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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
1
Union Oil completed a producer at 63-34 in Section 34 with potential output near 10 000 barrels daily under curtailed plans. Gas over 1000 cubic feet per barrel of oil. Sixteen wells now produce in Section 34 and more rigs advance at 65-34 2-34 and 11-313 feet.
Recruiting authorities in Southern California report a call for about 1000 new enlistees under a Pacific coast expansion. Most needed are aviation engineers, motor mechanics, clerks, typists, cooks and bakers. Vacancies exist at Camp Ord and several other bases in California, Alaska, and the Philippines with training and pay during apprenticeship.
Funeral services for Obin Reed 31 were held Tuesday at Janzen Funeral Home. Reed drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming in the Calloway canal north of Shafter. Interment followed at Shafter cemetery. Survived by widow Ruby two sons Bill and Bobby seven brothers two sisters and his parents.
How ard Thompson explains the Union Oil gas absorption plant in Shafter to Rotary Club members. The plant extracts natural gasoline and butane from wet gas, producing dry gas for field use and liquids for refining, with 18 workers operating 24 hours daily at about a third capacity.
Funeral services for Gottlieb Strauss 75 were held yesterday at the Shafter Seventh Day Adventist church on Lerdo road. Elder Daniel Isaac Dinuba Elder L F Melendy Shafter and Elder H E McWhinny Bakersfield conducted the rites. Strauss a pioneer resident who came here 19 years ago was born in Russia and lived in the United States for 65 years. He died Sunday morning. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth three daughters Mrs Alvina Howe Mrs Elizabeth Zimmerman and Mrs Eva Buller all of Shafter three sons George of South Dakota John and Dan of Shafter three brothers John Dave and Abe of Shafter five sisters in Canada six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Interment was in Shafter cemetery. Arrangements were by Janzen Funeral home.
Funeral services are held this afternoon at the Mexican Baptist church for John Nieto also known as K. O. Johnnie and Bernard Sainz, both of the Mexican colony, who died Monday evening in a collision on highway 99 near Madera. Nieto is survived by his wife Pietra and two children. arrangements are by Janzen Funeral Home. Interment follows at Shafter Cemetery.
The aggregate share of eight San Joaquin valley counties in the federal agricultural conservation program cost in 1939 was $5 062 602 74.
Potato shipments by rail for the week ending Tuesday evening totaled 332 cars, boosting the season to 4,472 cars. No season rail-on-track figure yet. price for No 1s around 1.05. Shed operators plan to finish by week start. digging mostly complete. season two weeks ahead of average. Truck totals for week to June 21 show Shafter spuds and Lerdo potatoes in tens of thousands of sacks and lugs. Apricot shipments include Tiltons, Peach Cats, and Royals. extra fruit and onion figures noted from related farms.
Open positions include chief medical officer and associate aeronautical inspector. Other posts cover construction inspection coordinator, card punch operator, instructor and assistant at air corps technical school, aero nautical and mechanical engineer, graduate nurse in the Panama Canal service, junior farmer, sound recording technician, motor transport service manager, interior decorator and rural sociologist. Full information from John F. Roskam, secretary at Shafter post office.
Residents questioned the completeness of the federal census in Shafter after a Business Men's Association report that several residents were missed. Cox and an enumerator added names, while missing individuals are urged to submit name, address and family number to Bakersfield district supervisors or at the Shafter post office.
Superior Oil company advances drilling in three wells south of Shafter with depths of 7,819 feet at Riggs, 9,509 feet at Roe No. 2, and 9,963 feet at Rudnick No. 2. Foundations pour at Rudnick No. 3. derrick rising at Mandell No. 1. prep work underway at Osborn locations and Street No. 1. Moore No. 1 in Greeley reports 8,465 feet.
A glass tile front is under construction at the Sprouse Reitz building on Central Avenue. Work began earlier this week. New and modern interior fixtures and counters will be installed according to manager E F A Weil.
The newspaper states that next issue will publish on Wednesday to coincide with the nation’s birthday. Advertisers and others with material for publication should submit copy to the office by Tuesday.
Work progresses on Shafter streets with oiling continuing through month end. Completed routes include Border, Sycamore, Acacia, Sierra, Faber, Blake, Marengo, Euclid, Orange, Ash, Nickel, Powell, Thompson, Golden West, Munzer, Pacific and California. Tulare and Kern sections oiled. James Manuel Wall Beth Eden West Munzer Grant Lerdo road slated if time permits. Timeframes: project to finish by June 30 with summer intervals for repairs and fills on high-traffic potato season routes.
Fifteen candidates filed by noon for three Kern County supervisorial posts in the August 27 primary. Incumbents Roy Woollames and Charles W. Wimmer seek reelection in districts one and five, facing multiple challengers from Delano Taft and Bakersfield. Party committee candidates from Republican Democratic and Progressive slates are also listed across districts with several newcomers and veterans.
Domestic breeding has yielded more rabbit varieties than any animal except the dog, highlighting the remarkable diversity achieved in domestic rabbits. This emphasis on variety underscores ongoing efforts in selective breeding and agricultural interest in small livestock.
A Monday city hall hearing closed protests against Assessment District No. 1 for sidewalks curbs and gutters in Shafter. The council denied protests and accepted changes due to ownership shifts, with cash or bond options and a 10 year payment plan.
Mary Adaline Glover 64 died Saturday at Kern General hospital Bakersfield. Services were held Monday at Janzen Funeral Home Shafter with interment in Shafter cemetery. Survived by husband Charles Glover two sons E C and H L Glover of Shafter and three daughters Mrs Hugh Hamilton of Shafter Mrs Raymond Moses of Bakersfield and Mrs Dan Hamon of Wasco.
Farm fires cause an average loss of 7500 dollars per day in the United States, reflecting ongoing agricultural property damage across the nation.
The American Red Cross quota in Shafter was doubled to 600 dollars announced this week by Mrs. J. C. Ohanneson, local drive chairman. Current total raised is 408.46 with donations accepted at Bank of America or to Mrs. Ohanneson personally. The drive will continue indefinitely.
Miss Earline Skaggs attended the San Francisco fair over the past weekend on a special trip arranged by the Kern Herald. She was recently sponsored by the Shafter Business Men's Association in a Bakersfield beauty contest to select a fair queen for the day and joined a group of Kern County residents in the outing. She called the trip a swell time.
Union Oil company completed installation of equipment at the adsorption plant in the Shafter field for butane distribution. The loading rack is on Beech Street near the company office, and product will be wholesaled from the field headquarters.
General Petroleum reports Wallace No. 1 well in the Shafter Greeley area drilling past 8 800 feet with no trouble as of this week. Caldwell No. 5 in the Shafter field’s southeast corner shows 8 840 feet depth yesterday morning.
The Division of Shafter announces a four precinct map and changes to surrounding outlying precincts due to growth. Shafter No 1 covers north of the Santa Fe tracks, No 2 the area between Santa Fe Way Lerdo Road and Shafter Highway, No 3 west of Shafter Highway north of Lerdo Road, and No 4 south of Lerdo Road. New Scaroni precinct replaces part of Mettler area, with Shafter North eliminated and Annis and Burbank added. Richards and Richland precincts outline extensive area changes for registration and voting. Deadline to register is July 18. eligibility includes American citizenship California residency Kern County 99 days and precinct 40 days before election.
Rio Bravo 4 H club met in the school with Gene Stewart presiding. Reports covered project tours and a luncheon. Members listed as planning to attend July camp in Whitaker Forest include Ray and Gene Stewart and Lois Lane among others.
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