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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
4
The Civic Football Banquet hosted by Shafter seven service clubs recognizes three high school teams and outstanding players. Coaches praise pride and teamwork, noting players shined shoes for morale, while local merchants push for brighter business and residential areas and greater community effort.
Arthur J. Hemingson completes his year as district Lieutenant Governor for Kiwanis International. He organized two new Kiwanis Clubs in Kern County Wasco and East Bakersfield expanding the county total. His tireless service benefited Shafter Kiwanis Club and earned recognition within Kiwanis International.
Local ranchers note caster beans are becoming a major crop in the area. The oil, once fed to children in the past, is now in demand as a lubricant for airplane engines and fast mechanisms. Farmers expect steady profits and diversification for the community.
The Shafter Motel plans to add ten units a new lobby a swimming pool and dining lounge updates. Publisher Paul Newell notes steady community growth based on local patronage and business activity while managers James Tucker and Robert Nagey oversee the project.
The long term subsidence disaster in Long Beach has cost the city and federal entities millions. Harbor Department spending nears 40 million dollars this year with Navy expenditures already at 6 million and rising. The state stands to lose future royalties as curtailment of oil production threatens a vital revenue source.
The piece discusses English Holly Ilex Aquilfolium as a popular Pacific coast plant and ties it to a large State Lands Fund with transfers exceeding 155 million dollars in 1957. It notes projected 18 million dollars for 1957 58 and over 37 million disbursed by 1958, while detailing legislative hearings on a repressurization plan to combat subsidence and protect revenue.
Ot-Yo-Kwa Camp members spent a sunny day at Mount Pines with meals by a campfire, bunk beds in heated quonset huts, and a night of hiking cookies pine cone decorations and singing. Activities included radio dancing and games as the group prepared for Christmas themes and holiday landscape ideas.
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