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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
1
Workmen reaming to set a liner in Union Oil 21-34 at 11,470 feet in the Shafter field with completion expected this morning. A prior fishing job and casing work caused delays after a well blowout. Drilling at 56-27 reached 9,360 feet as the company advances within the field.
The Mattei estate parcel totaling 5300 acres in the Saco Lerdo and Kimberlain districts is sold to H W Sanders of Los Angeles treasurer of Union Oil Company of California for about 285. Camp West Lowe has farmed much of the land mainly for cotton and will keep a surface rights contract.
John Costa 35 and James W Logan 26 escaped serious injury when Costa’s Peacock dairy truck collided with Logan’s car at the Tu lare and Scaroni avenues intersection west of Shafter around 9 30 Monday. Constable John Reily investigated. IRA investigator from Wasco reported.
The Shafter branch will be closed today in observance of George Washington's birthday. The post office will use the Sunday holiday schedule with unmanned windows and morning mail distributed in boxes. Two dish(es) will be served.
The Department of Justice seeks the Supreme Court to award the United States between 6 million and 8 million dollars as interest on the value of oil and gas taken from the Elk Hills oil reserve, attributed to Standard Oil.
More than 600 women attended the Home craft institute in Shafter last week under The Shatter Press and Pacific Roarl Press. The three day session highlighted modern stoves refrigerators heating units and high school exhibits with posters dresses and dress models from Shafter high school and home making classes. Jane Barton the home economist gave recipes cooking hints menus and meal prep instruction while Pacific arts were also featured.
Foundations are being poured for a new four classroom school on the Shafter grounds off Lerdo road. The frame and stucco building will include lavatories a large storage room and a reading room. The Richland Elementary district funds the project and it should be ready after summer vacation with Nic Neufeld as inspector.
Rain and sunshine nourish Shafter fields southeast of town as poppies lupine and other blooms appear. A strong wildflower year could attract visitors, recalling two years ago when thousands flocked to the district for a festival.
Sidewalk work is this week underway on Walker Street with curbs poured near the high school. Walks and curbs are being constructed in the vicinity of the school, marking progress on the street improvement project.
Maple School will send its boys basketball team to Delano for a county grammar school tournament. Coach Leonard Dorn announced the trip with players Bob Klassen Leonard Schaeffer Wallace Krause Jim Gloeckler Charles Klassen Billy Lancaster Warren Baugh Hubert Mayberry Johnny Penner Jim Pellett Lloyd Ratzlaff and Johnny Wiebe. A dead-eye contest will accompany the event with free throws and longer shots. Warren Baugh or Hubert Mayberry are likely picks.
Recreation program at Richland school grounds directed by Raymond Todd offers boys organized play after dismissal with activities like basketball and softball. Hours run until about 5 20 or 6. participation is voluntary and no transport is provided.
Members of Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213 American Legion voted to buy scout equipment including lumber for a work bench and wood tools for Boy Scouts. The vote occurred at a regular Legion hall meeting followed by an informal social period.
Charles C. Hibdon aged 32 was fined twenty dollars in police court Monday after being arrested Saturday evening by Chief Murray Arnold at the Grose apartments on Central avenue. The charge was drunk and disturbing the peace.
Frances Perkins, the U.S. labor secretary under FDR, stopped at the Shafter Farm Workers camp on a Friday afternoon to inspect facilities including the cooperative peep, nursery school, and tents. She praised camp cleanliness and governance while an incident over a parked official car led to a traffic citation for guard Frank Kohler, settled without involving Perkins. The party then moved to Farmersville for a migratory camp visit with nearby officials Laurence Hewes, Omer Mills, and Herb Halsteen.
General Petroleum begins spudding Oughton No 1 in north Greeley area section 12 29 25 with surface casing to follow as drilling progresses. Farland No 1 at 11 551 feet expected to finish next week while Superior nears Sco field No 1 and Standard works on KCL 128 as oil movement trends northward toward the Shafter and Greeley fields.
Interest of Kern county rabbit breeders centers on the first annual Shafter Central Valley Poultry Rabbit and Small Stock Show set for March 27 to 31. Bakersfield resident L J Hollarbush plans to enter stock and predicts a strong Kern county showing. The National Belgian Hare Club of America backs the event with ribbons for best of breed and best of opposite sex, while Dr Russell T Hart notes club support for exhibitors. P J Peltier, poultry expert, will award a cup during the show. Plans include display in Shafter windows and use of Siemens Hitchcock and Camp Channeson warehouses on Walker Street for the event.
Local Shafter potato growers are receiving checks this week for prorate program and inspection fee refunds from Kern County for the 1939 potato season. Anthony Jerome notes total inspection fees 41869 with costs 40592.25 leaving 1267.75 surplus distributed per grower and prorate fees 5863.50 with 2172.54 surplus refunded at 37.0519 percent per grower’s fee.
An extension course from U.S.C. titled Construction and Evaluation of Measuring Devices, Education No. 238, will open Thursday evening at the Emerson school in Bakersfield with Dr. D. W. Lefever as instructor. Alternate sessions are held in Taft and Bakersfield.
Misses Esther Nies of Lodi and Erma Wendland with Bob Guddy and Powell McCoy spent Sunday visiting friends during a pleasant afternoon outing.
Pay dirt was encountered this week in three Superior wells two in north Shafterfield and one in north Greeley with company men expecting completion before next week. Roe No 1 hit Rio Bravo at 11159 feet depth total 11225 feet Rudnick No 1 reached 11199 feet with sand at 11186 feet Scofield No 1 in north Greeley found sand at 11309 feet with total depth 11338 feet.
Shafter leads Kern county in onion acreage with 811 acres 40 in yellows and the rest in Crystal Whites. statewide onion plantings total about 450 acres with Wasco Arvin and Delano districts included. This year shows a decline from 669 acres in Shafter and just under 900 countywide last year due to low prices. Narowing greens expected late April to early May with digging and peak season in June and July.
Local officials report growing interest in widening city sidewalks. Petitions from the Parish Sierra Vista and Manuel tracts and other areas suggest forming another assessment district. A second WPA project may be requested. work could begin after current tasks finish.
Plans for a school variety show were announced at Shafter High School with students presenting vaudeville acts at a general assembly. Miss Carol Pulcifer is in charge of the entertainment. The program is set to take place just after the Easter vacation in March.
Dogs in the Shafter district will be vaccinated for rabies at Shafter City Hall tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. Price Edwards will supervise with fees of 1.00 for males and 1.50 for females, including vaccination and dog tag.
Enrollment at Richland school this week reached 1484 pupils, a new peak and about 30 more than after the Christmas vacation. Thirty six classrooms are in use to accommodate this attendance, according to school officials.
Thirty one boys signed up yesterday for after school recreational activities at Richland School, according to Todd, supervisor of the program. The report notes growing interest and ongoing organization of local after school programs.
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