Shafter-Wasco District Approves Modified Water System Plan
The Shafter Wasco Irrigation District approves a modified $9 million distribution system to bring Friant Kern water to 654 acres. It excludes excess lands, allows farmers to run their own pumps, and requires elector vote before implementation with Bureau pressure for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Board of Directors
Fresno
Bureau of Reclamation
Jack Rodner
Bureau
S-W
Paul C. Bailey
Sobsen
Annin
One-Week Drive Set by Chamber For Membership
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce will launch a one week membership drive starting June 15 led by President P C Clarkin and secretary Ernie Hofmar. The group aims for at least 150 members and over 3000 dollars to operate next year, with potential city and county funding considerations. Representative volunteers from agriculture business and professional sectors will be assigned to solicit members and broaden coverage including honorary six month memberships for new business openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
P. C. Clarkin
Ees Lh
Girecuo
Clar Clarkin
Ernie Hofmar
Fter
Board of Directors
County Board of Supervisors
Kern
Clarkin
Shafter Chamber
County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Shafter
Sheds Urged to Stop Water Use During Fire Alarms
In Shafter acting Fire Chief Vernon Pierce urged potato shed operators to cut water supply when the emergency siren sounds. Sheds should shut immediately on three blasts and avoid watering through washers until the all-clear signal is given. Volunteer firemen will return and signal when the fire is under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Vernon Pierce
Pierce
Posco
Thieves Steal $90 From Topper Bakery On Saturday
Police say amateur burglars entered joe topper's bakery through a rear window and escaped with 90 dollars in cash as police chief John Reily outlined the incident and suggested the robbers may have left through the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Topper
John Reily
Reily
Softball Season Opens With Upsets and Big Scores
Fans packed diamonds as Shafter and surrounding leagues kicked off a summer season with upsets and high scoring games. Reed and Bell’s junior club defeated Brown and Bryant 20 to 17, Rio Bravo beat Shafter Warehouse 10 to 4, and Stringham’s team beat the Red Sox 15 to 11.
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Shafter
Reed
Bell
Brown
Bryant
Rio Bravo
Stringham's
Red Sox
Maple Club
Reuben
Buttonwillow
Frank Russell
Rosedale
Wasco
Shafter Warehouse
Reed and
Harness Horses To Finish Season At Bay Meadows
Harness racing will end its Bay Meadows season on June 23 before heading east to race in the grand circuit starting in New York. L A Camp stables shift to New York with trotters and pacers, while Robert Neuman and William Lachenmaier also prepare cross country meets. Neuman's Parker Speed-King leads with 14 Bay Meadows wins. Camp's Freeman Hanover and Lachenmaier's Prince Jay are top names.
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Shafter
Bay Meadows
L. A. Camp
New York
Hollywood Park
Robert Neuman
William Lachenmaier
Chicago
Recreation Attracts Big Throng In Shafter Area
Hundreds of Shafter area youths join a summer recreation program directed by Roy Farrell. More than 150 participate in swimming with classes for beginners to advanced and life saving. Adult lessons run 6 to 8 30 pm Monday to Friday.
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Shafter, Area
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Lee Stuber
Barbara Ballou
Richland Music Building
Richland School
North Shafter
War Plant Capacity and Kern County Industry
Kern county industrial plants show a potential war production capacity of 40 million dollars annually. Bakersfield would rank high in retail sales, with Taft exhibiting top per capita sales in Los Angeles county. Kern County holds 2100 machine tools including 41 specialized types, suggesting strong capabilities to produce military weapons.
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Hern County
Bakersfield
Los Angeles County
Beverly Hills
Taft
Kern County
Common Thrift Builds Street Signs For City
Harris blends thrift with ingenuity to reuse old metal signs to create 100 intersection markers. Ed Bender paints and installs signs on leftover iron pipes, stopping speeding with new stop signs at multiple downtown intersections. Crews regrade Kern Street and plan work on South Shafter Avenue to Stone Street after Independence Day.
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Jack Harris
City Public Works
Harris
Ed Bender
Tively
Ash
Shafter Avenue
Oral
Golden West
Wall
Walker and Manuel
Walker
Tulare
California
Sycamore
Faber
Cross
Acacia
Munzer
Kern Street
Manuel
South Shafter Avenue
Stone Street
Summer reading club enrolls 19 youth in Roundup theme
Nineteen Shafter youngsters joined the library summertime reading club announced by librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge. The program uses a Roundup theme with riders and mounts to color for each book read, and gold stickers for subsequent books.
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Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Hanley. Witcher
Witcher
Wedge
Vernon Neufeld to be ordained at First Mennonite Church
Vernon Neufeld former Maple resident will be ordained Sunday in special services at the First Mennonite Church with the Mennonite Singers of Bethel College. The ordination begins at 2 p.m. A. M. Service will also be ordained. Rev. John Bartel, pastor, announced.
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Vernon Neufeld
Maple
First Mennonite Church
John Bartel
Bethel College
Neufeld
Chicago Seminary
Donaldson
Maple School
Wasco High School
Mennonite Singers
Bartel
Building in May Reaches $14 750 Total
May construction activity in Shafter rose with estimates totaling $14 750 per City Building Inspector E. K. Grant. Leading builders included S. E. Wilcoxon at 7350 dollars, Kern County at 5000, Ollis Prick ett at 1500, Hugo Reich at 400, and Bes Williams at 500.
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Shafter
E. K. Grant
S. E. Wilcoxon
County of
Kern
Ollis Prickett
Hugo Reich
Bes Williams
Vignolo Hospitalized After Car Crash near Kimberlina Road
J. Ted Vignolo, 41, prominent Shafter area farmer, remains hospitalized after a rear collision on Highway 99 near his Kimberlina Road ranch. Raymond Maxwell, 29, Ontario, drivers the northbound vehicle, struck Vignolo as he prepared to turn left, Vignolo taken to Mercy hospital for treatment.
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Co. J
Ted) Vignolo
Shafter Area
Highway 99
Kimberlina Road
Vignolo
Raymond E. Maxwell
Ontario
Highway Patrol
Kimberlina
Maxwell
Mercy Hospital
Woollomes Announces 1952 Run for Kern County Supervisor
W. R. Woollomes, longtime Kern county supervisor, aims for the first district seat in 1952. He reestablished residence in Delano to qualify, after losing in 1948 to Ardis M. Walker, and has been active in water, hospital, park development, and roads projects. He previously led the county board for nine years. He now resides at 1004 10th St Delano.
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W. R. Woollomes
Kern County
Lans
Delano Mon
Woollomes
Ardis M. Walker
Kernville
California
Woollames
Cayucos
10Th St
Delano
Woolcomes
Kern Gerral Hospital
Hart Memorial Park
Wonwar Valley
War Horrors Topic of Talk By Latvian Girl
Latvian-born Lilija Dzirkals 18 will speak at the Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall on June 18 about wartime atrocities under Nazism and Communism. The Bakersfield area Rotary Clubs arranged her visit to share Why I Love America, highlighting her family’s displacement and refuge through Germany and the displaced persons camps at Nuremberg before settling in Buttonwillow and Bakersfield.
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Shafter
Wasco
Lilija Dzirkals
Latvia
Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall
America
John Revell Shafter
Dzirkals
Riga
Miss. Dzirkals
Siberia
Miss Dzirkals
Thuringen
Germany
Nuremberg
International Relief Organization
National Lutheran Council
Buttonwillow
Bakersfield
Bakersfield High School
Laughing and Health Insights From Dr Humbert
Santa Paula psychologist Dr Hubert Humbert spoke to Shafter Rotary Club on Tuesday outlining the psychology of laughter and its health benefits. He emphasized humor as a tool to improve well being and reduce stress among listeners.
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Hubert Humbert
Santa Paula
Shafter
Court Dockets Reveal Drunk Driving Cases In Shafter
Shafter court records show a week of drunk and reckless driving with three named defendants. Francisco Esquer 50 of Mexican colony faced a $150 fine and $25 fence repair after driving onto a reservoir. John Holland 32 Bakersfield paid $75 and $30 restitution for damage to a patrol car, while Frank Godrich 28 Bakersfield pled guilty to drunken driving with no further penalties. Additional suspects David H. Baerg 38 Shafter and Lewis Bass Colvard faced city weekend driving accusations according to police booking slips.
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Shafter
Franisco Esquer
North Shafter
Esquer
John
Holland
Bakersfield
E. K. Grant
Nake Witcher
Witcher
Frank Godrich
Wekend
David H. Baerg
Chafter
Lewis Bass Colvard
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Canning Tips Highlighted in Shafter Press Magazine
A California section supplement in the Shafter Press offers a feature on home canning by Miss Marjorie Black, a home economist. Learn how to cut household expenses and safely preserve fruits and vegetables, with a free canning booklet available on request.
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California
Shafter Press
Marjorie Black
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