Clarkin Heads Shafter Boosters Industrial Committee
Phil Clarkin bank manager was named chairman of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce industrial committee. The group plans an area survey of facilities to attract industry, including production location, labor, sites, fuels, transportation, markets, power, and tax climate. They also discussed a new cotton gin and local labor sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siexie
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Aear
Phil Clarkin
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Ernie Hofman
Jack Fleming
Shafters
Buttonwillow
Rio Bravo
Lerdd
Maple
Fleming
Hofman
A. G. Mortimore
William Stoller
A. J. Tlemingson
Gloomy Forecast for Central Valley Highway Backers
At a Corcoran Central Valley Highway Association meeting Chester A. James Kern County director of public works stated the Shafter to Rosedale highway repair is ready to proceed while backers face a gloomy immediate future despite promised improvements for Kern County users.
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Kern County
Central Valley Highway Association
Corcoran
Chester A. James
Shafter
Rosedale
Central Valley Highway progress eyed for future work
The speaker outlined an 11 mile 40 000 per mile cost plan to improve the CVH with a new road bed and first class highway. He noted the Wasco to Tulare county line section is repaired and in good condition, with remaining work at the death curve and Shafter Wasco railroad crossing. Assemblyman Hagan and Joe Lewis pushed a state reconnaissance survey bill.
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CVH
James
Kern County
Wasco
Tulare County
Shafter
Harlan Hagan
Kings- Tulare
Joe Lewis
Friant Kern Canal Will Be Dry at First
The Friant Kern Canal project will be completed without water for two years due to Delta Mendota and central valley water management. Officials warn taxpayers will question the high cost while bureaucrats face criticism for delays. The Central Valley Highway link faces feasibility questions and possible rerouting to avoid state status.
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Friant-Kern
San Joaquin Valley
Friant Dam
San Joaquin River
Central
Bureau’ of Reclamation
Delta-Mendota
Friant- Kern
Madera
Youth for Christ Rally Planned in Shafter
A Saturday night event combines music and speaking as Youth for Christ members hold a rally at Shafter's Women's Clubhouse inviting local residents to participate.
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Youth For Christ
Shafter
Carnival Swimming Show Ends Shafter Summer Program
Shafter closes a summer swimming program drawing about 500 daily attendees with an Aug. 11 water carnival and a swimming and diving tournament. Roy Farrell, recreation director, says all students participate along with outside talent amid evening shows. Life saving classes and senior swimmer certifications are in progress.
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Shafter
Roy Farrell
Richland Aquatic Center
Shafter Press Adds Cox-O-Type Flat Bed Press
The Shafter Press receives a Cox-O-Type flat bed press shipped from Santa Fe. It will run eight pages at a time and expand the paper to an eight column, 12 cm format with a new nameplate. The paper remains locally focused and pictorial, with Fairchild engraver and full-time cameraman. The start date for operation is not yet set.
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Shafter Press
San Joaquin Valley
Santa Fe
Central Valley Highway
Fairchild
Russell's Stumbles Over Wasco In League Loss
Frank Russell's powerhouse faltered, as Wasco Power Club upset the top team 5 to 1 in the Shafter men's league first half. Other notes include American Legion winning in an exhibition against a Rosedale club, Tupman's atop the junior standings in a 9 to 4 win over Rio Bravo, and Buttonwillow defeating Lee's 9 to 8. Upcoming schedule lists multiple matches across men’s, junior, and Pee Wee leagues.
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Frank Russell
Shafter
Wasco Power Club
American Legion
Deaten Oto
Rosedale
Reuben
Rey
Rey's
North Camp
Tupman
Rio Bravo
McWherton’s
Stringham's
Reuben's
Buttonwillow
Bayless
Stringham’s
Brown
Bryant
Buttonwillow Bees
Lee's
Knight
Juveniles Target Navy Oil Station Theft
Two youths broke into the Navy Oil Company station and stole $25. They hid the loot in a dug hole until three other youths threatened to reveal the theft. Police Chief John Reily’s Shafter officers foiled the crime and apprehended the offenders.
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John Reily
Shafter
Navy Oil Company
$130,000 Cotton Gin Scheduled for Shafter
The United Ginning Company plans a $130,000 cotton gin one mile northwest of Shafter across the Santa Fe track from Central Welly Highway. Led by E. L. Green and Claude Arnold, the facility includes three buildings with capacity for one bale every eight minutes and three shifts daily, employing about 30 workers. Construction aims for completion in about 46 weeks with possible harvest operation earlier.
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Shafter
Santa Fe
Central Welly Highway
United -Ginning Company
E. L. Green
Los Angeles
Claude Arnold
Cuyama Valley
Green
County to Begin Lerdo Highway Road Upgrades
Officials announced a countywide road program with work starting this week on Shafter avenue to Smith's corner for widening. The board authorized 70000 for grading Lerdo highway seven miles between Palm and Rowlee avenues, a project championed by the Shafter Chamber of Commerce amid long-standing calls for improvement and criticism of farm equipment damage. Road Commissioner B O Webber attributed much of the road's deterioration to heavy farming equipment usage.
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F. G. Shaw
Shafter Avenue
Smith's Corner
Shafter
Lerdo Highway
Board of Supervisors
Betwen Palm
Rowlee
Lerdo
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
B. O. Webber
Burned brakes report tagged by county fire dept
The only fire run last week was a brake fire at Lerdo Highway and Beech at 1 52 p m Tuesday. The vehicle belonged to Murphy Beaty of Wasco.
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Lerdo Highway
Beech
Murphy Beaty
Wasco
Preparedness Out Shafter Way Air Raid Wardens Line Up
West Coast air raid alarm system mobilizes civilian defense volunteers from Shafter. John Reily organizes about 500 residents including 150 from the city, to fill wartime vacancies and rework crews. Frank G. Shaw and Reily attend Bakersfield county meeting to coordinate the plan with Sheriff Loustalot in the Board of Supervisors chambers.
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Shafter Way
Shafter
John Reily
Reily
Chief Reily
Frank G. Shaw
Bakersfield
John E. Loustalot
Board of Supervisors
Chambers
Shafter Chamber to Hear Valley Project Talk
Members of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce will hear Alex Nordholm explain the Central Valley Project and its impact on the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District. He will discuss power benefits and contract decisions facing voters this fall, with additional bureau speakers planned for area service clubs.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter-Wasco
Alex Nordholm
San Joaquin Valley
Bureau of Reclamation
Chamber
Shafter
Bureau
Nordholm
Central Valley Project
Rotary
Kiwanis
Ted Thompson
Water Supply Division
Lee
Register Now and Vote in the November Election
City Clerk F. G. Shaw urges eligible residents to register to vote for the November 7 general election. Registration is open at city hall on Tuesday to Friday afternoons from 2 to 4 30. Prospective voters are reminded to register early rather than on the last day September 14. To qualify, voters must have moved since the last election, lived in the state one year, the county 90 days and the precinct 54 days.
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F. G. Shaw
Press Plans To Cover War On Home Front
Shafter Press will publish a Servicemen's section to share stories of local soldiers and sailors serving abroad. Readers can submit names and where they are stationed to boost morale among GIs from Shafter Maple Buttonwillow Rio Cherokee Strip and Ler.
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Shafter
Maple
Buttonwillow
Rio
Cherokee Strip
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Clarkin
Central Valley Highway Plan
Hagan
State Department
Greenfield-at-McKittrick
Highway Department
Kings County
New Press
Paul Groves
Russell
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