Accident Victim Buried Here In Shafter
Edmon Van Steelandt 37 of Shafter died from a Santa Fe road crash Sunday noon. He was buried in Shafter cemetery Tuesday after a 2:30 funeral at Janzen Funeral Home officiated by T T Sylvester. He died at Kern General Hospital after a 12:15 crash two miles from Seventh Standard Road when a blown tire caused the car to lurch and crash into fence posts. He had lived in Shafter ten years, came from Colorado after Belgium birth. Survivors not listed. A funeral trio sang Teach Us Lord and Precious Thou.
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Edmon van Steelandt
Shafter
Santa Fe Road
Seventh Standard Road
Shafter Cemetery
Janzen Funeral Home
T.T. Sylvester
Church of Bakersfield
van Steelandt
Kern General Hospital
Janzen
Rosedale
California Highway Patrol
Bakersfield Beats Shafter In Wild 15 14 Game
Bakersfield offense explodes for five runs in the fifth to seize the lead before Shafter ties late. Final score Bakersfield 15 Shafter 14 as four Shafter pitchers work the mound in a high hit game.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Shafter Spuds Globally Praised by C of C Director
E. C. Mitchell, director of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce, said Shafter long white potatoes were widely used on menus during his return from a vacation. He praised Shafter growers for their exceptional work.
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Shafter
E. C. Mitchell
Arvin
Kern County
Ford Agency Opens In Shafter With Music And Lights
George Haberfelde Inc formally opened the new Ford agency in Shafter on Saturday night. A modern building houses the enterprise with easy entrance and exit. N T Mitchell directed the setup for Haberfelde interests, John Levi handles commercial end, and John Kliewer serves as assistant manager under Mitchell.
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George Haberfelde, Inc
Ford Agency
Shafter
John Kliewer
Shafterman
N. T. Mitchell
Haberfelde
Wm. Howell
John Levi
Central Avenue Bath Demonstration By Shafter Fire Dept
Shafter volunteers halted traffic Tuesday night to showcase the new fire truck. Water under high pressure washed dirt from the pavement, pushing debris into a pile for later cleanup. Firemen began at 8 pm and wrapped up after about nineteen minutes.
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Central Avenue
Shafter
Robert Zenk named new manager of Shafter Furniture Co
Robert Zenk, appointed manager of the Shafter Furniture Co, began duties Monday and announced remodeling plans for the store. He will relocate home, move the center partition, install two panel windows with a centered entrance, and redecorate both interior and exterior to showcase modern furniture and a full line of kitchen and home appliances.
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Robert Zenk
Furniture CO
Shafter Furniture Company
Zenk
Newton to enter plea in fatal Shafter crash case
Ollie Newton faces a criminal charge for injuring Theodore Brinkman in a collision on Santa Fe road north of Shafter and failing to stop for aid. The plea hearing is set for June 18 in superior court with William Hulsy appointed to defend. Norman Main leads the commonwealth case. Brinkman remains hospitalized with a broken leg and other injuries.
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Ollie Newton
Theodore Brinkman
Shafter
Bakersfield
R. B. Lambert
William Hulsy
Norman Main
Commonwealth
Brinkman
Kern General Hospital
Nay elected proxy of Valley Agricultural Unit
Glenn O Nay head of Shafter high school agricultural department was elected president of the San Joaquin valley unit at the State Agricultural Teachers conference in San Luis Obispo. He will succeed W L Norton of Gustine, take office August 1 for a one year term and join the five member state governing board. The San Joaquin valley unit covers schools from Tracy to Bakersfield.
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Glenn O. Nay
Shafter High School
San Joaquin Valley
State Agricultural Eee
Eee
San Louis Obispo
Nay
W. L. Norton
Gustine
State Agricultural Teachers Association
Tracy
Bakersfield
Stellar 14 strikeouts power Shafter Juniors win 11 2
Walter Kirschenmann, a sensational young pitcher, struck out 14 as the Shafter Juniors defeated the Shafter Seniors 11 to 2. The game added to Kirschenmann's growing list of strikeout feats that season including a 20 strikeout effort three weeks earlier.
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Walter Kirschenmann
Shaftr
Shafter
Shafter Sennine Strikouts
McFarland
Building to Rise on Central Avenue By Emil Kirschenmann
Construction starts Friday on the Emil Kirschenmann building at Central Avenue. The brick structure, 50 by 75 feet, will house two stores including Home Appliance run by Emil Stoller. Completion expected in 35 working days with neon lighting and colored interiors.
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Emil Kirschenmann
Central Avenue
Home Appliance
Emil Stoller
Shatter Press
Soviet Airmen Pass East of Shafter On Nonstop Flight
Three Soviet aviators completed a 6668 mile non stop flight from Moscow over the north pole to San Jacinto. They roared high above Kern county east of Shafter as preparations at Kern county airport anticipated the landing of the red monoplane after the long hop. Newspaper men Soviet attaches and airport officials watched the night sky for the ship's arrival.
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North Pole
Moscow
San Jacinto
Shafter
Kern County
Frick Reelected Cotton Leader in California Cooperative
Lloyd W. Frick of Weed Patch was reelected president of the California Cotton Co-Operative association at Bakersfield. He begins his fourth term as president. Dave Davidson of Tulare became vice president for a second term. C. C. Selden and R. P. Fuller were reelected as general manager and treasurer respectively. Directors named include Frick, Shellabarger, Regan, Harvey, Baihly, Jordon, Hansen, Hayes, and Davidson across Bakersfield McFarland Visalia Corcoran San Joaquin Madera Tulare.
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Lloyd W. Frick
Weed Patch
California Cotton Co- Operative Association
Bakersfield
Frick
Dave Davidson
Tulare
C. C. Selden
R. P. Fuller
L. W. Frick
Phil Shellabarger
J. E. Regan
McFarland
M. D. Baihly
Corcoran
Visalia
Fred Hansen
San Joaquin
Ben Hayes
Madera
Return Home From Lodi James Reily and Ralph Lachenmaier
James Reily and Ralph Lachenmaier return home after several months in Lodi. They were joined by others in the local visit and plans for resuming daily activities are noted.
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James Reily
Ralph Lachenmaier
Lodi
Kern Farm Shipments Set Record
Kern County shattered agricultural production records in June with 9876 cars of produce shipped, led by 8797 cars of potatoes from Shafter. Rail carried 8289 cars and trucks 1987, as cool weather delayed tuber moth and saved growers about 50 dollars per car. Prices moved from 65 cents to near 1.25 dollars while staff handled a surge of market enforcement cases and predator trapping reduced pests.
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Shafter
Kern County
L. A. Burch
Burch
Burtch
Commissioner’s Office
Publisher and Wife Take Short Vacation from Shafter Press
The Shafter Press issues a dated notice that publisher H. G. Comfort and wife left Sunday morning for a brief motor trip to northern points. It marks the first edition produced without their personal supervision, attributing potential changes to weather or staff “bad breaks.”
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Shafter Press
H. G. Comfort
Foxes Spend Week End At Breckenridge Mountain Cabin
Mr and Mrs John Fox and their daughter motored to Breckenridge for a weekend trip and enjoyed a pleasant rest at a mountain cabin.
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Breckenridge
John Fox
Stolen Car Tale Ends In Mixup For Delano Pair
Dunlope Scott of Delano and a friend visited relatives in Shafter leaving his car parked. Carter Unruh borrowed Funk’s car, mistaking it for the neighbor’s. police issued a stolen vehicle alert until the mix up was cleared.
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Dunlope Scott
Delano
Dunlope
Carter Unruh
Henry Funk
Funk
C. J. Scott
Carter
Scott
John Reily
Motor Vehicle Department
Sacramento
Pond
Shafter
Reily
A. E. Annis
Bakersfield
Greeley Well Produces Strong Gas Oil Show
A preliminary test from Standard Oil KCL 11-4 in the Greeley field south Gas produced 18 million cubic feet daily and 600 barrels of high gravity oil from 56 feet of oil sand. The flow was shut in to permit reaming to capture more oil. depth 7691 feet with 9 inch casing cemented at 7635 feet. The well lies in section 20 29-26 near the non productive KCL 11-2 between it and the discovery well, about 100 feet higher on the structure than the discovery.
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Standard Oil Company
Greeley Field
Traffic Case Hearing Is Continued In Kern County
Virgil Trantham of Shafter faced negligent homicide and drunken driving charges and had his case continued to July 21 by Judge Noriega in East Bakersfield. He was involved in a head on collision that killed James Massey, 82, and was held in jail on $5000 bail. Police say Massey died a week after the crash.
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Virgil Trantham
Shafter
Noriega
Bakersfield
Norman Main
Morris Chain
Trantham
James Massey
Kern General Hospital
Massey
Rogers
Local Officers Capture Two After Accident
Local officers report two suspects fled the scene after their automobile struck two pedestrians a mile from the crash site. The incident notes indicate the drivers were later detained.
T. F. Bayless Reflects On Shafter’s Growth
T F Bayless notes Shafter’s expansion from 26 businesses to a fast growing town. He cautions the growth is healthy and lasting, stressing steady development since his ten year tenure.
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Shafter
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