Shafter Wins Two Firsts In Great Western Show
Shafter High School students win major prizes at the Great Western Livestock Show in Los Angeles. James Mathis of Shafter enters five steers earning a Grand Champion rating, marking a second such award this year after Marvin Kirschenmann's Kern County Show triumph. Shafter animals head to Los Angeles sales the week’s end, with expected sale proceeds around $18,000.
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James Mathis
Shafter High School
Los Angeles
Shafter
Water overdraft forces rethink for Shafter-Wasco district
Henry Karrer reports the underground water level in the Shafter-Wasco district is dropping twice as fast as replenishment over 25 years. Central Valley Water likely needed for irrigation, not aquifer rise, with engineering challenges to implement a new distribution system.
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Shafter-Wasco
Peter Channesons Entertain Dinner Guests
Dinner guests of the Peter Channesons Saturday included Charles Manley Norman Polasky Doctor and Mrs Keith McKee Merle Taylors Paul Newell and Charles Burns Bar r ie Burns and Gregory Ohanneson plus Mr and Mrs Norman Polasky and others from Bakersfield Tulare Shafter and Bakersfield social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Channesons
Messrs
Mesdames
Charles Manley
Norman Polasky
Keith McKee
Bakersfield
Merle Taylors
Tulare
Paul Newell
Charles Burns
Shafter
Barrie Burns
Gregory Ohanneson
Two Way Radio Installed For Shafter Police
Shafter begins a two way radio system with a first unit in the police car under Kern County Sheriff's radio technician Bill Whiting. A city hall sending and receiving set will be added within ten days with remote control from police headquarters tying into the Kern County system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bill Whiting
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Kern County
Kern River Bluffs
Sheriff's Office
Wascom
Delano and
Taft
Frank Shaw
Corrine Mettler
Roy
John Reily
Hanley Witcher
Dave Unruh
Lester Reeves
Shafter High Students Sweep Great Western Livestock Show
Shafter High School agriculture students captured two firsts at the Great Western Livestock Show led by Jack Janzen whose Hereford steer won 800 to 1000 pounds and was Reserve Champion in the F.F.A. division. Janzen also placed third in Hereford 1000 to 1150 and won the F.F.A. showmanship contest.
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Shafter High
Jack Janzen
Janzen
Press extends old rate for renewals to December 15
The Press extends the old $2.50 annual subscription rate to December 15 for current subscribers who have not renewed. After December 15 the rate rises to $4 per year for the twice weekly paper. New subscribers may join at the $2.50 rate until Dec 15. Many readers have already renewed or subscribed at the old rate.
Warren Heads to Oroville for Hunting Trip
Ed Warren left the first of the week for a hunting trip and will headquarter at Oroville, planning a largely outdoor excursion with return expected later.
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Warren
Ed Warren
Oroville
Rattlesnake killed in street before Press building
In 1915 Sueen cee to the Press recalls a rattlesnake killed on the street in front of what is now the Press building. Shafter then had one store, the Shafter Mercantile Company run by Charlies Shomate, now county recorder. Across from the Press stood a horse trough fed by a well pipe near the current high school site.
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Sueen Cee
Press
Shafter
Shafter Mercantile Company
Charlies Shomate
County Recorder
Nikkel Iron Works
Shafter Justice Court Sets Record Fines Total
During November the Shafter Justice Court processed a record total of 916 in fines Judge E K Grant reported. Of this amount 780 came from traffic violations and two thirds of those were on Highway 99. The court also collected 400 in small claims.
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Shafter Justice Court
E. K. Grant
Mrs H G Hall Visits Bakersfield to See Cosgroves
Mrs H G Hall of Bakersfield is visiting the Joseph Cosgroves for several days this week. The visit follows prior correspondence and is noted in social notes of the region.
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H. G. Hall of
Bakersfield
Joseph Cosgroves
Outdoor Xmas Decoration Contest Open to Public
The Shaffer 20-30 club sponsors a public outdoor Christmas decoration contest in two divisions residential and business institutions. Prizes awarded first and second with winners announced before Christmas for public viewing. Entry via coupon to Shafter Press and Don Little.
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Shaffer 20-30 Club
Shafter Press
Don Little
Shafter
Shafter Chest reports progress on final 1946 total
Cosgrove notes several workers have not yet turned in reports. Final tally may exceed today's figure. Mettler urges immediate submissions to Cosgrove at the bank so the total is ready by next week. Officers praised workers for a successful 1946 Chest supporting Veterans Service Center Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls.
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Cosgrove
Chest
Orvin Mettler
Mettler
Pat Kelly
Herb Schirmer
Veterans, Service Center
Boy Scouts of America
Campfire Girls
Shafter
Postal Order Caps Overseas Mail Due to Coal Strike
The Post Office department enacted a midnight effective limit on mail packages with no overseas shipments except to military addresses, as coal shortages impact operations.
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Post Office Department
Silver Wedding Anniversary For Ed Walters
Mr. and Mrs. William Lachenmaier and Mr. and Mrs. Tip Henderson hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at the Lachenmaier home for Ed Walters and his wife of Lodi to mark their silver wedding anniversary. Guests included Phil Jeffries, son-in-law, and daughter of the Lachenmaiers, and gifts featured a silver service selected by the hosts and Mrs. Clyde Grant of San Diego.
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William Lachenmaier
Tip Henderson
Lachenmaier
Ed Walters
Lodi
Henderson
Clyde Grant
San Diego
B P W Club Dinner Hears Library Head
The Business and Professional Women's Club dinner at Richland School Cafeteria featured E Beh Evans, District Librarian for ern County, speaking on his summer travels through Norway Sweden and Finland with slides. He described postwar conditions and rationing, noting Norway's strict system and food limits for children. Committees led by Mrs. Albright managed tickets decorations and the program.
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Business and
Richland School
Annette Albright
E. Beh Evans
Ern County
Ools
T. V. Little
Evans
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Albright
Floyd Cooper
Dorothy Satran
Dell Martin
Sylvia Baughman
Violet Brughelli
Barbara Lee
Helen Gangu
Letha Brock
Andersons Visit South Over Thanksgiving Holiday
Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson and their children Bud and Virginia visited Mrs Andersons brother and family Mr and Mrs Ed Howard of Eagle Rock and her sister Mrs Tom Ruble of Burbank during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Martin Anderson
Bud
Virginia
Two Lachenmaier Sheds Handle Porterville Potatoes
The Lachenmaier brothers operate two Shafter potato sheds that have shipped seed Porterville potatoes and graded through Shafter since the season start. They have handled 30 000 sacks and harvest 200 acres near Porterville, as Porterville shipments continue for two more weeks.
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Shafter
Lachenmaier Brothers
Porterville
Lachenmaier
Lachenmaiers
Em. H. Mettler and Sons
Malory
Hare
Students Vote On Coronation Ball Queen
Eligible senior girls at Shafter High will vote for the campus queen who will reign over the Coronation Ball on the 10th. Candidates include Virginia Anderson, Marie Baughman, Elsie Brown, Lorna Bryan, Barbara Fox, Myra Malory, Mary Mouser, Jean McDonald, Edna Rodgers, Rosemary Stocker, Dolores Townsend, Lois West, and others.
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Shafter High
Virginia Anderson
Virgil Bartel
Marie Baughman
Elsie Brown
Lorna Bryan
Barrie Burns
Corina Elliot
Barbara Fox
Maxine Hall
Doris Kizer
Elaine Klaudt
Joan Loewen
Myra Malory
Dixie Mathis
Richland Students Present Xmas Play Thursday Night
The 6th 7th and 8th grades of Richland school will present a play Why The Chimes Rang next Thursday night Dec 12 at the Womens Club House. Music by the Richland glee club and a Richland band. No admission charge and the public is invited. The cast details appear in Tuesday's Press.
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Richland School
Richland Glee Club
Richland Bad
Water Use Exceeds Replenishment in Shafter-Wasco District
Karrer of the Bakersfield Bureau of Reclamation reports the Shafter-Wasco district uses about 107,580 acre feet of water annually on 33,500 irrigated acres, with only 52,100 acre feet replenished by underground flow from Kern River Poso Creek and seepage. He says Friant water cannot be stored underground and must be used on the surface, with stabilizing targets of 50 to 100 feet and shifts in distribution between canal and well water.
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Henry Karrer
Bakersfield
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Shafter-Wasco
Karrer
Bureau of Reclamation
Kern River
Poso Creek
Arvin-Edison
Reiter Delano
Congress
Friant-Kern
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter- Wasco
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Shafter AG
Central Valley Water Project
Central Valley
Bureau
Marvin . Kirschenman
John Nikkel
Bob Albright
Angus
F.F.A
Livers
Central
Justice Court
Mrs. Hall
Raed
Adare
Wendell Hoss
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Loreles Philharmonic
Chicago Symphony
Cleveland Symphony
Rochester Phonic
N.B.C. Symphony of
New York
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Andersons
South
COSAS
Feateensee
Mt. Coote Lane
Richland
Johnson-Neuman
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