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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1951
Page
1
City officials outline drainage repairs after storms flooded intersections in Shafter. Five Points will receive early corrections with specifications accepted and work expected within a few months. Additional outlets at California and James and Lerdo road near Ingraham Lumber must await funding and railroad cooperation for completion.
Shafter-Wasco Community Club election set for February with ballots listing Mrs. James L. Trew and Mrs. Mary Murphy as presidents and other officers. The Bary Ensemble will perform at 8:15 p.m. in Wasco High School Auditorium with five instruments. Members include Gertrude Bary, Mary Becker, Virginia Peterson, Helen Bacchus, and Marilyn Martin. Indonesiaan cadets at Shafter Airport invited to attend.
County Health Officer William C Buss urges all dogs be vaccinated and tagged at rabies control centers next Tuesday and Wednesday. Vaccination costs 2.50 per dog. clinics run at Pete's Camp Myrick's Corner Smith's Corner and Shafter Fire Station with times from 9 to 1 30 a m and 11 30 a m to 5 p m Tuesday and 9 to 11 am and 12 noon to 5 pm Wednesday.
Three teenage Shafter boys held by sheriff's deputies after a hitchhiking arrest near Greenfield. They admitted burglarizing Coca Cola Bottling Company and Nehi Bottling Company in Bakersfield. Money and items recovered included candy and cigarettes totaling about $50.
Sol A Camp of Shafter will be honored at Tulare this weekend by the California Harness Horse Breeders Association and the United States Trotting Association. The event honors Camp along with John P. Scripps of San Diego and Hollywood actor Charles Coburn for Prince Jay, the fastest harness horse of the year from the West. Scripps previously raced Ebmonita, a champion pacer mare and California’s first champion bred in state.
Elections held at Shafter High School name officers for all classes. Freshman president Carl Beach and fellow officers Jolene Waymire and Lonnie Ramay lead the group. Sophomores elect Max Tudor with John Notiley and Jan Gibson in support roles. Juniors pick Layton Lynch with Bob Nixon Norma Neuman Beverly Proctor and Hazel Uss as staff. Senior class reelects president Bobby Baze with Paul Cato Jimmie Witcher Barbara Stone and Patsy Harvey in leadership roles.
Robert L. Rasner engineer 3/c spent his seven day leave last week in the home of his aunt Mrs Lisle Laughlin 180 Stone St Rasner is stationed with the Pacific Fleet Reserve at Long Beach Colorado Springs Colo
Clarence Neuman, president of the Kern County Potato Association, warns of unprecedented 1951 conditions with acreage may fall 24 percent. Shafter leaders note 1950 yields were 20 to 25 sacks per acre below normal due to air weather, and continued poor conditions could offset reduced plantings. The association projects at least 40,000 acres for 1951, a 25 percent cut from 1950 and 20 percent from 1949.
At a Shafter meeting growers heard that early California White Rose potatoes may face a hard year. Issues include possible car shortages, worker stoppages, and uneven loads during peak harvest, with experts urging prepackaging and staggered shipments to aid distribution.
Voters in the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District captilg division will vote Wednesday to elect a director Allen Johnston secretary announces. Candidates Loren Voth and W M Jacobsen seek the Wasco area seat. incumbent John J Peters Jr is unopposed in division three. John Nale has disqualified himself in division two. Polls run noon to six with Wasco fire station and Shafter Wasco gin hosting polling. The board meets a week from Monday to canvass ballots.
A 1940 sedan rolled over on Lerdo Road between Shafter and Highway 99 after hitting a rut. Driver O. W. Whitaker escaped unhurt as the car was a total loss in the incident outside the city limits.
Criswell the forecaster offers personal written answers to women in Shafter. He appeared at the State Theater and spoke on charm and relationship tips while promoting a subscription to the Shafter Press. The deadline is extended to Saturday noon.
Kern County public schools supervisor notes Arthur F. Corey as an emerging figure in U S education. Corey will be guest speaker at the Richland School Civic Banquet on February 15. Former Orange County supervisor and current California Teachers Association executive secretary, Corey has led in the National Education Association since 1944 as a legislative commission member and is eyed for higher office.
Shafter potato festival committee votes to hold a community meeting February 12 to gauge city sentiment on a 1951 fiesta. They favor reducing the event to a one day affair with a parade barbecue and dance as main attractions. Three members from each service and the women’s club will attend to secure a cross section of opinion. Attendees include William Stoller chairman Ernie Hofman secretary Joe Frizzell Kyle Austin Bates Dewey and Earl Johnson.
David Muir a prominent Shafter farmer is expected to seek the Richland School District trustee post in the coming spring. Incumbent Rolf Jacobsen will retire after six years in the role. Muir and his family reside at 565 Tulare Ave with children Dave Jr Bruce and Benny in local schools.
Three Shafter men paid dearly for arguing with officers last Friday night after a U turn stop by Claude Mitchell and Mayberry. Osborn and Ellebracht each fined 200 dollars with 180 day suspended sentence for two years, while their would be rescuer Templeton received 50 dollars and 60 days suspended. Osborn faced a drunk driving charge, Ellebracht interference with an arresting officer.
Shafter High School junior Katherine Roberts is selected by teachers and Principal Jack Hill to represent the school at Girls State in Sacramento this coming summer. She will be sent by the American Legion outer to the program in June.
In Shafter an estranged wife and her husband Arthur Otis Patterson were shot in a grisly domestic tragedy. Patterson died later at the hospital while his wife later succumbed to her wounds. Authorities say desperation over divorce proceedings sparked the attack. The couple had been married twelve years with an eight year old son.
Members of the Shafter Lions Club heard Major Lowe of Peter Kiewit Company discuss challenges in building the 165 mile Friant Kern Canal from Millerton Lake to the Kern River. He said the project was about a year ahead of schedule and noted issues crossing highways ditches and farmland.
Nine more volunteers join the Shafter Defense Corps as Executive Secretary Frank Shaw reports. He urges additional helpers to aid the disaster corps in addressing emergency needs, naming Pendal Phillips William Smith Jr J W Sartterson George W Gaede Jack Manweiler Emitt H Lilly Geraldine Unruh George Perritt and Rose A Nugent.
Death yesterday afternoon claimed Gus Weyand a Shafter pioneer and early Lerdo area farmer. Funeral set 1:30 p.m. Monday at Mennonite Brethren Church with Fuckinger Janszen Mortuary handling arrangements. Interment in Shafter Cemetery. Weyand survived by wife, two sons Clarenée Pixley and Wallace Shafter, daughter Grace Arvin, and eight grandchildren.
County road signer B O Weber says Lerdo road between Shafter and Highway 99 likely not funded until 1952 53. Central Valley Highway may still receive state funds, with work on Los Angeles avenue to Grimball road planned and Main Drain near Buttonwillow prioritized. Lerdo westward work from Palm avenue to extend beyond is to continue.
Walter Rodgers Jr. son of Mr and Mrs R W Rodgers of Lerdo Highway leaves February 13 for Navy service. The former local school graduate served three years in the Navy during World War II.
The Rev. Wally White of Orlando Florida Youth for Christ representative will speak February 4 18 at 7 20 am in the Mennonite Brethren Church. He has toured in the United States and abroad with Youth for Christ and attended 1948 Beatenberg World Congress on Evangelism. Each evening features a Gospel Artist Clarence Thorpe pictures outside talent a national song service and volunteer choir.
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