manager and justice of the peace for the 16th township in 1944. He was a Nebraska youth turned cowpuncher before moving to California and later worked in cabinet making and construction in Shafter. He married in 1904 and has several children.
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