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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
1
Fourteen harness horses from the Shafter stables of Lachenmaier Neuman Crawford and Camp will run at Santa Anita from April 16 to June 8. Purses totaling 467000 will be offered as the Shafter group competes for the big money on the Pacific Coast.
Community leaders urge housing expansion while Shafter Stables grows to fifteen top trotters and pacers. Neuman and Crawford add two Kentucky and Iowa imports, with a new half mile track at the Lachenmaier ranch and plans for Santa Anita training starting February first.
Shafter High School will present "And So They Came to Bethlehem" in the high school auditorium. The Girls' Glee Club and drama classes, directed by Robert Gates and Burton Filut, invite the public to attend the pageant event.
Judge E K Grant completed plans for a new Shafter Boy Scout hall on Walker Avenue loaned by Pat Kelly and Phil Channeson. The 35 by 70 basement and main floor building will house Rotary and Kiwanis Scout troops and Cub Scouts with a mess hall, workshops, meeting hall, fireplace, locker rooms and lavatories. The project relies on volunteer labor and subscriptions with listed service commitments from local firms and individuals.
Col. Lawrence C. Coddington invites civilians to Minter Field for an Army Air Forces Training Command open house on Sunday. Gates open at 1 p.m. with a model plane show at 2, a major aerial demonstration at 2:30, and a showing of Target Tokyo at the Post Theater. Admission is free.
Shafter High School F F A members sold 36 Angus and Shorthorn steers at the Great Western stock show in Los Angeles for a total of 38508 31 dollars. Donald Zachary led sales with 2233 dollars for nine steers while other totals ranged from 116 to 1677 dollars. Marvin Kirschenmann won the Future Farmers division championship and received a prize steer and a gold watch.
Three women were injured in a December 5 collision on the Wasco Pond road three miles north of Wasco. Mrs. Katherine Sinner suffered a broken leg, Mrs. Molley Riffel a likely broken shoulder, and Mrs. Theresa Wagoner concussion and shock. They were treated at Delano Hospital. Relatives in the other car were uninjured. Sinner is Pauline Davidian's mother. Riffel and Wagoner are her sisters.
Kiwanis plans a Christmas party for the Kiwanis Scout troop next Tuesday at noon. The event will be held at Shafter Motel during this week’s meeting presided over by Earl Weil in the absence of president Glen Putman.
Wasco voters approve cityhood with 421 yes and 224 no, total 675. Top council candidates are Darrell Janzen 404, Clifton Clemens 307, Joe Baker 286, Harry Scaroni 274, Clinton Fanin 264. Fred Pritschke elected clerk and Harold Swain treasurer. Proponents cite Shafter’s slower progress since 1938 incorporation.
J H Hayes Kings County engineer and Wayne Switzer Tulare County engineer told Alpaugh Irrigation District directors last Thursday night that removing flood debris from Deer Creek and White River, though advocated by the Central Valley Highway Association, would not join the Central Valley project and could worsen flood hazards east of Highway 99.
Arrangements are complete for the second annual 20 30 Club Christmas party to be held Friday December 21 at 7 p.m. at Central Avenue and James Streets in Shafter. Santa will bring 2000 bags of candy fruit and nuts for children. a music and carol program awaits the audience expected to exceed last year’s 5000. The Shafter police will direct crowds and traffic at the intersection as Greg Malory and Sandy Sanderson return with a twenty foot tree set up at the site. The tree will be lit nightly through Christmas. Everyone is urged to attend with children for a festive evening.
Shafter Airport Committee schedules an open meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the County Building auditorium to decide on a temporary field location and discuss several proposals. Chairman Ike Peters says developments are under review and Cecil Meadows of Kern County Airport will attend to assist local fliers.
The Junior Women’s Club of Shafter sold Christmas seals last Saturday at Stringham's Drug Store corner to fund TB and health work. The Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association sponsors the annual drive and donations to Mrs. Chas. Burns, chairman, are still welcome. Miss Van Bever’s Eighth grade class at Richland School collected $5 from seals sold in two weeks.
The new night bus schedule lists departures from Shafter Lys and Bakersfield at 8:40 AM 11:30 AM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:15 PM 5:00 PM 6:25 PM and 11:00 PM. Routes and times are shown for each stop with adjustments to late evening service.
The 20-30 Club invites all residents to decorate outdoor trees hedges and homes for a yearly Christmas display contest. Prizes awarded in two divisions homes and public buildings. Judges include Mrs Ed Brown Jack Hill and Sandy Sanderson. Judging on December 22 and 28 with no entry form required.
At 12 05 this morning three young bandits hurled a piece of iron through the Vernon Pierce Jewelry store window. They grabbed jewelry valued at about 500 dollars and escaped in a car.
Shafter stores will stay open until 8 p.m. on December 20, 21 and 22. The separate series will close the Monday before New Year's Day on January 31.
For Kids The Junior Women and Senior Womens clubs of Shafter will hold their annual Christmas party for the Kiddies of members on Saturday afternoon December 22 between 2 and 4. Parents should bring children. Santa will give a gift and refreshments. Each member to bring a wrapped gift for each child.
Unit-committeemen for the Sunmaid Raisins Growers Association were elected Tuesday including August Bender chair man W A Livers John De Vincenzo C J Lindquist Otto Thiel A W Eckmann Frank Nottingham Frank Wiebe E J Peters BE G Buerkle Nels Pederson Felix Lindquist J P Jensen E J Panter and J F Homfeld J P Hansen was re elected adviser.
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