Seven Shafter graduates share 1250 in Kiwanis scholarships
Shafter Kiwanis Club and local groups funded a $1250 total scholarship fund for outstanding Shafter High School graduates. Layton Lynch receives the largest award, plus Bank of America cup and citizenship honors, to pursue architectural engineering at UC Berkeley. Others win awards ranging from 100 to 250 dollars for goals in nursing, agriculture, teaching, and social welfare, with plans at Fresno County Hospital, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Northrup Aeronautical Institute.
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Shafter School
Shafter
Grant Jensen
Layton Lynch
Only Life
California —— Federation
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Lynch
University of California
Bank of America
Baby Bair
Teachers Association
Perry
University of California At Berkeley
Joan Gardner
Fresno County Hospital
Katherine Roberts
Bakersfield Co
Huntington Memorial Rotary Club
Young Mixon
Northrup ‘Aeronautical Institute
Haw
Chamber to Show Festival Parade in Color at Meeting
Shafter Chamber of Commerce plans a color film of the fifth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival parade. Lensman Jimmie Radoumis will present the moving pictures at the weekly noon meeting in Lee's Dining Room, featuring parade shots and the Junior Horse Show from Kern County.
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Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Lensman
Jimmie Radoumis
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Lee
Edward L. Gaede Heads 20-30 Club Installation
Edward L. Gaede will serve as president of the Shafteg 20-30 Club beginning July 1, succeeding Richard A. Larson. Installation is tentatively set for June 21 with Hershal Rodgers as first vice.
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Edward L. Gaede
Shafteg
Bey
Richard A. Larson
Hershal Rodgers
Engineers Draft Preliminary Plans For SWID Water System
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District directors authorize civil engineer to draft initial plans for a distribution system using open ditch canals with underground outlets to spread Central Valley Project water. The move may curb the Bureau of Reclamation 11.681 million dollar pipeline proposal. a letter to the Bureau is planned to push contract talks toward resolution at the next board meeting. San Ana remains unsettled as contract wording and adjustments create potential delays.
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Shafter-Wasco
Bureau of Reclamation
S W
Bureau Bureau
Fresno
Bureau
Sim
Water Service
Flood Waters Threaten Buttonwillow Crops and Roads
Flood waters pound the Buttonwillow area as dikes along Jerry Slough hold back the deluge from Tracy and Wegis ranch croplands. Authorities hope the earthen barriers withstand remaining runoff to protect nearby land and prevent further damage.
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Tracy
Wegis
Wy Dick Smith
Harley Boone
Kern River
Labor Situation Eases in Spuds
The Shafter potato harvest shows relief as school release allows more help. Perishable potato shipments rise to about 120 cars daily with a peak of 149 cars on June 2. Total season carloads reach 1268 as price ceiling drops to 3.35 per hundredweight with continued rapid processing.
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Shafter
Ned Smith
Federal State Market News Service
Eighth Graders to Highlight Richland Commencement Rite
Eighth grader Royce Eslick will be master of ceremonies as Richland School holds its commencement for 178 graduates tonight. Irene Bradshaw Barbara Wilcoxon Carole Cartnal and Bobby Vignolo are student speakers.
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Richland
Royce Eslick
Richland School
Fred Hasty
Young Eslick
Irene Bradshaw
Barbara Wilcoxon
America
Carole Cartnal
Our School
Bobby Vignolo
Glee Club
Melvin Krug
First Baptist Church
Bruce
Crawford
Ernest Panero
Richard L. Abbott
Barbara Ann Absher
Verlis Delbert Adams
LaVerne Alexander
Mollie Moniz
Alvarado
Leela Jane Anderson
Irene Arreola
Jenny Arreola
Henry Badgett
Samuel Baker
Tom Baker
Ruby Baldwin
Shirley Ann Ballard
Vacation Time Brings Summer Freedom to Shafter Students
Shafter closes its Richland and high schools as 2200 youngsters finish tests and head into three months of vacation. Teachers plan summer studies or chores, while older pupils seek summer jobs. Harvest needs relief as potato sheds slow and students may join harvest crews. Many families plan trips to coast or mountains as programs scale back for the season.
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Shafter
Richland
Terra Vista Homes project near completion ahead of schedule
The 35 unit Terra Vista public housing project in Shafter is two thirds finished with cabinets and painting done on earlier units. Superintendent A F Bud Gidney of Fred S Macomber Co said occupancy could begin by August 15 barring weather delays. Landscaping remains the only finish work and final inspection will precede turnover to Kern County Housing Authority.
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Shafter
A. F
Bud) Gidney
Gidney
Fred S. Macomber Co
Los Angeles
California
Whitney Biggar
Bakersfield
County of
Kern
Housing Authority
Terra Vista Homes
Kelly Heads Assembly Fair Committee
H. W. Pat Kelly 39th district assemblyman from Shafter is named chair of the fairs and expositions committee succeeding the late Lester Davis of Portola. He has served as vice chairman the past year, with George Clark praising his committee work and the progress made on the fairs and expositions.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Lester Davis
Portola
Kelly
George Clark
Agricultural Committee
Clark
Kiwanis Club Names Two New Members in Shafter
The Shafter Kiwanis Club added Erle Bailey of Schneider and Wikoff and Ray Mayfield of Valley Office Supply Co to its ranks this week. Club leadership is headed by Jack Manweiler and meetings are held at Lee's Dining Room.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Erle Bailey
Schneider and Wikoff
Ray Mayfield
Valley Office Supply Co
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Jack Manweiler
Atic
Lee
Heaviest Electorate Follows Popular Tide in Shafter
In Shafter precincts of California's primary, 881 of 1171 registered voters cast ballots alongside a statewide tide. Woollomes led with 542 votes, Walker 203, while Kessler and Wright earned 43 and 51. Kelly totaled 760 and Judge Grant 781 in Shafter, signaling a shift in the lower court race.
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Shafter
California
Shafterites
W. Roy Woollames
First District
Woollomes
Ardis M. Walker
Shafters
Walker
Robert L. Kessler, Sr
William E. Wright
Ridgecrest
New Home Construction Lifts Shafter Valuations in May
May building activity in Shafter reached 115 025 with 12 new homes. Dandy Homes Inc owns eight houses at about 6800 each, George Van Natta builds two at 12000 each, Jacob Balzer owns one at 8000. Wiring permits 3990 plumbing 8200, total 127 215. Inspector E K Grant notes trend since year's start. He projects 1952 valuation may rival last year’s record.
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Shafter
O. G. Ohlsson
E. K. Grant
Dandy Homes, Inc
George Vannatta
Jacob Balzer
Grant
See America Vacation Reading Club At Shafter Library
The Shafter Library offers a summer Vacation Reading Club for school children to read a selected series and earn stars for every two books weekly. A book report is due to Mrs Wedge or assistant librarian Mrs Hanley Witcher, with story hours at 3 p m on Thursdays. Library hours run 9 a m to 5 p m weekdays and 9 p m Monday to Thursday.
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United States
Shafter Library
Thomas Wedge
Pacific
Rocky Mountain and
Pain
South West
Middlewest
South
Mid-At
Antic
New England
Wedge
Hanley Witcher
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Kiwanians
Mickey Perry
PTA
Jerry Mixon
Rotary
Roberta Liles
SWID
Heine
David Ruth
South Shafters Avenue
Buttonwillow
Terra Vista
Assembly
Kern County
Woollames
Walker Wright
Kessler
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