Belridge Road Open To Travel Within 90 Days
Supervisor Stanley Abel informed The Press that Lerdo road will be finished and open to travel within 90 days. The west end is improved with culverts and a bridge remaining, timbers hauled to Taft for use. The road will bring Shafter 21 miles from Belridge oil fields, with Taft 28 miles away, and shorten coast routes by seven miles.
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Lerdo
Shafter
Great Belride
Stanley Abel
Abel
Fourth Road
Taft
Woollames and Abel
Great Belridge
Bakersfield
Covier
Wagner No 1 Completed By G P Friday
General Petroleum crews completed Wagner No 1 in the Shafter field at 11 500 feet with a four hour test showing 2763 barrels of 38 gravity oil and 1 500 000 cubic feet of gas. The well currently flows about 600 barrels daily and tests suggest greater capacity once flowdown issues clear.
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Shafter
General Petroleum
Wagner No. 1
Arly
Union
Rharanloody
No. 3
van Ness
Seventh ‘Standard Road
Wagner No. 3
Bethel College Quartet Delights Newton Audience
Bethel College quartet from Newton Kansas offered a highly enjoyable program Sunday evening at the First Methodist Church. The group delivered varied selections earning appreciative response from attendees.
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Bethel College Quartet
Bethel College
Newton
Kansas
Irrigation District Directors Begin Equalization Hearings
Members of the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation district board of directors will serve as a board of Equalization starting Monday August 29 at 10 am and for up to ten days to review and adjust assessments. Objectors may appear to justify changes in their cases. The assessment book was delivered to the district secretary and will be due after November 1 with delinquency the first Monday in June 1939. The assessment funds two years of operation since the district formed, to be met by the current levy.
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Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Kern Academy Receives New 30-Seat Bus
A bus will be delivered to Kern Academy for use in the school year. It will operate on the Wasco to Kern Academy route and seats 30 passengers.
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Kern Academy
Wasco
Travelogue Sketch of Fresno Day Trip
A brief account notes a day visit to Fresno with a daytime stop in Dinuba and Reedley before returning to Shafter in the evening, highlighting social calls and local hospitality.
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Fresno
Shafter
Dinuba
Reedley
Oil Rumors Return as Geophysical Crews Operate in Maple
Geophysical teams from Shell and Texaco are testing the Maple district with shot holes 100 to 200 feet deep along southwest to northeast lines. Farmers E. J. Thiessen John F. Penner and H. M. Dueck are among landholders tested while crews from Hot Union and Superior also work the area. Indications suggest the district is hot and a test well may be drilled once a proper site is located and leases secured.
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Maple District
Shell
Texaco
E. J. Thiessen
John F. Penner
H. M. Dueck
Hot Union
Superior Geophysical
Four Candidates For Justice Seek Voter Support
In the sixteenth township four candidates run for justice of the peace led by incumbent F E Manuel who cites 1240 judgments with one appeal and 181 civil cases with no appeals. C C Van Gorkom urges broad community support and equal treatment, while Merwin W Hunt and H A Rightmire promise fairness and direct service to residents.
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16Th Judicial
Justice of the Peace
F. E. Manuel
Sixteenth
Kern County
Co. C. van Gorkom
C. C. van Gorkom
Hunt Runs for Justice of the Peace in Sixteenth Township
M. W. Hunt declares candidacy for justice of the peace in the sixteenth township. He emphasizes absolute honesty in office fairness loyalty to his convictions and military school training underscoring punctuality and fair play as guiding principles.
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M. W. Hunt
Justice of the Peace
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Youths Attend Camp Revival
About 60 Shafter Mennonite Brethren youth will attend a revival conference at Kern county camp on Greenhorn Mountain. Bakersfield and Rosedale churches join in with leaders Johnnie Kliewer Ernest Siemens Edward Schellenberg Obe Isaac and Miss Rubena Shultz. The program begins Saturday at 6 pm with song service and a camp-fire prayer meeting follows a 6 30 supper. Camp rules require arrival registration and each participant to bring their own food.
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Mennonite Brethren Church of
Shafter
Kern County
Greenhorn Mountain
Johnnie Kliewer
Ernest Siemens
Edward Schellenberg
Obe Isaac
Rubena Shultz
Bakersfield
Rosedale
Primary Election Set With 3015 Voters in Shafter Area
About 3015 voters in Shafter precincts including Lerdo and Poso are expected to cast ballots in the upcoming primary. Polling places are listed with inspectors, and polls open at 6 a.m. closing at 7 p.m. Party registrations show Republicans 1123 Democrats 1785 Prohibitionists omitted here.
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Shafter
Lerdio
Poso
Shafter West
Richland Grammar School
Lucille Fry
Shafter South
Sherman Bobst
Bobst
Shafco
First Baptist Church
Harriet E. Nottingham
Snafter
American Legion
A. R. Duehren
Maple
Wood Stone
Mr. Stone
Lerdo
Marie Burriss
Famosa
Jessie E. Phillips
Hostile Attitude Not Desirable Quality For Clerk
A county clerk must cooperate with the board and county departments to serve the best interests. Voters are urged to consider this, as reports indicate Campbell is building a commanding lead across the county, including Bakersfield.
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Board of Supervisors
Bakersfield
Campbell
Engagement of Evelyn Unruh and Leonard Gaede
The engagement of Miss Evelyn Unruh and Leonard Gaede of Shafter was announced at Mennonite Brethren church services by Rev. William J. Bestwater. Miss Unruh is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Unruh. Mr Gaede is the son of Mr and Mrs [redacted].
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Evelyn Unruh
Leonard Gaede
Shafter
William J. Bestwater
Mennonite Brethren Church
Miss Unruh
John E. Unruh
Mr. Gaede
Witb
Saint Mennonite Brethren Church
Helbling and Ruhl Wells Progress in Shafter Field
Superior Oil reports Helbling well deepened 300 feet to 13 900 feet total depth and Ruhl No 2 reaching 2 484 feet with surface casing underway. Officials expect continued drilling and potential for a new world drilling record, as findings from both holes shape Vedder structure south of Seventh Standard Road.
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Superior Oil Company
Shafter
Helbling
Continental
Wasco
Superior
Ruhl No. 2
General Petroleum
van Ness No. 1
Seventh Standard Road
Cotton Growers Await Favorable Weather For Bolls
Growers report late planting but rapid growth may offset losses as warm nights are needed for boll development. Some middle crop is developing too fast, causing stalk growth rather than boll setting. A Bakersfield cotton classing and daily market news service under the Smith Doxey bill offers price reports and market data to participating growers.
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Bakersfield
Union Moves West In Shafter Field As Work Begins
Union Oil starts work on the Kennco 6-34 location, 660 feet NW of 4-34, as the Shafter field extends west. The project, along with 5-34 and 2-34, may become top producers as geologists expect richer sand near the Vedder structure, with potential sand in the Wasco to Shafter area. Completion is anticipated before Monday.
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Union
Shafter Field
Union Oil Company
Shafter
Continental
Wasco
Discovery
Superior
Wagner No. 1
Helbling No. 1
Ruhl No. 2
van Ness
Helbling
Getty Starts Third Well On Ramsay Lease
Getty begins preparations for a third well on the Ramsay lease in the Shafter oil field. With two wells already producing, the derrick from Ramsay No 2 was moved 250 feet to a new location near Ramsay No 1 as crews ready the spud for the next well. The move signals Getty’s plan for one well per ten acres, potentially widening drilling beyond the 20 acre minimum and affecting local field drill plans.
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Ramsay No. 2
George F. Getty
Shafter Oil Field
Ramsay No. 1
Ramsey No. 2
Getty
Shafter
Union
General Petroleum
Andrew Schultz sells ranch and builds new home
Andrew Schultz recently sold his ranch on Riverside road and is constructing a new home a half mile south on the A. Brown place with his wife.
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Andrew Schultz
Riverside Road
A. Brown
Son Is Born To Ted Vignolis
A son named Robert John was born August 17 to Mr and Mrs Ted Milsk tee Mee Seale Bakersfield. The report notes the birth but the exact weight is unreadable in the text.
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Ted Vignolis
Robert John
Ted Milsk Tee
Plans For Better Service Meeting At Cafe Neuman
Dr. L H McGrane president announces a meeting in Cafe Neuman tomorrow to discuss plans to improve service and boost city trade. Officials will consider informing the general public about improvements in repairing and presenting goods as part of ongoing efforts.
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Cafe Neuman
L. H. McGrane
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Irrigation District
California
Merwin W. Hunt
H. A. Rightmire
M. B
Ruhl
Ramsay Lease
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