Shafter Chamber Forms Committee to Beautify City
A special committee appointed by the Shafter Chamber of Commerce will study a comprehensive beautification plan for the city. The group, led by Jack Fleming, will divide into divisions covering downtown, industrial, and residential areas and report at the chamber meeting.
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Shafter
of Commerce’ Meeting Toon
Ted
Com
Ist
Areman Hale Bailey
Jack Fleming
L. C. Horne
Chamber of Commerce
Water contracts to be reviewed in Feb meeting
Bureau of Reclamation engineers and Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District officials will meet February 15 to discuss water contracts for Friant-Kern Canal water and a $9,000,000 distribution system. SWID directors Bailey and Crowe join Allen Johnston in briefing. The vote will decide district’s fate and funding over 40 years.
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Bureau of Reclamation Engineers
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Allen Johnston
Friant-Kern
SWID
Paul C. Bailey
J. Thomas Crowe
Visalia
Bureau of Reclamation
Fresno
Bureau
Plans take shape for Shafter Cotton Festival event
Shafter prepares for its fifth annual Cotton Festival with plans under study. A 1952 automobile prize is proposed with nickel counts toward contest points, a queen contest may expand county wide, and parade and barbecue duties considered for Rotary and American Legion. Humanitarian award discussed, kiddie rides debated, next festival committee meeting set for February 4 in the Shafter Press building.
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Shafter
Richard A
Dick) Mat
Shafter Lions Club
Rotary
American Legion Ap
Kers
C. J
Ted) Nolo
Shafter Rotary Club
Dorothy Neuman
Jack Janzen
Can Legion
George Vine
Fire Department
Wesley Staudacher
Kiwanis Club
L. O. Horne
Chamber of Commerce
H. Co
Tip) Henderson
Lions Club
Thomas Wedge
Wednesman Club
Ernie Hofman
Tory
Festival Committee
Shafter Press
Lowe Named Scout Building Group Chairman in Shafter
William Lowe, former Shafter Kiwanis Club president in 1951, elected chairman of the Boy Scout building committee for the coming year. Other officers chosen include L. J. Woodard as vice chairman and treasurer Bann as secretary. Board members are Fred Bryant Jack Manweiler Hodges.
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William Lowe
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Boy Scout Building Committee
L. J. ‘Woodard
Com
Bann
Fred Bryant
Jack Manweiler Hodges
Youth Leaders Back March of Dimes Drive in Shafter
Campfire Girls will collect in local theaters for a week starting Friday. Boy Scouts cover the drive in theater Friday to Sunday. Cub Scouts plan a town canvass. Bank of America in Shafter holds the March of Dimes fund account. Kern County total so far is 7966.86 in 1952.
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Campfire Girls
Boy Scouts
Shafter
Joe Frizzell
Frizzell
Bank of America
E. M. Richardson
Kern County
National Foundation For
Richardson
Students Back Annual Campaign At Shafter High
The March of Dimes annual drive at Shafter High School will be sponsored by the California Scholarship Federation this month, led by president Kennett Handel. Last year’s highlight was a faculty versus student basketball game featuring players from varsity Bs and Cs. Expected to participate this year include Dan Bledsoe Cy C Dusty Rhoads Dick J Jordan Rae Williams Grant Jensen hard Man Hill and Lowell Toad.
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Shafter High School
California Scholarship Federation
Kennett Handel
Dan Bledsoe
Cy C
Dusty) Rhoads
Dick J
Jordan Rae - Williams
Grant Jensen
Hard Man Hill
Lowell Toad
Rainstorms Cause 4.49 Inches in Shafter Area
Rain totals reach 4.49 inches with road closures and field delays. Farmers welcomed the drenches though plowing and cotton harvests suffered, while city crews faced emergencies from widespread puddling and flooded streets. Drainage under Santa Fe tracks reduced flooding at Lerdo but caused runoff further along Central Valley Highway.
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Shafter Area
California and James
Santa Fe
Lerdo
Ingraham Lumber Yard
City Public Works
Jack Harris
Central Valley Highway
Beech Avenue
Coberly-West
Billy Siemens to Win Star Badge at Scout Court of Honor
Maple Scout Billy Siemens is set to win the Star Badge at a Scout Court of Honor. Jimmy Engel will receive a Star badge, with First Class badges going to Bruce Epp Arleigh Johnson and Derek Steel. Delano youths Larry Hoopes Curtis Logan will earn Second Class badges along with Donald Neufeld Carrol Crabb earns five merit badges across electricity woodwork painting and carpentry. County adult Scout leaders will present awards under H H Loewen’s direction.
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MAPLE
Billy Lieght
Beiniah
Gram
Jimmy Engel
Charles Henderson
North “Kern
Bruce Epp
Arleigh Johnson
Derek Steel
Shafter Rotary Troop 53
Delano
Larry Hoopes
Curtis Logan
Donald Neufeld
Credit Leader To Give Talk At Credit Bureau Meeting
L Kinzer Bakersfield Evening School credit instructor will speak Monday night at a Bakersfield Credit Bureau meeting. Erle Bailey president says the meeting starts at 8 p.m. in Lees Dining Room with dessert for attending businessmen and wives. Kinzer will discuss credit fundamentals from his Bakersfield Evening School course. He is credit manager at a local establishment.
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L. Kinzer
Bakersfield
Er Credit Bureau
Erle Bailey
Crdit Bureau
Lee
Kinzer
Lions Club student speech contest at Shafter High
Shafter High School in California hosts a Lions Club student speech contest with the theme Learning to Live Together. Under Mrs. Beth McLean, students draft speeches and compete for top honors as Jack Brown Frankie Trantham Margaret Revell Morton B and Wayne Brown work on their pieces.
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Shafter High School
Beth McLean
Lions Club
McLean
Jack Brown
Frankie Trantham
Margaret Revell
Morton B
Wayne Brown
Three City Council Seats Open in Shafter Election
Shafter voters will decide three council seats and two SPUD board positions this spring. Current council members include Earl Johnson merchant Dan Loewen and Albert Finkbeiner service station owner and fire marshal. Council vote set for April 8 and SPUD ballot on May 6.
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Shafter
Public Utility District Board
Earl Johnson
Dan Loewen
Yor
Albert Finkbeiner
City Rules Bar Residential Solicitations in Shafter
City Clerk Frank G. Shaw warns residents that solicitors cannot canvass homes in Shafter without invitation and a city permit. Violators face fines up to 500 dollars and 60 days jail. sales to the public are allowed only in the business district with proper permits. Residents are urged to report nuisances to city hall or police.
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Shafter
Frank G. Shaw
Green River
Shaw
Ryland
Jacobus
Country Carnival for Shafter Housewives
The Country Carnival is a one day cooking school presented by the Shafter Press and Magazine California on Feb. 15. A home economist from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will show Shafter housewives the latest technique in menu preparations and how to prepare good food at low cost.
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Shafter Housewives
Shafter Press and
California
Veterans Memorial Hall
Pacific Gas and Electric Com
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Maple Scout
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