Petition Filed On Shafter City Disincorporation Question
City clerk to verify signatures on petition calling a special election to decide whether Shafter should disincorporate. More than 100 signatures, 60 day verification window, 20 percent of qualified electors required for the election. Ordinance 26 discussed establishing new license fees for doctors confectionery wagons and business location rules. Property owners offered to sell alley land for 175 dollars. County plans sidewalks around the county park. club property may join sidewalk district if material or petition support is provided. City jail project noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Frank Bhaw
Ens Foys
Seasee
Wall
Shaw
Roy Jumper
Wednesday Afternoon Club
Walls Poured at Shafter High School Gymnasium
Walls rise to 15 to 18 feet at the Shafter high school gymnasium and auditorium as cement is poured to complete the structure.
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Shafter High School
Spring Brings Top Notch Ball Player From Shafter Field
Fred Vaughn, son of Superior Oil official Tommy Vaughn, rises from Shafter oil field ball squads to train with Indianapolis in the American Association. A 21 year old right now with pro experience from the Padres, Pirates farms, and Yankees system, Vaughn recalls his fast rise and hints at a big league future.
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Shafter Field
Fred Vaughn
Bartow
Florida
Indianapolis
American Association
Vaughn
Tommy Vaughn
Superior Oil Company
San Diego Padres
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas
Hutchinson
Hamton
New York
Ans
Yankees
Gomez
Santa Paula
San Diego
Educational Pictures to be Shown at Maple School
Educational pictures will be shown tomorrow at 7 30 in Maple school auditorium. Two educational sound pictures and a color Mickey Mouse cartoon will entertain families of the Maple district free of charge. The program aims to gauge local interest for installing motion picture equipment. James Williamson, Lost Hills elementary principal, donates school equipment for the event.
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Maple School
Maple District
Jack
Mapie Auditorium
James Williamson
Lost Hills
Stork Outpaces Ambulance In Bakersfield Birth Race
A stork outsped an ambulance by about 12 miles Sunday evening delivering a son to Mrs. Woodrow Carriker at the Shafter Farm Workers camp. The birth occurred near the Golden State highway as H. R. Janzen drove the ambulance toward Bakersfield. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
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Janzen
Woodrow Carriker
Shafter Farm Workers
Bakersfield
H. R. Janzen
Golden State Highway
Regular meeting of the Shafter Post American Legion
A regular meeting of the Shafter Post American Legion will be held with members gathering to discuss post affairs, upcoming events, and reports from officers. Attendees are urged to attend for routine business and community activities.
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Shafter Post, American Legion
Potato Planting Progress Nears End in Shafter Area
In the Shafter region, potato planting nears completion as fair weather allows rapid progress after a late start. A seed shortage drives premium prices while trucks and field crews show activity. growers expect acreage to match last year’s 11 000 acres despite east shipments offering direct competition.
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Shafter
Probation Officer Addresses Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis
C. M. Johnson Kern county probation officer spoke at the Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis meeting at Cafe Neuman. He outlined his office work and argued that better child training would reduce crime. Routine club business followed.
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C. M. Johnson
Kern County
Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis Club
Cafe Neuman
Johnson
Union Spuds Wildcat Well Near Shafter
Union Oil and three partners spud a four company wildcat in Section 36 near Shafter to test a deep production potential in the Greeley Shafter uplift. The Kerneo 1-36 well aims for Vedder sands around 12 700 feet with drilling led by Union and may extend oil activity along a 20 mile front from Greeley to Wasco. Local landowners near Maple ranch monitor closely as results determine district prospects.
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Shafter
Union Oil Company
Union
Kerneo
Kern County Land Company
Seaboard
Continental
Tide Water Associated
Greeley-Shafter
Wasco
KCLC
Greeley
Maple District
Wasco Field
Operetta Excitement Grows At Richland Middle Grades
Enthusiasm runs high in seventh and eighth grades at Richland as preparations for The Magic Beanstalk proceed for late March or early April. Large rehearsal turnout led officials to threaten solo spot assignments to deter shy beginners, signaling strong confidence in a colossal production.
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Richland
Youths Given Fines and Short Jail Terms
A group aged sixteen to twenty were fined fifteen dollars each and given fifteen day jail sentences, suspended for two years, when they appeared in court this week.
Motorcycle Crash Injures Shafter Farms Worker
Johnnie Pritchett 31, employed by Shafter Farms, was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle skidded on Highway 99 north of Bakersfield. He suffered head injuries and body lacerations and faces at least six weeks in hospital. investigators say he was traveling about 45 mph and likely attempted a sharp turn.
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Johnnie Pritchett
Shafter Farms Company
99 Highway
Bakersfield
Pritchett
Mercy Hospital
Shafter
Lerdy Road
Jewish Scholar Dr A A Michelson to Speak at Shafter
Dr A A Michelson a rationally known radio minister and former judge in German higher courts will address the First Mennonite church in Shafter at 7 30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. He will discuss the Jewish situation in today’s world and on Wednesday will speak on A Jewish Judge and Politician s Conversion to Christ.
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A. A. Michelson
First
Los Angeles
Shafter
Michelson
Germany
Ben Michelson
Citrus and Olive Crop Left On Trees In County
Oranges lemons and olives remain on groves in the northern county as cleanup continues this week. Estimates show five to seven percent of citrus and about twenty five percent of oil olives still on the trees.
Public Utility Financial Report Issued
A financial statement certified by Hill Auditing Company shows Shafter Public Utility District assets totaling 101 758 49 with a 41 865 66 surplus as of December 31 1938. Tangible assets include real estate buildings wells pumping stations and mains valued at 106 911 91 with depreciation 12 017 48. Liabilities total 59 892 83, including 51 000 bonded indebtedness and 8 879 85 accounts payable. The report commends the district books as in exceptionally good order with no exceptions noted amid rapid growth and sewer system expansion.
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Hill Auditing Company
Shafter Public Utility District
Tasp
H Midgley
Ground Broken For Helm Building On Santa Fe Way
Ground breaking occurred this week for a potato office building to be erected by L. G. Helm of Bakersfield on Santa Fe Way just south of Central Avenue. The adobe brick structure will have five rooms, measure 32 by 42 feet, and cost about 3000 dollars. Completion is hoped before the potato shipping season. Expected occupants include L. E. Plymale, William Lachenmaier, Bob Neuman, and Pacific Fruit and Produce Co. representatives.
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L. G. Helm
Bakersfield
Santa Fe Way
Central Avenue
L. E. Plymale
William Lachenmaier
Bob Neuman
Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Shafter High Coats Vaccination Drive Against Smallpox
About 65 students at Shafter High School received smallpox vaccinations on Tuesday conducted under the direction of Dr. Sophie M. Loven. The effort aimed to curb outbreak risk and protect the student body.
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Shafter High School
Sophie M. Loven
Coring at 11,503 Feet in Van Ness No 3 Well
General Petroleum reports Vedder sand coring in its Van Ness No 3 well at 11,503 feet in the Shafter oil field. The well flowed two days for production tests before coring. officials say results are satisfactory and comparable to field peers. Cores to be taken from lower Vedder as casing at 11,390 feet is set. Caldwell No 1 reaches 9,970 feet. Van Ness No 2 derrick stands by.
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General Petroleum Corporation
Vedder
van Ness No. 3
Shafter
Caldwell No. 1
van Ness No. 2
van Ness
General Petroletum Corporation
Moodie Well Near Shafter Field Moves Ahead
Work at the Moodie location in the Shafter field progresses with boilers and heavy equipment in use. The well, expected to be spudded within days, could extend production and prompt drilling on adjacent Union Oil leases. Exact site is 330 feet in both directions from the southwest corner of section 26, 28-25, just east of the Shafter Taft highway on Dr. A. R. Moodie property.
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Shafter
Union Oil Company
A. R. Moodie
New Shell Service Station Opens At Central and James
Harold Unruh of Shafter to manage the Hollywood premier style station at Central avenue and James street. Elmer jobs assists. Cost $9,250. Features include an all electric safety hoist tile rest rooms and a small refrigeration unit for fountain water. Shell credit cards accepted and touring service available.
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Hollywood
Shell
Central Avenue
James Street
Harold Unruh
Shafter
Wasco
Elmer Jobs
Rotary Charter Night Set for March Twenty Four
Rotary clubs from the valley plan to attend the Charter Night on March 24 with Bakersfield sponsors playing a leading role. Shafter Rotary heard Bob Zenk speak on business competition and small firms building their own success. Alfred Chandler reported on a recent San Francisco Rotary gathering and noted upcoming speakers from the College of the Pacific and Bakersfield. Attendance teams were named with captains for a 90 day term. Visiting Rotarians included A Verne Turner P T Neate C L West J B Coit R F Harlow and Bob Cottable, who was ill.
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Bob Zenk
Shafter Club
Cafe Neuman
Eh Alfred Chandler
Rotary
San Francisco
Nesa
United States
College of the Pacific
Stockton
J. Wilt
Bakersfield
H. R. Janzen
Ed. Warren
Bill Handel
Ira Unruh
A. W. Gaede
Herbert L. Comfort
Jack Kliewer
A. Verne Turner
P. T. Neate
C. L. West
J. B. Coit
R. F. Harlow
Bob Cotable
Tehachapi Hosts Shafter Teams In Sierra League Clash
Shafter high school's Generals and Colonels travel to Tehachapi tomorrow to face Tehachapi A and B in Sierra league action. Tehachapi plays at home while both Shafter squads chase Maricopa in the standings after a rough start.
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Shafter High School
Tehachapi
Generals
Maricopa
Colonels
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New York Yankees
Bing
Maple
Snapeeey
Stork
Shafter Area
Union Spuds Wildcat
Public Utility Financial Report Issued
Helm
G. P. Coring
van Ness Well
Moodie
Shatter Field
Settel
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