Shafter Irrigation District plan moves toward election
Shafter Red Cross sets a 1250 dollar relief quota with E B Strlngham named chair. A district formation committee outlines petitions to form the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District, governed by five directors with combined offices and five equal divisions. A Wasco meeting is planned for February 3 at 7 30 PM.
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Shafter-Wasco
Justice Court
Shafter
James Burke
Visa
A. R.duehren
Wasco
Potato Growers Begin Planting Amid Cold Snap in Shafter
Potato growers in Shafter begin planting as nightly frosts persist, with Kern County estimating up to 15 000 acres. Early plantings come from isolated growers while most plan to start near month’s end. Frost losses threaten seed stocks, boosting seed prices in Idaho and Oregon and hinting at strong demand for the harvest season.
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Shafter Tea
Kern County
Idaho
Oregon
Shafter
Aged Rancher George W. Elliott Dies After Operation
George W. Elliott 76, a rancher from the south Shafter district, died Wednesday in a Bakersfield hospital after pneumonia developed following a recent operation. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at Jansen Funeral Home with Rev. C. C. Van Gorkom officiating. A North Carolina native, Elliott had lived here seven years, was single, and all known relatives reside in the east.
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George W. Elliott
South Shafter District
Bakersfield
Jansen
C. C. van Gorkom
North Carolina
Ellicott
First Semester Ends at Shafter High School
The Shafter High School will close the first semester this Friday with the second semester starting Monday February 1. Principal E P Jones urges new student registrations Friday. Most classes continue. some may add sections due to rising enrollment, especially farm mechanics and mechanical drawing. The school anticipates a 20 to 25 percent rise in average daily attendance for the year.
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E. P. Jones
Jones
Well Baby Clinic Meetings Resumed at Richland School
Regular meetings of the Well Baby Clinic resumed last Friday afternoon at Richland grammar school after the holidays. Twelve members attended with three new enrollees. four smallpox and diphtheria immunizations were given. The clinic is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and the Wednesday Afternoon club.
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Richland Grammar School
Sebold
County Health Department
American Legion Auxiliary
Growing Pains Delights Shafter High Audience
Shafter High School stage delivers Growing Pains a lively comedy with George McIntyre played by Mike Janzen and Terry by June Lachenmaier. Ensemble includes Mary Fitzer Elmer Anderson Mary Virginia Edwards and George Malory with music by Rubena Peters band and glee club.
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Shafter
Richland Grammar School
Mike Janzen
George McIntyre
George
Terry
June Lachenmaier
George Malory
Bn Eileen Woodward
June Lachenmarck
Mary Fitzer
Elmer Anderson
Mary Virginia Edwards
Lewis Edwards
Marvin Neuman
Marvin Potter
Harry Bergen
Buddy Janzen
Esther Hein
Rubena Peters
Mary Crandall
Vivian Bartel
Luella Klassen
Glee Club
177 Year Old Clock Owned by Shafter Man
A 177 year old clock sits in Shafter owned by P. A. Reimer. Reimer had it at Shafter Jewelry for minor repairs. The clock ran without repairs until 1980 when it first went into dry dock. It has one hand indicating hours and the minutes are inferred as it nears the next hour. Built by Hepner in Holland, descendants of Hepner still make time pieces in the western states.
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Shafter
P. A. Reimer
Hepner
Holland
Western States
Lumber man to build twenty cabins in Shafter
E. J. Jenkins of Jenkins Lumber Co. says twenty modern cabins with car shelters will be erected in Shafter. He is negotiating for lots to place the cabins and recently bought two adjoining lots, giving a 150 foot frontage on Shafter and James.
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Shafter
E. J. Jenkins
Jenkins Lumber Co
Jenkins
Shafter Lumber Yard
James
Clothing donated by Los Angeles churches aids Shafter service
Four truckloads of clothing bedding and other necessities from Russian churches in Los Angeles arrived at the Shafter Service Station for free distribution to needy families.
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Los Angeles
Shafter
Local residents seek school district shift to Richland
A Shafter area group within Wasco district petitions the Wasco board of supervisors to move land into Richland district. They cite Richland bus service and convenience. A hearing is set for Monday February 8 at 11 in the Bakersfield courthouse. Affected land includes sections 27 28 and 35 in T27S R26E. Petitioners include W. C. Mann Emil Bender William F W Handel August Bender Robert Neumann William Lachenmaier H B Duerksen C Handel and Floyd Holland.
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Shafter
Wasco Grammar
Board of Supervisors
Richland
Court House
Bakersfield
W. C. Mann
Emil. Bender
William F. W. Handel
August Bender
Robert Neumann
William Lachenmaier
H. B. Duerksen
C. Handel
Floyd Holland
State Highway Head Visits Shafter by Taft Route
Harry Hopkins, chairman of the state highway commission, stopped in Shafter on his way from Sacramento to Taft. He said Fresno district highway engineer R M Gillis reported a reflector signal will be installed on Highway 99 near the Shafter Famosa junction. Hopkins helped found Taft in Kern county in 1904 as Taft’s first postmaster and trustee.
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Shafter
Harry Hopkins
State Highway Commission
Sacramento
Taft
Hopkins
Pres
R. M. Gillis
Fresno
Highway 99
Plans for Fire Protection Perfected in Shafter
Volunteers organize rapid response using a siren on Charlie Hanson’s car to summon two or three helpers to the scene. C. J. Segal, state forestry firefighter, will lead the response with Hanson driving down Central Avenue. A water tower siren will later signal the general scene of a fire. Gottlieb Reichert joins the department as membership grows toward twenty before March.
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Shafter
Charlie Hanson
C. J. Segal
State Forestry
Hanson
Central Avenue
Gottlieb Reichert
Kern radioman saves 25 marooned men by relay
Frank Cuevas Jr a Bakersfield radio amateur aided 25 flood trapped men near Taylorsville Kentucky by relaying a frantic call for toxins. WHAS Louisville commended his aid marking a third heroic disaster role including Tehachapi flood and the Long Beach Sac earth quake station work.
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Kern County
Taylorsville
Kentucky
Frank Cuevas, Jr
Bakersfield
Cuevas
United States
WHAS
Louisville
Tehachapi
Long Beach
Redwood Empire Scenes Shown to Shafter Exchange Club
The Shafter Exchange Club heard a 45 minute program featuring films on Redwood Empire scenes. George Chatfield of San Francisco presented logging history from oxen to tractors and a preserved 1862 Fort Ross Russian colony. Roland Curran of Kern County Water Commission will speak Feb 9 on the Central Valley Water project.
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Redwood Empire of California
Shafter Exchange Club
American Legion Hall
George Chatfield
San Francisco
California Redwood Association
Forst
Fort Ross
Roland Curran
Kern County Water Commission
Central Valley Water Project
Frost Clobbers Edison Potato Crop Collectors
Frost severely damaged Edison district potato fields southeast of Bakersfield. The Kirschenmann brothers of Shafter are the district’s largest growers and say this year’s harvest will be disappointing. Frostless belt belief proved false as unusually cold weather stunted November plant growth.
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Edison
Bakersfield
Kirschenmann
New Bakery Opens for Business in Shafter
A new bakery started operations Tuesday in Shafter, led by Walter "Shorty" Zimmerman and P. E. Nightingale. Seagle Glaze, new from San Francisco, runs the baking side and already shows strong skill in producing goods.
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Shafter
Shafter Bakery
Walter “Shorty” Zimmerman
P. E. Nightingale
Seagle
San Francisco
Cold Spell Ends With Warm Snap In Shafter
The report notes a three week cold spell in Shafter ending with a sunny balmy day. Temperatures reported as low as 15 to 18 degrees caused some frostbite on seed spuds but overall crop damage remained minimal. Forecaster Floyd Young in Pomona predicts rain within ten days amid a warming trend.
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Shafter
Floyd Young
Pomona
New Home Planned for Clyde Bell Family North of Shafter
In New Home Mr and Mrs Clyde Bell will occupy their new house three miles north of Shafter this week.
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Clyde Bell
Shafter
Carly Drilling of Oil Wells Expected Here
Perry Brite, former Kern County Board of Supervisors chairman, was appointed Friday to succeed the late Charlies E. Day as county tax collector. He assumed duties Saturday after a special board meeting, with a final vote showing Woolcomes Abel Parish Hinman for Brite and Wimmer opposing. Oil speculation continues in the Shafter district as Continental Oil leads vast leasing, with offers from 30 to 50 dollars per acre and plans for multiple wells near Maple grammar school and Shafter high school. Standard Oil's activities and drilling crews are underway with four wells already planned to reach the bottom of a thick oil-bearing formation in the Ten Sections field.
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Perry Brite
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Charlies E. Day
Brite
Board of Supervioors
Day
Woolcomes
Abel
Parish
Hinman
Brite Spervisor
Wimmer
Shafter District
Continental Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Greeley Discovery
Shafter
Maple Grammar School
Shafter High School
Greeley
Standard
Local Matron Dies After Surgery at Santa Maria
Mrs. Euga May Myrick 25 wife of Burton F Myrick died of pneumonia following an operation at Santa Maria on January 24. Funeral services were held at Janzen Funeral Home with Rev Le Roy W Thompson officiating. Burial was in the family plot. Survived by husband a 5 year old son Jimmy her parents Mr and Mrs James Westbrook a sister Opal Westbrook and many relatives. The family lived in the Shafter area then on a ranch near Santa Maria owned by G L Klassen of Wasco. Mr Myrick works as foreman on that ranch.
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Euga May Myrick
Burton F. Myrick
Santa’ Maria
Janzen
Janzen Funeral Home
Leroy W. Thompson
Hanford
Jimmy
James Westbrook
Opal Westbrook
Myrick
Shafter
Santa Maria
G. L. Klassen
Wasco
No Fire Found From Nighttime Smudge Pot Smoke
Smoke from a smudge pot in John Maurer’s warehouse near the Santa Fe tracks triggered a false alarm Thursday evening. Shafter volunteer firefighters checked for danger, found nothing endangered, and Maurer planned to station a man to tend the pot to prevent frost damage to seed potatoes.
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John Maurer
Santa Fe
Thursdy
Shafter
Maurer
Fire department answers call for car blaze on Central Avenue
Fire crews responded Saturday to a car fire across from the bank on Central Avenue. The blaze, believed caused by a short in the ignition system, was extinguished before the fire truck arrived.
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Central Avenue
Father of Shaffter Man Dies in Michigan Home
Gene Bosserdet reports the death of his father Lewis Bosserdet in Detroit Michigan on January 14 at age 9 The elder Bosserdet was born in Belfort France and moved to Detroit at age 27 where he resided until his passing
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Michigan
Gene Bosserdet
Lewis Bosserdet
Detroit
Belfort
France
Central Avenue Gets Spring Cleaning by Road Crew
Four Kern county road department workers spent two days in Shafter repainting and marking Central avenue. They refreshed white parking lines, red curb paint at intersections, crosswalks, and school approach warnings using a spray gun, brushes, and marking frame. The process included sweeping dust away and touch ups on curbs.
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Central Avenue
Kern County Road Department
Shafter
Death notice corrects age of Allen Suderman
A Kansas death notice amends the record from 64 to 21 for Allen Suderman who died last week, correcting an erroneous age reported in the press. The notice clarifies his true age and memorial details.
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Im &N
Allen Suderman
Kansas
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Shafter Relief Fund Committee
A. C. Dimon
Stringham
Shafter Committee
Wm. Lachenmaier
O. T. Olson
E. P
Shafter HI
Shafter Man
Lumber Man
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KERN
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TUES
Carly
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