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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1952
Page
4
Corporal Catarina E. Arismandez of Shafter serves with the 2nd Infantry Division on the Korean front. A hero of Heartbreak and Bloody ridges, he joined the 38th Rock of the Marne Regiment after enlisting in November 1950 and previously trained at Camp Roberts.
Tentative plans outline Boy Scout week activities with a gathering at 8 15 p m February 8 at Central and James for a mass presentation followed by a march to the county park for a program. Scouter Robert Bann leads local troops and details are still being arranged. Arthur S Hallidie credited with inventing San Francisco cable cars.
Shafter Fire Department bowling team led by Russell St. Mars defeated the Shafter Press 3 games to 1 in the Sportsman’s Cafe minor league. St. Mars rolled a 576 series and a 219 single game as West’s topped the three-game series with 2495 points.
The North Kern Junior Basketball League resumed a full schedule with six games on three home courts. Delano stayed undefeated in the heavyweight division by defeating McFarland 23 to 18 while Shafter and McFarland won their games to close in on the lead. In lightweight action Shafter routed Minter Field 29 to 3, McFarland beat Delano on the Losers Court 18 to 7, and Wasco defeated Rio Bravo 31 to 13. Next week Shafter visits Rio Bravo, Minter hosts Delano, and McFarland meets Wasco.
Members of the Shafter Lions Club, led by President O. D. Handel, are pushing a fund drive to support annual public projects including the Lions Boy Scout trap and the high school public speaking contest. Prizes include two radios on display at the Shafter Recap firm on Lerdo Highway. tickets are sold by Lions Club members.
Rio Bravo Union School students choose officers for the spring term. Candidates include Beverly Blair Pauline Anderson for president Raymond Blattenberg Donald Gray for vice president Pauline Anderson and Leddice Fowler for secretary Carol Anderson and Bill Araujo for sixth grade rep Judy Ann Huffstadler and Darley Mathis for one fifth grade rep Barbara Groves and Ralph Perrett for another fifth grade rep Farrie Wright and Johnny Wilson for fourth grade rep.
Richland School Superintendent Bruce Crawford invites parents to a special teacher program today. Conrad Wedberg, a state education expert on speech correction, will present the program to discuss challenges in educating children.
Shaffer area Young Farmers send two official delegates Archie Ellenbracht and Buck Kimbriel to the California Young Farmers Association convention in Bakersfield hosted at the Hotel El Tejon. Paul Enns will toast the banquet Saturday night with guest speaker H W Kelly Kern county assemblyman. Bob Bowman will officiate the convention in Oildale Veterans Memorial Hall. The event includes a science in agriculture symposium and a Farm City Relations speech.
In a Kiwanis Club talk, potato leaders recount the Washington visit where open hearings with the OPS and the Department of Agriculture showed industry strength to press for adjustments. They blame OPS for market disruption and call for changes ahead of a national election, urging continued effort until a definite decision.
The Kern County Future Farmers of America public speaking contest will be held in Shafter during a Lions Club meeting on Feb. 13. Schools expected include Shafter Bakersfield East Bakersfield Arvin McFarland Wasco with Shafter High School contestant Dale Scales. Judges named: Robert Bowman Buttonwillow and Bruce Crawford.
Mr and Mrs George Starrh of Poplar Avenue traveled to Porterville Sunday to hear the cappella choir of Whittier College Their daughter Ella Mae Starrh sings alto with the choir They visited their niece Mrs Rawleigh Weaver and Mr Starrhs sister Mrs A D Weaver while there
More than 20 business leaders and credit managers attended the Shafter Credit Bureau meeting Monday night. O L Kinzer and Herbert P Sears spoke on credit matters. The group discussed joining the national retail credit association and a Bakersfield speaker may be invited. Erle Bailey announced two new members from Richland Chevrolet and Floor Covering.
Jim French of Bakersfield, a Navy flyer credited with downing 11 Japanese aircraft, spoke to the Rotary about transitioning to crop dusting in Kern County. He noted insurance costs through Lloyds of London and new state licensing tests that curb boom pilots, and he shared war experiences as part of his talk.
Mrs. Queen Throckmorton the Buttonwillow Branch librarian announced new hours this week. The library will be open Monday Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 6 o clock Tuesday 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 Friday 1 to 5 Exhibits from the school and community will be shown as they become available The current display features a doll collection owned by Mrs Dick Adams elementary teacher.
Sam Becker was the guest speaker in the consumer education class at Shafter High School. Instructor Joe Galante reported the visit and noted the discussion covered consumer topics.
The Rev. Melvin N. Krug, 30, of Inglewood, will assume the pastorate of First Baptist Church in Shafter this Sunday. He comes from Fairview Heights Baptist Church as co pastor and youth director. Born in Cunningham Kansas he studied at Bible Institute of Los Angeles Pepperdine College and attended California Baptist Theological Seminary. His wife and two children Michael and Deborah Lynn will move with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Heinrichs were surprised with a housewarming party last Friday evening after moving into a new home on Madera Road. Guests included Bob Bann Waldo Unruh Elmer Unruh E J Peters Allen Bartel Elbert Franz Don Rodewald Robbie Robertson Lloyd Kroecker Oscar Bergman Harold Wiens Jonas Nickel Ernest Schultz Johnny Nickel Al Janzen Ed Edison Bill Goertzen Don Klingenberg and Gloria Janzen along with Mr and Mrs Marvin Steinert from Bakersfield.
In its refined form lanolin serves as the foundation for many medicinal preparations and cosmetic products.
Armstrong Mortuary in Shafter will provide double ambulance service after Feb. 5. Robert Townsend, local manager, said a new 1952 Dodge panel truck is being purchased and interior work will be done by Shafter bidders. The three place ambulances will meet government specifications. the present ambulance will remain in operation.
Erika from Germany will address Anesse School tomorrow speaking about conditions in her homeland versus the United States. She is pursuing a doctorate at the University of California at Los Angeles. The school band, led by Ernest Graf, will perform several numbers.
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