Five Shafter youths enter California State Fair livestock show
Five future farmers from Shafter High School will show steers and cattle in Sacramento at the California State Fair. Leroy Kirschenmann, Dee Wilson, Burl Howze, Roy Jones, and Glen Hamilton enter two Aberdeen Angus, two Herefords, two Herefords, one Hereford, and two Shorthorns. Burl Howze accompanies instructor Burley Dooley in the railroad stock car. The state fair is the first in a series that includes Kern County Fair in Bakersfield.
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Shafter High School
Sacramento
Leroy Kirschenmann
Aberdeen
Angus
Dee Wilson
Burl Howze
Roy Jones
Glen Hamilton
Howze
Burley Dooley
Glenn O. Nay
Kern County
Bakersfield
Recreation program draws 70000 participants this summer
More than 70 000 men women and children joined the Recreation Commission program this summer. The land plunge will stay open 2 to 5 pm until Sept 10 when Richland School opens. after Sept 10 hours shrink to 4 to 5 pm then close. The summarized totals include North Government Camp programs and various activities with daily averages noted. Director Roy Farrell praised participation and will publish a full resume next week.
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Wotfith
Togeth
After Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Richland School
North Government
Rio Bravo
North Govat
Low-Cost Shafter Housing Project Nears Construction
A $225000 low rent housing project for Shafter moves toward reality as the Shafter Utility District approves a sewer service contract with the Housing Authority of Kern County. Plans for the 35 units on the Duehren tract are with the architects and bids may be advertised by November. Water per month and sewer service costs are outlined in the agreement.
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Shafter
Local boy Armand J. Johnson to sing in Shafter
Armand J. Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs W J Johnson, will give a sacred vocal concert at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Shafter this weekend. He is employed in Portland Oregon and appears on a daily radio program.
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Shafter
Armand J. Johnson
Johnson
W. J. Johnson
Poplarue
Seventh-Day ‘Adventist Church
Ministry
Portland
Ore
Johnson Area
New
Steps Outlined to Build an 80-Bed Hospital in Kern County
Kern County Medical Association secretary Vance Venables says an 80 bed facility is needed to serve about 32 000 residents of Shafter and Wasco with construction costs of 25 000 to 27 000 dollars per bed totaling just over 2 million Venables cautions his figures are rough based on surface area data and that a full study could alter the totals He notes a statewide hospital bed shortage and a push to establish a public institution in Bakersfield while three current county hospitals serve indigent care
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Shafter
Wasco
Vance Venables
Kern County Medical Association
Airatad
Tadac
Ulvavcu Wuay
Venables
Board of Supervisors
Wasco Rotary Club
Venable
Wascosis
Wascos
Saich
Kern County
Bakersfield
Ino Kern General
Committee Votes Study Of Problem For Local Hospital
A five member Shafter Wasco survey committee began an extensive study of neighboring hospitals to determine local area needs. The group plans a 25 to 30 bed facility to start with emergency and maternity services, expanding later. Members include from Shafter Townsend and Dr. Voth. Wasco members Frantz and Sirman. Buttonwillow and McFarland invitees Johns Blomquist Ellis.
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a_ Shafter- Wasco hospital
Russell Stickler
Shafter
Buttonwillow
McFarland
Robert Townsend
Henry Voth
Wasco
Elbert Frantz
Ray Sirman
C. A. Johns
C. L. Blomquist
Calvin Ellis
Shafter Utility District lowers tax rate to 80 cents
The Shafter Public Utility District reduces the 1951-52 tax rate from $1 per $100 to 80 cents per $100, in a move to lessen city taxpayers’ burden. Clerk Frank G. Shaw notes district valuation around $3,564,944, including outlying Edwards tract.
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Shafter Public Utility District Board of Directors
SPUD
Frank G. Shaw
Board of Directors
Shaw
Edwards
Tots Begin Registration for Richland Classes
Richland faculty will host registration for kindergarten and first grade pupils starting Tuesday at the primary building. Superintendent Bruce Crawford notes the period covers unregistered children for the new school year. Parents should bring the birth certificate and health information.
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Richland
Bruce Crawford
Cotton Harvest Gains Speed Near Shafter
Harvest activity grows in Shafter California as gins hire extra workers and schedule around the clock shifts. Preparations intensify with Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company and Shafter Cooperative leading operations centered in Shafter, while Coberly-West Ginning Company and S. A. Camp also report Shafter as the hub of their cotton processing.
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Shafter
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
Shafter Cooperative
Humane Head Asks Help of City Council
Humane Officer Jack O'Brien asks Shafter for 1000 dollars monthly to support the Kern County Humane Society. He cites tentative county and Bakersfield pledges and seeks funds from remaining cities to build an adequate shelter for homeless animals. Councilman Kirschenmann is out of town.
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Shafter
Kern County Humane Society
Humane
Jack O’brien
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Board of Supervisors
City of
Bakersfield
O'Brien
Raisin Growers Recommend Base Pay Rates
The Agricultural Labor Bureau announced poll results showing Valley raisin growers favor 5 cents per tray for Thompsons and 6 cents for Muscats. The 5 cent rate marks an 11 percent rise from 1950 levels, the highest in 25 years, with past 5 cent peaks in 1943 to 1946 and $310 per ton paid in 1946.
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Agricultural Labor Bureau
South Camp Annexation Proposed for Water Supply
Water shortages at the South Shafter Labor Camp spur talks of annexing the housing project to the city and to the Kern Public Utility District. T. W. Peck reports a new well may be needed, while officials consider piping water from district lines if annexation occurs. Glenn O. Nay says annexation is required as the district serves only annexed areas and a joint approach with the city is favored. The Public Housing Authority in San Francisco has not objected yet, with Edwards tract seen as the key to linking the camp to the city.
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South Shafter
Public Utility
Shafter
Glenn O. Nay
Peck
Public Housing Authority
San Francisco
Edwards Tract
Council
SPUD
Edwards
Fire Insurance Rate Cut Sought by Shafter Officials
Shafter property owners may see lower fire insurance rates after SPUD members satisfied most requirements from the board of fire underwriters. Fire Chief Albert Finiebeiner, SPUD member, urged a new survey to determine if the district and city qualify for reduced premiums.
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Shafter
Shafter Public Utility District
Board of Fire Underwriters
Albert Finiebeiner
SPUD
Tate Ten
Shafter High announces opening. classes start Sept 10
Shafter High School outlines registration for 525 students on Sept 7 and 8 with classes beginning Sept 10. Principal Grant W. Jensen, newly arrived from McFarland, leads faculty meetings and joins Kern County Union High School and Junior College District activities with several new teachers joining the staff.
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Shafter High School
Grant W. Jensen
Harvey Auditorium
Kern County Union High School
Jensen
Senter
McFarland
East Bakersfield High School
Pacific
Jack Hill
North-of-the-River
Shafter
Harlan H. Hill
Occidental
Sara Jung
Thomas H. Oury
Pomona College
Cotton experts battle wilt disease and promise progress
The Shafter field day hosted by the California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors featured agronomist George Harrison presenting Acala 442 as Wilt tolerance advances. He noted 18 years of breeding and inoculation steps lead to hoped for relief in 1952 and full tolerance by 1953, while acknowledging the fungus may require growers to adapt long term.
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San Joaquin Valley
Asee
Matt Will ‘Ake
Shafter High School
California
George Harrison
Shafter Experimental Farm
Harrison
A. B. Rudolph
University of California
Postal Aide Promises Action on Shafter Postoffice
Walter Myers assistant post master general in Washington assured Shafter residents the government would consider building a new post office after an investigation. Shafter postmaster George Guenther said blueprints are completed and approved and only the federal lease is awaited to assure the project.
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Walter Myers
Washington, D. C
Shafter
George Guenther
Myers
Department
Guenther
Richland School Prepares For Opening Day
Ninety five faculty members greet 1500 students on opening day at Richland School with projected enrollment rising to 1800. School buildings cleaned and refurbished under custodial staff led by Kenneth Pipkin. One hundred twenty five new seats to replace old in Santa Fe building.
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Richland
Richland School
Bruce Crawford
Kenneth Pipkin
Santa Fe
Sylvia Ballighman
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Marvin
Hereford
Board
King Cotton
Valley
Humane Head
City Council
South Camp
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