Funeral for Vernon Neufeld Held After Bicycle Crash
Funeral services for Vernon Neufeld nine year old son of Mr and Mrs A R Neufeld will be held at the Mennonite Brethren church. Rev Wm J Bestwater will conduct the rites with interment at Shafter cemetery. Vernon died instantly when the bicycle he rode with cousin Don Neufeld was struck by a car driven by Mrs Clyde McDonald of the Sill ranch near Lerdo road east of the Santa Fe tracks. Don Neufeld suffered head and face lacerations and a broken shoulder and is treated at Kern General Hospital. Vernon is survived by parents two brothers Harvey and Irvin a sister Juanita and grandparents Mr and Mrs A Neufeld and Mr and Mrs J H Becker of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Neufeld
A. R. Neufeld
Mennonite Brethren Church
Wm. J. Bestwater
Shafter Cemetery
Don Neufeld
Clyde McDonald
Sill Ranch
John C. Reily
Walker
Neufeld
Lerdo Road
Santa Fe
Kern General Hospite
Janzen
Harvey
Irvin
Juanita
A. Neufeld
J. H. Becker
Shafter
500000 Pounds of Shafter Spuds Given to Needy
Kern county received over 500000 pounds of Shafter spuds donated by local potato growers. The report by John J. Hodel covers the first half of 1987 and notes extensive distributions of food, clothing, and household items through the Kern county WPA and emergency relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
John J. Hodel
Commodity Distribution Division
State Emergency Relief Administration
Hodel
Kern County Department
WPA
Record low 2 percent bonds sold for Richland school
The Board of Supervisors sold 50000 dollars in bonds for the Richland grammar school district at a 2 percent rate. The district faces a total cost of 2964 dollars over the maturity to 1942. Bonds sold to Orte Levy Williams at par with accrued interest and a 986 premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Board of Supervisors
Richland Grammar
Orte Levy & Williams
Supervisors Seek Federal Aid to Handle Transient Influx
Kern county boards urge Works Progress Administration to fund housing education and health facilities for thousands of indigent transients. They Telecom directly to Harry L Hopkins in Washington DC requesting federal aid to remedy deplorable conditions and construct sanitary facilities and health standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Board of Supervisors
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Washington, D. C
Work Progress Tration
Saidte
California
Apricot Drying Underway at Bill Handel Ranch
Apricot drying has begun on the Bill Handel ranch with five acres of trees yielding a large harvest. Harvest work started this week as workers pick the fruit for processing despite the small planting area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Handel
Handel
Ballot Set Sept 3 for Water District Vote
Shafter Wasco irrigation district election date fixed for September 3. About 43 000 acres will decide on forming the district and elect a directors and a combined treasurer tax collector. Five precincts vote 8 a m to 6 p m with federal engineers due in county within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter- Wasco
Board of Supervisors
R. W. Pixley
Poso
Pixley
James Burke
Visalia
Inspector completes spud harvest records at Shafter
A. W. Satterbury of the Federal State inspectors service finished all harvest records Friday and was transferred to Sebastopol. He was the last inspector to leave Shafter as 56 inspectors operated out of the local office during peak season clearing spud shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal State Inspectors Service
Sebastopol
Shafter
Standard Well Near Rosedale Flows Oil and Gas
An oil and gas well near Rosedale in section 20 29 26 flowed 2000 barrels of high gravity oil and 30 million cubic feet of gas. The rig lies seven miles from Shafter and initial flow reached 18 million cubic feet daily with gasoline like oil before being shut in and cased off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Company
KCL 13
Shaftr
Aerial Map Project For Shafter Lands Initiated
Aerial map making by Adele and Reynolds begins over Shafter and San Joaquin Valley. From Kern county airport they work six weeks to produce an aerial photo graphic map for erosion control and soil study. The plane serves as a mobile laboratory at 20000 feet, starting Wheeler Ridge and moving north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Adele
C. H. Reynolds
Shafter
San San Joaquin Valley
Kern County
United States Department of Agriculture
Wheeler Ridge
Spud Trade Boosts Kern County Shafter Leads Harvest
Kern county shipped 14 705 carloads of potatoes in the harvest season. Shafter produced 8207 carloads with a record harvest and Edison area contributing early shipments. The season began April 18 from Edison and peaked May 4 as Shafter became the national spud capital. Final figures extend to July 17 with possible minor later movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Shafter
Edison
Bill Mettler
Rainfall in Shafter Remains Rare Since 1923
Old Man Weather brought a brief shower to Shafter during July for the second straight year though the amount was unmeasurable at the U.S. experimental station. Records show May rain in Shafter has occurred only once before, on July 10, 1936, when .04 inches fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
United States Experimental Station
New Warehouse For Furniture Company Finished
The Shafter Furniture company completed its first step in reorganization by moving used furniture into a newly built rear warehouse. R. E. Zenk, manager, announced remodeling will begin this week including removing half the Seganiian wall, redecorating interiors, and relocating the office for better accessibility. The front will also be remodeled with a central entrance flanked by plate glass windows to improve display of modern furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Furniture Company
R. E. Zenk
Seganiian
Zenk
Palm Trees Burned Near Gottloib Reichert Home
Early Monday fire destroyed seven palm trees near Gottloib Reichert home and scorched a high tension line. The outage disrupted power west of town until linemen repaired the fault later in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottloib Reichert
Local Girl Scouts Encampped At Greenhorn Mt Camp
Local Girl Scouts from Kern county encamp at Greenhorn mountain park for a week long summer encampment under Mrs. Louis Toth with nurse assistant Mrs. Gordon W. Skeels. Troop leaders Rosalie Hitchcock Betty Isaac and others join crafts swimming horseback riding and organized meals ending Sunday, August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhorn Mountain Park
Kern County
Louis Toth
Gordon W. Skeels
Shafter
Rosalie Hitchcock
Betty Isaac
Betty Bayless
Wilma Jean Henderson
Louise Livers
Donna Jane Neufeld
Kathleen Janzen
Patty Stringham
Joane Jones
Jane Pasley
Barbara Duerksen
Trantham Held To Answer For Highway Death
Virgil Trantham, 30, was bound over to superior court on charges of negligent homicide driving under the influence and causing bodily injury after a June 20 crash west of Shafter. James Massey of Shafter died. investigation by Deputy Sheriff Roy Dodenhoff and Constable John C. Reily followed revelations that Trantham, not Leon Rogers, was driving the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Trantham
Superior Court
Frank Noriega
James Massey
Shafter
Roy Galven
California Highway Patrol
Roy Dodenhoff
John C. Reily
Trantham
Leon Rogers
Belridge Climbs Over Shafter With Late Homers
Belridge wins 7 to 5 over Shafter as two eighth inning circuit clouts break a tie. Shafter muffed two chances to allow Belridge to push across the winning runs. Lineups include Shafter Heath Nikkel W Kirschenmann Gaede Unruh Lachenmaier Campbell Trent Neufeld and Belridge Graineger Walker Prete Hink with Hamilton as substitute.
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Belridge
Shafthen Shafter
Shafter
Heath
Nikkel
W. Kirschenmann
A H. Gaede
Unruh
E. Lachenmaier
Campbell
Trent
Neufeld
Hamilton
Graineger
Walker
Prete Hink
Extra man leaves station after spud harvest work
The last man of the extra railroad station force departed Sunday marking completion of all work tied to the past potato harvest.
Production Test Of Deep Shafter Oil Field Delayed By Fishing
Union Oil's Shafter wildcat KOL 1-34 in section 34 28-25 near Shafter faces delays as a fishing job frees a stuck drill collar and core barrel at 7980 feet. A major oil firm reportedly eyes a westward well near the discovery site while test results and sand classification remain uncertain amid ongoing drilling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil World Eyes
Shafter
Wildcat
Unique
Union Oil Com Shafter Wildcat
KCL
Shaftr
Union
Union Oil Company
Santa Fe Springs
Jack Reed
Frank Gess
F. F. Hill
Ahat
Greeley
Last Rites Held For Alvina Peterson
Funeral services for Mrs. Alvina Peterson 26 of Greeley were conducted at the Mennonite Brethren church in Shafter with Rev. J. P. Hoeffer presiding. Interment followed in Shafter cemetery. She died after a lingering illness at her mother Mrs. Katherine Bartel’s home in Greeley. Survived by her son Freddie Pet Bill of Bakersfield, sisters Esther Wilcox of Los Angeles and Rosie Bartel of Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvina Peterson
Greeley
Shafter
Mennonite Brethren Church
Rosedale
J. P. Hoeffer
Shafter Cemetery
Peterson
Katherine Bartel
Los Angeles
Freddie Pet- Bill
Bakersfield
Esther Wilcox
Rosie Bartel
1936 37 Best In County History
County recorder Charles H. Shomate reports 30 045 documents filed in 1936 37 the highest total in county history. The total tops 1928 29 boom levels by 7 545 while 1932 38 saw a low of 16 604 documents reflecting growth and activity across oil leases sales and legal paperwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Recorder
Charles H. Shomate
Recorder
Shomate
Stolen Car Recovered Near Mexican Settlement
A car reported stolen from southern California was recovered Thursday evening by Constable John C. Reily who found the vehicle in the Mexican settlement after license numbers were traced through police teletype. No witnesses saw the machine abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
John C. Reily
Spud Growers Plan Early Deer Hunt Trip
A Shafter group of potato growers and sportsmen travels to Northern California to hunt deer, led by Ed Warren and including L. E. Plymale Orvin Mettler T H Mettler Gene Mettler Ray Henning and others. They aim to arrive for the August 1 opening and expect a ten day trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendicino County
California
Ed Warren
L. E. Plymale
Orvin Mettler
T. H. Mettler
Gene Mettler
Ray Henning
Bob Neumann
John Lachenmaier
Wm. Lach
Ralph Lachemaier
Billymaier
Jim Martin
Nels Peterson
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Elizabeth Walker Harrison
Senate Claims Committee
Mary Lord Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Peiping
Orient
Tientsin
Sir Arthur Wauchope
Palestine
Holy Land
Inspector
Standard
Shafter Lands
Spud Deal
Furniture Company
Girl
Greenhorn Mt
Extra Man
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