St Nick to Visit Shafter for Yuletide Tree Lighting
St Nick telegrams confirmation from the North Pole and is planned to arrive between 6 and 7 30 p m Saturday. The Shafter Merchants Association will host the tree lighting of a 28 to 30 foot Douglas fir at Central and James street with blue lights. Santa may ride a Shafter fire truck and will deliver hundreds of goodies to children. Local officials including L J Lew Woodard and Judge E K Grant will participate in the ceremony.
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Santa Claus
Lee
Ld St. Nick
Shafter Merints Association
Tony Brown
Asation
Down- Shafter
Brown
Shafter
Santa
North Pole
Merchants Association
L. J
Lew) Woodard
Chamber of Commerce
E. K. Grant
Dak
Western Union
Gerald Wesley
Richland School
Santa’ Claying
Shafter Merchants Association
Wesley
Morley urges strong U S stance on 660 airmen trial as spies
John Morley argues in Trieste that 660 American flyers held as prisoners of war should be defended with force if necessary. He links the case to postwar Cold War tensions and cites John Foster Dulles predictions of an international headache dating to 1919. Morley speaks to the Shafter Rotary Club, outlining background from Trieste to 1945 as Western powers reshaped the region.
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United States
John Morley
Shafter Rotary Club
Trieste
Italy
Sn Hent
Belood
Morley
Czechoslovakia
John Foster Dulles
Woodrow Wilson
Watermen To Discuss Problems At Public Meeting
Water users from Shafter and Wasco will discuss irrigation issues at a public meeting on December 11 at the Wasco Grange Hall. John J. Peters Jr. chairs the SWID board. the session covers a water service contract with the Bureau of Reclamation and aims to lower construction costs and improve distribution. Allen Johnston will be away on vacation. Fred Pritschke will cover his duties.
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Shafter
Was- 0
Wasco
John J. Peters
Shafter-Wasco District Board
John Nale
SWID
Bureau of Reclamation
Allen Johnston
Houston
Tex
Herbert Sterett
Fred Pritschke
Johnston
Iday
Ular
Enth St
Public Works Preps Shafter for Christmas Tree Lighting
Public Works Director Jack Harris plans crew trimming in downtown Shafter today with completion hoped before the Christmas tree lighting Saturday. Richland School Band will perform Yuletide tunes as American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars members deliver the invocation and the Union Congregational mixed choir sings carols.
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Public Works
Jack Harris
Shafter
Richland School
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Preggant
Ile
Union Con ‘Gregarch
Shafter Chamber of Commerce to name officers for year
The 1954 Shafter Chamber of Commerce directors will elect officers Friday noon after the regular meeting. A seven member board plus present president Lew Woodard will choose officers from among themselves. Directors listed are Harlin Wilson Robert Bann Tony Brown Bruce Crawford Irvin Fike Jack Fleming and Don Ruggenberg.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ernie Hofman
L. J
Lew) Woodard
Harlin P. Wilson
Robert Bann
Tony Brown
Bruce Crawford
Irvin Fike
Jack Fleming
Don Ruggensberg
Citizens campaign to close dangerous treaty loophole
Shafter area residents begin circulating a petition for the Bricker Amendment to limit treaties’ supremacy over the Constitution and state laws. Organizer E C Eckmann and a local group explain the three week effort under Californians for the Bricker Amendment with several campaigners named.
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Shafter Area
Shafter
E. C
Dick) Eckmann
John J. Peters, Jr
Robert Somers
Phil Channeson
Simon Mettler
E. C. Eckm
Congress
AG INSPECTOR TAKES POST IN LOCAL AREA
Kern County Agriculture Commissioner Charles Grimm announced a new agricultural inspector for the Shafter rural area. William H. Lewis, 42, longtime staff member, will replace Ned Smith who was forced to retire after turning 70.
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Shafter
Kern County
Charles Grimm
William H. Lewis
Ned Smith
Burglars Smash Window In Raid on Library
Police Chief John Reily reports thieves broke a library window during Thanksgiving, targeting the Shafter branch library and the Richland School upper grade building. They fled after finding no access inside the library, but stole $11 from the Richland School cafeteria.
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Shafter
Richland School
John Reily
Christmas Gift Shipping Urged by Shafter Postmaster
Postmaster George Guenther urged Shafter residents to plan early for the Christmas rush. He advised coordinating with neighbors for delivery when away, adding four to five temporary staff to speed mail service, and offered tips like buying stamps in advance and writing clear return addresses.
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Shafter Post Office
Mortuary Names Bartel as Manager in Porterville
John Bartel son of Rev and Mrs John Bartel of 314 Marengo Ave has been named manager of Lloyds Mortuary in Porterville He is a Shafter High School and Bakersfield Junior College graduate and studied mortuary science at USC He served two years in the Navy and is married to Betty Knoy of Porterville.
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John Bartel
Marengo Ave
Lloyd's Mortuary
Porterville
Bartel
Shafter High School
Bakersfield
City Council Pushes School for Parking Solutions
Shafter City Council calls on Shafter High School to provide adequate parking on school grounds to relieve street congestion on Manne avenue Tulare and Fa streets as enrollment and staff grow. Councilman Robf Jacobsen urged action.
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Shafter High School
Shafter City
Robf Jacobsen
Manne Avenue
Tulare
USC Coach Mel Hein to Speak at Shafter Grid Banquet
Former USC All-America and assistant coach Mel Hein will deliver the annual gridiron address at the Shafter High School Community Football Banquet. The event, set for December 16 in the Shafter High School Cafeteria, also features awards for the outstanding General and Colonel chosen by coaches and players. Herb Howell heads the publicity committee with P. C. Clarkin and other civic members assisting.
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Mel Hein
University of Southern California
Shafter High
Herb Howell
Shafter High School
Hein
Civic
Howell
P. C. Clarkin
Youth Back From South Mission Trip
Shafter High School basketball opens its season with the varsity traveling to Wasco for a pre season A team carnival against Wasco East Bakersfield Bakersfield Taft Arvin and Shafter. B team prospects number 29 with 15 experienced. McDonald returns from North Carolina and Virginia missionary trek with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Shafter
Hank Moposki
Wasco
Kern County
McFarland
East Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Taft
Arvin
Don Murfin
Moroski
Kirschenmann
Louis Belk
George Larson
Jim Engel
George Love
Ellis Criner
Wayne Kirschenmann
Bill Brown
Bob Taylor
Sudan
Danaeen Oibian En Ive
Jniors
Sdép
George D. McDonald
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
North Carolina
Virginia
McDonald
Central Atlantic States
Record Building Year Predicted As Permits Reach 1 077 215 Mark
The City of Shafter anticipates a record construction year in 1953 as permits total 1 077 215 led by the Richland Primary annex project at 559 800. The work includes a patio center and church labor. Jehovah’s Witnesses will use a Kern street Kingdom Hall. Other firms report lumber extension storage and a listed house project, plus miscellaneous items.
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Shafter
Richland
E. K .Grant Theenes
L. N. Coleman
Kern Street
Central Avenue
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Grant
Ingraham Lumber Co
Southwest Development Co
Norris Ralph
E.G. Mann
John Strauss
West
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Merchant
Associa
Sh Pole
Sonny
Nevied
Shafter Kiwanis Club
E. Dpaen
C OF C
Queen of the Ball
Marilyn Smith
Sen
Girls Athletic Association
Karen Clarkin
Narra
Lavina Regehr
Martha Jeffcoat
Geraldine Reynolds
Donna Johnson
Jeannie Trantham
Bricker
George Guenther
Shafterites
Guenther
Mortuary
U.S
USC
Barbara Wroten
South Mission
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