Reclamation Reports Ample Water in Northern Central California
Ana Robert J. Pafford Jr announced that Northern and Central California reservoirs held over a million acre-feet of water by July end, enough to meet this year’s commitments. July deliveries through canals totaled over 500,000 acre-feet, with Delta Mendota, Friant Kern, Madera, Contra Costa, and Corning Canals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Pafford, Jr
Bureau of Reclamation
Reclamation
California
Bureau
Delta-Mendota Canal
Friant-Kern
Madera Canal
Contra-Costa Canal
Corning Canal
Central Valley Operations Control Center
Sacramento
American Rivers
Antioch Bridge
Millerton
Friant Dem
Millerton Lake
Lake Berryessa
Whiskeytown Lake
Stony Gorge
Jenkinson Lake
East Park
Keswick Reservoir
Lewiston Reservoir
Lake Natoma
Local updates on families visiting and sports notes
Mr and Mrs Shelly Gross return from Pascal Washington visiting daughter and family in Shafter. Trips to Chula Vista Clovis and Santa Barbara involve John Baxley Lee Williamson and the West family. Shafter football alumnus Dick Witcher plays for San Francisco 49ers in Kezar game. Bruce Crawford travels to Seattle after Beatrice Thorpe’s death. expects return in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelly Gross
Pascal
Wash
John Ross
Kevin
Ross
Shafter
Gross
Ronnie
Vernon Ross
Chula Vista
John
Clovis
Lee Williamson
Ty Baxley
Mrs
Jack Baxley
Bakersfield Car Rally Set With Dinner and Prizes
Bakersfield Youth Council invites all to a car rally on August 27 starting at a designated Bakersfield location and ending at a park with a Chicken Delite and Pepsi dinner. Each car carries two people, prizes from local merchants, 25 cent registration, and a pre rally safety day August 20 27 offering free mechanic checks. For details contact Carol Davis or Phil Feldman.
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Bakersfield
Carol Davis
Hahn Ave
Phil Feldman
Obituary: James Buster Parsons 72 of Oildale
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Flint Mortuary Chapel Shafter for James Buster Parsons 72 of 620 Woodrow Ave Oildale who died Tuesday August 2 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness He was born in Oklahoma April 28 1894 and lived there most of his youth He came to California in 1946 and worked as a farm laborer last at Russell Ranch He is survived by Lula Fay Parsons widow Oildale son Ell Lawson Oildale daughter Iola Northern Phoenix Arizona two sisters Nina Smith Mamie Redout seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers included Richard Elrich T J Russell Fred Wiloth Clyde Duggen Wendell Heck and Clayton Heck Flint Mortuary of Shafter was in charge of arrangements.
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James (Buster) Parsons
Flint
Shafter
Woodrow Ave
Oildale
Bakersfield
Elwood Greer
Methodist Church of
Shafter Memorial Park
Mr. Parsons
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Charles
Fannie Parsons
Hester Zanola
Cool
Okla
Russell
Clyde Duggen
Wendell Heck
Clayton Heck
Flint Mortuary of
Shafters
Katy Oblander 75 Funeral Held in Shafter
Services for Katy Oblander 75 who died Friday in a Garden Grove rest home after a long illness were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Elder A. D. Harder officiated with duets by Joyce Pitts and Elizabeth Voth, organist Sam Dirksen. Burial followed at Shafter Memorial Park beside husband David Oblander. Born November 5, 1890 in Russia, she came to the United States at age four with her parents Steinfeldt. The family settled in Blackwell Oklahoma, later moved to Hooker, Oklahoma, then to Shafter in 1928. She lived in the Los Angeles area from 1958 due to health. Survivors include son Chet Oblander of Oxnard, brothers Victor Steinfeldt of Bakersfield, Roy of Grand Coulee, Washington, Fred of Oregon, sisters Eva Bland of Santa Barbara and Mary Snader of Shafter, grandchildren Shirley Guerra of Artesia and Johnny Lee Everett of Shafter. Pallbearers were Josh Lorenz, Ezra Heinze, William Suckut, David Ruth, Willard Neuman and Gideon Richert. Agee Family Funeral Home arranged the service.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Katy Oblander
Garden Grove
A. D. Harder
Joyce Pitts
Elizabeth Voth
Sam Dirksen
Shafter Memorial Park
David Oblander
Oblander
Los Angeles
Shafter Seventhday Adventist Church
Chet Oblander
Oxnard
Victor Steinfelt
Bakersfield
Roy
Grand Coulee
Wash
Fred
Oregon
Eva Bland
Santa Barbara
Mary Snader
Shafter News Mixed With Freeway Debate and Local Happenings
The Shafter Press weighs freeway plans and community impact while announcing a move back to Shafter around September. It notes Gro Pak hiring 100 workers and references Governor race polling. Stanley Gaede faces hospitalization in San Luis Obispo. readers are invited to send letters and cards.
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Stanley Gaede
San Luis Obispo Hospital
Shafter Public Utility District Tax Ordinance 1966
An ordinance fixes the 1966 1967 property tax levy for the Shafter Public Utility District at 50 cents per $100 of assessed value, raising $42 000 for operations. The measure requires posting notices and publication in The Shafter Press. The document includes signatures of the board president Adolph Irschenmann and clerk William Johnston and dates in July 1966.
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Shafter Public Utility District
Board of Directors of
Shafter Press
Sremare Kirschenmann
E. Adolph Irschenmann
WM. Johnston
William H. Johnston
Shafter Public Utilistrict
Board of Directors
William H. Sehneton
Equalization Hearing Set by Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District announces a Board of Equalization to review 1967 assessments. The meeting is scheduled for September 6 1966 at 2 00 PM in Kennety California and continues as needed until September 13 1966 at 2 30 PM. Robert C. Diltz is secretary.
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Wasco Irrigation
Shafter-Wasco
Shefter-Wasco
Tueday
Central Valley Highwe
Kimberlina Road
Kennnty
California
Board of Equalization
Robert C. Diltz
Shafter Press
Notice of Trustee's Sale for Deed of Trust in Shafter
Title Insurance and Trust Company as trustee will sell at public auction for cash the property in Shafter Kern County California under a deed of trust dated January 2 1963 recorded January 29 1963. The sale occurs at the Title Insurance and Trust Company building Bakersfield to satisfy the note and obligations with interest and costs. Date of notice August 1966.
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Eee
Chester Avenue
City of
Bakersfield
Catterine
Nee Incorporated
Vance H. Hamilton
Eituie
Kern County
California
General, Mortgage Company
Californias Corporation
New York
Re Insurance Company
Ial Presse
Shafter
Kern
Skate
Rust
Ucharof
Co Anes
Title Insurance and Trust Company
Arthur V. Connor, JR
Betty S. Connor
Pus
Vic
United States
Title Insurance and Company
Chanter Avenue
Anid
Renee
Nsurance
Fm Trust
Richard A. Walter
Shafter Press
Shatter Maytag Firm Names In County Notice
The notice lists names for persons and addresses linked to a firm in East Lerdo Avenue Shatter California. It bears a witness date of the 21st day of duty in California with an official seal and expiration in 1966.
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Herenama Spelans
Sateer
California
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Katy) Oberlander
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