Community praise and farming editorial featured in Shafter Press
The Shafter Press highlights two youths praised for cleaning up after a local barbecue at Stringh Park and congratulates Gary Webb and Ricky Dyke for their civic effort. The paper also notes Wes Baeropt’s editorial on farm efficiency and the shift of Americans from farming to other work, with data on income, spending, and labor trends over decades.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Police Department
Community United For Progress Council
Stringh Park
Gary Webb
Ricky Dyke
Shafter
Gary
Ricky
Wes Bae
Volunteers Save Money On Building Fire Station
Volunteers donated about 20 hours each to construct a new Shafter Fire Station building funded by the city. Fire Chief Clifford Ratzlaff praised the project, valued at 3500 by Kern County Appraiser, replacing a leaking old structure and housing a 35 kw generator for emergency power to the station and City Hall.
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Shafter
Clifford Ratzlaff
Kern County
City Corporation
Local Kern County Schools Set Sep 7 Start Date
Nearly 110 000 school age children in Kern County will begin classes on September 7 as most districts including Richland Buttonwillow and Shafter High announce openings for the 1971 72 term. The first Tuesday in September start is chosen by large and small districts such as Bakersfield City Kern Joint Union High and Blake in Woody area with private schools like Garces St Francis St John s Wasco Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Bakersfield Academy also aligning their calendars. Continued on Page 10.
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Kern County
Richland
Buttonwillow
Shafter High School
Harry E. Blair
Bacrsfield City
Kern Joint Union High School
Blake
Woody
Garces
St. Francis
St. John’s
Wasco
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Acadecy
Arces
Shafter Posts Growth in First-Half Construction
Kern County data show a 37,657 rise in construction gains for the first half of 1971 over 1970. Total six-month construction reached 274,212 with 878 dwelling permits valued at 21.2 million. June alone surpassed 9.6 million, led by buildings in Bakersfield, Delano, Ridgecrest, Taft, Tehachapi, and Shafter, countywide.
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Shafter
Kern County Board of Trade
Cliff Hewitt
Board of Trade
Bakersfield
Delano
Ridgecrest
Taft
Tehachapi
Temperature peaks at 105 in Shafter two days
Last week in the Shafter area saw summer heat with July 20 and 21 recording 105 degrees. Only July 25 stayed below 100 as the thermometer stopped at 97. Readings reflect high and low temperatures from the Shafter USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shaiter
Shafter Usda Cotton Research Station
Kern High Favors Nine District Plan Over Fourteen
KHSD denied opposition to the state nine district plan for Kern County. Assistant Superintendent Harry J. Ward Jr. said KHSD would support nine districts as it keeps Greater Bakersfield intact and avoids breaking the area into ethnically divided, underfinanced minority districts.
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Kern High
Kern
Kern County
Harry J. Ward, Jr
Kern County Committee On
Bakersfield
Ward
KHSD
Dr. Ward
Council Urges Water Conservation In Shafter
Shafter council urges water users to stop wasting water as runoff strains the sewage system. Councilman Carl Moyer notes potato packing sheds continue operations and warns of possible $30,000 well and pipeline project. He favors voluntary conservation over metering to keep costs down.
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Shafter
Carl Moyer
Moyer
Shafter Up
Hehe
Froehlich Named New Student Activities Director at Shafter High
Richard Froehlich 28, a history and driver education teacher, will become Shafter High School Director of Student Activities Attendance and Adult Education effective July 1. He replaces Charles Van Blair, the district notes. Froehlich holds multiple credentials and will lead work with about 900 students.
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Shafter High School
Richard Froehlich
Shafter High
KHSD
Froehlich
Charles van Blair
Shafter Considers New Water Well as Use Averages 5 Million Gallons
Shafter City Council discussed water demand with daily use around five million gallons and two days this month over six million. Public Utilities chief Lewis Carroll urged studying wells and potential new sources while confirming the system can handle summer needs. Council approved Elm Street and State Street resurfacing bids, dance permit, and set August 23 for a hearing on the Shafter General Plan including housing, industry, parks, water and sewer.
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Shafter
Lewis Carroll
Carrol
Carl May
Veterans Hall
Carroll
Lerdo Highway
Central
Shafter Avenues
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