Maple Well Spudded Near Regier Property
Continental Oil's Community No. 1 well, the Maple wildcat, spudded at 10:30 last evening near Maple district in Section 12 28-24 on A J Regier land. Depth targets range 12 000 to 13 000 feet for Vedder zone, with 15 000+ feet possible. success could spark extensive Shafter district drilling along a northwest southeast uplift near Maple school.
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Continental Oil Company
A. J. Regier
Maple District
Shafter District
Union
Maple School
Rain Totals 70 Inches In Week At Shafter Farm
Rain totals through the week reach 70 inches at the experiment farm north of town with daily amounts including 0.10 on Tuesday 0.05 on Saturday and 1.4 expected for the season. The storm aids Kern county grain growers though potato planting may pause. broader state rains and coastal flooding are noted.
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Shafter
Experiment Farm
Kern County
San Joaquin Valley
Calfornia
Santa Fe News Outlines Train Schedule Shifts
Santa Fe officials announced schedule changes this week affecting two trains. The 12:30 northbound will depart earlier by about 30 minutes toward Bakersfield, while the 6:30 afternoon train toward eastern points will be delayed to about 7:40. A fuller announcement will follow from local agent W. W. Tannahill. The changes take effect Saturday.
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Santa Fe
Bakersfield
W. W. Tannahill
Shafter to Join March of Dimes Campaign
Shafter residents will participate in a two week March of Dimes drive with Kern County aiming for a 7500 dollar goal. The fundraiser supports paralysis victims and half stays locally, while the remainder goes to the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation at Warm Springs. Dr. Joe Smith leads the county effort with W J Schultz as vice chairman and A C Dimon as treasurer. Local organizers to be announced next week.
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Shafter
Kern County
el Téjon
Bakersfield
National
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Joe Smith
W. J. Schultz
Crippled Children’s Fund
A. C. Dimon
W. Schwartz
Mel Dreyfus
Boy Scout Troop Planned In Farm Workers Camp
Kiwanis club backs plan to form a Boy Scout troop at the Shafter Farm Workers' camp with Dr. Jack Lighthill as scoutmaster and Bill White as assistant. Kiwanis representatives, camp council members, and Kern county Scout executive Chet Bartlett to meet to finalize plans. About 49 eligible boys identified. camp manager Ray Mark says a troop HQ will be provided. effort described as the first of its kind in any federal camp.
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Jack Lighthill
Bill White
Herb Midgley
al Anderson
Carl Teget
Kiwanis Club
Chet Bartlett
Kern County
Cafe Neuman
Shafter
Pietsch
Fay Wright
Mary Fulcher
Rose Kitchens
Charles E. Baker
William S. Bright
B. J. Lee
S. Kinnonen
Lola Halbrook
Davie O’neil
Jeanette Allston
Ethel Craig
Ellen Waters
Flora Lacy
Bytha Avants
Vernon Allen
Charles W. Mills
O. B. Teague
John Shoemate
J. W. Gaskins
C. W. Russell
Charity Duke
Ray Abney
O. E. Treat
Ray Mark
Beet Planting Nears Completion on Lerdo Farms Land
Planting of 300 acre beets on Shafter Farms land in Lerdo is expected to finish this week if rain stays away. Beets planted earlier have already shown growth above ground according to officials.
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Shafter Farms Company
Lerdo
Night classes planned at Shafter High School
An adult evening school opens January 29 at Shafter High with nine subjects taught Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Eugene Ford says classes require minimum enrollments and may discontinue after two missed sessions. Registration is January 25 and 26 from 7 to 9 PM in the high school business office.
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Shafter High School
Eugene Ford
P. L. Arnold
Helyn McCormick
Art Johnson
Katherine
Goode
Bill White
J. W. Wilson
Ford
High School Business Office
New Teachers Join Richland School Staff
Richland school appoints Miss Kathryn Turner Los Angeles to fourth grade starting last Friday to ease crowded rooms in the old building. Miss Erile Long Alameda California takes a first grade group beginning last Tuesday in a new emergency unit to relieve congestion.
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Richland School
Kathryn Turner
Los Angeles
Miss Conrad
Henderson
Miss Turner
Erile Long
Alameda
California
Miss Long
Bill Henry Speaks Tonight at Oildale Forum
Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Henry will speak this evening at the Standard School auditorium in Oildale. His talk titled Observations of a War Correspondent will open an open forum for adults.
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Bill Henry
Los Angeles Times
Standard School
Oildale
NYA Project Starts Tuesday In City Road Work
City street maintenance project by NYA begins next Tuesday with City Clerk Frank Shaw stating two crews totaling about 60 boys will be employed.
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NYA
Frank Shaw
Annexation Election Sought for Mannel Tract in Shafter
Residents petitioned for a city election on February 6 1940 to annex the east half of the Mannel tract to Shafter. The vote would create the citys third addition and follows a Monday night council meeting where a resolution authorized the election and curb lines on Lerdo road were set. Present were Mayor Phil Channeson and councilmen Glenn Nay H Midgley Joe Frizzell and William Lachenmaier.
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Mannel
Shafter
Ed. Warren
Sierra Vista
Lerdo Road
Phil Channeson
Glenn O. Nay
H. Midgley
Joe W. Frizzell
William Lachenmaier
City Water Tank Renovation Affirms Water Quality
The Santa Fe Way utility tank underwent four days of internal scaling repainting rivet tightening and leak repairs. Five workmen led by W T Davis of Davis Construction Des Moines Iowa completed the job to maintain the Shafter tank with a yearly check since the last overhaul four years ago.
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Santa Fe Way
W. T. Davis
Davis Construction Company
Des Moins
Iowa
Davis Company
Bad Check Suspect Investigated In San Luis Obispo
Information on a bad check suspect held in San Luis Obispo was gathered yesterday by Constable John Reily in connection with a series of five checks each for 20.68 dollars passed in Shafter business houses on December 23. The suspect will be brought to Shafter to answer the charge if sufficient evidence is obtained.
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San Luis Obispo
John Reily
Shafter
Reily
Negotiations Completed For Phone Building
Construction will begin on a one story stucco office building at James Street near Central Ave in Shafter for a new telephone central. The structure measures 21 by 20 feet on Harry E Nickel property. occupancy expected around March 1 with dial service planned by June.
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James Street
Cffic
Dial Teleservice
Shafter
C. E. Anderson
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Harry E. Nickel
Telephone Company
Area Seeks Withdrawal From Maple District
Residents in a 1200 acre area near the Shell Oil pumping station west of Shafter filed a petition with the Kern county superintendent to withdraw from the Maple school district and join Wasco. Ten signatures cover 17 children valued at about 17000 dollars. Parents say children already attend Wasco schools and use Wasco bus service, with Wasco offering more activities. Maple has provided transportation, but parents prefer Wasco. Board discussion is set for January 22 in Bakersfield.
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Maple
Wasco
Shell Oil Company
Shafter
Jack Singer
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Bakersfield
Public Forum Hours Set In Shafter Series At High School
Forum hours this week are 7 30 to 9 00 pm with forums at Shafter high school gymnasium and auditorium. First speaker will be Dr Thomas Nelson superintendent Kern County Union High School District on the subject Finland. Four other speakers will appear in the weekly series.
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Shafter
Thomas Nelson
Kern County Union High School
Finland
Union Oil Expands with Two New North County Locations
Union Oil announces two new locations in Sections 27 and 34 as it moves into the Shafter field northward. The 56-27 project sits 330 feet east of the southwest corner of the north half of the southeast quarter, and the 34-34 site sits 330 feet north and 990 feet west of the southeast corner of the north half of the northwest quarter. Drilling will follow the 21-34 and 52-34 wells, with 52-34 listing oil sand at 11,208 feet and a completion due in about a week to ten days. The 21-34 trouble well continues to be fished after a casing blowout, with 4,500 feet of damaged casing left and about 5,000 feet of the 7,500-foot string already lost.
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Union Oil Company
Shafter
Union
Superior completes Burner No. 2 in Shafter field
Superior completed Burner No. 2 in Section 27 28 25 of the Shafter oil field Monday night. The well flowed a little over 3000 barrels with gas check and reached a total depth of 11440 feet after spudding November 29 last year. Preparations continue to spud Roe No. 1 nearby and move the Burner derrick to Rudnick No. 1 as Roe project advances.
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Shafter
Spud Roe No
Rudnick No. 1
Rio Bravos
General Petroleum
Roe
Rudnick
Investigation of Local Store Theft at Midway Market
Constable John Reily investigated a theft of about $150 in merchandise, mainly cigarettes, from Midway Market north of town last Thursday evening. Entrance was gained via a side window. owners listed as Bill Brown and Ben Sill. No definite developments. several persons under suspicion.
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John Reily
Midway Market
Bill Brown
Ben Sill
Reily
Kiwanis Officers Seated At Evening Ceremony Tuesday
Shafter Kiwanis club members for the 1940 term were seated Tuesday evening at a dinner meeting and ladies night at the Wednesday Afternoon clubhouse with Dr. Carl Duffy of Hanford as installing officer. William White was named president with Herb Schirmer as vice president and Noel Roberts as secretary treasurer. Directors taking office included Dr. Jack Lighthill, Herb Midgley, Harlow Johnson, Carl Teget, Al Anderson, Laurence Baughman and Harry Wilkinson.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Carl Duffy
Hanford
William White
Herb Schirmer
Noel Roberts
Jack Lighthill
Herb Midgley
Harlow Johnson
Carl Teget
al Anderson
Laurence Baughman
Harry Wilkinson
Omer Evans
Bill Hildebrand
Ruben Mettler
Hildebrand
Norma Neufeld
Joe W. Frizzell
Potato Planting Starts in Shafter District This Week
Potato planting in the Shafter district began this week with Lerdo district work by Shafter Farms. Most planting is due to start around February first depending on weather. Rail shipments brought 200 cars of seed spuds and 40 cars of fertilizer, with five cars of fall potatoes sent out. Rain in the last two weeks improved field conditions for planting.
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Shafter
Lerdo
Shafter Farms Company
Scout Committee Campaign for Funds Continues
Members of the local Boy Scout committee are still working on their fundraising drive. The group is led by Glenn O Nay who announced the campaign yesterday.
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Boy Scout Committee
Glenn O. Nay
New School Unit Planned For Richland
Richland Elementary School district directors announced a permanent classroom unit to be built on the Shafter school grounds off Lerdo road. The plan includes four classrooms, lavatories, a large janitor storage room, and a reading room with frame and stucco construction. Ads for bids will be published next week as funds from the district cover the project with no external government aid.
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Shafter School
Lerdo Road
Richland Elementary
Richland School
Resolutions by Butchers Union Endorsing Business Men Stand
The Shafter Business Men's association received resolutions against a cooperative store plan at the Shafter Farm Workers' camp. The Butchers' Union Local No 193 sent letters to two California groups urging the governor to seek anti secondary boycott and anti closed shop legislation and to outlaw the communist party. Additional talks covered town entrance signs with Dr. L. H. McGrane to report on cost and size.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
Butchers’ Union
Kern
Shafter Farm
Paulos of California, Inc
Culbert Olson
Communist Party
California
L. H. McGrane
G P Drilling Reaches 9700 Feet in Farrand No 1 Well
General Petroleum reached a depth of 9700 feet in its Farrand No 1 well in Section 12 29 25 with drilling steady. Oughton No 1 derrick sits idle in the same section as Caldwell No 5 is planned in the Shafter field southeast corner.
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General Petroleum
Farrand No
Caldwell No. 5
Shafter Field
G. P
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