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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
1
Shafter will host a two hour Fourth of July fireworks display starting at 8 p.m. at the high school stadium. Fire Chief Al Finkbeiner says band music by the new Shafter Recreation summer band will accompany the show for the first time.
Fifteen freight cars derailed on the Santa Fe line this afternoon causing a small fire. An AT S F official cited a broken axle in the front portion as the derailment cause and said damage would run into five figures. No injuries reported.
Shafter city council gave first reading to an ordinance requiring junk yards and auto wrecking establishments to fence their properties within 90 days. Violators face up to $500 fine or six months imprisonment or both. The council also set July 25 for bids on pipelines to be laid.
A two car crash near Shafter left two dead and four seriously injured. Mrs Lois Winters 33 driving a car carrying passengers to potato fields collided with Chester Neufeld 21. Deceased were Mrs Winters and Harvey Buffington 16 Porterville. Injured include Neufeld Johnnie Smith 12 Jesse Smith 17 Jolene Winters 6 and Harrison Sill Jr 26 all Porterville relatives. Funeral services for Mrs Winters to be held at Armstrong Mortuary.
Residents of Shafter may present grievances at 7 p.m. July 11 at city hall as the council sits as a board of equalization. Adjustments will be made when assessments are found unreasonable.
A fire at a 48 foot two bedroom trailer owned by Daniel and Merrilee Johnson in a local trailer court caused over $6,000 in damage. The Johnsons were away on vacation when the fire started in a far bedroom, and Shafter firefighters found the interior severely charred with much furniture destroyed.
A new nature club for children will be formed at Mannel Park this Saturday. Mrs. Victorine Bair will lead sessions from 10 to 11 30 a.m. each Saturday for first grade and older children. Membership is free and activities include insect study and garden walks.
Bill Shute former sales engineer of the Shafter pump and machine shop is named general manager of Arkelo Ranches Co Inc Mrs Gladys Arkelian company president announced this week Shute who lives on S Shafter Avenue with wife Irene and their four children will oversee all holdings except the Olive Grove cafe and adjacent gas station The corporation grows potatoes grapes olives cotton and alfalfa and owns its own potato shed Shute has lived in Shafter for three years.
John Turner announces a new member at the United States cotton experimental station in Shafter. Gerald Den Hartog, transferred from Beltsville Maryland, arrives as a cotton breeding and testing specialist. Hartog, Iowa native and Iowa State graduate with a PhD from Minnesota, has worked as a statistician focusing on fiber quality. He plans to move his family to Shafter soon.
Harry Blumkin a 41 year old Shafter-Wasco businessman was in serious condition today at Mercy hospital from injuries in an automobile accident just after midnight Monday. His car struck the rear of a heavy truck and trailer near home to Los Angeles and he was moved from Newhall to Bakersfield. Marion Lamont Meyers 45 of Long Beach drove the truck.
City council begins work on the 1955 56 budget with tentative figure around $177,000 from city departments. Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann notes no tax assessment hikes needed. trimming at least $25,000 expected to balance. Last year’s budget was $149,024 with $148,173 spent to date. Approximately half of the new expenditures go to street and garbage services. police noted at about $36,000.
One hundred and two first and second graders received their second Salk polio shots at the county building. Ten others with postponed vaccines were later vaccinated at Fruitvale. Makeup opportunities will be provided for those unable to attend.
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