Smith's Corner Defined in Shafter Master Plan Series
The third article in the Shafter Master Plan series outlines Smith's Corner as a 536-person, 40-acre residential area near Shafter Avenue and Orange Avenue. It notes substandard housing from 1930s development, its impact on future growth, and three ways the district affects the overall plan including integration with planned roads and housing quality.
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Smith
Shafter
Smith’s Corner
Shafter Avenue
Orange Avenue
Last Story Hour Set for Thursday at Shafter Library
The Shafter Branch Library announces the final Story Hour of the summer on Thursday July 16 from 2 to 3 Mary Neufeld leads the session Smokey Bear Club members are invited to attend and will receive certificatesContinued on Page 4
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Shafter
Mary Neufeld
Smokey Bear Club
Beauty Contest for Miss Shafter Title Thursday Night
Seven Shafter teens compete at the Shafter Recreational Pool for the Miss Shafter of 1959 crown judged by five local officials after the aquacade. Judges include George Parker, Martin Wasco Chamber head, Dr Ryland Jacobs, R. Robert Drews, and Corliss Smith. Betty Wooley will crown the winner. Contestants include Bonnie Jones and Barbara Jean Robinson among others.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Kern County
George Parker
Community National Bank
Martin
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Ryland Jacobus
R. Robert Drews
Shafter Press
Corliss Smith
Betty Wooley
Bonnie Jones
Barbara Jean Robinson
Shafter Teen Finishes Armor Training at Fort Knox
Donald C. Trout 19, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Trout of 430 Cross St Shafter California, will complete eight weeks of advanced individual armor training at Fort Knox Kentucky on July 11. He trained in driving the medium tank and firing the .30 and .50 caliber machine guns and the 90 millimeter tank gun after entering the Army in February and completing basic training at Fort Ord. A 1958 graduate of Shafter High School.
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Army
Donald C. Trout
Cross St
Shafter
Calif
Fort Knox
Trout
Fort Ord
Shafter High School
Second Hearing Meetings Set For Shafter General Plan
A sequence of public hearings through July aims to finalize a general plan for the Shafter area. Four meetings are planned two by the Shafter planning commission and two by Kern County planning. The first session occurred July 7 in Shafter. A second hearing is set for July 21 at Shafter City Hall.
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Kern Bae
Shafter
Leeast
Lorene Hill
Manuel Avenue
Toc
Shafter Planning Commission
Kern County Planning Commission
Shafter City Hall
Dan Cherrier
County Planning Commission
Shafter Veterans Memorial
Commission
Cherrier
Planning Commission
Shafter Advisory Planning Committee
Een ‘Heer
Exchange Club to Install Officers at Shafter Meeting
Shafter Exchange Club meets Thursday to install new officers headed by President Bill, with Jack Thompson as vice president. Delegates Stan Cook and Jack Thompson attended the State Exchange Club convention in Santa Rosa June 25-27, where Bakersfield’s Joe Woolridge was named state president and Bert Legg of San Jose named state vice president. Local members and wives called the trip enjoyable.
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Shafter Exchange Club
Aeance Club
Bill
Jack Thompson
Russell Hamman
Tommy Tucker
John Hil
John Atchison
Wayne Horn
Shafter
State Exchange Club
Santa Rosa
Stan Cook
Bakersfield Exchange
Joe Woolridge
Bert Legg
San Jose
Special Breakfast Launches National Farm Safety Week
A July 20 breakfast kicks off National Farm Safety Week in Kern County, initiated by the Kern County Bureau and Safety Council. President Eisenhower proclaimed the week July 19 to 25 and local leaders emphasize 52 weeks of ongoing safety efforts with daily themes to raise farm accident awareness.
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National Farm Safety Week
Kern County Bureau
Kern County Safety Council
Eisenhower
Ety Council
Bernard Brown
Farm Bureau
The
Safety Council
Jack Thomson
Kern County
Thomson
California to ballot 1.75 billion water bond in 1960 election
Governor Edmund G Brown signed SB 1106 the Burns Porter Act to place a 1.75 billion water bond on the November 1960 ballot. He urged voters to study arguments on both sides as the state advances a vast water program, including the Oroville project dam on the Feather River, planned as the nation’s highest at 735 feet.
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Edmund G. Brown
Brown
California
Administration
Hugh Burns
Postal Jobs Open in Shafter and Kern Counties
Congressman Harlan Hagen reported substitute mail clerks and postal carrier openings in five Kern and Kings County post offices Shafter Wasco Taft Hanford and Corcoran Examinations will be scheduled by the Civil Service Commission Applicants must be post office patrons or delivery zone residents No experience required and pay starts at 2 per hour rising to 242 Carrier positions are usually filled by men and clerks by both sexes Applications close at unspecified date
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Harlan Hagen
Kern
Kings Counties
Civil Service Commission
Shafter
Wasco
Taft
Hanford
Corcoran
Bakersfield
Kern County
Hanford and Corcoran
Eleventh Annual Shafter Water Show at Richland Pool
The eleventh annual Shafter Water Show takes place Thursday July 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Richland Pool. After five weeks of swimming lessons, boys and girls present games and warm ups for parents, with Pre-Beginners through Life Saving classes performing. Exhibitions include Bill Houser, Carl Beck, and Jim Johnson diving, and a Miss Shafter pageant winner contest announced.
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Bill Houser
Carl Beck
Jim Johnson
Richland Aquatic Center
Shafter
R. A. Jacobsen
Community National Bank
Brown and Bryant
Waynes Dairy
Shafter Swim Club
Sania Fen Haan
Verna Peters
FFA Boys Build Another Cabin at Kern County Camp
The Kern County YMCA summer camp at Poso Heights gains a new 12 by 20 foot sleeping cabin finished by Shafter FFA and local volunteers. The project, aided by Robert Neuman and Sons and staffed by Ag instructors and student members, debuts as campers arrive for a weeklong session at 4,400 foot elevation.
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Kern County
Y. M.C.A
Shafter
Carl Wells
Shafter High School Ag
Sterites
Robert Neuman and Sons
Shafter High School
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Joe
Robert Romanini
Larry Hiler
Gordon Kirschenmann
Lewis E. Carroll
Burley Dooley
Elliott Garrison
Wells
Poso Heights
Beauty Judge Chosen For County Event At Richland Pool
Canaan R Evans announces he and four others will judge a beauty selection to represent the county with hopes of Sacramento and Atlantic City as future goals. The event occurs Thursday at Richland Pool starting 7 PM with judging about 9. This could boost Shafter Kern County and statewide interests.
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Sacramento
Atlantic City
Richland Pool
Shafter
Kern County
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Cherekes
Ventist
Atlantic
Exchange Club
Feather River
United States
Hoover
Grand Coulee
Shasta
Trinity
Canaan
R. Robert Evans
Candy
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