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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1953
Page
6
Albert Finkbeiner will serve as Shafter's fire chief in 1953 and be installed January 17 along with other officers. The 50 year old operator and former chief replaces Don Little. Assistant chief and remaining officers to be chosen at the January 15 meeting.
CPL Robert Carrette comes home from Camp Irwin after ten months overseas in Korea and twenty one months stateside. He is discharged with a five year reserve enlistment.
John H. Turner, a USDA agronomist from Georgia, will arrive January 10 to lead the Shafter Experimental Station. He succeeds George J. Harrison who retired in July to join the California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors. Harrison will continue experimental work on A4-42 with Turner at the Shafter station in collaboration with the Federal government.
Miss Valentina Valena supervisor of Kern county school cafeterias will address Rio Bravo PTA on balanced diets and dental health. A kindergarten first grade dental health playlet directed by Annette Vaney and Ruth Davis will be featured. George Fisher will play instrumental numbers. The evening hostess is Maxine Townsend. The business meeting is conducted by Mrs Paul Wilson with Mrs John Walker directing. The meeting is at 7 30 p m.
In a tight three game series at Sportsman Bowling Alley Shafter Bowl beat Shafter Motel 2 to 1 to keep pace in the mixed doubles league. Bowl stands 18 9 while Motel is 17 10. Schneider Wikoff lead with 495 for the three games and Evelyn Tiberghien tops the women with 478.
Duerksen and Mr and Mrs Louis Peldsi spent the New Year in Las Vegas Nevada enjoying celebrations and lodging during the holiday period.
Left-hander Dale Scales averages 12 points per game to top the Shafter General cagers as they seek their first league win against Wasco High School. Teammates Harold Gaede Leroy Thompson and Jim Broom average around eight points in seven preseason contests. Coach Lowell Todd’s squad beat Taft Arvin Porterville Bakersfield Tehachapi before Taft’s late comeback, while three regulars combat illnesses.
George Jenkins minister of Christian education of the Congregational Church Conference helped reorganize the Shafter Pilgrim Fellowship under new leader Miss Clarice Imme. A dinner followed in the church social hall, then Jenkins met with the Sunday School staff led by Superintendent Gordon Smith.
More than 70 North Kern District Boy Scouts of America scouters will meet at Mt. Abel Jan. 16 and 17 for a basic training course directed by camp director E. F. Bender. The program includes room checks, patrol organization, rope yard, ax yard, tracking, cooking, hiking, and buckskin awards with a 50 cent materials fee and required gear list.
Wasco high school prepares for a clash with the Shafter Generals at Wasco High School gym Friday night at 8. The Wasco five has shown steady improvement and aims for a victory to snap a slump for Shafter, with B and C games preceding the main event.
Shafter High School will welcome Alice and Harold Allen from National School Assemblies to entertain students with a dramatized program on how sound effects are created for radio, TV, and film. Both Allens are musicians. Alice studied at the Minneapolis Conservatory of Music and Harold at USC, known for providing animal and bird sounds for movies and cartoons. The event is set for Friday afternoon in the school gym.
The report lists annual postal receipts from 1944 to 1952 ranging from 29 578 in 1944 to 52 217 in 1952. It notes the figures cover postage and mail costs including box rent but exclude money orders, and that Shafter earned its first class post office after surpassing 400 in 1951 with a shortfall in 1950.
Mrs Elizabeth Ghilarducci entertained at a New Year duck dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs George McKinley of Taft Mr and Mrs Bill McKinley and children Butch and Paulette Mr and Mrs Ray Battestoni and children Janice and Larry Mr and Mrs P Pasquini of Bakersfield and Miss Nancy Ghilarducci.
Shafter Generals overwhelmed McFarland Cougars 42 to 21 at McFarland gym after a strong first half that built an 18 point edge. Scales led with 12 points while Notley, Broom, and Thompson added six each. McFarland’s B team edged Colonels 42 to 39 in a separate game.
Taft isgan a 13 to 2 early lead and defeated Shafter 45 to 24 as Ted Switzler led Taft with 11 points and George Love topped Shafter with eight. Lethargy from holidays and injuries hampered Shafter. Jim Broom struggled and Harold Gaede was limited by illness.
Eliades the North-of-the-River Hi School varsity football coach will serve as president of the Shafter 20 30 Club for six months. Installation is set for Saturday night at Granite Station fireside services with Walter Rodgers Cecil Bridges John Fuller and others to take office. The event includes a dinner dance and installation by Bob Abbott district governor is requested.
Harold Brown, formerly of Shafter, was killed by a rolling log at Harris Pine Mills in Joseph Oregon on Tuesday morning. Services are tentatively planned in Joseph and Shafter. He formerly worked for Ernest Adamson and his sister is Leola Fitterer.
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