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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
1
The Shafter Cotton Research Station reports weather figures for June 17 to June 23 with a high 96 and low 64 degrees. Data reflect daily conditions and implications for cotton studies.
Sixty seven high school students are enrolled in the Shafter High School Summer Program led by Charles Gates. Classes run 8 to 12 daily with options in Developmental Reading Personal Typing and an Introduction to Algebra. Seventy five percent are incoming freshmen and there are eight sophomores one junior and five seniors.
The preliminary 1968 69 budget shows a deficit of 92626 dollars not counting up to 40000 more for a new police facility to be paid over several years. Anticipated income is 356381 dollars with 61000 to be transferred from the police building fund and expenditures expected at 510007 dollars including 61000 for the police building.
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Boosters Club plan to revive the Shafter Potato Festival as an annual event. May 17, 1969 is set for the festival date with Don Zachary named general chairman. An organizational meeting at City Hall is scheduled for July 9 at 7 p.m.
Shafter residents report lower morning water pressure around Station No. 6. General Manager Lew Carroll explains the 100 horsepower motor is undersized, having burned out twice at about 1200 in repairs. The faulty motor, attributed to the installer, will be replaced with a 125 horsepower unit at no cost. A new motor is on order and pressure is expected to rise in the late afternoon.
The Shafter Library hosts the Pirate Treasure Reading Club this summer with librarian Carolyn Everett reporting about 128 children joining since the program began June 10. The library offers books for all reading levels during vacation and encourages eighth graders and younger kids to participate in the community reading initiative.
General Manager Lew Carroll outlined three capital outlay items for the 1968-69 Shafter Public Utility District budget at the June 24 meeting. Proposals include 9500 for No 7 station needs and a two-sided fencing plan for No 8 pumping station to deter vandalism, with further discussion at a July 1 adjourned session.
Kern County building permits for January through May 1968 reached 19,997,816 with 620 dwelling permits valued at 13,076,219. Construction activity rose over the prior year by 1,855,017, led by Shafter among six cities with May gains. Shafter’s May increase stood at 26,277 versus 15,400 the prior period.
No site for the proposed new police building was decided at Monday’s council meeting. Mayor J C Atkinson proposed four sites: Stringham Park, behind the city hall, between the city hall and the Veteran’s Memorial Building, and on the abandoned water tower site.
The Shafter Woman's Club has leased its Manuel Park corner property at Central and Calloway Streets to the city. The annual rent is $1, and the house will be moved with the land landscaped into a park area. The lease may be terminated by the club with thirty days notice.
In a memoir style column Frank Wisher recalls boyhood games of cowboys and Indians. He notes the violence of the pretend battles and reflects on his own past as a boy with an Indian outfit, recalling he may have been involved in the mock skirmishes.
At the Monday meeting, General Manager Lew Carroll and Councilman Ben Grundy announced two major curb and sidewalk projects for near term completion, plus a detailed Fourth of July program led by Bill Hildebrand. The notice covers right of way on Nickel Street, curb work on Marengo and Orange, and widening-related paving tasks near Central Valley Highway, with cost estimates and planning deadlines set for mid July.
The Shafter Public Utility District passes Resolution No. 155 authorizing destruction of district paper records over two years old not tied to state statutes. The City Fire Department may burn reciept stubs and paid invoices from 1949 to 1963 under district approval with no microfilm kept.
The Utility District reports the storage tank is 60 percent complete and will be roofed soon. General Manager Lew Carroll announced the progress at the June 24 board meeting.
The 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers runs June 18 21 at Utah State University Logan Utah with over 200 papers and attendees from across the U S and several foreign countries Ezra Taft Benson will address the general session June 21 on Trade and Treason while June 19 features a talk by Harry M Philo on legal liability and evolving law to reduce agricultural injuries, deaths and damages
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