Shafter Tax Cut Question Shows Real Reduction in City
Council cut the tax levy by ten cents though assessed valuations rose. after credits the net savings is about four cents per $100 of value. New sales tax revenue and state appropriations are expected to cover a higher budget, with a $31,827 increase, while a second natural gas well begins drilling near Shafter as part of regional gas development.
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Shafter City
Wiethes
Bill Johnston
Johnston
Vent Council
Council
Fire Damages PGE Power Pole Near Wasco Road
A fire started by trash burning near a pole damaged a PGE power line Monday morning a quarter mile north of Jack Avenue on Wasco road. The county fire department battled the flames for 45 minutes using a water pump.
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Gas Andic Company
Jack Avenue
Wasco Road
County Engineer Details Large Kern Road Maintenance Program
Kern county road department engineer William S. Perry of Shafter announced a $32,500 road maintenance program for Shafter area projects. Budget funds exist but not all four projects may be completed, with some already underway such as eight mile Burbank Avenue repaving costing about $12,000 and two mile resurfacing costing $3,000 along with Seventh Standard Road work from venues, about $10,000.
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Shafter Area
William S. Perry
Kern
Shafter
Burbank Avenue
Leonard Street
Central Valley Highway
Third Polio Shots Free at Wasco Next Week
Kern county health officials announce a free polio vaccination clinic at the county building in Wasco on Tuesday July 31. The event offers first second and third booster shots for youths six months to 19 years old with a seven month gap required between the second and third doses. Other participating areas include Wasco and Semitropic.
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Kern County Health Department
Inasco
William C. Buss
Kern County
Wasco
Two Shafterites and Herbert Neuman In Construction
Two residents of Shafter are involved in a construction project alongside Herbert Neuman. The item notes their participation and the ongoing work within the local development context.
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They
Herbert Neuman
Open Air Band Concert Planned for Friday Night
An open air band concert will be held Friday at 8 p m in the county park directed by Kenneth Fahsbender. Residents are invited to sit on the grass or benches and enjoy selections from the intermediate and advanced bands. The show features 39 high school age participants in the advanced band and 12 in the intermediate group with a program including Heigh Ho the Choral March the Star Spangled Banner and more. Names of participating students are listed for both bands.
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Mission
Kenneth Fahsbender
Heigh, Ho
Tommy
Atle
Tzena
Tzeria
Glenn Miller
Gary Frizzell
Margaret Guardado
Thomas King
Tommy Davis
Keith Pennington
Dwight Walhoad
Tom Wilson
Charles Suderman
Jimmy Ball
Gordon Wiens
Pamela Ogle
John Enna
Caro! Hooks
Linda Wilson
Marilyn Gaede
Marlene Enns
Page Up
Shafter Summer Recreation Band
Judy Janzen
Marlene Enna
Mary Suderman
Mary Partain
Buddy Engle
Helen Partain
Leonard Dueck
David Isaak
Seventeen Youths Arrested Here for Curfew Violations
Seventeen local juveniles, aged 14 to 17, were arrested Sunday night in the Shafter area as deputies Nelson and Willis began patrols. Fourteen were cited for curfew violations after parties at locations near Fresno and Cherry Avenues and Smith's corner, with three more in a separate arrest.
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Shafter
Charles Nelson
Charles Willis
Nelson
Glenn Holt
Finley Osborn
Fresno and
Cherry Avenues
Osborn
Smith's Corner
Case
Justice Court
City Council Sets 172503 Budget with Tax Cuts for Next Year
Shafter approves a 172503 budget reducing taxes for 1956 57 as sales tax revenue rising to 43000 funds city departments including street garbage police and roadwork. City workers receive raises while payroll stands at 21 employees and Saturday press closures shift to post Labor Day reopening.
Final Rites Held for Lydia Frantz
Funeral services were held at the Mennonite Brethren Church for Lydia Frantz deceased July 8 at Reedley Home for the Aged where she and her husband had lived. Born 1892 in Hillsboro Kansas she came to Shafter 31 years ago and resided with her family in Maple area. Survivors include husband E P Frantz daughters Anna Frantz and Mrs Ernest Siemens and Mrs Frank Ediger son Walter Frantz a sister Mrs Mathilda Ratzlaff. Interment was in the Shafter Cemetery with pallbearers listed.
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Lydiatz
E. P. Frantz
Mennonite Brothern
Waldo Wiebe
Frantz
Reedley
Hillsboro
Kansas
Shafter
Maple Eeee
Ernest Siemens
Maple Area
Anna Frantz
Frank Ediger
Salem
Oregon
Walter Frantz
San Jose
Mathilda Ratzlaff
Ezra Suderman
Lachenmaier Diary Explores Assam Tea Plantations
The author travels from Jorhat to learn about Hin du tea growing in Assam. Tea bushes reach six feet, need replanting after about ten years, and leaves are harvested by machine. The region also cultivates rice bananas and coconuts, with tea shade trees every forty feet. The Barbetta Baptist mission in Jorhat includes a hospital, school, and church. The narrative notes relatively better local attire and nutrition compared with Calcutta, and mentions Hindu travelers on Indian airline. Continuous narrative mentions Calcutta arrivals and a dinner at a doctor’s home, with continuation to Page 4.
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Assam
Barbetta Baptist Mission
Jorhat
Calcutta
Richland Aquatic Carnival Set For Next Thursday
The eighth annual Shafter water show will be held at the R Pool on Thursday July 26 at 7 p.m. Approximately 250 youths aged 6 to 18 will participate with talent from Bakersfield. The event, graduation night for summer instruction, features bleacher seating and free admission with diving exhibitions and advanced swimming routines by the Shafter Swim Club and three Bakersfield champions.
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Shafter
R Pool
Farrell
Bakersfield
Shafter Recreation Commission
Wasco man Neil O'Neal Hallmark fined for July 15 DUI
Neil O Nea l Hallmark of Wasco paid a $200 fine in Shafter Justice Court after pleading guilty to drunk driving on July 15 along Shafter Avenue.
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Neil O'Neal Hallmark
Wasco
Shafter Justice Court
Shafter Avenue
High School Auditorium Set for December Completion
The 953 seat community auditorium and music building, part of a $558 655 project, is about 40 percent complete and set to finish next December after recent strike delays. Architect Arthur C Metcalf notes air conditioning, stage, orchestra pit, stage shop, and dressing rooms, with the building on Mannel Avenue near the mall to the gym.
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Arthur C. Metcalf
Wright, Metcalf and Parsons
Metcalf
Bakersfield College Gastlintens
Arvin High School
Mannel Avenue
Last Rites Held for Mrs. Rodgers in Shafter
Funeral services for Dora Bell Rodgers 78 of 424 South Shafter Avenue were conducted at the Church of Christ of Shafter. Officiating ministers were Richard Monrow and B L Bedwell. Burial followed in Shafter Cemetery. Survived by two sons C M Rodgers and R W Rodgers both of Shafter, one daughter Bessie Brooks of Shafter, two brothers John Wylie and S W Westbrook of Shafter, two sisters Ella Gordon of Oklahoma and Lizzie Cody of RinGold Oklahoma, 21 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Armstrong Mortuary had charge of arrangements.
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Church of Christ of
Shafter
Dora Bell Rodgers
South
Shafter Avenue
John Wylie
S. W. Westbrook
Ella Gordon
Indahoma
Okla
Lizzie Cody
Ringold
Oklahoma
Armstrong Mortuary
Groundbreaking set for Kern County golf course east of Shafter
Groundbreaking for a 160 acre Kern County golf course east of Shafter is planned for Monday at 4 p.m. North Kern Golf Association president Clifton Clemens announced the $75,000 project will begin with the first dirt turn near Highway 90. Supervisors previously funded exploration and water line work, and local golf supporters formed the Northern Golf Rendition to raise funds over five years.
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Kern County
Shafterne
Clifton Clemens
North Kern Golf Association
Clemens
W Poten Lea
Lerdo Highway
Northern Golf Rendtition
Woollames
62 Dogs Vaccinated Against Rabies by Health Department
Sixty two dogs were rabies vaccinated at a Kern County health mobile clinic led by Dr. William C. Buss. A concentrated drive will follow to impound strays without licenses or vaccines. Of the total, 26 came from Smith's Corner and 36 from the rest of the Shafter area.
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Kern County Department of Health
William C. Buss
Bakersfield
Smith's Corner
Shafter
Health Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kern County Land Company
Menno Siemens
Tom Fitzgerald
United States Geochemical Corp
Tidewater Associated Oil Co
Capital Company
Merced and
Magnolia Avenues
Maple
Fitzgerald
PGE
Shafter High School
Pee Bev
Wright, Metcalf and
Parsons
Shafter Freee
Laraacen
Gemer
Paul McDonald
Seger Eour
William H. Johnson
Johnson
Lydia Frantz
Lachenmaier
John Lachenmaier
Calcutta Benares
Vea
Richland Aquatic Carnival
San Jonas Valley
Richard Blick
Shafter Swim Club
Enenes
Declar
Mrs. Rodgers
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