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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1964

Page

3

Water District Storage Update for Shasta Folsom Mil Watersheds

The Bureau of Reclamation reports above average precipitation in Shasta Folsom and Mil watersheds for the month. Higher elevation snow depth exceeds usual levels though early snow pack water content is unknown. Millerotn Lake diversions to Friant Kern totaled 280 acre feet in November. none to Madera Canal. Millerton storage rose by 38,000 acre feet to 201,000 acre feet, from a 520,000 acre foot capacity.

Bureau of Reclamation Shasta Folsom Millerton Lake Friant-Kern Madera Canal Millerton

Twin Births Highlight Local Family News

Timothy Dierk Spears born December 1 in Livermore weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces as first child of Joe and Toni Spears. Toni is staying with her parents Ronald and Ada Tatum. grandparents include R. E. Spears of La Mesa and Bennie Spears of Texas. Lala Margaret Corey born October 26 to Ken and (unnamed mother) Corey at Tulare Street weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces with a brother Larry. named for grandmother and great grandmother.

Timothy Dierk Spears Joe Spears Toni Tatum Spears Livermore Joe Toni Ronald Tatum Tatum R. E. Spears la Mesa Bennie Spears Texas Lala Margaret Corey Ken Corey Tulare Street Larry

Search Starts For Miss Kern County 1965

Bakersfield Junior Chamber of Commerce launches the Miss Kern County pageant to select a contestant for the state and national titles. Open to women 18 to 24, high school graduates by June 1965, and at least 18 by Sept 1, 1965. Judging is 50 percent talent and 50 percent evening gown and swimsuit.

Bakersfield Andrea Cummings South High School Kern County Carol Anderson Shafter P. O. Box Calif

Police officers attend FBI class in Shafter

Chief Hanley Witcher released a list of officers from near areas who attended FBI classes in search and seizure methods photography and related subjects held in Shafter last week. Attendees include Leland Joaquin Raynaldo Flores Carroll Brown Steely Michael J McCrystle John W Cashill NAS Lemoore Wasco PD members W B Baggs C J Cross Robert E Duke Harold French Don Smith Wilbert Ferguson Robert Moore Shafter PD members Odie Lee Miller E C Williams K F Tanner Wade Hamilton Bob W Nixon Earl R O Brien and Ray Rose Shafter constable.

Hanley Witcher FBI Shafter Leland Joaquin Raynaldo Flores Carroll Brown Steely Michael J. McCrystle John W. Cashill Nas Lemoore W. B. Baggs C. J. Cross Robert E. Duke Harold French Don Smith Wilbert Ferguson Robert Moore Wasco Police Department Odie Lee Miller E. C. Williams K. F. Tanner Wade Hamilton Bob W. Nixon Earl R. O’brien Shafter Police Department Ray Rose

Kern County Land Pays Substantial Tax Assessments

Checks totaling 1 303 868 31 were presented to Kern County Tax Collector Leslie Weber as the first installment on the 1964 65 property tax assessment on Kern County Land Company and subsidiaries. The payments cover one half of the 5 062 709 36 total taxes for KCL and 81 898 46 for Kern County Canal and Water Company.

Kern County Leslie Weber Kern County Land Company KCL Land Records Department Leon J. McDonough KCL Kern County Canal & Water Company

District Taxes Due December 21 For Shafter Wasco District

Mrs C Velma Thompson collector for the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District urges taxpayers to pay the first installment of the 1965 assessment by December 21 1964 to avoid a 10 percent delinquency penalty. Payments are arriving rapidly and total collections exceed last year. Paying both installments reduces bookkeeping and helps owners through the reduced assessment rate. Bob Diltz manager comments.

C. Velma Thompson Shafter-Wasco Bob Diltz

Car Window Break-ins Reported. Glass Scattered on Street

Bert Ware reports car windows broken on Atlantic Avenue with glass from bottles scattered along the street. Mervin Neufeld reports similar damage at 471 Faber Street and suspects BB gun activity as the cause.

Bert Ware Atlantic Avenue Mervin Neufeld Faber Ware Atlantic

Car Fire Damages Vehicle on South Shafter

Shafter fire crews responding at 11 04 p m Thursday to South Shafter avenue and West Orange found a car owned by Dennis Brooks partially in flames. Cause listed as carburetor backfire with damage estimated at 150 dollars.

Shafter South Shafter Avenue West Orange Dennis Brooks

Antenna Damage Reported Across Area

Robert Morehead reports antenna vandalism at 524 Minter. Police say antennas were broken from his car and from other vehicles in the area.

Robert Morehead Minter Morehead

Francisca Aguilar Obituary In Shafter

Francisca Geronima Aguilar 70 of 30720 Martinez St Shafter died December 11 in a Bakersfield hospital. Recitation of the Rosary was said Monday in Mish Funeral Home Chapel and Requiem Mass Tuesday at St Therese Catholic Church. Interment followed in Shafter Cemetery. Born January 29 1894 in El Paso Texas she married Jose Aguilar in 1910 and they moved to California 47 years ago. She was active in church work and community affairs. Survivors include six children Ramon Joe and four daughters.

Mish Funeral Home Shafter St. Therese’s Catholic Church Francisca Geronima Aguilar Martinez St Bakersfield Father Beslin Shafter Cemetery

Incumbents file petitions for Shafter Wasco district board

Mrs Velma Thompson returns her petition to run for election as collector of the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District. Other incumbents Marvin Neuman Warren Carter and E J Peters also filed petitions.

Velma Thompson Shafter- Wasco Marvin Neuman Warren Carter E. J. Peters

Dissolution Notice for Numil Farms Partnership

Pursuant to 150355 or the Corporations Code notice is given that the partnership run by Harold E Miller Harvey Marvin Neuman and Herbert Neuman at Box 605 Shafter California under Numil Farms was dissolved on December 7 1964. Dated December 7 1964. Publish Shafter Press Dec 16 1964.

Harold E. Miller Harvey Marvin Neuman Herbert Neuman Shafter California County of Kern State of California

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