Abatement District Mosquito Battle Expands Air Campaign
The Kern Abatement District under A F Geib plans airborne mosquito spraying west of Shafter to cover the Shafter Wasco region. Six fully equipped units and a patrol crew target irrigation pools. Personal outreach aims to reduce breeding sites and extend control from Wasco annexation benefits.
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Mosquito
Geib
Ndter
Shafter Abator
LeRoy Vnal Patie
Shafter
Wasco
Industry Growth Reflects Cotton Acreage Increase
Increased California cotton acres drive expansion of gins and seed mills. Shafter area plants upgrade and build new facilities to handle September demand. Companies like Shafter Cotton Gin Cooperative, Shafter-Wasco Ginning, Coberly-West, and S A Camp expand to meet rising output and supply seeds to Camp mill.
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ACK Fleming
Shafter
Shafter Cotton Gin Cooperative Association
United Ginning Company
Central Valley Highway
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
E. V
Spike) Spivey
S-W
Garrison City
Coberly-West Company
S. A
Lerdo
Street Lifting Underway With Complete Face Lift
Public Works Director Jack Harris says Kern Street from Tulare to Man rel avenues is getting a full resurfacing this week. Equipment fills holes as crews place new paving under the city maintenance project. The work faces a delay due to Southern California Gas lowering pipelines, which must happen before finishing the Shafter area upgrades.
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Kern Street
Tulare
Manrel Avenues
Jack Harris
Southern
Califia Gas Company
J H Fuller G Company Poised For 1951 Cotton Harvest
The J H Fuller G Company gin on Shafter avenue near Five Points, one of the oldest in the Shafter area, readies for the 1951 harvest with overhauled equipment and new Continental cleaners. Owner Deacon Fuller, with 80 years in cotton, leads a staff including superintendent Will Davis and gin operator Jim Cherry.
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Shafter
J. H. Fuller
Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
Imperial Valley
Mexicali
Mex
Fuller
Arizona
L. A. Camp Company
Kelly Plugs Industrial Site in Shafter Effort
Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly joined a push to locate industry in Shafter. He attended a Kern county industrial survey meeting at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce where manpower and machinery data were reviewed. The session marked the first airing of regional industrial potential.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Kern County
C. T. Gilliam
L.A
New Car Almost Goes Up in Smoke
Bill Siemens acts quickly to stop a four door Olds from bursting into flames in a Wasco Avenue garage. Firefighters arrived to find only minor damage from a short circuit as workers aided in extinguishing the blaze.
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Bill Siemens
Wasco
Siemens
Richland Aquatic Center to Host Annual Swim Carnival
About 60 students from Richland Aquatic Center will showcase diving and swimming skills at the annual Swim Carnival on August 9. Dick Heber says the event highlights local youth with displays from four groups beginners intermediates swimmers and life saving. The program includes a mock life saving demonstration and a comedy diving act by James Waymire and Mike Adams. Bakersfield divers Jack and Bill Finch will also perform after Bill Finch recently won the AAU diving meet. Certificates will be awarded to category winners and participants.
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Richland Aquatic Center
Dick Heber
Heber
James Waymire
Mike Adams
Bakersfield
Jack
Bill Finch
San Joaquin Valley
Mike Wilson
Bobby Crowder
Don Blumkin
Berry Wipf
Patrick Stoller
Caroline Crowder
Henry Blair
Bill Nieson
Bill Schacht
Judy Wood
Kenneth Gaede
Patsy Hastings
Barbara
Reed Bell win first game in crucial series
Reed and Bell, top players in Shafter junior league, captured the opening playoff game against Rio Bravo 17 to 4. Chuck Wright hit two homers and Carl Beech added a round trip as Rio Bravo led late in the second half of the series.
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Reed-Bell
Reed
Bell
Shafter
Rio Bravo
Chuck Wright
Carl Beech
Rosedale
Frank Russell
Wasco Power Club
Reuben's
Buttonwillow
Reuben
Russell
Wasco
Rose
Vacation schedules set for Shafters library
Librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge reports vacation hours for the Shafters branch from August six to September seven. The library will be open nine a.m. to noon and one to five p.m. Friday through Tuesday and Thursday.
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Shafters
Thomas Wedge
North Gospel Chapel Announces Summer Bible School
The North Gospel Chapel announces a summer vacation Bible School from August 6 to 17. Sessions run from 8 30 to 11 30 a m with classes in religious study for children and youths.
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The
North Gospel Chapel
Emergency hospital study urged by Shafter Wasco chambers
Shafter and Wasco chambers study an inter city hospital to serve residents with a nine or ten bed emergency unit. Dr Townsend notes ambulances from Wasco and Bakersfield nation make at least 45 calls monthly, stressing proximity morale and doctor support. Lions Club hosts 20 30 Club with Henry Mc Cullen as guest speaker.
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Shafter
Wasco
Chambers of Commerce
Clifton Clemens
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Woring
County Chamber
Shafter Chamber
Russell Stickler
Robert Townsend
Robert L. Jones
Bakersfield
Kern General Hospital
Townsend
Taft
Chambermen
Lost Hills
Buttonwillow
LIONS
C. D. Handel
Shafter Lions Club
Harvey Neuman
Henry McCullen
The
Ramirez Seeks Fiesta Queen at Bakersfield Independence Day Event
Viola Ramirez 17 year old from Richland School PTA carnival last fall vies for the Fiesta Queen title at the Mexican Independence Day celebration in Bakersfield September 15 and 16. She competes with nine contestants including entrants from Wasco and Bakersfield, and must sell tickets to raise funds for charity.
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Bakersfield
Viola Ramirez
Richland
Miss Ramirez
Shafter
Wasco
Drunk Drivers and Petty Offenders In Shafter
Police Judge Frank Shaw reported no violent crimes in Shafter for 1950-51, but the court collected 12792 dollars for petty offenses from June 30, 1950 to July 1, 1951. Motor vehicle fines totaled 5847 dollars, largely for drunken driving, with 5945 dollars from penal code and city ordinance violations.
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Shafter
Frank Shaw
Shaw
Shafter Merchants Fall to Wasco in League Clash
The Shafter Merchants lost 5 to 2 to Wasco, their first defeat in 10 games. They beat Arvin 7 to 5 on Saturday behind strong pitching from Boyd. With five games left in the season, Shafter remains in second place and will meet Lamont at Sam Lynn Park on Aug. 8.
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Shafter Merchants Ball Club
Wasco
Shafter
Kerh County Merchant’s
Arvin
Boyd
Shafter Sub
Lamont
Sam Lynn Park
Lerdo Highway Improvement Plan For Shafter Route
County road officials say Lerdo Highway between Shafter and Lerdo will improve soon. Crews will disc and lay asphalt in a three week period, widen the road to 24 feet each side, and install a white center stripe after the work is completed.
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Lerdo
Shafter
Highway 99
Vernon Smith
Smith
Grape Growers Ship Crop As Summer Harvest Begins
Ned Smith reports the Shafter grape harvest is under way with 65 acres shipping to cannery and table markets while about 940 acres will be converted to raisins. Wineries are not receiving shipments due to low prices and raisin processing will move to Fresno. Onion shipments from Neuman and Sons and Barling Brothers Were Wasco grown. Cotton remains the dominant crop with nearly 29 000 acres planted for the season and harvest expected in September and October.
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Ned Smith
Shafter
Em. H. Mettler and Sons
Tulare Avenue
Fresno
Neuman and Sons
Central Valley
Barling Brothers Firma
Wasco
Smith
Shafter Branch Library Readers Drop in Kern County
Shafter branch ranks eleventh in Kern County for June with 1932 readers, down 81 from June 1950. Readers split into 924 juveniles and 1008 adults while Rio Bravo leads nearby with 554, Wasco 1996, and other branches including Minter Village, Shafter migratory, Wasco farm labor camp, Button Willow, and Maple reporting lower counts. Primary reason for the drop in...
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Shafter
Kern County
Wasco
Rio Bravo
Minter Village
Shafter Migratory
Wasco Farm Labor Camp
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