Turner Sees 50 Percent Boost In California Cotton
John H Turner Jr director of the Shafter Cotton Experiment Station says a 50 percent yield increase in cotton within 10 years is possible with a five fold research program. He notes current varieties seed treatments disease controls and planting adjustments promise more uniform stands though widespread adoption will take years.
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California
John H. Turner, Jr
Shafter
Turner
Harold Stanton
W. T. Wathoad
Bob Counts
Harold Pomeroy
California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors
John Turner
Shafter Experiment Station
A. H. Moseman
Department of Agriculture
Paul Sharp
California Experiment Station
Rotary District Governor William Weidmann Visit to Shafter
District Governor William Weidmann of Ojai will visit Shafter August 27 and 28. He will meet the Rotary Club executive board on the 27 and deliver an address to members the following day.
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William Weidmann
Rotary
Ojai
Shafter
T. E “Tut” Anderson
Direct
Cea
Shafter Play Center Enters Second Year With Full Enrollment
The Shafter Play Center marks its second year as enrollment reaches capacity and applications are being accepted for Fresno State College. Members include Mmes. James Albright, David Anderson, Thurston Anderson, Leland Bell, and others as plans for Kern County fair and a Meet the Press panel on November 5 unfold.
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Shafter
Jock. Nikkel
Fresno State College
Nikkel
Roselle
County Council For Nursery Education
Bakersfield
Cooperative Nursery School
Assist
Shafter Play Center
Mmes
James Albright
David Anderson
Thurston Anderson
Leland Bell
Robert Bann
Donald C. Christensen
J. Cutherell
Rollin Dargatz
Leonard Duck
Roy Farrell
Final Rites for Shafter Farmer Held Thursday
Funeral services for Harry Helsley a Shafter farmer were held today at the Robert L. Jones Mortuary Wasco Rev Waldo Wiebe pastor of the Mennonite Brethren church officiated Burial was in the Shafter cemetery He died at a Bakersfield hospital August 6 Survivors include the widow Nora of Shafter two sons Harry and Joe of Shafter four daughters Maxine Townsend of Bakersfield Marjorie Rawlings of San Diego Neva Sides of Norfolk Va and Marilyn Siliznoff of Pond two sisters and eight grandchildren
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Harry Helsley
Shafter
Robert L. Jones
Wasco
Waldo Wiebe
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter Cemetery
Mr. Helsley
Duarte
Cal
Shafter-Wasco
Merced Avenue
Bakersfield
Nora
Rotary to Present Plaque to Pipkin
The Shafter Rotary Club will present a plaque to Kenneth Pipkin, retiring advisor of the Shafter Explorer Post. He has spanned the Rotary sponsored troops and packs for the last 15 years.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Kenneth Pipkin
Shafter
Rotary
Ene
Pipkin Beak
Outdoor Band Concert Pushed Back A Week
The Shafter Summer Rock concert scheduled for Friday August 10 is postponed a week. Band director Kenneth Fahsbender cites many musicians on vacation and not returning until next week. Last month’s open air county park concert drew nearly 200 people.
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Kenneth Fahsbender
Fahsbender
Open Air County Park
Shell
Mule Team Builds Water Reservoirs in Shafter Area
Al Pellett of Shafter praises using a team of mules to construct reservoirs. He notes 45 flooded basins in Shafter-Wasco, five in Arvin-Edison, and one near Saco, with a 12 day finish time on his current project. The mules, owned by Bob Burnquist, haul Fresno-scrapers across the bed.
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al Pellett
Shafter
Bob Burnquist
lLerdo
United States Cotton Experiment Station
Shafter-Wasco
Arvin-Edison
Saco
Fresno
Burnquist
Robert Burnquist
Pellett
Quiet Kiwanis Luncheon Listens To 1908 Edison Records
The Shafter Kiwanis club met quietly at Lee's Drive Inn with no speech. The luncheon focused on listening to gramophone playback of a group of 1908 vintage records, featuring a 1908 Edison type piece identified by Lindberg Cass Garrate and Donald Ken WH.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Lee's Drive Inn
Cass Garlate
Donald
Ken
Badgett Named Chief Observer Again by Day Captains
Day captains elected officers including Mrs Har ley Barling as assistant chief observer Mrs Dan Voth as treasurer and Mrs Lee Stover as secretary. The move followed naming of Mrs Clarence Evans as supervisor of the post last week. Captains and Bakersfield Filter Center reps discussed issues and suggestions to aid the post.
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Harley Barling
Dan Voth
Lee Stover
Clarence Evans
Bakersfield
District schools set final budgets for next fiscal year
Richland school district approved a 1956 57 budget of 761 549 after a public hearing with no objections The plan lowers total spending from last year citing completion of a new library and expects about 445 000 to be raised locally The maximum administrative and teaching salaries top the list at 461 000 while most of the rest comes from the state The county board of supervisors will set the final tax rate later in the summer after district valuations are known
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Trustees
Richland
Bruce Crawford
California
Board of Supervisors
Crawford
Kern County Union High School
County Board of Supervisors
Hay Theft Reported Near Shafter Highway Ranch
Deputy sheriffs seek 18 tons of hay stolen this week from Everett Baker’s ranch near the Shafter highway intersection. The hay, valued at 17 dollars per ton, was reported stacked near the highway. Sgt Finley Osborn filed the report and the thieves are unnamed.
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Everett Baker
Shafter Highway
Finley Osborn
Qshorn
Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Mrs Hanson
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Congregational church for Mrs Olga Hanson 46 who died Sunday morning after a months illness. Widow of Eyron Hanson a local builder she was known as Dottie. Burial followed at Shafter cemetery.
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Congregational Church
Olga Hanson
Eyron Hanson
Dottie
Paul Edward Babbitt
Shafter
Berkeley
A. R. Duehren
San Francisco
Eric
Linda
Roger
Hanson
PTA
Cub Scouts
Eastern Star
Stone Street
Reynold Due
Mennonite Church Plans Large Rest Home for Retirees
Plans reveal a 53 unit rest home by the Mennonite Brethren Church in Shafter built on five north acres. The project, funded jointly by the Mennonite Brethren Church and its Pacific district conference, opens to church members first but will accept others. Construction may start next year after presentations at the Pacific district conference in Dallas Oregon.
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Shafter
Pacific District Conference
The
Mennonite Brethren Church
Dan Loewen
Mennonite Church
Loewen
Shafter City
Tulare Avenue
Sierra Street
Sierra
Fire Log Report of Beach Avenue Incidents
On August 5 at 1 10 p m trash ignited dry grass and damaged a tank house of A W Zacharias. On August 8 at 10 31 a m leakage of gasoline at Superior Oil lease on Beach Avenue caused a fire and first degree burns to Leonard Williams.
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Beach Ave
A. W. Zacharias
Superior Oil
Beach Avenue
Leonard Williams
One Man Burned At Superior Oil Plant
A repairman named Williams suffered facial burns when a sheet of flame erupted near a compressor unit at the Wagner plant of Superior Oil. Company crew quickly controlled and extinguished the blaze, preventing an explosion at the site near Imperial avenue and Beach street.
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Wagner
Superior Oil Company
Superior Company
Ward Williams
California Street
Oil Company
Imperial Avenue
Beach Street
Shafter
Police Crackdown Follows High Speed Chase and Off-Duty Confrontation
Police described a high speed 120 mile per hour chase from Shafter Street to Wall Street involving Carroll Sloan Mullins 26 of Poso Street drunk driving reckless driving and speeding fined 250. Charles Ray Thompson 18 of Marengo Street who lacks a license ran stop signs collided with a car and fled into an open field before being apprehended by Officer Holt after reporting for duty sentenced to 50 days in jail in lieu of 117 dollar fine.
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Einer
R. Carroll Sloan Mullins
Poso Street
Witcher
Glenn Holt
Reily
Shafter Ssilewan Coests
Etle
Charles Ray Thompson
Marengo Street
Holt
Reilly
Thompson
Wall Street
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Buttonwillow
Pond
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Pipkin
Badgett
Mrs. Hanson
Hanley Witcher
Sgt
Kern County
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