SWID Directors Plan One Election for Water Project
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District directors aim to combine water questions into a single election package. A Bureau of Reclamation survey on a distribution system and cost is to be completed in 40 to 60 days with a potential water service contract and repayment plan to be decided by voters.
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Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
T Rd
Bureau of Reclamation Authority
Bureau
John J. Peters, Jr
Loren Voth
Sacramento
Clyde H. Spencer
Peters
SWID
Shafter-Wasco
Central Valley Project
Besi
Trict
United States Reau of Reclamation
United States Bureau of Reclamation
High School Musicians At Chamber Installation
Talented high school students will entertain members of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce at tonight’s annual installation dinner. Dr. Ralph Prator, president of Bakersfield College, will discuss “Business and Education” and future plans for the Bakersfield College campus site on China Grade. Officers to be installed include Robert Bann as president and Tony Brown as vice president.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ralph ‘Prator
Bakersfield College
Prater
China Grade
Robert Bann
Tony Brown
Irvin Fike
Jack Fleming
Bruce Crawford
Don Ruggenberg
Rainfall Eases Drought but Slows Local Transport
Heavy Sunday night rain in the Shafter district delivers between .70 and .93 of an inch, ending a 46 day drought and recharging groundwater. Farmers hail relief while city workers face muddy streets and deep puddles hindering transport in Mexican Colony and surrounding areas.
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Shafter
North
South
Rieker
San Joaquin
Contin
Peters Directs Campaign For Shafter Hospital Fund
E J Peters of Maple District is leading a steering committee for a fund drive to support the Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital in Shafter. The pledges drive begins February 11 with $50 000 already committed by local firms and physicians. Donations will be collected on a quarterly credit system through 1955.
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E. J. Peters
Maple District
Greater
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Shafter Area
S. A. Camp Co
H. Mett- Jek and Sons
Phil Channeson
Fire Chief Is On Scene At Own Fire At Five Points
Albert Finkbeiner, chief of the Five Points service station, faced a blaze at his own business early Monday. Officials say a defective heating stove caused the fire, which caused only minor damage to the stove and did not seriously injure anyone.
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Finkbeiner
Coleman to Speak at Bakersfield Jehovah's Witness Assembly
Victor Coleman, Shatter minister, will deliver the concluding discourse on the first of a three day assembly at the new fair grounds in Bakersfield. N Kovalak Jr will address the opening session on Publish the Word of Jehovah and conduct a Theocratic ministry school. Sunday talk titled What our Destiny will close the program.
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Victor Coleman
Shatter
Jehovah's Witnesses
New Fairgrounds
Bakersfield
Coleman
N. Kovalak, Jr
New York
Watchtower Bible Society
Pageant for Shafter to Open Festival Week
Shafter High School will stage the 1954 Shafter Salutes pageant as part of the seventh annual Potato and Cotton Festival. Festival Chairman Jack Fleming announced the school will handle the production with Principal Dr. Grant W. Jensen directing, aided by Darlene Ludtke Merlin Hanchett and Kenneth E. The pageant honors local pioneers and culminates in a beauty contest to crown the festival queen, with details still in early planning.
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Shafter
Jack Fleming
Shafter High School
Richland School
Grant W. Jensen
Darlene Ludtke
Merlin Hanchett
Kenneth E
Kern County
Friant Water Users Back Knowland Bill
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District officials and other Friant Kern Canal water users meet to back a reclamation bill by Senator Knowland seeking interest free federal financing for smaller districts. Tulare meeting aims to show district support and enable representation from the San Joaquin Valley at the congressional hearing. Attendees include John J. Peters Dave Muir and Loren Voth.
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Shafter- Wasco
Friant-Kern Canal
William Knowland
SWID
Shafter-Wasco
Tulare
Saucelito
San Joaquin Valley
John J. Peters
Dave Muir
Loren Voth
Blood Donation to Kern General Hospital by Shafter Fund
The Shafter Community Blood Fund will contribute 10 pints to Kern General Hospital for emergencies and tuberculosis cases, authorized at J. G. Gailey’s request. The Houchin Community Blood Bank mobil unit will visit Shafter Feb 25 at 3 30 p.m. Advance pledges will be sought from service clubs.
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Shafter Community Blood Fund
Kern General Hospital
Albert Finkbeiner
J. G. Gailey
Houchin Community Blood Bank
Shafter Fund
Gailey
Shafter Fund Board
Bakersfield
Houchin Mobil Blood Bank
Shafter
Baptist Church Women’s Group
Harris to Attend Street and Highway Conference Meet
Jack Harris superintendent of the city public works department will attend a street construction meeting in Los Angeles next week. He represents the sixth annual street and highway conference on the UCLA campus with sessions February 3 through 5.
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Jack Harris
City Public Works Department
Los Angeles
University of California At
SDA Workers Remodel Church Amid Rapid Fund Drive
The Seventh-day Adventist Church underwent a full interior facelift finished by Tuesday night after an earlier Sunday start. Elder Stanley Huen announced $1100 was raised in 15 minutes at a board meeting to fund repairs ahead of a 10 week series on church growth. Workers expanded the speaker, added chimes, and repainted interiors in bright colors including jonquil yellow, frolic pink, and light green.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Stanley’Huen
Parcels Up Letters Down Says Guenther on Postal Boost
Postmaster George Guenther reported a rising overall postal business with parcels increasing while letters fell. He cited a 1952 period comparison and detailed quarterly totals for March June September and December along with money order volumes at the Shafter post office.
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Guenther
Tte
George Guenther
Shafter
Shafter Post Office
Class of 44 Plans Reunion in Shafter
Leonard Johnson, former senior class president, chairs a committee to reunite the 54 members of Shafter High School class of 1944. He seeks contact details for classmates and invites assistance at 201 E Marengo St Shafter or via Shafter 5901.
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Leonard Johnson
Shafter High School
Johnson
E. Marengo St. Shafter
Shafter
SWID Directors Approve Higher Per Diem and Mileage
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District adopts the state standard pay scale for its directors. On motion by Clarence Annin the board increases daily pay to 20 dollars and mileage to 10 cents per mile. Chairman John J. Peters says grants apply only to authorized trips or meetings and require board sanction.
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Shafter - Wasco_ Irrigation District
Clarence Annin
John J. Peters
Me Helps Corps In Bay Plan
Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly influenced Army Engineers to back a five year San Francisco Bay development study costing about 2.9 million dollars. The plan includes a one acre scale model costing 750 thousand dollars to test Bay improvements and Rebel Plan earthfill barriers for fresh water reservoirs. The State Water Authority would handle barrier dams land reclamation and water supply studies while navigation defense and flood control remain Army concerns. Kelly and Senator Abshire had sponsored state bills for a Bay barrier feasibility study.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Army Board of Engineers and Rivers
San Francisco Bay
Congress
Army
Kelly
J. Presley Abshire
Donkey Contest Benefit Set for February Game
Jim Jacobs of 20-30 announced a Lions charity game to aid the March of Dimes. Lions President Jack Stepp accepted the challenge and pledged the team will be in proper condition for the February contest.
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Donkee
Lions
March of Dimes
Jim Jacobs
Oeer Shafter
March of Dimes Fund
Jack Stepp
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