Shafter Adopts 1951 Codes and City Reforms
The Shafter City Council approves 1951 uniform electrical and plumbing codes to replace 1947 standards, effective immediately. Also reported are fire hose purchases, taxi sale, and a C P A audit of city books for the year ended June 30, 1951 confirming fair cash transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Shafter
F. G. Shaw
Herb
Carl James
James
McCown Brothers
Certified Public Accountants of
Bakersficly
Shafter Moose Lodge Plans Pismo Beach Open House Weekend
Pismo Beach Moose Lodge 1409 invites all Moose members and families in the San Joaquin Valley to an open house Saturday and Sunday. A free dinner at 8 p.m. Saturday precedes entertainment and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pismo Beach
Moose Lodge 1409
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter
Fikes Take to Air For Detroit Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Fike and their children Lee and Roseva left Los Angeles by plane for Detroit to visit Chrysler and Plymouth factories. They will take delivery of a new Chrysler Imperial and drive it to Illinois and Kansas, visiting relatives and friends along the way.
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Irving
Fike
Lee
Roseva
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chrysler
Plyth
Ilinois
Kansas
Kelly Named On Freedom Committee
H. W. Pat Kelly of Shafter is named a Kern county committee member for the 1951 Crusade for Freedom. Miss Dorothy Donahoe of Bakersfield says Kern County residents have a stake in the Munich truth station project. General Clay indicates two more Munich transmitters are needed and a Radio Free Asia is planned to reach the Far East Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W
Pat” Kelly
Shafter
Kern County
Dorothy Donahoe
Bakersfield
Dorothy M. Donahoe
Clay
Munich
Radio Free Asia
Iron Curtain
Far East
Crusade For Freedom
Former Wales Residents Reunited by Shafter Press
Mrs. Maurine McAllister, listed in the Shafter Press as from Wales, met Mrs. Bert Davis of Bakersfield, another Welsh native. They learned they hail from the same Wales area and share many mutual friends. Mrs. Davis is the daughter in law of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis of Shafter.
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Wales
Maurine McAllister
Shafter
Bert Davis
Bakersfield
Davis
W. C. Davis
Pvt Calvin Potter Headed for Korea
Pvt Calvin Potter, son of Mr and Mrs R E Potter, is in Korea after training in the Hawaiian Islands. His mother quoted a letter dated Aug 7 saying he had two or three days in Japan before moving to Korea. He is a former Shafter High School student who enlisted in February.
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Pvt
Calvin Potter
R. E. Potter
Korea
Pvt. Potter
Shafter High School
Postponment Of Rollbacks And Capehart Amendment Details
Albert J. Matthews outlines stabilization under the Defense Production Act of 1950. The government aims to preserve current status while OPS drafts regulations for the Capehart amendment. Deadlines for manufacturing lines and apparel were set, with extensions available to manufacturers, while retailers face separate pricing provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Matthews
OPS
Matthews
Car Crash Mars Vacation of Howard Mendenhall
Howard Mendenhall 47 and his wife suffered a ruined vacation when his 1948 Ford crashed at the Palmar and Highway 466 intersection near Wasco. The accident occurred Friday evening as the vehicle collided with another car at the scene.
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Howard Mendenhall
Palmar
Highway 466
Wasco
Mendenhall
Shafter Youths Enter Livestock For State Fair Honors
Seven Shafter Future Farmers have entered livestock for the junior division exposition at the California State Fair in Sacramento August 30 to September 9. Exhibitors include Bobby Gaines with three Duroc swine and Leroy Kirschenman with two Angus beef entries. Overall 189 exhibitors will show 978 animals in the first five days, including 83 beef cattle, 306 sheep, 264 dairy cattle, and 322 swine, with many top exhibitors already in military service due to Selective Service and enlistments, reducing entries from last year by 34 exhibitors and 144 entries.
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Shafter
Sacramento
Bobby Gaines
Leroy Kirschenman
Roy Jones
Burl Howze
Dee Wilson
Donald Howze
Glenn Hamilton
Cotton Mechanization Progress Promises Economic Shifts
Agricultural engineers and farmers note rapid improvements in mechanical cotton pickers, predicting sooner adoption across the Valley. The machine’s rising presence signals a growing picker business as labor costs and efficiency drive industry change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Flemi
Robert Fulton
Site Major Problem For S W Hospital Location
Shafter Wasco area leaders debate site for a new community hospital amid sewage and accessibility concerns. Public works director Jack Harris says an independent plant is costly. Chamber committee to study flaws in possible locations and avoid friction between towns seven miles apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S-W Hospital
Shafter-Wasco
Shafter Chamber of Coon Commerce
Jack Harris
Shafter Chamber
Swedish Librarian Tours U.S. Libraries on Study Visit
Sven Ola Hellmer , city librarian of Umea and central librarian of Vasterbotten Sweden, visited Shatter during a four month study of American library practices. He toured county and rural library systems with Kern County librarians Eleanor Wilson and Mila de Laveaga and aims to simplify Swedish cataloguing and adopt U.S. library methods. Hellmer’s Uppsala education and Lund program ties frame his visit to observe national services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sven-Ola—Hellmer
Umea
Vasterbotten
Sweden
Shatter
Hellmer
United States
Shafter
Eleanor Wilson
Kern County
Mila de Laveaga
Lund
University of Uppsala
Swedish Royal School Board
Enlistment Deadline Extended for Volunteers to Sept 1
Men who have taken pre induction physicals may still volunteer for service of their choice until September 1 1951.
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CVP
Kern River
Friant Dam
Michael Straus
U. S
Earl Warren
A. W. Noon
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Warren
Pat’’ Kelly
Council
al Finkbeiner
Finkbeiner
Shafter Moose
Kelly
Freedom Committee
Gage
Durwood Phillips
Pentecostal Church of God
Board of Directors
Brothers Jule Rose
Homer Watson
Tom Mizzell
Oliver F. Sly
E. D. Woody
Dolphus Carter
West 6Th St
Mars
Howard
Donald E. Knowles
USAFE
Portland Air Force Base
Oregon
Young Knowles
Armed Forces
KWSO
Department 0Ne
Sir Richland Aquatic Center
Patsy
Ees
Morlise
James Waymire
Mike Adams
Srquist
A.C
Finch Brothers
Pete Gann
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