Shafter and Buttonwillow Grow in 1974 Expansion Plans
As 1974 ends, Shafter and Buttonwillow outline major expansion efforts. Murphy Products will open a livestock feed plant in Shafter by February 1975 with Maltiage feed in initial production and payroll of 80 000 to 120 000 dollars annually. Buttonwillow expands with a 1.5 million dollar Farmers Cooperative Gins facility and multiple transmission and civic projects.
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Shafter
Buttonwillow
Murphy Products Company
Schlitz
van Nuys
Lloyd Nelson
Farmers Cooperative Gins, Inc
Farmers Cooperative System
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Shafter- Wacco
Police Department
Buena Vista
Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District
Buttonwillow Union
Shafter Faces Store of Growth in Early 1974 Actions
The City Council authorized a Police Administration Facility project and Hudson Parkette lights, set up a recreation and park district plan, and elected Elmer Unruh and Bob Milwee. They proposed a City Administrator position and a part time planner. Murphy Products announced a $1 million feed plant.
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Shafter
Hudson Parkette
Elmer Unruh
Bob Milwee
Murphy Products
Arvin man pleads guilty to assault and probation
An 18 year old Arvin man William Calvin Moore pleaded guilty to assault and battery and disturbing the peace in Shafter Justice Court Judge Harvey Gaede placed him on three years probation. Moore was charged with assaulting Ricky Wayne Manessy a Shafter High School student December 6 during a Shafter-Arvin basketball game. Moore had 40 days suspended from a 60 day sentence on condition he pay Manessy medical and ambulance bills totaling 204 dollars. Manessy received a head injury in the incident described by Shafter police as unprovoked. Moore was to serve the remaining 20 days or pay a 250 dollar fine.
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Arvin
Shafter Justice Court
Harvey Gaede
William Calvin Moore
Ricky Wayne Manessy
Shafter
Moore
Shafter-Arvin
Gaede
Maness
Coldest morning of the season hits Shafter
Temperatures dipped to 24 as the week featured early morning fog and cloudy to partly cloudy skies. A freeze is forecast for Tuesday night with a low near 30. Tuesday’s high is projected around 52, per the National Weather Service.
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Shafter
National Weather Service
Zone change approved for new apartments in Shafter
Shafter Planning Commission granted a zone change to permit apartment construction on Los Angeles Street between Reiker and Rodriguez Parkette with Dennis Harrison opposing. The plan calls for 25 to 50 units in mixed one and two story buildings, funding discussed via Farmers Home program as the project moves to City Council review.
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Dennis Harrison
Shafter Planning Commission
Los Angeles Street
Reiker Street
Rodriguez Parkette
Harrison
Jay Atkinson
Bud Johnson
H. C. Hignts
Commission
Atkinson
Shafter
Farmers Home
Community groups deliver food baskets in Shafter drive
Five thousand six hundred pounds of food and several hundred dollars were raised in the Shafter drive as Key Club and Kiwanis members distributed baskets to 45 to 50 families. The effort, led by Larry Schellenberg, collected 5 625 pounds of food and 270 dollars with donations from other clubs. Individual contributions included 1095 pounds from Ball Hatchet and 577 490 487 423 from Anna Ward Karen Cain Bob Coons and Merv Huston. Each basket holds 50 to 80 pounds based on family size.
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Shafter
Key Club
Kiwanis Club
Shafter High School
Ball Hatchet
Anna Ward
Karen Cain
Bob Coons
Merv Huston
Larry Schellenberg
Schellenberg
Anne Keeley
Moyer Named to Head Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Carl Moyer owner of the Shafter Radiator and Glass Shop was elected president of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture by the board of directors at a reorganization meeting. He will be installed January 20 as successor to John Leonard.
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Carl Moyer
Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Moyer
John Leonard
Lloyd Link
Reno’s
Herb Howell
Bill Allen
Shafter heroin case yields guilty verdicts for Sotello and Easley
Librado Sotello and Harold Easley were found guilty by a Kern County jury of conspiracy and sales of heroin in Bakersfield related to Shafter's largest seizure. Sotello had previous convictions for heroin possession and sale, with sentencing set for January 8 and probation hearings planned.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Librado (Lee) Sotello
Harold Gene Easley
Sotello
Santiago Gonzales
Sotello Ware
Superior Court
Beth Eden Street
Easley
Shafter Press Announces New Year Printing Schedule
The Shafter Press will print Monday December 30 and be delivered by mail Tuesday. Deadline for ad copy is Friday December 27 and classified ads close Saturday at 9 am. The staff thanks readers and wishes a prosperous new year.
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Shafter Press
Mail
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Gov't & Economy
Santa Claus
Reno’s Department Store
Arvin Man
Pennsylvania
Harry Neufeld
al Finkbeiner
Planning Commission
Shafter Lions Club
Darl Moyer
John D. Jelletich
Tulare County
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