Council and School Board Approve Budgets With Reductions
Shafter city council approved a 1955 56 budget of 141 176 62 with tax and other revenues, about 8000 less than last year. Street department funding dropped to 43 969 42 while police received 36 170. recreation seeks 1850. Public hearing set for August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Street Department
Police Department
Mat
Shafter Recreation Department
Recreation Department
General Reserve
Bruce Crawford
Kern County
Crawford
Don Ruggenberg
Shaffer Hosts Northern District Swim Tourney Saturday
More than 100 entries are expected in the northern district swimming tournament at the Shafter pools Saturday morning. Winners advance to the county finals July 29 at the Wasco pool. Events span 27 races with 16 boys and 11 girls, no admission fee, Richland Aquatic center staff officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Roy Farrell
Dir
Recreation
Wasco
Trent Wases
Delano
Farrell
Verna Peters
Sharon
John Putman
Mark Larson
Mike Panero
Jerry Heiser
Lloyd Nanney
Marilyn Thomas
Richland Aquatic Center
Richland Swim Club
Social Security Rep to Visit July 19 in County Building
Bakersfield field rep Tom Hart from the Social Security office will speak in the County building assembly room at 9 30 a m on Tuesday July 19. The outreach urges eligible seniors and families who lost a breadwinner to learn about benefits and utilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hart
Bakersfield
Funeral Services Scheduled Friday For Ruby Burton
Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm for Ruby Burton 38 of 30749 Madera avenue who died after a long illness in Bakersfield. Rev. C C Floyd will officiate with burial in Shafter cemetery. Born June 17 1917 in Oklahoma she came here with her husband eight years ago. Survivors include widower Ernest two daughters and five sisters and a brother with two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong 38
Madera Avenue
Bakersfield
C. C. Floyd
Shafter Cemetery
Burton
Oklahoma
Ernest
Nadine Fox
Vernay Mae Scott
Long Beach
D. W. Adams
Auburn
Wash
Ivy Florence
Coalinga
James E. McIntyre
Bakershed
Lily Burton
Hanford
C. C. Cuddy
Klamath Falls
Ore
Jesse Dobson
Claremore
Okla
Citizens Urged To Give Blood In Shafter
Jack Janzen chair of the Shafter Blood Bank reports the local blood supply is exhausted and deficient. Shafter residents are urged to donate at the H chin's Blood Bank 2601 G St Bakersfield or contact Janzen at 9080 to arrange. The American Legion offers hospital equipment free to Shafter residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Janzen
Shafter Blood Bank
Shafter
H Chin
Bakersfield
The
American Legion
Counts Turn Junk Into Hot Rod Dream Amid Annual Post Receipts
A Shafter group known as the Counts rebuilds a junked 1936 Ford into a high speed hot rod aiming for 115 mph per quarter mile. They target Kern County Timing Association’s first anniversary in September, with 22 clubs and 300 plus members, led by President Charles Caldwell and Secretary Jim Crabb. Postal figures show first six months of 1955 receipts at 24 453 45 dollars, down from last year, while money orders dropped from 619 932 61 to 570 404 16 and fees from 6092 10 to 5 781 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Crabb
Lee Fike
Counts
Kern County
Seany. Linge A
Guenther
Post Office
Guerther
Shafter
California
Kern County Timing Association
Timing Associaton
Charles Caldwell
Bakersfield
The
Torquers of
Shafter Labor Camp Faces Closure as Demand Dims
The 40 acre Shafter labor camp in Kern County faces permanent closure if demand for farm workers does not rise. Built by the U S Agriculture Department in 1942 to serve guayule rubber plants, the camp housed POWs and farm laborers during World War II. Now the Housing Authority of Kern County says the government may sell or lease the property, with only limited activity remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Robert Goodin
Housing Authority of
County of
Kern
Hack
Jack Manweiler
M. H. Scheltres
Cam Yp
Larry J. Brigante
Bakersfield
Goodin
Manweiler
South Shafter
Kern County
Trustees Vote to Split Meetings at Richland School District
The Board of Trustees voted to hold two meetings monthly at 7 30 PM on the second and fourth Mondays to handle heavy business and avoid working until midnight. The change aims to speed decisions and improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Richland
First Jury Trial Cancelled After Plea Change
The planned first jury trial in 18 years for James Horn was cancelled when he changed his plea from innocent to guilty on a driving while intoxicated charge. A $150 fine was paid and the trial set for July 14 was called off. Horn was arrested June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
BE Ky
Grant
James Horn
Horn
Pew shipment to Ontario rides protection of the Lord
Truck driver Jack M. Brown hauled a $3 200 shipment of church pews from Dalke Brothers Co to Ontario. A brake fire damaged only the cab, and fog and heavy weekend traffic challenged the journey but the cargo remained intact and arrived unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand of God
Ontario
Jack M. Brown
Dalke Brothers Co
Brown
Gorman
Los Angeles
Three Injured in Local Two-Vehicle Collision
Three people suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle crash at the Central Valley and Lerdo highways intersection in Shafter. Injured were Jim Dale Fowler 36 of 189 Wash street his wife Sybil and Gwen Baze a passenger. Fowler’s car collided with a vehicle driven by Frank F Fitzsimmons 69 of 235 Pacific street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Valley
Lerdo
Shafter
Jim Dale Fowler
Wash Street
Sybil
Gwen Baze
Fowler
Frank F. Fitzsimmons
Pacific Street
Postal Officials Meet in Los Angeles Regional Session
Gene Guenther and Max Pearce attended a one day regional operations meeting in Los Angeles. Postal officials were instructed on new procedures recently placed into operation by the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Guenther
Max Pearce
Los Angeles
Six Year Old Pyromaniac Confesses Fires This Week
SIDELINES reports a six year old boy admitting numerous fires over 19 weeks. Constable Flake Witcher recalls an attendant forcing the child away at a service station. The piece suggests a possible sickness rather than a prank. Also notes July 4 11 bicycle thefts at the swimming pool lot with most recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flake Witcher
City Eyes Labor Camp Takeover After Government Closure
Officials weigh city takeover of the South Shafter Labor camp as the government moves to close it. The local scene contrasts with Lamont where buildings and land were sold off. A merchant notes summer business rises with hot weather as people seek ice cream and cool drinks at drive-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shafter
Lamont
Holt Appointed New Policeman
Shafter city council approved Glenn Holt a 24 year old part time deputy and Safeway employee as the new Shafter policeman. His appointment follows Hubert Mayberry's resignation effective July 15 and Wayberry's July 18 move to state patrol. Holt will earn 300 dollars monthly and deputy Buck Clay replaces him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Holt
Safeway Stores
Shafter
Hubert Mayberry
Wayberry
Holt
Blake Witcher
Glenn “Buck” Clayon
Six Year Old Boy Admits Setting Series of Fires
A six year old north Shafter youth admitted setting fires to a house cornering Lassen Drive and Valley Highway trash cans a basement on Warby Sunny Street a Kinssen drive home and a service station. Constable Blake Witcher reported the youth confessed after being seen entering and leaving the Sunny Street basement before Judge E B Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shafter
Blake Witcher
iNlassen Drive
Valley Highway
Warby Sunny Street
EB. K. Grant
Witcher
Sunny Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shaffer
Ruby Burton
Eugene P. Guenther
L. A
Highway Patrol
E. K. Grent
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