Oil Scene Shafter Oil Expansion May Shift North
Rumors say Union Oil or Superior Oil may drill within a half mile of Maple school as geophysical crews recheck the Maple territory. Industry sources note a northwest trend from the Union well and suggest a rise could indicate oil potential north of Shafter.
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Shafter Oil
Union Oil Company
Superior Oil Company
Maple School
Shafter
Maple
Union
Suprior
George Avery Pneumonia Victim Laid To Rest
Funeral services for George Avery of Shafter and Fellows were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Janzen Funeral Home in Bakersfield. The Rev. W. H. Barnes officiated with interment in Shafter cemetery. Avery, who had lived with Mrs. Strom, Mrs. Bender and other relatives, died Friday after a three day illness. Surviving relatives include Mrs. L. C. Cook and Mrs. G. W. Stripe.
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George Avery
Shafter
Fellows
O. H. Strom
Janzen
W. H. Barnes
First. Baptist Church of Fellows
Shafter Cemetery
P. A. Schmidt
Mr. Avery
Nicol to be Installed as Wasco Grange Master
W E Nicol of Shafter will be installed as master of the Wasco Grange on January 27 with W L Smith as installing officer. Nicol, previously overseer, will relieve John Nale who becomes overseer. Other officers include Jane Mitchell lecturer and Grant Kniffen chaplain. Program at 7 30 with a social hour. public invited.
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W. E Nicol
Shafter
Wasco Grange
W.L. Smith
Nicol
John Nale
Nale
Jane Mitchell
Grant Kniffen
Car Crash On Seventh Standard Road Injures Zimmerman and Warren
Early Saturday a car carrying Jack Zimmerman and Ed Warren struck the bridge over Calloway canal on Seventh Standard road. The front of the coupe was smashed and both occupants escaped serious injuries.
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Jack Zimmerman
Ed Warren
Calloway Canal
Zimmerman
Herb Neuman To Again Serve As Student Body Head
Herbert Neuman was unanimously reelected president of the Shafter high school student body at a Tuesday meeting. Nominated for vice president were Monna Matta and Fred Heinrichs with others named for secretary, treasurer, social chairman, athletic managers, and yell leader. Elections from nominees will be held Tuesday or Wednesday January 25 or 26.
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Herbert Neuman
Shafter High School
Monna Matta
Fred Heinrichs
Rhoda Kirschenmann
Mary Helen Connell
James Livers
Cecil Golding
Powell McCoy
Donald Kliewer
Merwin Olson
Marvin Neuman
Leola Kirschenmann
Erma Wendland
Mary Virginia Edwards
Marlien Neufeld
Hattie Meecham
Virginia Rexius
Getty and G P Rigged Up for Drilling
George F. Getty Inc and General Petroleum Corp prepare new equipment at rigs in the new Shafter field. Getty project nearly ready to spud with boilers installed and only minor items left. General Petroleum awaits plant arrival. Both projects offset Superior Oil County.
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George F. Getty,Inc
General Petroleum Corporation
Shafter
Getty
General Petroleum
Superior Oil
Civic Needs Meeting Aims To Align Kern County Groups
A Kern County conference on community needs will be held Saturday at the El Tejon hotel in Bakersfield. W. H. Hitchcock chambers president says 300 delegates are expected to push unified promotional efforts across civic groups with talks from notable speakers on advertising and cooperatives.
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W.H. Hitchcock
Paul C Newell
Emory Gay Hoffman
Kern
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
el Tejon Hotel
Bakersfield
Hitchcock
Shafter
Newell
Kern Herald
Hoffman
Kern County
Norman P. Thompson
J. B. Haralson
John Shortridge
Henry B. de Lacey
Los Angeles
J. Bernard Shiffer
Atlants
Georgia
Carl M. Heintz
C. H. Jandt
American Fruit Growers Association
Randall Sylvester
Field Woman's Club
Gordon C. Whitnall
S. C
Oahanage Peeger Pereretfs
Machinery for Shafter Oil Field Arrives by Rail
An index of busy Shafter oil field activity shows six carloads of heavy oil machinery arriving by rail for Superior Oil, Geo. F. Getty Inc, and Loffland Brothers. Since discovery, 19 carloads have arrived.
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Shafter Oil Field
Superior Oil Company
Geo. F. Getty, Inc
Loffland Brothers
Shafter High Grad Killed In Canal Road Crash
17 year old Mation E Stewart of Shafter died Thursday when his light roadster hit a bridge bannister and overturned on Galloway Road near Norris School. Police traced the car to its owner and identified the body as Stewart. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:30 at Janzen Funeral Home with burial in Shafter cemetery. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Robert B Stewart a brother Jack and sisters Lois Steele Jean and Joan Stewart all of Shafter.
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Mation E. Stewart
Shafter High School
Galloway Road
Norris School
Young Stewart
Shafter
Stewart
California Highway Patrol
State Vehicle Department
Sacramento
Robert B. Stewart
Janzen
Berg
Shafter Ceme
Helen Nelson
Dan Berg
Solomosville
Arizona
Shafter School
Jack
Lois Steele Jean
Joan Stewart
Directors For Cooperative To Be Elected Monday
The Shafter-Wasco Potato Growers Cooperative Inc will elect directors Monday night January 24 at 7 30 in Wasco Grange hall. Committees from Shafter and Wasco have been formed to explain the cooperative to growers and invite them to join, with members named including Hitchcock Siemens Nickel Bartel for Shafter and Nale Klassen Grant Bryson for Wasco.
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Shafter-Wasco Potato Growers Cooperative, Inc
Wasco Grange Hall
Shafter
Wasco
W. H. Hitchcock
J. J. Siemens
Annual staff meeting outlines senior panels and division layouts
The annual staff met at Manna Lotta's home Monday night to discuss senior panels, group pictures, and the arrangement of sections and possible division page designs. Refreshments followed. next gathering planned for Thursday in January.
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Manna Lotta
Mayor May Be Named Tonight
Shafter prepares for a new city government as the first mayor may be chosen at tonight’s meeting. The incorporation of the city of the sixth class was declared, naming councilmen Phil Channeson H Midgley O H Strom Glenn O Nay and Norval Fair, city clerk R L Dye and treasurer F L Hudson.
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Phil Channeson
H. Midgley
O. H. Strom
Glenn O. Nay
Norval Fair
R. L. Dye
F. L. Hudson
Sacramento
State Capitol
Secretary of State
Geophysical Work Explained To Class In Bakersfield
Lloyd Metzner of Superior Oil spoke to a Bakersfield petroleum technology class about geophysical work for oil in the San Joaquin valley. He described geophysics as methods to reveal subsurface folds and structures where surface indications are flat, noting instruments like the seismograph magnetometer and torsion balance as common charting tools.
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San Joaquin Valley
Lloyd Metzner
Superior Oil Company
Egophysical Department
Bakersfield
Mr. Metzner
Work Started On New Richfield Service Station
Ground was broken Monday for a new 5000 dollar super service station at Shafter avenue and Santa Fe way. Stewart and Potts are the contractors. Fred Christensen leases the property to Richfield Oil company and plans a modern facility with no completion date set.
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Shafter Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Stewart & Potts
Fred Christensen
Richfield Oil Company
Superior Speeds Development Work In Shafter Field
Superior Oil’s expansion in the Shafter field accelerates with a 175‑foot derrick being erected for Wagner No. 2 by Callo. Wagner No. 1 hit 8115 feet in 30 days and expected to reach the Vedder sand around 10 240 feet asUnion Oil tests near 10 246 feet.
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Shafter Field
Superior Oil Company
Callowell Construction Company
Wagner No. 2
Superior
General Petroleum
No. 1
Loffland Brothers
Mid-Continent
Wagner No. 1
Tommy Vaughn
Wagner
Union Oil Company
Union
Neufelds Involved in Golden State Crash Near Grapevine
Mrs Elizabeth Neufeld of El Centro suffers a crushed chest after a two car collision on the Golden State highway near the Grapevine at 8 30 Monday morning. Mr Neufeld and their son Victor unharmed. The car is a total wreck. The Neufelds former Shafter residents were returning home after visiting Mr and Mrs Menno Siemens.
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Elizabeth Neufeld
Holt Street
el Centro
Menno Siemens
Shafter
Golden State Highway
Neufeld
Victor
Rev McAllister Named New Pastor at First Baptist Church
The Rev. McAllister of Pasadena has been chosen as the new pastor of the First Baptist Church. He is expected to arrive to assume duties this Sunday. A Bible Institute of Los Angeles graduate, he has served in foreign missions and taught at a Baptist seminary in Cuba for five months.
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McAllister
Pasadena
First Baptist Church
The
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Baptist Seminary
Cuba
Rancher Dies After Bizarre Wasco Crash
John Hartley a 34 year old Wasco ranch worker died in Kern General hospital after a wreck that also injured Roy Martin 28 of Wasco. Police say Hartley was killed when the car left Tulare street and Santa Fe way crashed through a fence and rolled three times. Both men were taken to Bakersfield by Janzen ambulance. The crash left the vehicle badly damaged with glass shattered.
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John Hartley
Wasco
Kern General Hospital
Shafter
Hartley
Roy Martin
Martin
California Highway Patrol
Tulare Street
Santa Fe Way
Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Janzen
Local Debaters Entered In Kern County Tournament
Four Shafter high school debate teams are entered for the Kern County debate tournament in Bakersfield on February 29 and March 1. The discussion will consider the resolution that is the topic for debate. The negative includes Marlien Neufeld Elmer Dahl Harold Janzen and Hattie Meetham. Miss Johnson and Mr Livers are an affirmative team that previously defeated Fresno in 1937. The remaining debaters are regarded as promising material.
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Shafter High School
Bakersfield
Marlien Neufeld
Musical Program At Richland School Featured Marimba
Miss Audrey Sheller of San Jose presented two marimba programs in the Richland school auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. The first program entertained the lower grades, including the fourth, with the second audience comprising pupils and teachers from the remaining grades. James L. Gray accompanied Miss Sheller on the piano.
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Audrey Sheller
San Jose
Richland
Miss Sheller
Ee Cone
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