Shafter Dollar Days Promises Downtown Bargains
Hundreds of Shafter homemakers are expected to flood the downtown district for the annual pre spring Dollar Days event. Acce chairman says savvy shoppers can save on attire while all downtown stores participate to showcase bargains. Drug, hardware, mercantile and clothing stores back the sale with a special Dollar Days section in the Shafter Press.
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Shafter
Acce
Merchants Division
She After Chamber of Comm
Plogte
Shafter Press
Mayfield
Shafter CouncilOverhauls Zoning With New Planning Study
Shafter city officials move to reorganize the zoning ordinance. The council asks the planning commission to draft a codified zoning map, study uniform zoning areas, and consider more multiple housing while ensuring curb and gutter requirements for future subdivisions. Names include Adolf Kirschenmann Phil Channeson and Mrs Harvey Weinberger.
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Shafter
Planning Commission
Iman Merrill Thomas
A. G. Mortimore
Mortimore
Frank G. Shaw
Mission
Adolf Kirschenmann
Phil Channeson
Harvey Weinberger
Valley supports San Francisco Bay barrier survey
Kelly wins broad backing from Valley interests for a proposed feasibility study on a barrier at San Francisco Bay. Support comes from the California Supervisors Association unit led by Charles P. Salzer, Kern County boards, Shafter Chamber of Commerce, and irrigation districts in Shafter Wasco Delano and surrounding counties.
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H. W
Pat
Andie
San Francisco Bay
Shafters
San Joaquin
California Supervisors Association
Charles P. Salzer
Kernite
Courts of Supervisors
Kern County
Kelly
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
California
Shafter-Wasco ‘Irrigation District Board of Directors
Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
Delano
Chamber Cracks Down on City Solicitors
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce vows a tougher stance against illegitimate solicitors especially door to door. Secretary Ernie Hofman cites misrepresentations and use of the chamber as a reference. The plan requires authorization letters signed by city officials and tightens solicitor contacts. city ordinance already bans door to door canvassing.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ernie Hofman
Fifteen Shafter Scouts Seek Part Time Work
Fifteen Shafter Boy Scouts aim to raise 50 dollars each for a July National Jamboree trip at Livin Ranch near Balboa. They will work after school and on weekends, with E. F. Bender as contact for local employers offering jobs.
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Shafter
Livin Ranch
Balboa
E. F. Bender
March of Dimes Campaigners Top Record with $902 Donation
Shafter's March of Dimes drive reached a new high of $902, announced by Chairman Ray Mayfield. The sum included about $127.13 from the Shafter Theater patrons, with other gifts expected from Richland School faculty and a $425 contributor from the Shafter Junior Women's Club. The Kiwanis Club's Mile event was also part of the fundraising efforts.
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March of Dimes
Shafter
Ray Mayfield
Mayfield
Shafter Theater
Bill
Richland School
Kiwanis Club
Monarchs Fall as Shafter Seizes League Lead
The Shafter Generals, 7-1 in league play, beat Exeter Monarchs 62 to 46 as Leroy Thompson and John Notley, plus Jim Broom and Dale Scales, led a second quarter surge. Exeter opened with a 20 to 14 first quarter lead before the Generals pulled away by halftime.
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Shafter
Pxeter
Generals
Monarchs
Exeter
Leroy Thompson
John Notley
Jim Broom
Dale Scales
Monarch
Mystic
Lowell Todd
Horace Womack
Carl Holland
Harold Gaede
Pennant Fever Sweeps Shafter as Playoff Plans Begin
Shafter High graduates rally after a decisive win over Exeter Monarchs boosting hopes for a playoff showdown with Reedley at 8 p.m. March 6 in Shafter. A Friday trip to Corcoran looms. if the title game returns to Shafter, 250 seats will be reserved for Reedley fans with general admission 75 cents and student tickets 35 cents. Principal Grant W. Jensen and Reedley principal Paul Goodwin plan to seek an athletic official from each area.
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Shafter High School
Exeter Monarchs
Grant W. Jensen
Reedley
Shafter
Corcoran
Generals
Shafter Chamber to Hear Supervisor W R Woollomés
The First District supervisor Roy Woollomés will address the Shafter Chamber of Commerce at tomorrow's luncheon. He is expected to outline district road policy and its impact on Shafter, possibly accompanied by Road Commissioner Vernon Smith.
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W. R. (Roy) Woollomes
First
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Woollomés
Vernon Smith
Shafter Generals Announce 1953 Football Schedule
Shafter High announces nine game 1953 football plan under Coach Dan Bledsoe. Season opens Sept 25 vs Burroughs from China Lake with five home games, including Nov 20 against Wasco Tigers for trophies. League slate begins Oct 23 at Exeter, with Oct 30 Coalinga, then Lemoore Nov 6 Corcoran Nov 13 and a season finale Nov 20 against Wasco.
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Generals
Colonels
Burroughs Eleven
China Lake
Dan Bledsoe
Wasco
Wasco Tigers
Lions
Burroughs
Tulare High School
Shafter Generals
Bledsoe
Tulare
Exeter
Coalinga
Horntoads
Lemoore
Corcoran
The
Tigers
Burr
An Lare
Cade
Citizens Granted Longer Burn Period in Shafter
Shafter residents received extra time to burn rubbish and leaves after a city council meeting. Fire Chief Albert Finkbeiner urged a dawn to 4 pm burn window extending past the former noon cutoff. Rubbish must burn in a screened incinerator and all open fires need a county fire department permit.
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Shafter
Albert Finkbeiner
Kay Raney Joins San Jose Choir
Kay Raney of Shafter is a sophomore music major at San Jose State College. He belongs to the college a cappella choir directed by William J. Erlendson. Raney, son of Mr and Mrs Raney of 416 Central Valley Way, graduated from Shafter High School in 1951.
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Kay Raney
Shafter
San Jose State College
William J. Erlendson
Raney
Meet Raney
Central Valleyway
San Jose State
Shafter High School
Shortage of Housing for Shafter Teachers Studied
Shafter planing commission, with Dick Zenk and M L Wiedmann leading a chamber of commerce group, will study the teachers housing shortage. The effort aims to rezone areas for multiple housing and consult builders to relieve the housing gap faced by Shafter High School and its staff. Dr Grant Jensen urged relief, noting staffing difficulties from lack of housing.
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Shafter
City Planning Commission
Dick Zenk
Chamber of Commerce
M. L. Wiedmann
Planning Commission
Wiedmann
Grant Jensen
Shafter High School
Queen Contestants To Launch Drive In Mar. 9 Kickoff
The sixth annual Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival queen contest will start March 9 with six to nine entrants hoped, including four or five from Shafter. Local entrants include Norma Neuman Betty Grundy Margie Liles and Nancy McDonald. Contestants will receive 10 votes per ticket sold, with a $500 prize for the winner and sales across Kern county.
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Shafter
Ernie Hofman
Norma Neuman
Club
Betty Grundy
Zella McDonald
Nancy
Shafter High School Glee Club
Girl's Athletic Association
Letter Club
Church of Latter Day Saints
Mutual Improvement Association
Kern County
E. A. Brown
Service Clubs
Veterans Organizations
Cobweb Collector: Minter Field On A F Unwanted List
Congressman Harlan Hagen stated Shafter Minter Field shows no authorization for activation funding in 1953-54. He said DoD will fund only existing facilities in Southern California and denied private industry plans, including Douglas Aircraft, to use the base.
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Minter
A.F
Shafter-Minter Field
Harlan Hagen
Department of Defense
California
Douglas Aircraft
Serego
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Dick Smith
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Bob Funk
Joan Eckmann
Dorothy Weitz
Olen Hutchings
Larry Vannatta
Jim Loper
Lester Klein
Fray
San Jose
Margie Liles
Wheeler Furniture Co
Shafter Lions Club
Miss Liles
Lottie Liles
W. Marengo Ave
California Scholarship Federation
Horizon Club
Laurien
Wanis Club
Phyllis Hight
American Legion
Nancy McDonald
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Miss McDonald
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