Maple district campers set to return from week long campout
About 200 children and adults from Maple district and Shafter North Labor camp will return Saturday from Camp Gaines in Sequoia National Park. The cooperative affair organized by Mr and Mrs Chris Ummel funds the trip with support from local companies. The camp rental covers cabins dining sports and group supervision and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple District
Shafter North
Camp Gaines
Sequoia National Park
Chris Ummel
Shafter Area
Sol Camps Horse Wins Hambletonian at Goshers NY
Scott Frost owned by Sol Camp of the San Joaquin valley won the 1955 Hambletonian in two straight heats at Goshen New York. Joe O'Brien drove the winning trotter to a $51,075 purse while another Camp entry Butch Hanover finished fourth in both heats. The Camp win mirrors a 1947 triumph by his father Hoot Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Scott Frost
Sol Camp
Pacific Avenue
San Joaquin Valley
Gosher
N. Y
Butch Hanover
Hoot Man
Joe O’brien
Galaphone
Goshen New York
SWID Penalties to Be Enforced in Tax Delinquency
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Board announced a crackdown on delinquent taxpayers in the district. Secretary Allen Johnston was tasked with contacting landowners to collect overdue taxes. Delinquents face penalties and loss of water service for the district's $10.25 million Friant-Kern canal distribution plan. some owners are up to five years behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Shafter-Wasco
Allen Johnston
Friant-Kern
William Canessa
Johnston
Young Fire Bug Gets Into Trouble Over New Thievery
A six year old North Shafter boy admitted starting six fires since March and, with his eight year old brother, stealing a bicycle and two sets of toy public safety items. Judge E K Grant ordered juvenile authorities involved, citing ongoing behavior and prior court appearances. The boys were released to their mother amid protests of hardship. Patrolman Claude Mitchell noted the thefts from a bicycle shop and a five and ten cent store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shafter
Shafter
E. K. Grant
Grant
Richland Pool
Claude Mitchell
Beer Bust Ends Shafter Dances. Teens Implicated
A wild beer bust at a private Shafter home ends weekly teen dances sponsored by the recreation commission. Eight youths attended the dance. 25 names appear on a partial attendee list from the party. Police report speeding, drunkenness arrests, and a blanket party along the Kern River. Authorities probe beer sources and underage access as parents were away on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern River
Recreation Department
Bakersfield
Roy Farrell
Shafter Recreation Commission
Cross
Claude Mitchell
Farrell
Mitchell
Shafterite's Son Injured in German Accident
Mrs. Vera Carter of 179 West Leido Avenue reports her son Charles was injured in Germany. He sustained a broken leg and facial injuries and will remain in Gelnhassen hospital for about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Carter
West Leido Aveniue
Charles
Germany
Gelnhassen
Merchants to Meet in Shafter for Back to School Deals
The merchants division of the Shafter chamber of commerce and agriculture will meet at 6 15 p m today at Kirby shoe store to discuss back to school and dollar day promotions. Herbert Howell chairman of the division announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Kirby Shoe Store
Herbert Howell
Four Men Run Out of Town in Knifing Attack
Three Arizona brothers were attacked with knives by a man at Smith’s Corner after an evening of roughing up a man. Gleason and Johnnie Smith were hospitalized with knife wounds. Jack Cole Smith fled the scene with the assailant. Constable Blake Witcher described the brothers as short in stature but long in troublemaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Blake Witcher
Gleason
Johnnie Smith
Bakersfield
Jack Cole Smith
Harland Courtney
Witcher
Smith's Corner
Too Many Spuds Bring Lower Prices End of Season
The 1955 Kern County potato season ended with lower prices due to oversupply. Warnings from the U S Department of Agriculture and local grower groups advised caution on acreage. Despite forecasts, large plantings led to a surplus and mixed industry sentiment as the season closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Agricultural Extension Service
Kern County
Carlots and Truckloads Reported in Sparse Figures
Sparse OCR data shows quantities listed as 29,187 Carlots and 6,024 Truckloads then 194, 21,146 Carlots and 7,587 Truckloads. No context or dates provided.
Flanagan Heads to England for Air Force Teaching Post
Tom Flanagan a 7th grade teacher at Richland school sails Saturday for a one year teaching post in England. He will educate the children of U S Air Force personnel and plans a wide European tour to compile a travelogue for his return to Shafter in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Flanagan
England
Shafter
Flanagan
Richland School
Europe
U.S. Air Force
British Isles
Air Force
The
Isles
Iron Curtain
Bakersfield
Board of Trustees
Richland
New York
Los Angeles
Manual Arts High School
Los Angeles State College
Occidental
San’ Jose
Burbank
Call For Bids On Friant Kern In Shafter Area
Bids will be opened at Lindsay on September 15 for the construction of a radial gate check on the Friant Kern canal about one mile north of the Lerde highway. The call was issued today by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the canal project to bring water to the San Joaquin Valley. The work involves damming and installing three 14 by 16 foot radial gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
A. D. Sinclair Company
Bakersfield
Central Valley Highway
Kimberlina Road
Alford
William Canessa
United Staes Bureau of Réclamation
Friant-Kern
Lindsay
Friant- Kern
Lerde Highway
Bureau of Reclamation
San Joaquin Valley
Obituary for Ottlahooma Native in Shafter
A woman born in Ottlahooma on April 5 1884 lived in Shafter the past two years. Final rites conducted at Southern Baptist church by Armstrong Mortuary with Rev Sam Wilcexon presiding. Burial followed at Shafter cemetery. Survived by widower Albert a son Norval of Shafter two daughters Mrs Gladys Long and Mrs Ruth Searcy four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottlahooma
Shafter
Southern Baptist Church
Armstrong Mortuary
Sam Wilcexon
Shafter Cemetery
Albert
Norval of
Gladys Long
Ruth Searcy
Unruh Ordination Rites Sunday At Mennonite
Abe Unruh and a member of the congregation will be ordained Sunday at 2:30 PM at the Mennonite Brethren church. Unruh earned a Master of Theology at Covina and will take a pastorate in Hooker Oklahoma. He is the son of Mr and Mrs D J Unruh of Shafter. Main speaker Rev B J Brown of Pacific Bible Institute Fresno and Rev Waldo Wiebe of the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
Abe Unruh
The
Baptist Theological At
Covina
Hooker, Oklo
D. J. Unruh
Shafter
B. J. Brown
Pacific Bible Institute of
Fresno
Waldo Wiebe
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Ann Titsworth
Buddy Titsworth
Benny Willis
Ken Spracley
Bennie Goossen
Ed Westbrook
Mike Steele
Patsy Cornell
Fred Mason
Jack Noriega
Minter Village
Shafterites
Shafter Press
Jack
Hambletonian
Bill Gaskill
David Morgan
Harry Wilkinson
Lyle Williams
William's — DeVoe Company
Shafter Tener
Department of Agriculture
Harlan Hagen
California
Donald Knowles
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Hagen
S. A. Camp of
Shafterite
Hurt
David N. Wright
Federal State Marketing Service
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