Christmas Deliveries Brighten Shafter Homes
Christmas observances fill Shafter as homemakers prepare feasts and families pray together. The Shafter Fire Department and churches plan annual deliveries to 63 needy families, distributing 437 gifts from comic books to tricycles, with careful lists to match items to each family. Many locals send prayers for relatives serving in Korea, while others welcome returning loved ones as churches offer services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Cifte
Weswee
Shafter Fire Department
Santa Claus
Korea
Albert Finkbeiner
E. F. Bender
College President Guest Speaker at C of C Installation
Dr. Ralph Prater, president of Bakersfield College, will speak at the Shafter Chamber of Commerce installation January 28. He will discuss plans for the new Bakersfield campus on China Bluffs while Station KWSO and manager L. J. Lew Woodard pass duties to a new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C of C
Ralph Prater
Bakersfield College
Amber of Commerce
Shafter
Bakersfield
China Bluffs
Callaga
Conetriue
KWSO
L. J.lew) Woodard
Tony’ Brown
Central Hardware
Harlin Wilson
Bruce Crawford
Jack Fleming
Irvin Fike
Don Raggenberg
Prator
Colorado
Doctor Prator
Ars
Mesa
Queen Race In For Study At Meeting
Details of the 1954 Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival queen contest are to be mapped at a finance committee meeting at the chamber of commerce. Chairman Jack Fleming and Secretary Ernie Johnson lead talks on revamping the queen formula, ticketing, and adding beauty and talent judging. Plans to sell booth space to local businesses aim to create a county fair atmosphere and boost attendance. The committee will also decide on level of county participation for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Fleming
Shafter
Fleming
Ernie Johnson
Jack
Lee Jack Stepp
Jim Jacobs
Shafter Community Chest distributes 5875 to four agencies
Four Red Feather agencies in Shafter will share 5875 once the 1953 campaign ends. YMCA voted to withdraw and pursue an independent campaign, leaving it to receive only 100. The drive netted about 4500, still 2425 short of the 6925 goal, with reserves covering part of the shortfall. Steering and allocations are noted by President Grant Jensen and campaign head Merton Wiedmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Feather
Shafter Community Chest
Grant Jensen
YMCA
Shafter
Community Chest Board
Jensen
Community Chest Reserve
Boy Scouts of America
Shafter Recreation Commission
Henrietta Weill
Merton Wiedmann
Package mail records slump in shipments this Christmas
Postmaster George Guenther reported a fourth drop in shipment volumes from 1952, while letters and greeting cards remained steady at about 15,000 pieces daily. Parcel post will operate Christmas Day from 9 to 11 a.m. to handle last minute parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guenther
Guenther
SWID Directors Mulling Water Contract Election
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District directors plan to set a date for a water service contract election with the U S Bureau of Reclamation. The vote could occur early next year while separate legal steps await the Ivanhoe 160 acre limit decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter - Wasco
Bureau of Reeclamation
Department of Interior
Shafter-Wasco
Boy Scouts Form Explorers Troop Sponsored by Rotary Club
Formation of an Explorer troop was announced by E F Beilder. Five scouts compose the initial unit Bobby Neuman Glen Stoller Gary Wilson Gordon Pipkin and Gerald Bender. Leader Grady Bartlett and assistant Leonard Johnson will direct activities with Troop 53 Scoutmaster. Next meeting January 5 at Gordon Pipkin’s home 266 Lerdo Ave. Eligibility requires top community rating over 11 years old and First Class rank or higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
E. F. Beilder
Bobby Neuman
Glen Stoller
Gary Wilson
Gordon Pipkin
Gerald Bender
Grady Bartlett
Leonard Johnson
Jack Austin
Kenneth Pipkin
Lerdo Ave
West Wagon Collection founder D West dies in Bakersfield tribute
Hundreds gather in Bakersfield to honor D West a famed Kern county empire builder and horse enthusiast He revived Granite Station hosted Clydesdales at bond drives and parades supporting Memorial Hospital West born Aug 13 1885 Traver California later moved to Kern county and graduated Kern County High School before study at UC Berkeley where he befriended Earl Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. West
West
Bakersfield
Masor Temple
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Granite Station
Kern County
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Pacific Coast
Traver
Tulare County
Henry D. West
Rebecca Lauder
Plainsburg
Merced County
Harry
University of California At Berkeley
Earl Warren
One States Supreme Court
Sigma Xi
Residents press for city consideration in road projects
Shafter Chamber of Commerce leaders criticized the Highway 99 Lerdo plan urging state officials to weigh community impact and roadside business access. E. B. Stringham cited missing traffic lights and fences blocking storefronts near Sawyerville as unfair, calling for stop signs at Lerdo to ease the farm access junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawelo
Snow Road
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Stringham
Pioneer Shafterite
State Department of Public Works
Sawyerville
Stringham
Lerdo
Lerdo Highway Set for New Look and Timeline
Shafter chamber learns from Supervisor Woollames that Lerdo Highway will get a new look with timing still undecided. Vernon Smith says the county will maintain the road and fix rough sections until the project begins, keeping maintenance costs low. The planned sections extend from Shafter to Highway 99 at Cawelo, minus the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Woollames
Vernon Smith
Shafter
Cawelo
Harold Jones Finishes Indoctrination Course
Harold Wayne Jones 18 son of Bryant Jones of Shafter completes AF basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland AFB the gateway to the Air Force. The training screens aptitude for technical training and assignment to specialized work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wayne Jones
Bryant Jones
Shafter
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Shafter Chest Reorganization Meeting Set for 7:30 P M
The Shafter Community Chest will hold a reorganization meeting at 7 30 p m in the Shafter High School cafeteria to elect a new board of directors. Dr Grant Jensen president of the 1953 Chest says representatives from each organization have been invited to attend. The new board will plan the 1954 campaign after formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Community Chest
Shafter High School
Grant Jensen
Community Chest
Jensen
Midshipman Kelly Returns Home for Christmas Holidays
Midshipman John Kelly son of Mr and Mrs H W Kelly of Mannel avenue arrived home this week to spend Christmas with family. His twin brother Tom a Stanford senior greeted him. Kelly at the United States Naval Academy will stay in Shafter until leaving for the Rose Bowl trip. His roommate Phil Monahan of Burl will arrive in Shafter the day following Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelly
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Mannel Avenue
Tom
Stanford University
Kelly
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Shafter
Southland
Phil Monahan
Burl
Navy
Arive
Yale Holiday Return for Korean War Vet Lt Donald Nicol
After a year on the Korean battlefields, 1st Lt. Donald Nicol returns to Seattle then San Francisco to meet his parents and reports to Camp Stoneman. He serves with the Thunderbird division, 179th Infantry, which saw heavy fighting at Heartbreak Ridge and Bloody Ridge before moving to TrEAt. Nicol plans photography studies at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. His brother Kenneth Nicol, a Navy seaman in Yokohama, will return to the U S in February after examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Donald Nicol
Seattle
San Francisco
Walter Nicol
Camp Stoneman
Thunderbird
Nicol
179Th Infantry
Heartbreak Ridge
Christmas Hill
Bloody Ridge
Fit
T Reat
Theii
Brooks Institute of Photography
Santa Barbara
Kenneth Nicol
Japan
Fleet Post Office
Yokohama
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ees
Sar
Santa Claus Helpers
Kern Bakershield Free Library
California
Shafter Ee
Ead Petit Tithes
Sistine Ianai
Asiainivas Taabicisntliie
Lynn Horne
Grand Junction
Colo
New Mexico
Oakland
University of Colorado
University of California
Doctor Prater
United States Naval Reserve
Ralph Prator
Chest
Kern
Boy Scouts
Explorers
Civic
Generals
Dan Bledsoe
Rudy Prender
Colonels
Don McCauley
Jack Bonham
Howeh
Harry D. West
Harold Jones
Midshipman Kelly
Yale
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!