Prizes and Fashion Highlight Shafter Country Carnival
The Magazine California Country Carnival arrives Tuesday in Shafter with an appliance show by local dealers and a fashion show from Shafter stores. Prizes include a $300 range, shopping bags of food, and more, with cooking demonstrations, dancing, and band performances at Veterans Memorial Hall.
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Shafter
Bar None
Veterans Memorial Hall
Tion
Ernest Graf
Shafter Press
California
Shafter Imposes Amusement Tax On Theaters
City council votes to levy five percent amusement tax on theater admissions starting April 1 with Earl Johnson and Ernie Panero absent from the meeting. Revenue aims to fund city services but excludes school and charitable events.
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Shafter
Earl Johnson
Ernie Panero
Panero
Richland School District — of Trustees
Cadet Cooper Graduates From Naval Pre-Flight School
Naval Cadet George Cooper, 21, son of Mr and Mrs J F Cooper of 659 State Ave, graduated from the United States Naval Pre-Flight School at Pensacola Florida. The 15 week course combined physical training with aeronautical and naval studies to prepare officers for flight training and future commission. He attended Shafter High School and the University of California College of Agriculture before entering pre flight in September and is now assigned to the Naval Air Station Whiting Field Milton Florida for primary flight training.
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Naval Aviation
George Yoper
J. F. Cooper
State Ave
United States Naval
Pensacola
Fla
Cooper
Shafter High School
University of Californ College of Agriculture
Septemele
Naval Air Station
Whitingeld
Milton
Ean
Theater Patrons Boost March of Dimes Drive in Shafter
The March of Dimes campaign in Shafter gained 373 dollars this week from local theater patrons. Bill Duerksen, manager, reported that Kern Drive-In patrons contributed 61.35 dollars, while town theatergoers added nothing.
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Shafter
Bill Duerksen
el Kern Drive-In
Beautification Program Gains Council Backing in Shafter
The Shafter city council, with the Chamber of Commerce, endorses a citywide beautification effort. A resolution calls on property owners to beautify homes and businesses as crews plant shrubs at the utility yard. The council also plans to remodel city hall rooms and install a new council table and chairs to improve interior appearance.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Public Works
Jack Harris
Walker Street
PTA Home Talent Show Planned to Aid Scholarships
The Shafter High School PTA schedules a home talent minstrel show in the high school gym to raise funds for scholarships. Assistant organizers include Bill Carpenter and Mrs. E A Brown. Featured acts include Carpenters, Neuman, Bledsoe, Thompson, Greene, Dewey, Walker, Boggs, with Mrs. Glen Putnam as accompanist and several musical and dance numbers planned.
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PTA
Shafter High School
E. A. Brown
Bill Carpenter
Carpenter
Harvey Neuman
Dan Bledsoe
Jack Thompson
Harold Greene
Bates Dewey
J.W. Walker
N. R. Boggs
Glen Putnam
John Peters
Lowell Todd
Mona Vee Moor
Robert McLean
Ind Carpenter
Shafter Area Spud Farmers Begin Spring Planting
Agricultural Inspector Ned Smith says seed shortages and price ceilings hinder planting but spring work starts in the Shafter area. Last year 3333 acres were planted and an increase is expected this year as growers tackle weather and seed limits. Kern county White Rose dominates among crops with some growers choosing the Pontiac red. red seed needs 25 sacks per acre versus 18 for whites, and spacing differs 6 inches for reds and 7 to 8 inches for whites. The Shafter season lags Edison area by weeks, with rainfall complicating harvest plans.
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Shafter Area
Ned Smith
Shafter
Kern County
Pontiac
Smith
Edison
No Hopefuls Yet in City Council Race
City Clerk Frank Shaw reports no candidates have filed for Shafter's April 8 election. Three council seats are open held by Earl Johnson Frank Russell and Dan Loewen. Prospective candidates must secure 10 signatures from qualified voters and petitions must be circulated by Feb 28. Last day to register is today at city hall or via county registrar Helen Branner.
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Shafter
Frank Shaw
Earl Johnson
Frank Russell
Dan Loewen
Helen Branner
State St. Shaw
Postal Inspector Reviews Shafter Postoffice Site Bids
Postal Inspector Ray Short visited Shafter to study proposed privately built postoffice sites. Four to five bids were received and will be reviewed in Washington DC before a contract is awarded. Winning bidder announced in about 60 days. Postmaster George Guenther to be notified. The building will be government leased and provide about 3000 square feet for postal use.
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Ray Short
Shafter
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Post Office Department
Washington
D. C
George Guenther
Shor
Central Valley Highway
State Street
Pacific
James
Basketball Benefit Game For March of Dimes Drive
Tonight at 8 p.m. Shafter High School gym hosts a benefit basketball game featuring players from the Shafter American Legion and the 20-30 Club to aid the March of Dimes campaign. Proceeds support the national drive.
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Shafter American Legion
Clb
March of Dimes
Shafter High School
Potatoes Growers Question OPS Price Ceiling
Kern county potato growers challenged government price ceilings by forming a movement to exclude perishable products from OPS orders. Leaders who toured Washington said little was achieved, calling the action a political expedient to please the steel industry. J C Jacobsen Tehachapi John McSweeney Hemet and Don Maupin Kern County Potato Growers Association led a 100 strong meeting at Veterans Memorial Hall.
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Kern
Kern County
Washington
Spud
J. C. Jacobsen
Tehachapi
John McSweeny
Hemet
Don Maupin
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Veterans Memorial Hall
Jacobsen
Dacobaen
Office of
OPS
McSweeney
Richland School District approves five year wage plan
Richland School District trustees authorize a five year salary schedule retroactive to January 1 for about 20 non teaching workers in transportation maintenance and clerical divisions. Cafeteria workers are excluded. The plan mirrors teachers retirement provision and aims to attract and retain staff amid new buildings due for completion in April. The board also approves additional maintenance staff per Kenneth Pipkin to maintain the new facilities.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Richland
Personniel
Kenneth Pipkin
Mainten
Final Tribute Paid to Pioneer Simon Peters
Final tribute was paid yesterday afternoon to Simon Peters a 73 year old pioneer grower of the Shafter Wasco area who died last Saturday. His son Edward J Peters served two terms as president of the National Potato Council. Family attended a private service at 1 pm in the Robert Jones Funeral Home Wasco. Reverend G A Williams spoke in German. Hymns were played with Mrs Robert Franz at the organ. Police officers from Wasco and Shafter honored Peters by escorting the funeral party with local peace officers taking over near Shafter. A public service followed at the Mennonite Brethren Church.
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Simon Peters
Shafter-Wasco
Edward J. Peters
National Potato Council
Robert ~. Jones
Wasco
G. A. Williams
Simon
Peters
Robert Franz
Mr. Peters
Shafter
Mennonite Brethren Church
Jimmie Witcher Crowned First Queen Entry
Jimmie Witcher a Bakersfield College student from Shafter is the first queen contestant in the fifth annual potato and cotton festival. She is sponsored by the Shafter 20-30 Club and is a former Magazine California cover girl and Shafter High School graduate.
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Jimmie
Faye Witcher
Bakersfiel College
Shafter
Miss Witcher
Magazine California
Shafter High School
Early Shafter Photo Donated to Library on Lot Sale Day
Judge E K Grant presented a framed enlargement of a 1914 Shafter photograph to the Shafter Branch Library. Dan Sharp enlarged the image, and Grant built the frame. The picture shows Central Avenue looking toward Charles Shomate's general store and Herndon Hitchcock's hotel with foundations of Hitchcock's store.
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Oldtimer
Shafter
E. K.grant
Dan Sharp
Judge Grant
Shafter Mercantile
Central Avenue
Charles Shomate
Herndon Hitchcock
SWID Bureau To Air Pact With Reclamation Officials
Members of the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District board meet at 2 p m tomorrow with Fresno Bureau of Reclamation officials to discuss Friant Kern Canal contracts. The talks cover the basic water contract and a distribution system project valued at over 10 million dollars. The meeting at SWID headquarters on Central Valley Highway in Shafter includes Jack Rodner and Ted Thompson among attending officials.
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Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Board of Directors
Bureau of Reclamation
Fresno
Friant-Kern
Alien Johnston
Bureau
Jack Rodner
T. R
Ted) Thompson
Ralph Partial
Aig Beatingston
SWID
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
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Wheeler Furniture Co
Lucky
Direc
Parra
Teld
Mrkarsfield
Calif
Home Newspaper
Hatter Press
Ha Shafter Progress
Shatter
Kernn County
Neuman
S-turn
Dick Smith
Herb Neuman
Curtis Lee
Charles Oliver
A. L. Faulk
Dave Merkel
Cadet George Cooper
CSF
Karen Clark
Jimmie Witcher
Hitchcock's
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