Water District Directors Fight Unopposed in Shafter Wasco Races
All three districts have only one candidate each for the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District Directors election next Wednesday. Incumbents Clarence R. Annin district 1 Edward J. Peters district 4 and Rolf A. Jacobsen district 5 face no opposition. Allan Johnston will again seek the post of District Collector Assessor Treasurer in all five districts with no challengers. Polls run 12 noon to 6 pm.
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Shafter- Wasco
Clarence R. Annin
Edward J. Peters
Ed Thiessen
Peters
Rolf A. Jacobsen
Allan Johnston
Grange Hall
Wasco
8Th
F Streets
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Bendex Avenue
North Shafter
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Bellow
Jackson Street
Shafter Faces Water Challenge After Cotton Boom
Editorial notes Shafter’s role in California cotton progress led by Acala seed from the Shafter Experimental Farm and warns that Central Valley water limits threaten the farming community. If no adequate water is secured this year, Shafter risks a permanent shortage despite fertile land and scientific leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Alabama
U. S
Shafter
Shafter High Installs New Student Body Officers
Run-offs decide vice presidency and social chairman with Rikard and Baughman triumphing. Roy Packard named boys athletic manager while retiring officers include Fletcher Bergman Baughman Peterson Scales. Gene Bryant leads as president with active involvement in sports and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social
Burnquist
Jim Wroten
Rikard
Dona Baughman
Jean Anderson
Dana Baughman
Mary Channeson
Evelyn Rikard
Betty Taylor
Baughman
Rickard
Gene Bryant
Shafter High School
Black “S
Gene
Keith Burnquist
Keith
Bakersfield
Future Farmers of America
Shafter
Betty
Evelyn
Marjorie Peterson
Léunion
Roy Packard
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Tom Fletcher
Lowell Bergman
Glyn Scales
Shafter Community Chest Drive Falls Short of Goal
The fifth annual Shafter drive raised 66 percent of its $4,825 goal, totaling $3,329.61. Agencies to receive 66 percent include Kern County Boy Scouts and YMCA, Camp Fire Girls, recreation and welfare funds, with pro-rating if late donations arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County Boy Scouts
Shafter Boy Scout Building Fund
Kern County Camp Fire Girls
Shafter Recreation Commission
Y.M.C.A
Cancer Fund
Shafter Welfare Fund
Maple Boy Scouts
Herb Schirmer
O. G. Ohlsson
Mecegtery
Phil Ohanneson
A. W. Gaede
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Fund Drive
Shafter Boy 19 Suffocates in Cotton Seed Bin
Robert Wishon a 19 year old resident of Shafter died yesterday afternoon after falling into a cotton seed bin at the L A Camp Cotton Seed Oil Mill in Cawelo. Tiny seeds lodged in his throat causing asphyxia though rescuers and medical staff attempted to revive him. The coroner's case details were not yet released.
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Robert Wishon
Shafter
Meyers Lane
L. A. Camp
Cawelo
Wishon
Shafter Fire Department
Shafter Ambulance Service
Shafter Funeral Home
Full Church Page Begins in The Press Today
The Press announces a new department creating a complete church page each Friday. It will cover all Shafter church activities with notices and biblical pictures plus a sermon by a local minister each week. Local pastors will alternate topics and writers.
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Shafter
Wood Family Talks by Phone to South America Child
Mr and Mrs H Forrest Wood and son Wayne of Wood s Shoe Store spoke with their daughter Mrs Everett Devine in Valparaiso Chile after a transfer to Santiago where she rests awaiting the arrival of their second child Reverend Devine is a missionary in charge of three missions in Valparaiso The Woods describe the line as clear and the call as easy as a call across town.
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H. Forrest Wood
Wayne
Wood
Everett Devine
Valparaiso
Chile
South America
Santiago
Devine
Rev. Devine
Woods
Weekend Visitor Miss Dean Jenkins in Concord
Miss Dean Jenkins spent a weekend in Concord visiting friends and relatives. She was described as a seventy grade at Rich and enjoyed time with locals, sharing chats and meals during her stay.
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North
Dean Jenkins
Concord
Miss Jenkins
Bank of America to Expand Branch by 1500 Feet
P. C. Clarkin, manager, announced remodeling plans for the Bank of America here. The project will add about 1500 square feet of floor space and modernize the branch with a new lighting system acoustical ceilings and new flooring. Working plans will be completed in about a month with construction starting soon after.
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P. C. Clarkin
Bank of America Here
Clarkin
Last Rites Here Tomorrow For Christina Mettler
Final services for Christina Mettler will be held at 10 30 a m in Ebenezer Reformed Church Shafter with Rev R Klaudt officiating. She died Monday at age 70 in Riverside California. Arrangements by Flickinger Janzen Mortuary. She leaves multiple relatives including son Albert Mettler and daughters Martha Martha and Andrina Edelmah.
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Christina Mettler
Riverside
Calif
Flickinger-Janzen Mortuary
Rachel Kirschenmann
Onina Handel
Jerome Mettler
Fred F. Schnaidt
Escaped Merced inmate captured in Shafter gunpoint standoff
William E Farrar 24, an armed escapee from Merced County Jail, was captured early Wednesday in Shafter after resisting arrest and firing a gun at officers shielding himself with his sister at her North Shafter Farm Labor Camp home. Police from multiple agencies surrounding the cabin arrested him.
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William E. Farrar
Merced County
Shafter
Farrar
Max McCoy
North Shafter Farm
Merced
Kern County Sheriff's Dept
Finley Osborn
Osborn
Ass‘t
Hanley Witcher
McCoy
Witcher
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Barneke
Buttonwillow
Scott
McFarland
Wasco City
Wasco
Sheriff's Office
Blake Witcher
John Reily
Reily
Shafter City
Bakersfield County
Morced
Shafter 20 30 Club Backs Potato Festival Plan
At a Wednesday meeting in Cawelo the Shafter 20 30 Club discussed the annual Potato Festival. President Ed DeMello led a 34 member gathering and the club endorsed the festival with a proposed harvest dance. No final decision was made pending further study. Guests included Bob Draper Bob Gaede and Bill Henney.
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Shafter
Cawelo
Ed DeMello
Dusty Rhoads
Bob Draper
Bob Gaede
Bill Henney
Oildale Club
Local March of Dimes Drive Urges More Donations
Shafter leaders push Kern County campaign toward a $30 000 goal with events planned after January 31. Cub Scouts collected 86 65 dollars, 82 donation receptacles remain in Shafter area, and funds can be deposited at Shafter Bank of America or given in stores and theatres during performances.
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Shafter
Joe Frizzell
Drive
Kern County
Frizzell
North Shafter
Smith Corner
Shafter Bank of America
Food Sale By St. Therese Altar Society January 29
St. Therese's Altar Society conducts a food sale in front of Safe Way Grocery Store starting at 9 30 a m on Saturday January 29. Homemade cakes pies cookies rolls and casseroles will be available for purchase.
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St. Therese’s Altar Society
Safeway Grocery Store
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Sympathy
Mrs Earnest Tolbert and family thank friends for flowers and sympathy after our recent bereavement. Mrs Paul Baker and sons express gratitude for courtesies shown after the loss of our dear husband and father.
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Earnest Tolbert
Paul Baker
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William Farrar
Water District
New York Times
Times
George Harrison
Shafter Experimental Farm
Shafter Area
Central Valley Water
Shafter P
Bryant
Shafter Boy
E. Lerdo
Tel
Daughter
Albert Mettler
Britton
South Dakota
Martha Mettler
Albina Hecklaible
Menno
Andrina Edelmah
Paso Robles
Lea Handel
Michael Schnabel
Hosmer
William Schnabel
Lodi
Carl Jenner
Sister’s Cabin
Talks Up
Bill Elliott
KERO
Central Hardware
March of Dimes
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