Union To Bring In Edge Well At Pacific States Section 33
Union Oil plans to drill edge wells in Pacific States 21-33 and 26-25 with seven inch casing cemented at 11 460 feet and a water shut off test underway. Officials say a well is likely though the Pacific States project may lie at the edge of the production zone with limited westward progress.
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Pacific States
Union Oil Company
Shafter
Crites
Thie the Tion
Shafter-Taft Highway
Shafter Field
Greeley
Beet Yields Running High in Shafter Community
Sugar beet yields in the Shafter area are reported running high this year. Shafter Farms notes an average of 25 tons per 90 acres with sugar content at 16.5 percent, a sign that production per acre may exceed prior years. Higher sugar content is seen in fields with lower yields.
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Shafter
Shafter Farms Company
America sings of labor as the American way
The piece extols labor as the national backbone and democracy’s foundation. It links Walt Whitman’s poetry to a 1941 wartime reverence for workers in all trades. The text honors mechanics boatmen hatters and seamstresses, stressing equality and anti-elitist values in American life.
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America
Mechanics
Wonek Thomason
Cates
Hhatter
Asherica
Walt Whitman
Kern County Lowers General Tax Rate by Three Cents
The Kern County Board of Supervisors set the 1941-42 general tax at 1.29 per 100 of assessed value, a three cent cut from last year. The county budget rose to 6.2 million dollars, aided by higher valuation and fund balances, while road taxes in districts 1 through 4 show varied changes from last year. Local residents were surprised by the reduction amid budget discussions.
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Kern County
Board of Supervisors
George Holmquist
Shafter
Trip to San Jose by Tucker and Black Mills party
Tommy Tucker with Mr and Mrs Black Mills and their daughter drove to San Jose on Saturday for a short stay.
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San Jose
Tommy Tucker
Work Planned On Agriculture Building At Schoo
The Kern County Union High School District board plans a new $70,000 agriculture building at Shafter High School, east of the current shop, with five classrooms and labs. Construction to start within six weeks, after preliminary actions.
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Schoo
Shafter High School
Kern County Union High School District Board
Stanton Willard
Fast Lerdo Road To Become Four Lane Highway
Lerdo road will be widened to four lanes between 99 highway and the Sill ranch under a WPA defense project. County equipment and Granite district workers will shift to Lerdo. Kern County Land Company may donate 50 feet of land for a divided road if approved. An additional south road from the airfield to Rosedale is also under consideration.
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Lerdo Road
99 Highway
Sill Ranch
Roy Woollomes
Woollomes
Granite
Woollames
Kern County Land Company
Kern Academy To Open This Week After Pending Registration
Principal Clarence O Trubey announced registration for Kern Academy will be Tuesday September 2 with classes starting Monday September 8. Eight instructors will lead the program with schedules in German commerce piano and more as the academy resumes after renovations. The school traces its formation to 1916 expanding from a one room elementary to a senior academy by 1930.
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Kern Academy
Elasses
Clarence O. Trubey
Llarence O. Trubey
Leonard E. Westermeyer
Lottie Angell- Westermeyer
Irene Neuman
Oregon
Laverne Melendy
Maurine Wolfe
Emma Neufeld
Adventist Union
Dresslers Spend Week Visiting Barstow
Mr and Mrs Ed Dressler and their daughter spent the past week visiting Barstow.
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Ed. Dressler
Dreesier
Public Utility District Lowers Tax Rate to One Dollar
The Shafter Public Utility District reduced the 1941 42 tax rate to $1 from $1.10 per thousand, aiming to raise about $9,000. Monthly district fees total around $1,600 with a projected monthly profit of $300 to $400 to fund water system improvements. Bonds totaling $4,000 will be retired this year, part of the district’s $39,000 debt.
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Shafter Public Utility District
Board of Directors
Wall
City Hall
W. T. Davis
Santa Fe Way
Davis
Des Moines
Iowa
W. H. Hitchcock
H. Midgley
Bill Lachenmaier
C. L. Black
T. V. Little
Bids Sought on Laying Water Line in Wall Tract
Bids are being asked by the Shafter Public Utility District for 1100 feet of 4 inch transite water main in the Wall tract. Deadline is 7:30 PM September 2 at Shafter City Hall to award the contract. Bids cover trench digging and pipe laying. material has been purchased and is on hand.
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Wall
Shafter Public Utility District
Fire Damages Hay At Wendland Ranch Tuesday
A Tuesday morning trash fire ignited a stack of hay at Wendland Ranch, damaging fifteen bales. Warden Art Craig reported Shafter station crew and equipment extinguished the blaze. Visitor Miss Una Wipf of Menno, South Dakota, was visiting in Shafter at the Daike home.
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Wendland Ranch
Art Craig
Shafter Station
Una Wipf
Menno
South Dakota
Shatter
John Daike
Superior Oil Reaches 13 681 Feet In Brush Pasture Wildcat
Superior Oil's Brush pasture wildcat KCL 13 in Button willow district southwest of Shafter nears bottom at 13 681 feet with indications of a thorough test to follow. Pasadena Realty No.5 well reported common operations with casing cemented at 11 390 feet and daily production around 1318 barrels of oil and 1 476 000 cubic feet of gas. Griffith No.2 between Shafter and Greeley fields drilling at 9 998 feet while Osborn No.1-4 prepares to spud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Oil
Wildcat
Superior Oil Company
KCL
Buttonwillow
Shafter
Superior
Pasadena Realty Company No. 5
Griffith No. 2
Greeley Fields
City Tax Rate Set At 95 Cents Per Hundred
City council adjourned meeting at city hall set tax rate at 95 cents per hundred dollars of assessed valuation. Estimated taxes total 8,537.50 with city budget 18,470 and anticipated revenue 19,578.50. Valuation rose to 801,335 minus 10,000 veterans exemption plus 97,350 utilities. a new fire truck partly drives the two cent increase though general law may offset it.
Property Owners Seek Noise Curtailment at Marengo Street Church
At the Tuesday meeting, Marengo street district property owners protested church services citing hours and noise. A group urged officials to stop services, end late evening hours, and curb disturbances tied to Tate, evening, and early spathing moves.
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Marengo Street
Shafter High School Opening Delayed to September 8
The Shafter high school opening date moved from September 2 to September 8 per Principal F. P. Jones. Final registration remains September 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A class schedule card has been mailed. work permits are required for students under 18. John Reily named police chief. city plans a three-person police force with budget set at 5400.
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John Reily
Shafter High
F. P. Jones
Jangs
Shafter
Richland
Maple
Kern Academy
Jones
Eugene Ford
Shafter High School
Reily
Cn Ane
Murray Arnold
al Annis
Ivan Stone
Shafter Receives 170.50 From Motor Fees
James M. Carter announces Shafter’s share of motor vehicle license fees for the quarter ending June 20. The amount is 170.50 based on a population of 1258 per the latest federal census. County total 5452.44 shares the same quarter.
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James M. Carter
Department of Motor Vehicles
Shafter
Epetenenae
Eau County
Fire Chiefs Attend Reno Meeting Fund Granted in Sacramento
A Sacramento event runs October 13 to 16 with a $25 grant to offset travel costs for Fire Chief Dan Loewen to attend a national meeting and school of instruction. City Clerk Frank Shaw named as local representative on a committee.
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Sacramento
Dan Loewen
Reno
Frank Shaw
Livestock Shipped to Sacramento for State Fair Entry
Two carloads of livestock, one beef cattle and one sheep, were sent to Sacramento Tuesday morning to compete at the California State Fair opening tomorrow. Holger Hansen and several Future Farmer members from the local school accompanied the stock, with Art Johnson and Glenn O Nay overseeing the group as they travel to the fair.
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Sacramento
Holger Hansen
Agricultural Department
Carroll Hansen
Alvin Roberson
Calvin Robers
Fred Starrh
Future Farmer Organization
Art Johnson
Glenn.o. Nay
North Fork
Hansen
Ordination Services Held at Shafter Church
Marvin Dick of Hayfork California was ordained as minister of the gospel in a Menonite Brethren church service at Shafter. Sewake Wiebe officiated with assistance from Rev. p. EB Nickel of Reedley.
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M. B. Church
Marvin Dick
Hayfork
California
Gospel of the Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter Church
Sewake Wiebe
P. EB Nickel
Reedley
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Edge
Riggs
Morgan 81
Paloma
Cole's Levee
America At Work
Wiith
Shafter Business Men's Association
Army
R. E. Youell
Lerdo
Barstow
18Th Township
County Board of Supervisors
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