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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

8

Shafter Building Permits Reach New High in 1953

Editorial notes 1953 building permits in Shafter total 1,118,915 dollars with Richland School's 559,800 and homes at 458,500. Despite agricultural adjustment, housing demand growth persists and FHA financing may ease terms, signaling potential for 100 new houses and a local building boom next year.

Shafter Safter E. K. Grant Richland FHA Citself

Potato Festival Focus Shafter Home Talent Emphasis

The 1954 Potato Festival plans shift to home talent shows with economy in mind. The 1954 committee replaces costly queen prizes and beer donations with smaller prizes and community entertainment to boost civic spirit in Shafter.

Shafter

Jacobsen funds new Union Oil service station in Shafter

Rolf Jacobsen builds a Union Oil service station at Central Valley Highway and State Street, signaling faith in Shafter's future. He joins local farmers who invest in town property and help build Kern County, alongside the Neumans the Kirschenmanns and the Handels. The station sets a high standard for local service station construction.

Central Valley Highway State Street Union Oil Rolf Jacobsen Jacobsen Neumans Kirschenmanns The Handels Kern ‘County

Navy Log Entry Poem From January 1954 on USS Yarnall

A Shafter youth Lt. (Jg) Gregory S. Ohanneson writes a New Year log poem aboard the USS Yarnall. The verse describes duty in Japanese waters, rest and recreation, and the presence of ships from U S Pac Fleet and U N N Force with a wish for peace and good cheer in the coming year.

Shafter Gregory S. Ohanneson

Coalinga Varsity Tops Shafter 44 to 40 in Narrow Finish

Coalinga varsity opened strong and led most of the game as Shafter rallied to within two with 35 seconds left. George Love led Shafter with 15 points, Jim Morris topped Coalinga with 18, and Trost added eight as Coalinga held on for a northern 44 to 40 victory.

Coalinga Shafter Coalinga Pollywogs Coalinga Varsity Generals Horntoads George Love Leroy Thompson Jim Jue Shafter Colonels Coalinga Tadpoles Bob Goossen Colonels Jack Bonc Om Dean Heaton Coalifiga Jim Morris Trost Shafter High Schol Bucks Bucks Bill Turner Jim Broom Woody Wilson

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