Minter Field housing plan linked to Shafter growth
Kern county advances 400 housing units at Minter Field beside 600 existing at Kern Homes. A 500 home community near Shafter could yield 2500 residents, boosting demand for shoes groceries and services. Proposes bus links high school attendance and the airport cargo potential to spur cross‑city development.
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Kern County
Minter
Kern Homes
Shafter
Potentia
Shafter High School
Minter Field
California
Stringham
A. P. Channeson
Accord
Shafter Police Recover Stolen 1941 Ford Coupe
Shafter officers recovered a stolen 1941 Ford Coupe believed taken in Los Angeles last Thursday. The car was found abandoned at Seaside Service Garage, 5 Points, and owned by Floyd A Farran of 2717 San Fernando Road, Los Angeles. A suspect thief is being sought. One intoxicated man, William Raymond Moore of Shafter, was jailed over the weekend on related charges.
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Shafter
Los Angeles
Seaside Service
Floyd A Farran
San Fernando Road
William Raymond Moore
Recaps Play Here Twice This Week
The pride of Shafter softball, the Shafter Recap men's exhibition team, will play two more games here this week. Both games will be on the Richland ball diamond at 8 p.m. Landes Furniture is the opponent Wednesday night, and Friday the Recap faces the McFarland drug outfit from the Delano league.
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Pride of
Shafter
Shafter Recap
Richland
Landes Furniture
McFarland Drug Outfit
Delano League
Bakersfield
Landes
Gene Carter
McFarland Drug
Shafter Hosts First Annual Hobby Show Tonight
A big crowd is expected at Shafter High School for the town’s first annual hobby show with over thirty local hobbyists presenting stamps models and various crafts. Awards for adult and junior divisions include items from Pierce Jewelers Anderson’s Music Shop and Richland Chevrolet with judges Art Hemingson Al Ingraham and Ralph Janzen.
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Shafter
Art Hemingson
al Ingraham
Ralph Janzen
Johnnie Mayer
Mayer
Softball Schedules For This Week In Multiple Leagues
The week’s men’s league games run from Monday July 21 through Thursday July 24 with matches including Hitchcock Auto Parts against Kelly & Chanenson and McClure Drug facing N Gov’t Camp. Diamond leagues feature Diamond 1 and Diamond 2 nights with teams like Central Market, Shafter Paint, Dianne’s Beauty Shop, Buttonwillow, and more.
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Men’s League
Hitchcock Auto
Kelly & Channe
Son
Hitchcock Auto: Parts
N. Gev't
Food Town
Hitchcock Auto Parts
Government
Kelly & Chanenson
Diamond
Central Market
Shafter
Dianne’s Beauty Shop
Buttonwillow
Emerald
Dianne’s
Beauty
Justesen’s
Hofman’s
Western Auto
Shafter Press Seeks Help To Improve Twice Weekly Delivery
The Shafter Press invites readers to report missed Tuesday and Friday deliveries by carrier or mail and offers the phone number 765 for prompt notices. The paper notes possible changes in office and carrier staff may have caused failures and requests suggestions for better delivery.
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Shafter
Shafter Thrift Days Set For Weekend Bargains
Shafter merchants prepare for the monthly three day sale called Shafter Thrift Days. The event runs this last long weekend with hundreds of bargains marked down by local merchants for shoppers seeking hot deals.
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Shafter
Shafter Thrift Days
Shafter Congregational Church Plans New Building
A long held dream to replace the small church with a modern complex moves forward after an architect visit to begin drawings. Plans include a north side sanctuary an east west layout and an educational ell with a parsonage at the south end, preserving the walnut tree and creating a central court.
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Congregational Church
Local Softball Leagues Head Into Key Week Matchups
Hitchcock Auto Parts leads the Shafter Men’s League with two tough tests ahead against Kelly & Channeson and McClure Drug at Rio Bravo. Food Town, second place, gets a bye. Central Market and Shafter Warehouse top the Pee Wee League after opening four wins each. Dial Cleaners still leads Junior Boys’ League despite a loss to Hofman’s Mobile. Food Town girls hold top spot with Buttonwillow close behind.
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Hitchcock Auto Parts
Shafter
Kelly & Channeson
McClure Drug
Rio Bravo
Food Town
Central Market
Shafter Warehouse
Dial Cleaners
Hofman's Mobile
Bill Frizzell
Food Town Beauties
Buttonwillow
Recaps Lose Close One to Delano in 6 to 2 Defeat
The Shafter Recaps fell 6 to 2 to Delano Hardware Friday night, after a 2 run first inning lead. Ralph Lachenmaier allowed 12 hits with 9 strikeouts as Delano exploded in the 6th inning. Next week the Recaps host Landes Furniture and McFarland Drug in two exhibition games.
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Delano
Shafter
Delano Hardware
Enn
Bill Lachenmaier
Ralph Lachenmaier
Chamber Proposes Renaming Minter Field Shafter Airport
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce votes to ask President Ernie Panero to contact county supervisor Roy Woollames about renaming Minter Field to Shafter Airport. The county intends to take over the field, with service centered in Shafter, as civil aviation grows in the area.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ernie Panero
Roy Woollames
Minter Field
Shafter Airport
Shafter
Kern County
Army Air Base
Panero
Kern County Chamber Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Kern County Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting at El Tejon Hotel on July 14. F R Kalloch of Bakersfield was re elected president for a third term with Judge J R Anderson of Maricopa as vice president. Emory Gay Hoff man was named general manager for his eleventh year. New executive director W F Reynolds of Mojave was introduced replacing George H Peters who received an honorary life membership.
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Kern County Chamber of Commerce
el Tejon Hotel
F. R. Kalloch
Bakersfield
J.R. Anderson
Maricopa
Emory Gay -Hoffman
W. F. Reynolds
Mojave
Reynolds
George H. Peters
Kern County
F.R. Kalloch
County Chamber of Commerce
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Pierce Jewelers
Cooper's Nursery
Shafer Warehouse
Anderson’s Music Shop
Johnson - Neuman Hardware
Richland Chevrolet
Red
Wood's Shoe Store
N. Gov't. Camp
Brown and Bryant
Shafter Radio
Hofman's
Diamond 1
Shafter Paint
Dianne’s Beauty
U. S. Experimental Farm
Glen Tool Potnry
Becegrouna
Alfred. T. Chandler
Wm. S. Harper
Chamber
Shafter Recreational School
Richland School
Joey Barker
E. B. Stringham
Kern Homes-Lerdo
Edna Prieve
Recreation School
Roy Farrell
Bernie Morris
Lorraine
Kleinkauf
Donna Baughman
County Chamber
Kalloch
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