Shafter Bicentennial Parade Features Wagon and Scrolls
A Shafter event showcases the California Bicentennial Wagon with a Prairie Schooner theme and a Valley Forge voyage plan. Parade riders wear pre 1900 outfits while horse drawn vehicles dominate. Scrolls signed by Kern County residents will be gathered for transport to Valley Forge.
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Fred Lane
Auberry
Fresno County
Nina Leigh
Chuck Hitchcock
Equestrain
Fuller Gun
Shafter Avenue
Central Avenue
James
Stringham Memorial Park
Shafter
Stoney Point
Martha Novak
Richland
Kern County
Valley Forge
U.S
John Leonard
Bank of America
Gene Smith
Community National Bank
Schnidt Real Estate and Insurance
Stringham Park
Kern oil yield sets new record in 1974
Kern County’s oil fields posted a record 1974 value of 534.584 million dollars, 4 percent above 1973. Despite the high value, production fell slightly to 109.317 million barrels from 198.744 million in 1973, with natural gas adding 23.743 million to total mineral output. Kern County Board of Trade forecasts continued leadership as California’s top oil producer.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
California
Kern
Calfornia
Los Angeles County
County Economic Board
Kern County population climbs 4.7 percent to 345800
Kern County Planning Department estimates July 1 population at 345 800 an increase of 24 566 or 4.7 percent from the 300 234 counted in the April 1 1970 census The report highlights major population centers including Eastern Delano-McFarland Wasco and Shafter and forecasts 360 800 by July 1 1980 endangered growth within several areas
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California Aqueduct
Shafter Press
Steve Merlo
Odie Miller
Shafter
Steve
David Criswell
David Ward
Scott Criswell
John White
Ward
Wasco
Kern County
Kern County Planning Department
Kern County Business
Kern County Board of Trade
Eastern
Delano-McFarland
West Side
Taft
Maricopa
Frazier Park
Arvin- Lamont
Kern River Valley
Teshachapi
Rosed
Groctigit-Panate
Buttonwillow
Cable rate hike hearing continued for Warner in Shafter
The Shafter council extended the Warner cable rate hike hearing to July 28 at 7 p.m. as officials gather more information. Warner has appealed after the council denied a 48 percent rate increase, citing failure to justify the rise. Other cities on the circuit include Delano McFarland Wasco. Delano plans a possible service discontinuation. Wasco may vote August 4 on a $6 offer.
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Warner Cable
Bill Sheldon
Warner
Fac Cable l
Shafter City
Macan Television Company
Sheldon
Warner Representatives
Shafter
Delano
McFarland
Wasco
Elmer Unruh
Mobil Oil
Union
Arco
Girl Hurt in Shafter Auto Crash Injures 9-Year-Old
Stacia Reimer nine, daughter of Harold and Delphia Reimer, injured when a station wagon collided with a car driven by Ernesto Serna Rendon at Tulare and Poplar Avenues. The girl remained in serious condition in Kern Medical Center ICU. both parents were reported in satisfactory condition.
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Stacia Reimer
Harold N. Reimer
Madera Avenue
Shafter
Tulare
Poplar Avenues
Kern Medical Center
Delphia Marie Reimer
Tulare Avenue
Ernesto Serna Rendon
Arvin
Reimer
Rendon
Weather roundup: last week temperatures at Shafter station
Temperatures reached 100 degrees last Thursday and varied between 94 and 99 for the remaining six days through Monday. Nights stayed warm with lows from 63 to 72. Readings taken at the USDA Cotton Research station in Shafter.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Shafter Hosts California Bicentennial Wagon Parade
A 6 p.m. parade moves from Central Avenue down James to Stringham Memorial Park in Shafter. Afterward the Shafter High Boosters Club serves barbecued hamburgers while mariachi and bluegrass bands perform and a singalong unfolds. The event is by the Shafter Bicentennial Committee, noting Shafter is Kern County’s only officially recognized bicentennial town.
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California
Kern County
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Rodriguez Park
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Laura Billington
State Farm Insurance
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Delia Rodriguez
Cathy Fuller
Vincents Sporting Goode
Nellie Garza
Anderson Motor Parts
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