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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1946
Page
1
A New Year’s appeal urges Shafter to shift from seasonal to year-round employment for potato and cotton workers. The piece proposes diversifying crops, expanding local manufacturing, garment and textile plants, and food by products to stabilize labor and raise living standards in the community.
A hearing on Shafter joining the Dr Morris Mosquito Abatement District is scheduled for Monday January 6 at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse Bakersfield. A large Shafter turnout could boost the towns chances of entry.
Ernest Panero, manager of Panero Theatres in Shafter and Wasco, was elected president by the new chamber board. Arthur Hemingson becomes vice president and Wm. S. Harper is re elected secretary. The board includes Dr. J. H. Revell, Joe Cosgrove, Dr. O. G. Ohlsson, A. Peter Channeson, and William Stoller. Panero takes office next Friday noon.
Kern County agriculture produced an estimated 120 million dollars in 1946 from about 400 000 acres planted across 84 crops. Potatoes led with 65 000 acres and 15 million sacks valued at 30 million. Colton 88 200 acres valued at 20 million. alfalfa 82 000 acres valued at 10 million. Livestock yielded 14 million in cattle, 3 million in sheep, 2 million in poultry, and 5 million in dairy products.
The Kern county and Shafter city fire departments logged 18 fires in Shafter from January to December 1946 with 12 active city members. Major incidents included Union Oil Rio Bravo and Standard Oil pumping station fires, 139 personnel responses, and no local casualties besides one at the Standard Oil site.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports 10 809 000 persons at work on farms in the United States on November 1 this year. The figure is the highest for November 1 since 1942 and only slightly above levels a year earlier.
T Sgt Wayne Guenther, soon to be discharged, signed a one year government contract to work for the district engineer on Okinawa. Since arriving in September 1945 he has left the island only on a Manila furlough. He reports Okinawa is quiet with boating as the main recreation and owns parts in two motor boats with fishing gear.
City Clerk Frank Shaw reports 1946 as a planning year and 1947 as a year of building for Shafter. Elections April 15 bring Adolph Kirschenmann and Paul V. McClure to the council, J. W. Frizzell mayor. The city adds two-way radios, surveys, a tractor with loader, street sweeper, and a zoning ordinance. Police move to the county building, garbage collection is centralized, and a volunteer fire department prospers. Population now about 2,550 with urban area over 12,000, and city growth shown in sidewalks, curbs, and paved streets built since 1938. Expansion talks consider annexing surrounding areas.
The Shafter Press announces city house delivery begins next Friday morning within city limits. It requests subscribers to call with their street addresses if they do not receive the paper and notes rural subscribers will continue to receive the paper by mail.
The Shafter 20-30 club winners of the Christmas decoration contest donate their prize money to the Salvation Army welfare committee. Prizes were awarded for best decorated windows, homes, and merchants, with Shafter Maintenance taking first in the merchants division to support needy children.
Luke Trout suffered a heart attack and died after being rushed to Kern General Hospital by Janzen Funeral Home ambulance. He resided in the Meyers Tract area.
Shafter post office reports an average of more than 24 000 pieces of mail daily during the peak holiday period from December 16 to 24. Workers logged 12 hour shifts with no delays or complaints. all mail was sorted and sent out same day, and only two bad orders were received.
Corp Wayne Heffley has received a commendation from his commanding officer for articles written for the North China Marines, published by the Marine Corps in China at Tien Sien. He is with the 4th Marines at Tsing Tao and expects furlough in Shafter in April. Nearby cranberry bogs are noted near Astoria Oregon.
The new Brown and Bryant firm succeeds Mann and Brown in Shafter. Ed A. Brown and Fred Bryant lead the growers supply business, expanding fertilizers and insecticides services. James Mann retires. Brown joins from Mann and Brown and brings entomology and plant disease expertise. Office location remains Santa Fe and Central with phone 4111.
Shafter high school authorities urge residents to place old Christmas trees at curbside for pickup with regular garbage. Trees will decorate the Coronation Ball on January 10 and be stored in Manner Park until next week for processing by students for the Coronation Bell. Pickup runs through January 5.
A Press story misreported Shafter property losses as 14 million plus thefts with 14 820 50 recovered. The corrected figures show 14 890 and 14 820 50 recovered amid local growth and proofreading errors.
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