Population figures for Shafter township raised
Preliminary census data from Bakersfield shows township 16 including Shafter and surrounding farms at 8 860 people. Wasco township 9 totals 6 884, while Shafter city most likely larger than January estimates. Local post office and utility data indicate growth and a spot count added about 16 names to the list before closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bakersfield
Thomas F. Bastian
Wasco
Census Bureau
Shafter Business Men's Association
Hafter
Cleanup Week Plans Mapped By Shafter Business Leaders
The Shafter Business Men's association outlined a July 8 cleanup week with city and Volunteer Fire Department aid. Vacant lots would be cleared to curb fire risk and pest breeding, with stubble and dry grass removed and burning supervised by the fire department. The plan aims to improve appearance and reduce pests like stink bugs, bean thrips, and cotton daub. Some cleanup could occur now, with broader efforts in fall and spring. City council action is anticipated at the next meeting. Western Union in the Santa Fe depot will stay open until July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Business Men's Association
City of
Shafter
Shafter Volunteer Fire Department
Fire losses total over ten thousand dollars for year
Fire warden Art Craig reports losses totaling 10020.40 for the year ending June 30, including a potato shed and a service station. Main blazes were the Necran Sons potato shed and Camp West Lowe station with 8350 and 1500 dollars in damage. Volunteers from Shafter aided county crews, with county equipment used at the Ranger station and several rural calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Craig
Work Under Way On New Diamond Backstop
Construction of a backstop at the proposed new baseball diamond south of the Shafter school on Lerdo road was started yesterday by Kern county workmen. The diamond is staked out per a plan for a future recreation center. No definite plans exist yet to move lights from the old Richland diamond. if water arrangements can be made, the grounds will likely be ready for play soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter School
Lerdo Road
Kern
Richland
Mrs A H Neufeld Taken By Death Yesterday
Anna Neufeld, longtime Shafter resident and Russia native, died at her Lerdo road home. She leaves husband Abe H Neufeld, four sons, three daughters, a sister, four brothers, 39 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral planned Sunday at Mennonite Brethren Church with Rev H D Wiebe. arrangements by Janzen Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Neufeld
Lerdo Road
Shafter
California
Russia
America
Abe H. Neufeld
H. H
A. R
Cornelius
Bakersfield
Bertha Heinrichs
H. H. Raizlaff
Tina Neufeld
Pets Weins
Cimarron
Kansas
Daniel
Henry
Pete Eitzen
Reedley
82 Per Cent of Irrigation Taxes Paid
Eighty two percent of the second installment of Shafter Wasco Irrigation district taxes were paid before the June 24 deadline. Amount collected was $5,203.50. The meeting renewed district membership in the Central Valley Project association at $100 for a year. Attending were Board President Charles Westenberg and Directors Channeson Duehren Nale Bender, Assessor Pritschke, Engineer Althouse, and secretary Roland Curran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter- Wasco
Fred Pritschke
Shafter
Central Valley Project Association
Roland Curran
Shafter-Wasco
Central Valley Project
Charles Westenberg
A. P. Channeson
A. R. Duehren
John Nale
August Bender
Pritschke
Irvin H. Althouse
Orvin Mettler Named Richland Board Chairman
Orvin Mettler was named chair man of the Richland elementary school board at an organization meeting this week. Johanneson was named clerk. Mettler succeeds Emil Bender, who was recently reelected for a three year term. The meeting also planned next year’s budget to be considered by the county superintendent of schools and given final approval later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvin Mettler
Richland
Aohanneson
Mettler
Emil Bender
NYA Applications Open Wednesdays at Shafter Ranger Station
NYA will accept applications from young people seeking NYA work each Wednesday morning. Miss Betty Lowe will oversee the process at the Shafter Ranger station in Bakersfield, arriving at 10 o'clock on Wednesday mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Shafter
Betty Lowe
Bakersfield
NYA Employment Sur
Lowe
Civil Service Opens Marine Maintenance Supervisor Exam
The United States civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for Supervisor of marine maintenance to fill a vacancy in San Francisco. Full information is available at the Shafter post office from John Roskam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
San Francisco
Shafter
John Roskam
Week's Potato Shipments Reach 4635 Cars for Season
A rail shipment of 163 carloads pushed this season total to 4635 carloads of potatoes. Prices rose to 1.25 per U S No 1 and overall activity eased in recent days. Agricultural Inspector Jack Hare reports truck shipments for the week ending June 28 include 42782 sacks and 6000 lugs of Shafter potatoes along with 12560 sacks of spuds, with only a few shipments likely to continue after early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Observance of Fourth Closes Shafter Stores
Local merchants close up in Shafter for the Fourth of May observed with many residents planning trips to the mountains and coast. Heat and holiday fuse to predict heavy valley and state traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter Spuds Draw Attention At State Fair
Shafter Long White potatoes shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco attract visitors under fluorescent lighting. Lachenmaier Bros of Shafter supplied the exhibit with praise from Fred Clark, administrator of the agricultural hall, via Lewis A. Burtch, Kern County agricultural commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lachenmaier Broers
Shafter
San Francisco
Fred Clark
Agricultural Hall
Lewis A. Burtch
Kern County
Treasure Island
Visitors Here Tuesday Afternoon
W. L. Webster of Avenal and Elwin Fink of Bakersfield were business visitors in Shafter Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Webster
Avenal
Elwin Fink
Bakersfield
Shafter
Press Office To Be Closed Until Monday
The press office announces closure until Monday as staff take a long Fourth of July weekend. The abbreviated note likens the nation to Goldsmiths Deserted Village as residents depart for the holiday.
Growth shown by Shafter building permits in year
City records list total building permits of 210 380 50 for the year ending June 30. C L Black says 93 017 goes to business and school construction excluding county building on Pacific avenue. New classroom units and a permanent four room unit were added to Shafter schools while seven business structures, a post office expansion, a spud shed on Santa Fe way, and a motel with apartment space under construction. About 100 000 was spent on new homes with the rest for additions wiring plumbing and remodeling. A new residential subdivision expanded and another opened. June permits totaled 12 675 including one business building two garages and several alterations. Growth remained steady over the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
C. L. Black
Pacific Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Street Improvements Near Completion in Shafter
Street work in Shafter’s residential areas nears completion with major routes like Shafter highway Lerdo road and James street finished by week’s end. Walker street work will resume later after potato hauling ends, oiling and grading began two weeks ago, and half of each street remains open during progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter Highway
Lerdo Road
James Street
Walker
Frank Shaw
Walker Street
City Court Record Shows 109 Traffic Cases In June
City court records show 109 traffic cases in June as city officers cracked down on violators. No U turn rule at Santa Fe Way and Central Avenue produced 61 citations, with 36 for running stop signs, nine for double parking, two speeding arrests, and one for drunk driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel
Santa Fe Way
Central Avenue
Ratzlaffs Welcome Baby Daughter in Tehachapi
Mr and Mrs Jack Ratzlaff became the proud parents of an eight pound girl born in Tehachapi on June 20. The infant joins the family as they celebrate the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ratzlaffs
Jack Ratzlaff
Tehachapi
Shafter Blockade Efficiently Tracks Fugitive Drivers Countywide
Kern County agencies and 15 airplanes joined a three hour blockade test to spot five fugitive drivers passing through Shafter. Twenty two cars and one airplane maintained radio links as 550 participants relayed dot code signals and calls. three fugitives on foot were captured in the Kern canyon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
John Loustalot
John Reily
Shafter Oil Field
Buttonwillow Highway
Sheriff’s Department
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Bakersfield
Loustalot
Reily
Dover County
Kern Canyon
Ring Rot Study Reports On Local Potato Plot
Davis staff tabulates ring rot data from March plantings at Shafter experiment farm. Dr J B Kendrick and team note 25 treatments across 300 hills and show cutting operations spread infection even with diseased seed dispersed. Findings await Kern County growers as tests show knife cutting most effective in spreading contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Shafter
J. B. Kendrick
M. A. Lindsay
Kern County Farm
Kendricks
Kern County
Lindsay
Merrill Thomas Seated as Rotary Club President
Merrill Thomas, manager of the Shafter branch of Bank of America, was seated as president of the Shafter Rotary Club at a noon luncheon meeting held Tuesday at Cafe Neuman. Ira Unruh became secretary and Ernest Panero treasurer, with retiring president Orvin Mettler honored with an engraved desk set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Thomas
Shafter
Bank of America
Shafter Rotary Club
Cafe Neuman
Ira Unruh
Ernest Panero
Orvin Mettler
L. H. McGrane
A. W. Gaede
H. R. Janzen
E. B. Stringham
Henry Neufeld
Bill Handel
McGrane Thomas
Mettler
John Wells
Huntington Beach
George Burger
Pat Kelly
A. We Eckman
Wallace Well Passes 9 000 Feet This Week
General Petroleum reports Wallace No 1 well depth at 9 249 feet between Shafter and Greeley fields on Shafter property. Likely final depth near 11 500 feet, time needed. Cala No 5 reaches 8 993 feet near a fault zone marking field edge. relates to Superior Hebdinz No 1 abandoned at about 14 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter and
Greeley Fields
Shafter
Botton
General Petroleum
Calawell No. 5
Shafter Field
Tuesay
Superior
Union Oil expands drilling in Shafter field with new spuds
Union Oil this week concentrates activity in the Shafter field completing well 56-34 from 11 470 feet depth and spudding 2 34 near 1 500 feet. Sand at 11 232 feet lies above Rio Bravo formation. rigging advances for 67 34 near Beech street. The company now has 17 producing wells in Section 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil Company
Shafter
Rio Bravo
Union
Beech Street
Kern County Union High School District Drafts 1940 41 Budget
A tentative budget of 2 187 449 for the Kern County Union High School district was prepared at a Bakersfield meeting. Shafter high school joins the district with capital outlay plans including auditorium units, shop building, buses, and field improvements. The budget carries forward 277 000 in capital outlay and expects slight tax rate changes depending on assessed valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Union
Board of Trustees
Bakersfield
Shafter High School
East Bakersfield
McFarland
Shafter
Superior Oil drills ahead at five wells in local fields
Superior Oil reports progress at five sites with depths ranging from 9,411 to 11,392 feet. Riggs well in Section 21 28-25 leads a Tuesday morning update. Other wells include Brandt No 1 south of Greeley Moore No 1 in Greeley field Roe No 2 Section 28 and Rudnick No 2 Section 28. A Mandell No 1 derrick stands in Section 27 and a sump is being built on Pasadeng Realty property in Section 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Oil Company
Brandt
Wildcat
Greeley
Moore
Roe
Mandell No. 1
Pasadeng Realty Company
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Shater
Western Union
Santa Fe
THE
Grose
Robert Ne Cran and Sons
Camp-West-Lowe
Craig
Jack Hare
Oliver Sly
A. H. Neufeld
Richland Board
Civil Service
Rotary Club
Wallace
General Petroleum Corporation
Ashton and
Merlin Taggart
Delano
Union Oil
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