Youth Chest Drive Nears Goal As Donations Surge
The Community Chest drive reports noon totals just over 2600 dollars with a 5200 dollar target. Phil Clarkin announces finance oversight and a cross-file effort to solicit remaining contributions from merchants workers and institutions to prevent shortfalls for Shafter Action Commission Camp Fire girls Boy Scouts Maple Boys and the Boy Scout Build Fund.
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Phil Clarkin
Earl Weil
Community Chest Campaign
Uth
Shafter Action Commission
Camp Fires
Boy Scouts
Maple Boys
Boy Scout Build Fund
Chamber Plans Top Questions For Supervisor
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce opens a meeting to query Supervisor Ardis Walker and road commissioner B O Weber on Lerdo Highway palm landscaping plans and the highway’s poor condition west of Shafter. Topics include a supervisorial probe of North and South Shafter labor camps and the Isabella Dam recreation plan gaining chamber support.
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Kern County
Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Chamber
Walker
North
South Shafter
Peter Channeson
Isabella Dam
Phil Clarkin
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Shaf High Moving Football Field To New North Site
Work crews relocate the Shaf High School football field to a north site as part of the master plan. Goal posts are removed and utilities are placed underground while turfing is scheduled for next month. The present field will host physical education and track, and the new site will add bleacher seating. Two baseball diamonds are already laid out on campus nearby.
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Orkers
Shaf High School
High Pol
Jack Hill
Incipal
Ron
Burglary at Russell Blacksmith Shop Recovered Loot
The December burglary at Russell Blacksmith Shop yielded seven guns and a flight. Chief John Riley said all property was recovered and the juvenile suspect was turned over to youth authorities for prosecution. Oil problems: Kern County division plans 8 p.m. meeting at Cawelo on February 23 with about 40 attendees.
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Rusell
Shafter
John Riley
American Petroleum
Insii
Kern County
Cawelo
Jailed After Chase Police Seek Theft Suspects
Four youths linked to a Delano auto theft ring fled after a short chase in Shafter. Norman Leon Fowler, 19, was arrested for petty theft. others sought and one captured after a crash into a fire hydrant. Police recovered much of the stolen property downtown.
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Ince
John Repo
Delano
Ned Jenner
Claude Mitchell
Fowler
Riley
Shafter
Notice to residents of Shafter on official address update
City of Shafter residents are informed that correspondence to the Shafter Public Utility District should be sent to 605 Central Valley Highway Shafter California. Clerk F G Shaw notes this correct address to ensure prompt delivery of all communications.
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Central Valley Project
Shafter-Wasco
Paul Bailey
Friant-Kern
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Clarence Annin
Shafter
City of
Central Valley Highway
California
F. G. Shaw
City of Shafter
Food Aid Plea to Washington For Shafter Workers
Surge of hunger among hundreds of migrant workers in Shafter prompts Rem Bristow and Gladys Smith to telegram President Truman requesting surplus potatoes and other staples. Officials warn of bare warehouses and seek state study and aid from Gov Earl Warren amid off harvest layoffs.
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Rein Bristow
Shatter Community Welfare
Washington, D. C
South Shafter
Truman
Rem Bristow
Gladys Smith
Home Service
Shafter Community Welfare
A. W. Noon
San Joaquin Valley Supervisors’ Association
Earl Warren
Jack Manweiler
North Shafter
Benefit Dance Nets 250 For March of Dimes
In Kern county a March of Dimes campaign improves after a Saturday night benefit dance hosted by the Junior Women's Club netting over 250 dollars. Officials say Totals from Shafter are still being tallied as coins come in from stores and other groups. Next fundraiser is a Thursday afternoon game pitting the high school faculty oldtimers against top student players with listed faculty and student participants.
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Shafter
Kern County
Joe Frizzell
Ernest Graf
Gerald Hedden
Lowell Todd
Jack Hill
Dan Bledsoe
Tom Letizia
Joe Galante
Burley Dooley
Ed Schacht
Dusty” Rhoads
Merced Palm collision kills Wasco mother of four
A family sedan and a potato truck collided at Merced and Palm Roads injuring six. The mother Iz McCann, 26, died in Kern General Hospital. The father Charles McCann and their two year old daughter Linda Jean suffered serious injuries. Older children Edward 9 and Ronald 5 had minor injuries.
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Merced
Palm Roads
Wasco
Iz McCann
Kern General Hospital
Charles
Linda Jean
Edward
Ronald
PTA Minstrel Show to Aid Student Work
Shafter plans a two night minstrel to raise funds for high school activities on Feb 23 and 24 at Veterans Memorial Hall. Mrs. Joe Frizzell chairs the show with local talent including Ted Vingo Lo as interlocutor and cast members Bill Carpenter Dave Muir Roy Farrell Jack Hill Mary Tood Blanche Hill Mary Schacht Lorene Hill and about 35 participants. Proceeds benefit band uniforms and individual student needs.
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Shafter
PTA
Joe Frizzell
Ex- P
Strel
Ted Vignolo
Bill Carpenter
Dave Muir
Roy Farrell
Jack Hill
Mary Tood
Blanche Hill
Mary Schacht
Lorene Hill
Margaret Peters
Lorene Hiil
Louise Jenkins
Kenneth Pressley
Tom Letizia
Catheryn Clarkin Rogers
Betty Lund
Marjorie Rose
Betty
Ike Peters
Mona Moor
Chamber Eyes Street Signs and Costs
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce discussed street signs at last Friday’s meeting. Council budget implications were noted as necessary for financing while signposts outside city limits were referred to Roy Jumper of the county road district in McFarland.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Earl J. Johnson
Roy Jumper
McFarland
Fire extinguishers serviced by Shafter volunteers
Businessmen were reminded that Shafter's volunteer firefighters will pick up extinguishers this evening for re charging and will return them tomorrow. Assistant Chief Mel Parrett said more than 50 extinguishers will be serviced.
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Shafter
Mel Parrett
Legion Urges Shafter Voters to Register
Shafter Legionnaires launch a community drive to boost voter registration. Commander Lee Thomas says posters will urge electors to register, with 50 day deadline to clear records at city hall. Campaign chair is Al Finkbeiner. May city district vote and June 6 primary set. registration deadline is next Thursday.
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American Legion
Shafter Legionnaires
Lee Thomas
Shafter
al Finkbeiner
Veterans 20 30 Club Plan for Annual Shafter Spud Festival
At least two Shafter groups prepare for the third annual Spud Festival in May 2021. The American Legion and the 20 30 Club organize the show’s barbecue and dance while the Legion plans the barbecue and dance and the 20 30 Club schedules the rodeo. The festival committee will hold a meeting next week to resolve current issues, chairman Bill Stoller said.
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Shafter
American Legion
20-30 Club
Legionnaires
20 30
Bill Stoller
Bank staff to meet at Canelo Motel next Thursday
Thirty five employees of Shafter’s Bank of America will gather at the Canelo Motel next Thursday night as announced.
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Shafter
Bank of America
Canelo Motel
Minter’s Dogdom Hosts Rabies Vaccination Drive
Minter Village health officers vaccinated more than 150 dogs at Minter Field Fire Department with Dr. L. F. Ackermann administering shots. Dogs aged male fee is 1.50 and female 2.00, with penalties for unlicensed strays as the dot catcher enforces licensing boundaries.
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Minter Village
Minter Field
L. F. Ackermann
Drunk Driver Pays $150 Fine in Shafter Case
Oliver Ben Cronian of Wasco, 20, a farm laborer, paid a $150 fine after pleading guilty before Police Judge F. G. Shaw. The court imposed a two year suspended sentence of 180 days for the Friday night drunken driving act andCronian was picked up by Shafter policemen.
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Oliver Ben Cronian
Wasco
Cronian
F. G. Shaw
Shafter
William Anderson Fined for Petty Theft by Police Judge
William Bikkie Anderson pled guilty to petty theft and was fined 50 dollars by Police Judge F G Shaw. He was ordered to serve a two year suspended sentence, in addition to repaying a 63 dollar check.
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William Bikkie Anderson
F. G. Shaw
Anderson
Shafter Scout Weyand Chosen for Valley Forge Jamboree
Shafter area celebrates National Boy Scout Week with a Court of Honor at Wasco Gt School. Garey Weyand of Troop 53 wins selection to represent Kern County at the Valley Forge Jamboree June 30 to July 6, with Rolf Jacobsen Jr as runner up. If Weyand cannot go, Jacobsen steps in.
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Shafter
Valley Forge
Wasco Gt School
Garey Weyand
Valley Forge Pa
Rotary
Kern County
Weyand
Rolf Jacobsen, Jr
Ken Pipkin
Young Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Court of Honor
Wayne Brown
Dan Canter
Charles Baldwin
Joseph Galante
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo Wiebe
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Pate
Axe
Allen Johnson
Bureau of Reclamation
Owehg Clearsmith
North County
Inch As Co
U.S
Legion
Bankers’ Party
Minter
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