Annual Youth Summer Program Opens in Shafter
Hundreds of youths sign up for the Shafter Recreation Commission summer program. Attendance grows through the week with strong interest in swimming and night softball at the schools. Recreation Director Roy Farrell says staff is ready and enrollment increases as warm weather arrives. The first event is the creative art program led by Ora Allender from 8:30 to 10:30 each morning.
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Ees
Shafter Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Bill Benton
Sarvell
Ora Allender
Farrell
Kelly Pushes Rock-Earth Causeway for Bay Crossing
Assemblyman H W Pat Kelly of Shafter backs a rock and dirt fill cross Bay causeway from Marin to Contra Costa. He says it would cross Bay traffic conserve water prevent Delta salt intrusion and boost national defense while a steel bridge would be temporary and waste public funds.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Agriculture Committee
San Francisco Bay
Kelly
San Joaquin Valley
California
Marin
Contra Costa County
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay Area
Contra Costa
Marin County
Sacramento River
Delta
Bay Area
New Committee Plans 1953 Shafter Festival
The 1953 Shafter Potato Cotton Festival directors to appoint new committeemen and evaluate 1952 results at a June 23 meeting at 7 30 pm in the chamber of commerce office. They plan an evening junior horse show to boost attendance and may charge an entrance fee to reduce costs.
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Shafter
Hofman
Chamber of Scommerce
CVH Leaders Plan Meeting in Wasco
Members of the Central Valley Highway Association representing Fresno Kern Kings and Tulare counties will hold their annual dinner meeting next Thursday night in Wasco. President Paul C Newell of Shafter said the event begins at 7 30 p m at Wiets Motel with an officers installation.
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Central Valley
Highway Association
Fresno
Kern
Kings
Tulare
Wasco
Paul C. Newell
Shafter
Wiet's
Marine Corp corporal stationed in Korea with First Division unit
Cpl Kenneth Barker a Marine mail clerk is now stationed in Korea with a weapons company of the First Division. A former Shafter School student Barker previously served as a gunner at Camp Pendleton. He is married to Maxine Fink of Shafter.
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Cpl
Kenneth Barker
Korea
Shafter School
Barker
Camp Pen
Maxine Fink
Shafter
Wilson to Head Community Chest
Edwin Wilson, local attorney, was named chairman of the 1952 Community Chest at a board meeting. Officers elected include Or. D. Handel as treasurer and L. J. Woodard as secretary. Remaining members are William Siemens and Clara Schnaidt. The group discussed a one day drive and canvassing Shafter rural areas.
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Edwin Wilson
Community Chest
Or. D. Handel
L. J. Woodard
William Siemens
Clara Schnaidt
Shafter
Ans
Growers Halt Potato Price Surge After Ceiling Easing
E. J. Peters of the National Potato Council said Wasco and Shafter growers resisted price hikes after OPS ceiling removal. Shippers largely set $5 to $5.50 per sack, stabilizing market prices in the first week post ceilings.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Shafter
Wasco
E. J. Peters
Maple District
National Potato Council
Wasco Spud
Laymen to Sit on Shafter Planning Commission
Shafter moves to replace current members with a lay citizen board. City officials may be named later, and Mayor Adolf Kirschemann along with the council could appoint new members after final passage. Current members Rolf Jacobsen Robert Gates and George H Ben Grundy would depart amid the change.
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Shafter
Planning Commission
Frank Shaw
Alfred G. Mortimore
Adolf Kirschemann
Rolf Jacobsen
Robert Gates
George H
Ben) Grundy
William Dalke
Dick Zenk
J. C. Channes
Shafter Chamber Opens 1952 Membership Campaign
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce launches its annual drive targeting merchants and farmers in the area. President A G Mortimore notes a special agricultural outreach and stresses boosting agriculture's role in future chamber programs. The group highlights past achievements including the Potato n Cotton Festival and a full-time secretariat.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Mortimore
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
85 Youngsters Register for Swim Instruction
Eighty five Shafter youngsters enrolled in the first week of the summer recreation swimming instruction program, Director Roy Farrell announced. Two sessions begin Friday from 10 30 to 11 05 a m and 11 25 a m to 12 noon. New students enroll on Mondays. Classes are split into two sections with instructors Patsy Kelly C C Rhoads Eddy Holliday Roy Farrell Mickey Perry Bill Beriton and Karen Waterman.
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Shafter
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Patsy Kelly
C. C. Rhoads
Eddy Holliday
Mickey Perry
Bill Beriton
Karen Waterman
Decathlon Official Appointed for Tulare Relay Meet
Assemblyman H W Pat Kelly of Shafter is named to serve as an official for the National Decathlon Championship and AAU Relays on July 1 and 2 at Tulare.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Tulare
Mayor Pushes Annexation of 40 Shafter Townlots
Shafter moves eastward growth with proposed annexation of 40 town lots. Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann presented the petition to SPUD and the city council. Attorneys will draft papers for the next meeting as the planning commission weighs recommendations. He pledged street easements sidewalks curbs and gutters.
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Shafter
Shafter Public Utility District
Adolf Kirschenmann
SPUD
A. G. Mortimore
City Planning Commission
Kirschenmann
Carnival Site Hit By Council
The Shafter American Legion plans a June 17 to 22 benefit carnival at the South Camp site but city council denied permission after residents and a petition of 21 objectors voiced concerns. Only dissenting vote came from Councilman Grundy while Councilman Jacobsen was absent. Legion must relocate or forfeit 500 to the show operator.
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American Legion
South Shafter Labor Camp
Los Angeles
Shafter Avenues
South Camp
Jack Manweiler
Shafter American Legion
L. A. Camp Cotton Trailer Yard
Walker Avenue
Legionnaires
Ingraham
Merrill Thomas
Legion
George H
Ben) Grundy
Rolf Jacobsen
Bubble Bursts in California Potato Market
The bubble burst yesterday afternoon on the potato market in Kern county as OPS ceilings were lowered. Prices fell from about 5 to 4 dollars a cwt at the shipping point, with Shafter and Wasco growers pushing to restore a normal level after the surge.
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California
Kern County
Shafter
Wasco Area
College
Potatoes Fluctuate Then Stabilize in Nationwide Market
Nationwide shoppers face steadier tuber prices as the potato market moves from initial sharp fluctuations to a normalized level. Early reports show rapid changes in price, with some areas signaling a return to more typical costs for households and merchants.
Harrington Chosen Education Director for Richland District
W. Ross Harrington 34, head of Chapman College education department, named director of education for Richland School District. He holds a doctorate at USC, taught at Holtville and Temple elementary schools, led student teacher program, served as Army captain, and will move to Shafter after July 1. He replaces curriculum director Beulah Bartlett, who moves to a civilian Army role in Japan.
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W. Ross Harrington
Department of Education
Chapman College
Richland
Bruce Crawford
University of Southern California
Harrington
Holtville
Temple
el Monte
Army
Miss Bartlett
Japan
Jensen to Receive Stanford Doctorate in Education
Dr. Grant Jensen principal of Shafter High School will be awarded a doctor of education degree at Stanford University during graduation exercises Sunday. He completed the degree credits by 1951 end, with the diploma postponed one year. The Jensen family will attend, then visit relatives in Ogden Utah before attending Camp Yosemite opening at Greenhorn Mountain.
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Stanford University
Grant Jensen
Shafter High School
Jensen
Yenus Hante
Greenhorn Mountain
Potato shipments rise as Kern growers urge action
Don Maupin of the Kern County Potato Growers Association told the Kern County Chamber of Commerce roundtable that national potato consumption runs about 1000 carloads daily, with 1400 to 1500 carloads now moving from producing to consuming areas. He noted Kern County has shipped 12 000 carloads to date, about 900 daily shipments now, rising to 1000 by week’s end. He urged House action under the Defense Production Act to stabilize regulations and protect growers who faced losses and business closures from low yields and price controls earlier.
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Don Maupin
Kern County Potato Growers’ Association
Maupin
Kern County Chamber of Commerce Roundtable
Kern County
Kern
House
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Bay Causeway
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Bruce Branner
Sally Firkins
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Oka Allender
Richland School
CVH
Wilson
OPS
Ltd
Jack Fleming
Council
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Stanford
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