SPUD and City Board Seats Open for Nominations
Six candidates enter a month long campaign for three city council seats while SPUD directors seek two positions. Nominations close noon March 28. Incumbents Finkbeiner and Kirschenmann expected to run. City election April 8 with SPUD vote May 6. 957 city electors reported.
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Shafter Public Utility District Board
Frank Shaw
SPUD
Albert Finkbeiner
Adolf Kirschenmann
F. G. Shaw
Dan #J
Ocewen
Frank Russell
Ear ‘Johnson
Robert L. Gates
Filval Fr
Rolf Jacobsen
Loewen
Loewen, ‘Fine Pancra and Merrill Thomas
Ett L. Gates
Shafter High
Tor Colon Ig
sShafter-Waseco Irrigation District Board of Directors
Manuel Avenue
Dan Lowen
Win Shafter
California Ave
Panero
Panero Theater
Shaft
Festival to Name Agricultural Man of the Year
At the fifth annual Shafter Potatoes and Cotton Festival members voted to honor an Agricultural Man of the Year at the May 17 celebration. Festival Chairman Richard A. Larson said a committee will select a candidate from the Valley who represents agricultural progress. Leaders from state agricultural groups will attend to pay tribute. Announcement of the honoree will be made shortly before May 17.
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Richard A
Dick) Larson
Larson
Martin Lynch Win Cups for School Work at Shafter High
Har ley Martin and Layton Lynch received achievement cups from Shafter High with principal Grant Jensen citing their work in science and liberal arts. Martin earned a laboratory science certificate while Lynch qualified in social science, with other honorees including Mixon, Perry, Ranuelos, Warkentin, and Cooper for various disciplines.
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Martin, Lynch
Adentbody
Harley Martin
Layton Lynch
Stu
Grant Jensen
Shafter High
Bank of Ameri- Roth Martin and
Lynch
Shafter
Bakersfield
Martin
Jerry Mixon
Mickey Perry
Olga Ranuelos
Helen Warkentin
Anna Faye Cooper
Four Cotton Bales Aid Shafter Scout Hall Debt
Four bales of cotton will be given away on Mar. 19 to help reduce the $400 debt on the Shafter Boy Scout Halls. Sam Lowe, president of the organizing committee, announced the event. The cotton was donated by members of four Shafter area scout troops plus Lions Rotary Kiwanis clubs and the School Parent-Teachers union. A special benefit is set for the Shafter Theater.
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Shafter
Sam Lowe
7Ng
Ers
Shafter Area
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Shafter Theater
Teletype tips police on potato sack theft
A teletype from a Burbank detective led to a 5000 sack burglary at a Shafter potato shed. Police Chief John Reily said 1000 sacks were found on a through truck and checked for legality. Potato shed operator J. 21 Maurer reported 5 sacks missing.
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Burbank
Shafter
John Reily
J. 21
Maurer
Home Building Dominates Work in City
February saw continued prominence of home construction in Shafter with total projects valued at about 35850 dollars. Dandy Homes Inc led activity in the Kirschenmann tract with two seven thousand dollar structures while Frank Russell added a business addition at 341 Pacific Street.
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Shafter
E. K. Grant
Dandy Homes, Inc
Kirschenmann
Frank Russell
Pacific St
Pauline Wiles
Bob Neuman
David Merkel
S. S. Boyd
T. V. Little
J. M. Cherry
Robert Neuman
Future Farmers to Dedicate Shafter High School Plant Building
Shafter High School will dedicate its new 180000 agricultural shop and classroom building within two weeks. The event on March 27 at 6:30 p.m. honors the FFA chapter with a barbecue by Charlie Castro of Bakersfield. FFA members will present talks on facility features including shop, classrooms, library, laboratory, and animal wash areas. Leroy Kirschmann is FFA president.
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Shafter High School
Glenn O. Nay
Partcu Wuay
Future Farmers of America Chapter
Parem-Sons
Charlie Castro
Bakersfield
FFA
Leroy, Kirschenmann
Red Cross Nears $1000 in Shafter Membership Drive
The American Red Cross drive in Shafter is halfway to its $2000 goal with nearly 100 volunteers canvassing the city door to door. Chairman Bruce Crawford reports efforts extend to outer areas and aim to enroll every family member as a Red Cross member by Saturday.
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American Red Cross
Shafter
Bruce Crawford
Red Cross
Crawford
Nul
He Reiker
Post Kelly Enters Kern Assembly Race for Re election
Assemblyman H W Pat Kelly of Shafter announces his candidacy for a second term in the 39th district from the state capitol during a budget session. He cites committee experience in agriculture education oil manufacturing mining and finance and insurance and aims to repr esent Kern County with focus on good government tax prudence school support and water for Kern.
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H. W
Pat) Kelley
Shafter Insuranceman
Kelly
Sacramento
Welly
Assembly
Kern County
Talent Show Signups Highlight Local Students
Twenty five youngsters from Richland and Shafter High School sign up for the Junior Class Talent Show set for March 21 in the high school gym. Thomas Letizia directs with George Day of KERO as master of ceremonies.
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Shafter High School
Thomas Letizia
George Day
KERO
Richland School
Eileen Bradshaw
Betty Wilson
Mae Scott
Helen Reel
Kay Duerksen
Dorothy Weitz
LaRae Pilgrim
Linda Lou Rebey
Glen Steller
Lordo Harold Gene Olinger
Kay Martin
Rio Bravo
Barbara Groves
Bonnie Gray
Anna Gail Jones
Ray Rice
Shafter H School
Jean Smith
Rosalie Sade
Betty MccCoy
Martha Jeffcoat
Charlene Krocker
Bobby Reeves
Edna Crane
Gertrude Baze
Geraldine Stewart
Ross Adkins
John Notley
Max Tudor
Ronnie Morris
Vets to Pay Final Tribute To Soldier
Final military rites will honor Cpl. Lewis D. Patrick a 20 year old Korean War casualty killed Oct 17. Funeral services set for Saturday at 8 pm at Pente Coast Church of God with burial at Shafter Cemetery. Patrick survived by parents Willian J Patrick and five sisters.
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Lewis D. Patrick
Patrick
Willian J. Patrick
Route 1
Box
Pfc
Calvin Potter
Potter
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Durwood Phillips
Pentecoastal Church of God
Shafter Cemetery
James
Oregon
Bobbie Forter
Jeanette Underwood
Juanita. Underwood
Bakersfield
Delores
Ruth Patrick
Shafter
Local Private Serves in Korea in Heavy Mortar Battle
Theodore L. Cole of Shafter fights with the Heavy Mortar Company of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division in Korea. The 12 4.2 inch mortars are the largest in use in the Army and fire high explosive and illumination rounds in close support of infantry. Each crewed by eight men, they can fire 18 to 25 25 pound shells per minute. Cole arrived in Korea in August 1951 and holds the Combat Infantryman Badge.
Frankie Trantham Wins Lions Club Speech Contest
Shafter High School senior Frankie Trantham won the Lions Club annual speech contest on Wednesday night. Competing against Mary Margaret Revell and Jack Brown, her topic was Learning to Live Together and she will advance to the Lions Club zone finals in April.
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Frankie Trantham
Shafter High School
Lions Club
Mary Margaret Revell
Jack Brown
Miss Trantham
Entrants Begin to Shape Fifth Shafter Festival Parade
The fifth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival parade on May 17 already has at least 10 entries including four outside bands. Bands from De lano include Fremont Elementary and Cecil Avenue School. McFarland Elementary and Wagco High. The parade will feature floats mounted entries and groups. Veterans Committee chair Clarence Neuman leads planning with festival secretary Ernie Hofman. Sponsors and trophies from Shafter merchants are being sought to boost hometown interest. City decorations with streamers and banners are under consideration though storefront decoration was set aside for a cup presentation project. A Saturday horse show will follow the barbecue, organized by the Shafter Club.
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Ernie Hofman
Fremont
Cecil Avenue
Delano
McFarland Elementa
Wagco Hig
Clarence Neuman
Veterans Committee
Shafter Merchants
Shafter Club
Legion Elects Earl Wipf to Commander Post
Shafter war veteran Earl Wipf was elected president of the Leslie J. Robinson American Legion post this week. He succeeds Claude Camp. Other officers elected include Jack Janzen as first vice president Elmer Ziemke as second vice president Bil Banks adjutant Lee Thomas finance officer Kate Ziemke chaplain Pat Bradshaw sergeant at arms Byron Rightmire historian. Executive committee members named are Jack Hare Albert Finbeiner and H C Tip Henderson.
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Earl Wipf
Claude Camp
Jack Janzen
Elmer Ziemke
Bil Banks
Lee Thomas
Kate Ziemke
Pat Bradshaw
Byron Rightmire
Jack Hare
Albert Finbeiner
H.C
Tip) Henderson
Police Seek Burglar Who Stole Medicine
Police search for a burglar who pried open Dr Henry Voth’s garage on Mintyr and Cross street and stole medicines from a medicine bag. The garage door was unlocked, allowing the theft.
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Henry Voth
Mintyr
Cross Street
Taxpayers Relieved Over Water Tower Paint Job
The 75,000-gallon Shafter water tower will not need painting for five years and interior work has a 23 year grace period. General Tank Co finished a 10 day project costing about $3000 with five workers sealing and painting the exterior after draining the tank and supplying residents from No. 1 well during work.
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Tire
Shafter
General Tank Co
Public Utility District
Performanf
Board Proposes New Scheme to Finance Project
Local directors face financial obstacles in building an $11 631 000 distribution system for the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District. They seek aid from Sen William Knowland while IRS tax deduction issues for Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District complicate funding.
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Shafter-Wasco
William Knowland
United State Senate
John J. Peters, Jr
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Sant Joaquin
Peters
Don Auggenberg
Shafter
Jack W. Rodner
San Joaquin
Bureau of Reclamation
Straw Vote Planned for Constable
Buttonwillow district plans a straw ballot on March 25 to advise county supervisors on filling the constable vacancy created by Carl Weber. Eligible voters are qualified electors of the Buttonwillow Judicial District. The winner would serve the unexpired term ending in 1954. results are advisory only. Leading candidates include Charles Hughett and George Clyde Patterson.
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Buttonwillow
Constabice
Carl Weber
Floyd L. Ming
Weber
County Board of Supervisors
Rh. J. Veon
Veon
Charles Hughett
George Clyde Patterson
Bates Dewey Named To Head Rotary Club
Bates Dewey a gin plant manager at Coberly West in Shafter will serve as president of the Shafter Rotary Club for the coming year starting July 1 He succeeds Fred D Bryant a local fertilizer dealer Other officers include A N Art Brownell secretary and board members L J Woodard and T N Tut Anderson
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Bates Dewey
Coberly-West
Shafter
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