Kirschenmann Elected Shafter Mayor in Unanimous Vote
Adolf Kirschenmann was unanimously chosen mayor of Shafter to succeed Paul V. McClure who lost as a write in. The transfer included G H Grundy taking office and City Attorney Mortimore clarifying council powers in a sixth class city and election procedures.
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Adolf Kirschenmann
Shafter
Paul V. McClure
Kirschenmann
G. H
Ben) Grundy
City Attoney
A. G. Mortimore
Mortimore
Shafter Moves on 35 Public Housing Units
Shafter city leaders began action Monday to potentially place 35 federal public housing units here. The resolution simply allows the Kern County Housing Authority to survey local need and does not bind the city to accept units. Final decision will come after the survey and a future vote.
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Shafter
A .G. Mortimore
Kern County
Mortimore Ea
Housing Authority
Legion to Name Year's Officers
Members of the American Legion will nominate officers for the next year at a Monday night meeting announced by Commander Lee Thomas. The election will follow on May 15. The meeting was postponed a week and the auxiliary's Breakfast in Hollywood program for that night was canceled.
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American Legion
Lee Thomas
Thomas
Hollywood
Mayor Proclaims Armed Forces Day for Festival Parade
Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann proclaims Armed Forces Day for May 20. A colored guard will march in the third annual Shafter Potato Festival parade.
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Adolf Kirschenmann
Shafter
Rotary meeting to show moving pictures for cancer fund
The Wasco Rotary Club will screen motion pictures filmed in Africa Canada Alaska and California at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the cancer fund.
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Africa
Canada
Alaska
California
Wasco Rotary Club
The
Cancer Fund
Democracy Moves Public Schools Week in Richland
Public Schools Week highlights democracy in Shafter classrooms with a Sunday election on the pioneers special school tax set from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Richland school brick building. Final day programs include second grade language arts and eighth grade social studies sessions, with kindergarten in the primary school.
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Shafter
Tomorow
Richland School
Santa Fe
Richland
Liquor Stores Close For Richland Ballot
All liquor stores and saloons within the Richland School District will close tomorrow for the election. State board of equalization officers said the bars would be closed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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Richland
State Board of Equilization
Community Banquet Honors retiring Richland schools chief
O T Olson retiring superintendent of the Richland School District will be guest of honor May 11 at a community banquet in Richland Cafeteria. Dr Hugh Tiner of Pepperdine College will speak as members of the Richland Teachers Club and Rotary Club sponsor the program.
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O. T. Olson
Richland
Uhugh Tiner
Pepperdine College
Richland Teachers’ Club
Rotary Club
Shafter Area
Secret Ballot On Referendum Set at Vet Hall
California potato growers will vote on a federal marketing agreement in a statewide referendum. In Shafter the election runs 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Hall with Orvin Mettler opposing and John J. Peters Jr supporting the plan.
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California
Shafter
Veterans Memorial Hall
United States Department of Agriculture
Orvin Mettler
Em. H. Mettler and Sons
John J. Peters
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Western Mood Festival Comes to Shafter This Year
The third annual Shafter Potato Festival runs May 20 and 21 with Western garb, beard contests led by barber Boots Perry, and street parades. Citizens are urged to dress Western and participate. no penalties for noncompliance.
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Bill Stoller
Shafter
E. D
Boots) Perry
Stoller
Legion Auxiliary To Name New Heads In Shafter Meeting
Officers will be nominated at the next American Legion auxiliary meeting Tuesday evening in Shafter Memorial Hall. Nominating committee members are Peggy Mors Chris Rootes Christine Ziemke and Vera Moore.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Shafter Memorial Hall
Pe Tgny Mors
Chris Rootes
Christine Ziemke
Vera Moore
Shafter Press Announces Third Annual Souvenir Potato Festival Edition
The Shafter Press releases a souvenir festival edition offered at 15 cents per copy with world-wide mailing. It features a front page artist sketch by Fritz Miller and a pictorial layout using the Fairchild engraver, plus numerous pies.
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Shafter Press
Fritz Miller
Bakersfield
Fairchild
Senior Carnival At Stafter High Slated Tomorrow
Stafter High School seniors prepare a carnival from 2 to 10 p m with 27 booths including goldfish and fortune telling. A hotrod prize will be awarded. Joyce M ris will perform in a vaudeville show. Proceeds support the seniors banquet on May 19.
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Stafter High School
Jerry Johns
Horizon Club
Joyce M Ris
Farewell City Hello Streams Welcome Spring in Shafter
The town of Shafter looks to a quiet Saturday as spring arrives. Businessmen shed shirts and ties to greet the season while growers plant potatoes for a light pastime. Mechanics and downtown workers plan to pause chores and enjoy the transition.
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Shafter
Boy Scout Troop 53 Splits as Growth Doubles Members
The Shafter Rotary Club sponsored Boy Scout troop 53 grew from one to two units as demand from Cub Scouts moving up increased. Under Scoutmaster Kenneth Pipkin the troop expanded voluntarily, with new outfits meeting separately at the Scout hall on Tuesday nights.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Kenneth Pipkin
Sybil Nelms Leads Queen Contest at Shafter Festival
Sybil Nelms led the queen contestants after the third annual Shafter Potato Festival barbecue ticket sale with 2000 points to reach 6140 total. Mary Frances Channeson holds 10,780 while Edna Rodgers has 7900. all three are sponsored by Junior Women’s Club, Shafter Kiwanis Club, and the American Legion respectively. Ticket sales push continues toward the May 13 deadline when the queen is chosen by ratio creda 1 7 .¢.
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Emory Gay Hoffman
Kern County
Sybil Nelms
Mary Frances
Bebe) Channeson
Edna Rodgers
Miss Channeson
Miss Rodgers
Junior Women’s Club
Shafter Kiwanis Club
The
American Legion
Recreation association to discuss meeting topic Tuesday
The Richland Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting Tuesday to discuss a City Recreation topic. Guest speaker Alec Smith, director of Kern County Recreational and Cultural Association, will present colored slides about a day in the county recreation program.
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Richland Parent-Teachers’ Association
Uest
Alec Smith
Kern Coqunty Recreational and Cultural Association
Confor Kern
Parcel Post Service Curtailed In City Districts
The parcel post delivery will be reduced with staff cuts and altered routes. Two city carriers plus clerks and a postmaster remain, delivery limited to one residential trip daily Monday through Saturday and two business trips Monday to Friday with one on Saturday.
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Ain al Sue
Congress
Postoffice Department
Shafter ‘Postoffice
John Froese
Guenther
Parcel Post
Guthrie Bound Over To High Court In Market Robbery Case
Harold Guthrie, accused in the Modern Market raid on the Murray couple, faces binding over to the high court with bail set at $1000 per day in Sixth Township Justice court. He was captured after a month-long manhunt following the assault and robbery in Shafter. The victims were treated at Westside Hospital in Taft and recovered.
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Harold
Oe Ee
Tape Hee
Caerae
Aioe
Guthrie
High Court
Sixth Township Justice Court
Shafter
W. E. Murray
Westside
Taft
Bakersfield
Nay Unopposed For Shafer Utility District Director
Electors in the Shafer Public Utility District vote for the director with only Glenn O Nay on the ballot. The election runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the county building assembly hall at 336 Pacific Ave. Other board members include Adolf Kirschenmann and Albert Finkbeiner.
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Shafer
Glenn O. Nay
Distrctt
Pacific Ave
Cair
Adolf Kirschenmann
Shatter
Albert Finkbeiner
Voluntecér
Union Barbers Move to Five Day Week
Union barbers confirm a five day work week mirroring county practice. E D Boots Perry spokesman for City and Deluxe Barber Shops says the two shops will close Sunday and Monday with hours 8 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday.
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Union
E. D. (Boots) Perry
City and Deluxe Barber Shops
Kiwanis Club Holds Annual Barbecue At Lee's Dining Room
Shafter Kiwanis Club celebrated its annual barbecue drawing 30 couples to Lee's Dining Room last night. Special guests were Kiwanis Lt. Gov. and Mrs. John Loyd.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Lee’s
Kiwanis
John Loyd
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Public Housing Council
Legion
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Roy Farrell
Winifred Fairman
Lorrain Kleinkauf
Irene Tilley
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C. J
Ted) Vignolo
Spud
Sherman Pobst
USDA
Legion Auxiliary
BOY Scout
Harold Guthrie
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