Shafter Business Activity Doubles in Ten Years
Iris Sankey of the State Board of Equalization noted Shafter's retail sales rose from 8.6 million in 1966 to 19.1 million in 1976, a 125 percent gain that trails California's 143 percent and Kern County's 183 percent. Population grew 16 percent, per capita sales rose to 3756 dollars, and local tax distributions increased significantly.
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Shafter
Iris Sankey
State Board of Equalization
Kern County
Sankey
Moon Appointed To County Drug Abuse Advisory Panel
Moon Richard Moon vice principal Richland Intermediate School was named to Kern County Technical Advisory Committee on Drug Abuse by the Board of Supervisors. Nominated by Gene Tackett he fills the vacancy left by Betty Muldana with a term ending December 1979. Moon helped form Shafter STAC and chairs it. A public meeting in Shafter to discuss local drug abuse is set January 19 at 7 30 p m in the Richland School music room. The county panel of 20 aims to reduce drug abuse through prevention and rehabilitation. In other notes, multiple vehicle thefts and break ins were reported December 30 to January 1 in the Richland area. Continued on Page 4A.
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Richard Moon
Richland
Kern County
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Moon
First District
Gene Tackett
Betty Muldana
Bakersfield
Shafter
Richland Pta
Richland School Music Room
Board of Supervisors
Josephine Robbins
California Ave
Richard Springstead
Pacific
Paul Chacon
Atkinson
Charles Delre
Hillman and
Mojave Desert
Needles
Barstow
Duncan
Oklahoma
Arvin
Sunset
Lester Frick
Mr. Frick
Clara
Davis
Cobb
DiGiorgio
Modesto
Marysville
Davises
Graham-Paige
Herbert Hoover
Wasco
Okies Fortunes Tied to Dust Bowl Era Migration
In Shafter California veteran columnist Eugene Burmeister recalls the 1930s drought and dust storms that pushed many farmers from Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas toward California. The piece profiles Clara Davis of Shafter who followed her husband Art through labor camps and farms, detailing a migrant life from 1937 to 1972 and a later wish for a sequel to The Grapes of Wrath.
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California
Middle West
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Eugene Burmeister
Shafter Press
Kern County
Okie
Joad
John Steinbeck
Pa Joad
Grandpa
Roseann
Tom
San Joaquin Valley
Ma Joad
Shafter
Clara Davis
West Ash Street
Clara
A.F. Beddoe
Dallas
Beddoes
Goldrydd
Wales
Davis
Okies
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Kern
San Diego
Orange
Riverside
Imperial
San Bernardino
Kings
Fresno
Tulare
Cedar Street
Suite 1
Shafter High
Key Club
David Criswell
Merv Huston
Mark Kirschenmann
Arthur Davis
Paul's Valley
Arthur
North Shafter
Art
H.S. Giddings
W.B. Camp
Pond
Donna
Wayne
Clara Lee
Maricopa Flats
Old River
Oscar Banks
Maricopa
Marena
Arizona
E.M.H. Mettler
Frank Russell
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