Canal Completion Marks Major Step in Big Water Project
Shafter Press notes the Friant Kern Canal, the largest man made canal, is nearing completion after six years and 65 million dollars. Water will flow from Millerton Lake to the southern San Joaquin Valley as districts negotiate water allocations with the Bureau of Reclamation. Replenishment of underground supplies will be gradual and districts must speed up their distribution preparations.
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San Joaquin Valley
Millerton Lake
Shafter-Wasco
Bureau of Reclamation
Caal
Bureau
Action on Lerdo Highway Promises Real Work in 1951
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and local officials press Supervisor Ardis M Walker for concrete Lerdo Highway improvements. Walker vows county road department will repair and maintain the Lerdo segment between Shafter and Cawelo, designating it first in a priority list for 1951. The highway, Kern County's busiest, has suffered shabby upkeep and a first class road is urged at the earliest moment.
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Lerdo Highway
Ardis M. Walker
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Here
Walker
Lerdo
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Cawelo
Kern
Shafter Post Office Seek First Class Rating Push
Local business leaders urge collective effort to push Shafter's post office over the 40 000 postage sales threshold in 1951. Officials say reaching first class rating hinges on increased mail volume, better equipment, and a new building.
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Shafter
Temendous
George Guenther
Shafter Cemetery Expands With 5500 Graves In Planned Addition
The Shafter cemetery advances a new expansion adding space for about 5500 graves. Maintenance rests on O L Brown with help from directors Jack Hare and Earl Weil. The site, two miles from town, aims for a modern level, neat burial ground and preservation of orderly markers. The region’s history notes Calaveras County’s original seat at Double Springs.
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Shafter
O. L. Brown
Brown
Jack Hare
Earl Weil
Shafter Press and Shafter Progress Masthead
The Shafter Press and Shafter Progress lists Paul C. Newell as editor and publisher with Florence J. Newell as associate or staff together with Jack Fleming as managing editor Juanita Battaglia and Fritz Miller in art and engraving roles. The paper bills itself as established 1921 and published Thursdays at 188 South Central Valley Highway Shafter Kern County California with subscriptions of 2.50 a year within California and 3.00 outside.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Progress
Paul C. Newell
Florence J. Newell
Shafter
California
South Central Valley Highway
Kern County
Calif
Buttonwillow 4-H Members Earn Irvine All Star Honor
Two Buttonwillow 4-H youths Barbara Olsen and Donald Watson earned the Kern county representation at the University of California Berkeley All Star Conference. Barbara excelled in Aberdeen Angus cattle work and Donald in beef and hog feeding, reflecting the club’s ideals and hard work.
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Spn
Kern County
University of California
Berkeley
Barbara Olsen
Donald Wttson
Barbara
Aberdeen
Veterans Letters Reveal War Tragedy From Korea Retreat
Uncensored letters from servicemen such as Dave Mixon Manuel Henley and Baltazar Lopez describe the brutal retreat in southern Korea and the suffering endured. The correspondence to home conveys a harsher view than official reports and highlights personal loss and fear for the future.
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Korea
Dave Mixon
Manuel Henley
Baltazar M. Lopez
Ane Vicnenam
Sofan
Students Name Shafter High School Leader
Students of Shafter High School praise C. Warneke as a star athlete and faithful leader in electing him resident of the student body. He is set to direct student affairs in the coming term and is urged to perform creditably as a postgraduate leader with support from peers.
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Shafter High School
C. Warneke
God's Boundless Love Sermon by A. V. Bentz SDA Church
The sermon explores John 3 16 and the need for faith with works. It argues belief must involve surrender of the heart, confession by life, repentance, baptism, and obedience, leading to a new life in harmony with Heaven's principles.
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God
Jesus
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
J. R. Quiring
Waldo Wiebe
Foreign Land Mission Work Topic of Talks
Mr and Mrs Robert Grun of Long Beach will be guest speakers next Sunday at the Union Congregational Church They will describe their work in foreign lands Mrs Grunewald a former missionary teacher in Turkey will address the children in Sunday School while he leads the Pilgrim Fellowship in the evening He served with the Colonial Congregational Church in Los Angeles and did missionary work in Turkey before marrying in 1949 He teaches junior high school in Long Beach
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Christian Science Society
Seventh and Palm
Wasco
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
CH OF the Nazarene
Orval L. Seago
James St
First Baptist Church
Bernard E. Andrews
Lerdo Highway
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
John Bartel
Golden West
Wall Streets
Anthony Heller
Edna Neufeld
Young People’s Endeavor
Junior Endeavor
Mennonite Brethern Church
Waldo Wiebe
California
Kern
Christian Fellowship
Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church
Sam Wilcoxon
N. Kern St
Donald Graves
Uninn
Martin Brannan
Pentecostal Church OF God
Dunwood Phillips
Shafter and
West
Ash
ST. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Breslin
Union. Congregational Church
James Street
Gordon J. Baker
Gordon Smith
Pilgrim Fellowship
Robert Grunewald
Germany
Robert Grun
Long Beach
Spears
Grunewald
Turk
P.m
University of California
Los Angeles
Colonial Congregation Church
Gordonker
Shafter
Turkey
Long’ Beach
Cadets Observe Camp Cotton Mill and Arts Program
Cadets at Minter Field attend Ameri Sports films and a cotton plant visit. Bill Prosser from Oil Company explains Ameri Sports projects. Cadets tour Camp Cotton Gin and Cotton Oil Mill. A program of music dance and readings by Modern Studio Dancing and Stage Arts under Mrs Evelyn Pentzer closes the event.
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Ameri
Fordonesian
Minter Fie
Bill Prosser
Ord Oil Company
Ameri Sports
S. Camp
Kersfield
Edward E. Powell
Evelyn Pentzer
Mother Honors Son with Party
A small birthday party was hosted by Mrs. Tom Everett of Ha nson North Dakota for Tom Lynn Everett on his first birthday. Attendees included Max Gollnick William Bohn Kenneth Mendenwall Alvin Frederick O R Schroeder and many family members and neighbors from Ha nson and nearby areas. Tommy's father presently serves in the Navy at Treasure Island and is expected home on leave.
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Tommy Lynn
Tom Everett
Route 1
Box
Grea
Max Gollnick
Wiliam Bohn
Kenneth Mendenwall
Alvin Frederick
Hainson
N. D
Messrs
Mesda O. R. Schroeder
Detroit Lakeinn
Lynn.Floyd
Oakland
Ward Craft
Melvin Foeltz
Alfred Newman
Unruh
Paul” Dirksen
Allan Shafter
North Oak
Dirksens
Schroeders
Floyds
Newmans
Tommy
Navy
Treasure Isla
Everett
Dakotas Visit Family in North Dakota Household
Mr and Mrs G Johnson of Roulette North Dakota visit son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ke Pipkin on West Lerdo Avenue Also with them is their daughter Teolyn Johnson who shows with relatives during the visit.
Retired Raymond Hobbs joins 40th Division unit
Former Southern California National Guard member Raymond Hobbs is assigned to Battery B of the 5 Artillery Battalion after induction. He previously lived in Shafter and worked as a farmer and attended Shafter High School.
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40Th Infantry Division
Southern California Nation Guard
Raymond Hobbs
Army
Shafter
Standrrd Oil Building in San Francisco rises 22 stories
The Standrrd Oil Building in San Francisco reaches a height of 22 stories, marking a notable addition to the city skyline and reflecting the era’s urban development.
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Standrrd Oil
San Francisco
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Calveras
Double Springs
Jack Fleming
Juanita Battaglia
Fritz Miller
Paul Groves
A. V. Bentz
S.D.A. Church
Hendrik J. de Lange
New York City
Mother Church
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Massachusetts
Eighteenth and
C Streets
Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California
Sun
KWSO
Drayer
Wally White
Youth For Christ
Shafter Menno
Nite Church
Chicago
Church of Christ
Santa Fe Way
Young People’s Bible Study
Young People
Shafter Ave
West Ash
E. L. Bradhurst
Young Peoples Service
F. C. Raney
Santa Fe Station
Santa Fe
Lordo Hwy
Wedneday
First Baptist
Dakotas
Ins
Wale
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