Fabulous Prizes Set for Cooking Event
The California Country Carnival in Veterans Memorial Hall on February 19 offers free cooking lessons by Marguerite Fenner and a follow up evening program with a fashion show. The event, organized by the Mayflower Electric Bureau and local merchants, features prize drawings, free demonstrations, and displays of up-to-date appliances. Local stores sponsor the free activities and tickets for prize drawings are distributed at participating appliance dealers.
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Veterans
Morial Hall
California
Northern
Calif Electric Bureau
Shafter's Dealers
Maytag and
Wheeler Co
utWe
Anguerite Fenner
Pacific Basic
Home Ecomes
Shafter
Johnson
Made-O-Day
Shaftertile
Wallace's
Aga
Voters to Register Week Before City Election in Shafter
Clerk Frank G. reports voters must register within a week to qualify for the April city election. The April 8 vote fills three council seats held by Earl Johnson Dan Lock and Frank Russell. Nomination petitions may be circulated for 20 days starting tomorrow.
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Shafonly
Frank G
Shafter
Earl Johnson
Dan Lock
Frank Russell
Lions Hold Queen Contest As May Festival Opens
Lions Club plans a queen contest during Shafter May festival. Contestants and sponsors gain benefits with tickets selling toward a 1952 Plymouth and votes for favorite candidates. Prizes total 500, 300, and 200 for first to third place. Parade, horse show, barbecue and dance feature the celebration on May 17 with community clubs aiding arrangements.
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Lions Club
H. C
Tip) Henderson
Hofman
Shafter
Rotary Club
American Legion
Henderson
Richard A. Larson
Bishop to Dedicate St. Therese's Church in Shafter
The bishop of the Monterey Fresno diocese will dedicate St. Therese's Catholic Church on Lerdo Highway March 23 marking its transition from mission to parish. A breakfast will follow at the Mandel avenue home of Mrs. Frank Contreras. Altar Society co chairs are Mesdames Laurence Baughman and J. C. Hodges with plans for a May card party and a February 15 food sale led by Mrs. James Gann.
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St. Therese’s Catholic
Lerdo Highway
Monterey-Fresno
Shafter
St. John's Rch
Wasco
Ee Ee Aes
Altar Society
Mandel Avenue
Frank Contreras
Laurence Baughman
J. C. Hodges
James Gann
Bid Wins Job on Central Valley Highway Upgrade
Kern County awards Madonna Construction Co. a 343308 bid to build 10.29 miles of Central Valley Highway from Beach avenue to Rosedale road. Project begins within 30 days, completes in 210 working days, funds split between Kern County and federal aid, and includes safety corrections at Santa Fe Railway junction and a two lane roadway with shoulders.
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Central Valley
Beach Avenue
Rosedale Highway
Kern County
Vernon Smith
Madonna Construction Co
Smith
State Division of Highways
Ennos Lane
Rosedale
Santa Fe Railway
Central Valley Highway
Allen Road
Hageman Road
CVH
Central Valley Highway Association
Selma
Fresno County
Bakersfield
Shafter
Wasco
Santa Fe
Maple Scouts Plan Lincoln Birthday Fundraiser
Maple School Teachers Association sponsors three youth groups for a Lincoln's Birthday fundraiser. An auction of merchandise and items crafted by the Scouts will be led by Harry Hardy. Proceeds aid Maple Explorer post, Boy Scout troop, and Cub Scouts with cake slices and refreshments sold as part of the program.
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MAPLE
Maple School Teachers Association
Harry Hardy
PTA
Maple Explorer Post
Maple Boy Scout
Maple Cub Scouts
PTA Life
Shafter
Wasco
Legion 20-30 game to aid polio fund
Shafter American Legion members accept a challenge to play the 20 30 Club for the March of Dimes polio fund. The event will be at 8 p m in Shafter High School gym with Earl Wipf managing the Legion team and Turk Eliades handling 20 30 supporters. Floyd Barton and Elmer Anderson serve as referees.
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Shofter American Legion
March of Dimes Polio Fund
Ben Laverty
Legion
Shafter High School
Oldtimers
Earl Wipf
Jordan
Turk) Eliades
Floyd Barton
Elmer Anderson
Wasco Newsman Named Chief Of Chamber Of Commerce
Wally Shafer of the Wasco News has been installed as president of the Wasco Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. He succeeds Clifton Clemens, who serves as first district representative of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce.
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Wally Shafer
Wasco News
Wasco Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Clifton Clemens
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Authority Opens Offers for Terra Vista Low Rent Housing
The Kern County Housing Authority plans to open bids February 20 for a $270,000 Terra Vista low rent housing project in Shafter. The 35 units will include two, three and four bedroom homes with one unit for the manager. Water, sewage and garbage services will be provided with fees, and shelter rent in lieu of taxes will supplement the usual levy. Eligibility targets low income families. residents must fall within defined income limits to remain in the project.
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Shafter
T. W. Peck
Housing Authority
County of
Kern
Peters Proposes Construction Cost Cut for SWID Plan
Peters proposes trimming a $10 million distribution project by eliminating government administration and engineering layers. The idea calls for the Bureau of Reclamation to supply materials while SWID funds installation with 20 year bonds, with a second 20 year bond planned, and faces skepticism about bureau policy. The board prepares for a February 15 meeting with bureau officials to discuss the plan.
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Peters
California Districts Securities Commission
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley
Rolf Jacobsen
Shafter
North End
Wasco
Clarence An+nin
Bureau
City Fathers Expected to Act on Levy
Shafter city council plans to adopt a five percent amusement levy set at one cent per 20 cents. The measure covers dances carnivals and most entertainment with exemptions for churches schools and charitable groups. likely effective April 1. Ernie Panero opposes as his two theaters would collect the tax.
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Shafter
Ernie Panero
Township Court Handles 1871 Cases in 16th Township
Judge E. K. Grant reports Kern county had the state’s largest total traffic violations in 1951. The 16th township accounted for 1871 cases, mainly speeders on Highway 99 and drunken drivers, according to the official tally.
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E. K. Grant
16Th Township
Kern County
Shafter Chamber Seeks Road and Park Improvements
The Shafter chamber plans to request a complete route to Buttonwillow and repairs on farm to market roads, plus West Lerdo Highway work. Parks improvements include restroom repairs trees pruning and lawn at the Lerdo park. County crews would fix two parks and adjust irrigation to prevent flooding.
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Shafter
Buttonwillow
West Lerdo
Cawelo
Lerdo
Hofman
Beautification Drive Sought by Shafter Chamber
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce beautification committee plans to urge the city council to pass a resolution calling on residents and businesses to join a city wide cleanup paint up and brighten up campaign. Jack Fleming chairs the effort with Erle Bailey and L O Horne cited as members.
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Shafter
Erle Bailey
L. O. Horne
Leadership Found in Scouting at Rotary Meeting
Carroll Crabb received the Star Scout badge at the Shafter Rotary Club gathering during National Boy Scout Week. About 35 Boy Scouts from a local sponsored troop attended as E. J. Peters of the Maple District gave an inspiring talk on leadership, reverence, and service, praising Crabb and stressing scouting values for future responsibility.
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Carroll Crabb
Shafter Rotary Club
Cawelo
Rotary Club
Young Crabb
E. J. Peters
Maple District
Peters
Kern County Council
David Johnson
Firemen Suppress Last Cotton Blaze of Season Near Rio Bravo
County firemen extinguished Friday afternoon what they hope is the last cotton fire of the season. The blaze north of Rio Bravo School caused about 35 dollars in cotton damage and 50 dollars to a trailer. It likely started from a smoker. The cotton belonged to P. L. Wilson and the trailer to Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co.
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Shafter
Rio Bravo School
P. L. Wilson
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
North Kern Scouters Set Tonight Roundtable Meeting
North Kern Scouters will gather in the Boy Scout hall for a district roundtable at 7 30 p m. Chairman Ray Sirman of Wasco reports participants from Shafter Maple Pond Delasio and Mc Farland Boy Scout troops are expected to attend.
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North Kern
Boy Scout
Ray Sirman
Wasco
Shafter
Maple, Pond
Déelasio
McFarland
March date seen for postoffice construction at Shafter
Postmaster George Guen ther reported that construction of Shafter s proposed new postoffice building is not expected to begin before March. At least six bids have been submitted with others possibly sent to Los Angeles. Postal Inspector Ray Short planned to visit Shafter this week to discuss the program with bidders. Final approval rests with postal authorities in Washington.
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Shafter
Postoffice
George Guenther
Los Angeles
Ray Short
Guenther
Washington
Three Shafterites Hit by TB Germ
Eight new tuberculosis cases were reported in Kern county for January. Among them three were from Shafter, three from rural Bakersfield, one from Bakersfield city, and one non resident. No deaths occurred. cases ranged from early to far advanced stages. Officials urged yearly chest x rays for adults.
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Shafter
Kern County
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Bakersfield
Association
Shafter Dog License and Vaccination Drive Scheduled
Shafter area dog owners are reminded of the annual licensing and vaccination service to be held on February 16. Pets may be brought to Smith's Corner from 9 to 11 a.m. or to the Shafter County Fire Station on Central Valley Highway from noon to 5 p.m.
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Shafter Area
Smith’s Corner
Shafter County
Central Valley Highway
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Cridge
Ernié Hofman
Terra Vista
Maple Scouts
Chamber
Authority
Duehren Tract
West Lerdon Highway
Shafter Public Utility District
Owhereby
SWID
John J. Peters, Jr
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Board of Directors
Dick Smith
Orville Heimforth
Walte Highway
Chamber of Commerce
Ardis M. Walker
Bakerefield
Walker
Hotel E Tejon
Ernie Hofman
Shafter Chamber
Rotary
North Kern Scouters
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