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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
1
In a special election the Shafter Public Utility District approved a $38,000 sewer bond and a $5,000 water well bond by overwhelming margins. A $27,000 PWA grant is expected to fund sewer construction, with the water project to begin immediately since no federal aid is tied to it.
Senior Hi Y of Shafter high school plans lawn and garden work in Shafter park starting Friday. A triangle area bounded by 100 feet on Santa Fe avenue and 100 feet on California street will be planted with shrubs to form the Hi Y letters. Bob Ford of the Kern County YMCA was slated to speak but will address the group later. A hay ride is planned for March 19. Alfred Smith provided music.
T. V. Little of Shafter was unanimously elected field trip scout for the Kern County Mineral Society when officers were elected Monday night in Bakersfield. The post becomes elective for the first time and Little will serve on a five member board of directors alongside A. R. Duehren Dan Simms Gene Bosserdet and others.
Persons picking wildflowers should be alert for rattlesnakes. Word reaches us that rattlers are earlier this year and are more aggressive in certain areas, prompting cautions for hikers and flower seekers to watch where they step.
A Maple school district meeting for taxpayers is set Monday night March 15 at 7 30 at Maple school. Principal Jack Singer announced the session to discuss a probable bond election to finance school needs with D M Schellenberg presiding.
Principal E P Jones reports tentative state approval for three new classrooms forming a quadrangle with the present science building. A biology room a desks equipped classroom and a soundproof music room 35 by 27 feet will include instrument storage and project space. Completion is set for November 1 with 250 pupil capacity and larger bus plans, as enrollment grows from 222.
Roy James Martin pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge before Judge F E Manuel on Monday and received a 30 day sentence in the county jail. Martin was arrested by Constable Reily on Sunday afternoon.
James Y Camp promoted to manager of the McFarland gin of the Camp West Lowe ginning Co in Shafter He is the son of S A Camp senior member of the firm He succeeds W J Woolverton who resigns to take a position with a finance company in Tucson Arizona The McFarland gin will be open daily as officials state and friends wish Woolverton well on his move.
A volunteer fire department plans a nightly burn of brush and grass to reduce spontaneous fire danger during summer. The first pile will be lit Friday with standby equipment. Residents may arrange burns with S. J. Segal by calling 68 after the fair.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors urged President Roosevelt to provide federal aid for handling transients. They said the county cannot care for all needy residents and is hard pressed to meet local relief demands.
Mrs. Corrine BE Keene, 49, wife of A M Keene publisher of the Daily Midway Driller, died Monday night at the family home in Taft. She had lived in Kern county for more than twenty five years.
Kern citizens hear Walker Young state the Central Valley Water Project is a national priority due to agricultural wealth boosting trade. He cites a $11.4 million grant, a total $170 million cost, and potential three year construction if funds flow, while warning of legal and political hurdles and urging district cooperation with the California Water Authority.
F M Hamilton, injured three weeks ago in a freak automobile crash on Lerdo road, has returned home and shows signs of recovery. His wife, hospitalized since the crash, expects to come home later this week. He suffered a fractured rib and extensive lacerations when his car struck a tractor that had been abandoned after running out of gas. Mrs Hamilton has a fractured left elbow and internal injuries.
Neumann marked the completion of its new cafe with a grand opening last evening attended by several local residents and guests. The event showcased the venue in the Valley area.
Articles of incorporation for the Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co were approved in Shafter. L. E. Plymale is president Wm. Lachenmaier secretary and J. H. Fuller manager. A modern five stand gin will be built near Shafter with site north of town favored. Construction to start shortly after June 1. Ed West of Bakersfield is attorney.
Central avenue frontage changes occur as Kern County Land Co sells last holdings. Frank Panero acquires 50 feet to total 125 feet beside his theatre site. Dr Taylor Tabb buys 75 feet south of Midgley Hotel and Herbert Comfort buys 50 feet north of it. Lovegreen of Bakersfield buys 25 feet beside the Press building to add a tire and auto accessory shop. A foundation for a large Nikkel Iron Works building began yesterday, planned to extend to Central avenue.
J E Blackman, wanted on a felony Kansas warrant, was arrested by Al Annis in Bakersfield after Annis recognized a Kansas license plate. Blackman had previously eluded Kern County deputies in a chase and was booked at the county jail as extradition proceedings were started.
Jennie R. Buckley of Shafter files a civil complaint seeking 30322.47 in damages from Shell Chemical Company Greening Smith Company and others. She says she was sold anhydrous ammonia as fertilizer and that her potato crop worth 9687.53 was damaged she would have earned 39910 total if not for the fertilizer usage.
Walter Upward, Bakersfield resident and reportedly the oldest licensed pilot in the United States, died at his home Monday night at age 79. He held a long aviation career and was recognized for his longevity as a pilot.
A campaign to persuade homeowners in Southern California to install automatic gas water heaters runs from February 22 to April 30. Terms include no down payment, 40 to 60 months financing, and a liberal trade-in. Heaters must be American Gas Laboratory approved, with a safety pilot, installed per regulations.
Voters in the Lerdo school district unanimously approved a $25,000 bond election for a new school at an election held Friday.
Rev Dr Frank Linder of Oakland Methodist spoke to over 200 at the Congregational church dinner in the clubhouse of the Wednesday Afternoon Club. He urged that America’s survival depends on citizen resolve while Anthony Donat acted as toastmaster and Alfred Chandler outlined next year’s church program.
A Monday morning intersection crash at Lerdo road and Juniper avenue sent three men to Mercy hospital Bakersfield with injuries. Hart Ross the Texaco Oil truck driver, George Stratford suffered a dislocated shoulder fractured arm and internal injuries. Roy Turner received facial and body lacerations. Emile J. Girard Delano county employee sustained minor cuts and bruises. Constable John C. Reily said driver misjudgment caused the collision between Turner passengers and Girard’s county truck.
Motion pictures of Panama Central America and South America were shown to Exchange Club members at the weekly luncheon held at the American Legion hall. A H Karpe of Bakersfield presented the two color reels from a summer tour. About 45 members attended.
Verna May Chinnis, 31, died Sunday as her car collided with a truck at Shafter highway and Burbank road. Her 10-year-old daughter Louise was critically injured, along with five others. The truck driver Loren Minnick, 28, Bakersfield, witnessed a violent crash that overturned the truck.
Kern County Fair Bureau directors meeting in Bakersfield adopted three resolutions led by E. C. Eckmann of Shafter. They opposed Roosevelt's plan to overhaul the Supreme Court, urged renewed fruit processing funding via the chamber of commerce, and asked supervisors not to lease fair grounds again, signaling a rebirth effort for the Kern County Fair.
Preliminary plans for the Teacher's Institute this fall were outlined at a Bakersfield meeting of school officials. Principal E P Jones and J H Porterfield led the committee with Principal C T Olson and Harold Delavan of Richland grammar school guiding the effort.
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