Valley Highway Association Eyes 4 Lane Shafter Wasco Plan
The Valley Highway Association met in Alpaugh last week to discuss improving the ten mile Den Valley Route from Shafter to Wasco. Kern County leaders proposed a four lane divided highway from Shafter to Wasco with an underpass, and Wasco Chamber submitted a proposal to secure the project. The group aims to add the entire route to the state highway system at the next session.
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Valley Highway Associa
Alpaugh
Shafter
Wasco Chamber of Com
Highway Association
Wasco
Santa Fe
Kern County
Elmo
Central Valley
California
All-Star Fourth Plans Include Softball Game and Races
Shafter prepares a Fourth of July program highlighted by an all-star softball game between Shafter and Wasco teams, a Plymouth DeLasse Sedan giveaway, parachute jump by Fernando Anaya, and motor scooter and bike races. Tickets are drawn by a boy and girl from the audience, with alternates named if the winner is absent. Entries for races due by Sunday noon. No admission charge.
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Shafter City
Fernando
Anaya
Wasco County
Wasco
E. K. Grant
Dia
Shefter
Vernon Pierce
Shafter Electric
Shafter Avenue
Five Points
Ed Bender
Fire Dept
Shafter Council Studies Civil Service for Police
The Shafter City Council discussed converting the police force to Civil Service at a Monday meeting. Attorneys Edgerton Mortimore and area officials outlined methods to implement Civil Service, with Bakersfield Chief Grayson offering assistance and equipment. The council authorized drafting an ordinance and sent two members to Delano to study Ingalls Sub-Surface road patent rights costing $500.
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Shafter
Grayson
Bakersfield
Al—Mortimore
California
Edgerton
Mortimore
Coun
Ingalls
H. Ingalls
Kirschenmann and
Loewen
Delano
Ee En
Shafter to Be Highlight on Bakersfield KERN Broadcast
KERN radio will air a Shafter program next Tuesday at 6 p.m. The half hour features local figures Judge E K Grant Jack Hill Roy Farrell Bill Lachenmaier and a word picture of Shafter potato industry plus a local child’s vocal from the Shafter Summer program on station KERN.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
KERN
E. K. Grant
Jack Hill
Roy Farrell
Bill Lachenmaier
News deadline moved for July 5 press edition
Due to the Fourth of July holiday on Monday, the Tuesday edition will be advanced one day. News copy and ads must reach the Press office by Saturday noon. The office will be closed Monday for Independence Day observance.
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Shafter
Two Nabbed on Burglary and Escape Charges
Police reports list Monday arrests of Jack Golden and Lyndel Tyler for burglary related offenses. Golden, with a waived drunken charge, is serving 90 days in the county road camp after release to Wasco. Tyler, an escapee from Camarillo, is in Bakersfield county jail and will not be returned to Camarillo or placed in a veteran's facility in Los Angeles.
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Jack Golden
Lyndel Tyler
Golden
Wasco
Tyler
Camarillo
Bakersfield
Veteran's Hospital
Los Angeles
Fence Burns in Back of Shafter Theatre
City firefighters were called at 7 20 p m Monday to a fence fire behind the Shafter Theatre. The blaze started from an unattended trash pile and was reported by neighbors who quickly worked to extinguish it. The fence had burned before and the scene was brought under control.
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Shafter Theatre
Three Drunk Drivers Arrested In Shafter Weekend
Over the weekend in Shafter three drivers faced charges for drunkenness and disturbing the peace with fines and suspended sentences. Wroten remained jailed on assault and battery with drunkenness charges and related disturbances. Several others received cash bail and county charges with varied suspended terms.
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Shafter
Jerenario Franko
Chester Baker
Roland Baker
Isaac W. Wroten
W. W. Glass
Prince Henry Harris
Leland Bryant
Everett Hart
David Veach
Pete Ortega
Kern County Spud Harvest Nears Completion
Kern County potato growers report progress as harvest nears end with sheds closing gradually. Prices slipped last week as peak shipments arrived at Eastern markets, but improved maturity and demand have buoyed the market slightly.
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Kern County
Kern
No Softball Games Here Monday Night
The notice reports no softball games scheduled for Monday night. The fragment also mentions an explosion detonation but lacks details or clear connection to events.
Ingraham Turns Rotary Gavel Over to Glenn Nay
Shafter Rotary Club’s noon meeting at Cawelo Motel marked the end of the Rotary Year with Al Ingraham’s presidency. Glenn Nay will take over as president next Tuesday, with Dr. Harold Freedman as vice-president, and praise given to District 106’s Pat Kelly for service. Ernie Panero shared highlights from a Rio de Janeiro Rotary trip and a Virgin Islands stop at St Thomas.
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Cawelo Motel
Shafter Rotary Club
al Ingraham
Glenn Nay
Harold Freedman
Ingraham
Nay
H. W
Pat” Kelly
Rotary
Monterey
Rotary Assembly
Pat Kelly
Rio de Janeiro
Ernie Panero
St. Thomas Island
Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
Panero
Wasco School Adds Minter Buildings for Fall
Wasco Elementary will use two more buildings when it opens in September. A band room will be at the rear of the new primary on Griffith avenue and the other structure for visual aids and a small auditorium will be placed on the Thomas Jefferson campus. The two Minter Field structures were purchased from the War.
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Wasco
Minter
Griffith Avenue
Thomas Jefferson
Velma Poplin George Smith to Wed in Las Vegas
Miss Velma Poplin will become the bride of Mr. George Smith in Las Vegas over the week end. The couple will leave Shafter on.
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Velma Poplin
George Smith
Las Vegas
Shafter
Pools Closed by Dust Storm Open Tomorrow
The Aquatic Center remains closed due to a Wednesday night dust storm and may reopen tomorrow if no further storms occur. Officials expect Sunday opening for sure and plan to resume next week if conditions permit.
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Aquatic Center
California Warns Drivers Under New Financial Responsibility Law
California warns motorists of a three day Fourth of July travel period with the new Financial Responsibility Law in effect July 1. Drivers must report injuries or damages above $100 within 10 days and post security within 60 days, or face automatic license suspensions and potential revocation.
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Prospect
California
H. Director of
Henderson
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sacramento
Ronn Syones Sangle Tenement
Legion Meetings Off For Summer
New Commander Lee Thomas announced no Legion post meetings until September. The summer hiatus follows the customary break, with regular gatherings resuming on the third Monday night in September. The meeting scheduled for next week will not be held.
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Lee Thomas
American Legion
The
Legion
New Arrivals Christine Louise Marston Born at Mercy Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ed Marston welcomed a daughter Christine Louise born June 25 at Mercy Hospital weighing about five pounds. Also, baby Ruth Ann Neufeld arrived June 21 to joyfully join Mr and Mrs Abe H Neufeld.
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Ed Marston
Christine Louise
Mercy Hospital
Ruth Ann Neufeld
Gladden
Abe H. Neufeld
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