Irvin E Fike Chosen as Vice President of Central Valley Highway
Three Shafter men join the board of directors for the coming year of the Central Valley Highway Association. Elected last Thursday at Wasco’s annual meeting, they include Paul Newell, P C Clarkin, and Irvin Fike who also will serve as vice president. Jack Polzin of Corcoran was elected president. The association reports ongoing by pass construction around Corcoran and a planned northward extension to State Route 198, with state funding anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Division of Highways
Corcoran
Kansas Avenue
Shafter
Rosedale
Kern County
Central Valley Highway Association
Rosedale — Highway
Greenfield
Bakersfield
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Kings County Board
Hanford
Sunrise City
State Highway Commission
Superrs
Kern, Kings and Tularentics
State Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club Ladies Night and Officers Installations Set
President Ford Williams announced a Ladies Night on June 28 at Buckhorn Cafe Taft for a joint installation of Lions and Lady Lions officers. The meeting covered road work reports, cooperative efforts with the Farm Bureau Centers, and fundraising for sight conservation and seeing eye dog training. Proceeds benefit the San Rafael program while local committees recommended county road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Ford Williams
Lions Club
Buckhorn
Taft
Lions
Chamber of Commerce
Don Hughett
Charles Parsons
Grace Brandt
Dick Adams
Alaska
Curtis Graves
Farm Bureau
C. A. Johns
San Rafael
Jack Thomson
Joint Committee
Chamber Membership Campaign Nets 52 Takers in Record Time
Shafter Chamber of Commerce reports 52 memberships paid for the new year, with a goal of 120 within two weeks. New members include Five-Points Market, Shafter Cotton Gin Cooperative, J. H. Fuller and Sons, Simon Mettler, Sportsman’s Cafe, Deluxe and City Barber Shops, and King’s Department Store. The push targets greater rural area participation and many memberships expected to be activated after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ernie Hofman
Shafter Cotton Gin Cooperative
J. H. Fuller and Sons
Simon Mettler
King’s Department Store
Shafter
Hofman
Boysenberry Growers Urged DDT Dust During Bloom
Stanislaus County growers are advised to dust or spray boysenberries with DDT during bloom to protect blossoms from thrips. Although thrips do not harm berries yet, they move into fruit forms. dead thrips in berries reduce processor acceptability. A 5 percent DDT dust or two pounds of 50 percent wettable DDT per 100 gallons is recommended.
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Stanislaus County
Hare to Take District Legion Commander Post
Jack I. Hare of Shafter will be seated as 15th district commander of the American Legion at a conference here Sunday. Elmer Davidson of Tulare will preside at a mass installation Saturday night. The public installation for 11 posts includes Bakersfield East Bakersfield Fellows Taft Wasco Buttonwillow Alpaugh Oildale Delano McFarland and Alpaugh Tulare county. William A. White of San Francisco will address delegates. Mrs. Katie Ziemke of Shafter will become district third vice commander.
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Jack I. Hare
Shafter
The
American Legion
Elmer Davidson
Tulare
Legion
Shafter High School
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield
Fellows, Taft
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Alpaugh
Oildale
Delano
McFarland
Exern County
Tulare County
William A. White
San Francisco
Department of California
White
Katie Ziemke
Sierra Vista tract extension under construction in city
Public Works Director Jack Harris said the Sierra Vista tract extension will include water and sewer pipelines for two homes on that site. The homes are for John Lachenmaier and his son Ralph. One house is nearly complete as city crews pave the extension roads along Sycamore Street and Redwood Drive.
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Sierra Vista Tract
City
Public Works
Jack Harris
Public Utility District
John Lachenmaier
Ralph
Sycamore Street
Redwood Drive
Hospital Survey Report Tabled for New Action
Shafter Chamber of Commerce members paused on the unfavorable hospital report awaiting local committee action. The hospital committee from Shafter and Wasco will meet to study the Kern County Economic Council findings which say a hospital is not feasible in the near term. The report traces Koenig’s original 24 bed need with consultants Stull Geffen from UC Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. G. Mortimore
Shafter
Wasco
Kern County
Buttonwillow Soldier Poised for Korea Return
Cpl Loyd E Farmer of Buttonwillow California recently left the 5th Regimental Combat Team in Korea to return to the United States under the Army rotation policy. His unit has supported every division in Korea since August 1951. He served as staff driver in Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 5th and arrived in Korea in August. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Cpl
Loyd E. Farmer
Butttonwillow
5Th
Korea
U.S
Corporal Farmer
Shafter area votes tally in Kern county primary races
H W Pat Welly leads with 23777 votes for the 39th assembly district seat in Kern county. Democrats 13354 and Republicans 10423. Judge FE K Grant nets 1558 in Shafter district. C A Johns' Buttonwillow judgeship elected by 366. Fred Pritschke write-in 724 in Wasco township. will face F L Bushong in November. Ardis M Walker 3807 votes vs Roy Woollames 4970 for first district supervisor. Dorothy M Donahoe wins Democratic nomination for 38th district assembly to face J W Boehm in general election.
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H. W
Pat) Welly
Woollames
Walker
Dorothy M. Donahoe
Kern County Union High
J. W. Boehm
Arvin Grower
Boehm
Marines Open Officer Candidate Program for College Grads
Marine recruiter M/Sgt. Charles E Carrithers announced that male college graduates may apply for the sixth officer candidate course beginning in early October. Eligible are married or single grads aged 20 to 27. Selected candidates will be deferred from selective service until reporting for active duty in October 1952, after a 10 week training period they will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve and assigned to active duty for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Carrithers
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Reserve
Dr Baerg Named To Kern Chiropractic Committee Post
Dr J J Baerg of Shafter is appointed to the professional relations committee of the Kern county unit of the California Chiropractic Association. The appointment was made by Dr George I Jones of Taft, the association’s newly elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Baerg
Shafter
Kern County
California Chiropractic Association
Taft
Pioneer Hall Hosts Large California Memorabilia Collection
Pioneer Hall of the California Historical Society in San Francisco houses a large collection of early California momentos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Hall
The
California Historical Society
San Francisco
California
Erle Bailey Attends Advanced Kitchen Course in Geneva
Erle W. Bailey of Schneider and Wi- Keff joins 20 kitchen specialists for a one week program at Geneva Modern Kitchens in Geneva Illinois. Factory experts lead sessions on drafting planning installation selling and decorating the modern kitchen to help housewives save time through better kitchen design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle W. Bailey
Schneider
Wi- Keff
Shafter
Bailey
Geneva
Modern Kitchens
Ilinois
Fossil Remains Found Across Berkeley Hills to San Joaquin Valley
Fossil remains of ancient marine animals were found at several localities stretching from the Berkeley Hills to the San Joaquin Valley, indicating a broad prehistoric coastline in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Hills
San Joaquin Valley
Badminton program highlighted for Shafter County Park
Playground Director Fred Mason announced a week of summer recreation at Shafter County Park with badminton instruction from 7 to 9 p.m. daily. The schedule runs June 30 to July 3 featuring ping pong, volleyball, football, horseshoes, basketball, croquet, and a crafts session on July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mason
Shafter County Park
Mason
Fenton Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Pfc Ernest P Fenton son of Mr and Mrs William Fenton of Shafter was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for service with the 7th Infantry Division. He serves as an ammunition bearer in Company H 31st Regiment and entered the Army in February 1951. He is a Shafter High School graduate and former civil service employee at Inyokern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Fenton
William Fenton
Shafter
7Th Infantry Division
Fenton
Shafters High School
Inyokern
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Irvin E. Fike
Central Valley
CVH Association
Shaler Pressers
William A, White
Irvine
Hare
Sierra Vista
Elwood B. Stringham
Kern County Pharmaceutical Association
Kings
Kingsburg
Stringham
Europe
Kelly Lands
Assembly
Exakta
Zeiss
Bayoffet
Shafter Drug Store
Baerg
Erle Bailey
Pfc. Fenton
Shafter Mercantile Company Store
Cannon Towels
Japan
Chambray
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile CO
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