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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
1
Local youngsters from Shafter and Vincinity race to secure votes for six grand prizes and weekly wrist watch awards. The contest closes at noon Saturday with sealed ballots, followed by a stage show at the State Theater at 8 30 p m where winners will be announced.
Local youth leaders sponsor a benefit show in the Shafter Theater to clear the Boy Scout debt from building a theater. The program features two performances at 7 and 9 with prizes, including a cot ton bale donated by C. J. Vignolo. Committee heads include Dave Muir and O. D. Handle with Lions Club and Rotary Club roles, plus Kiwanis and 20 30 Club ticket duties. Publicity by Kenneth Pipkin and P. C. Clark. Ed Bender, Nick Johnson, and Kenny Howell assist with logistics.
Bobby Trout won the third of four 17 jewel watches awarded to top readers in the Shafter Press Teen ager prize subscription contest. He is now second overall and within reach of the grand prize to be presented Saturday night at the State Theater. Ann Middleton and James Banks trail close behind as the race for the final watch tightens.
Rolf Jacobsen Jr a Shafter High School student and member of Boy Scout Troop 45 will receive his Eagle Scout award at a court of honor on March 22 at 7 30 p m in the Shafter Boy Scout hall. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Rolf Jacobsen Sr and attended the National Jamboree at Valley Forge last summer.
G C Gilly of North Shafter won $50 cash at the Pot of Gold drawing Saturday night. Joe Songer of Shafter took $30, and Leo Schmidt of North Shafter earned $20. The event drew a larger crowd and promotes local shopping at Shafter stores with a weekly $100 cash giveaway.
Shafter 20-30 Club plans an Easter ham shoot this Sunday at the old Shafter Airport three miles southeast of town. Merton Wiedmann, president, says the event runs 10 a.m. to dark with trap shooting and other games to raise funds for the high school scholarship fund benefiting graduates in financial need. Last year’s beneficiary was Ray Hearén of the University of California.
Bill Hearn 21 son of Mr and Mrs R L Hearn of Bayless Street is reportedly improving after a Feb 21 accident near Bakersfield. He was in a car truck collision on Panama Road and has been in San Joaquin Hospital with a fractured left arm brain concussion head injuries and a cut primary nerve in his right wrist.
Furman W. Lytle Jr 19 son of Mr and Mrs Furman Lytle of Burbank avenue is stationed at San Diego with the Navy air corps since February He is a Shafter graduate and part of the Navy program at the local base.
The Kern County Housing Authority projects 35 low income housing units plus an office building on a five acre Shafter tract. Construction cost is put at about 252 900 with work starting after annexation talks settle among the city and Shafter Public Utility District.
An Oakland company official says Transocean Air Lines basic flight training program remains in doubt. C E Webb notes the plan is still undecided and expects a firm decision in about two weeks. Groundwork for cadets has already begun at Minneapolis.
The Rev. C. F. Ummel will lead the annual Easter Sunday sunrise services at Mannel Park beginning at 6 a.m. The Shafter Ministerial Association confirms all churches will participate with special music and laypeople aiding in the service. Shafter students anticipate a two day Easter weekend break next Thursday and Friday.
The Shafter defense council first aid program gains city backing via a new resolution to boost enrollments. Commander John Riley says slow enrollment prompted action. the program runs Tuesday nights at Shafter High School and is open to all residents.
The Shafter community gears up for the fourth annual Potato Festival on May 19 with a kickoff dance planned about six weeks earlier under Chairman William Stoller. A western theme will start then as residents prepare for festivities. An aquacade at Richland School directed by Roy Farrell is also planned, with details to be announced soon. The festival finance committee is seeking pledges.
Twenty four members of the Shafter High School staff enrolled for defense council work with Executive Secretary F. G Shaw reporting today. The list opens with Jack M. Hill as principal and names many instructors including Dan Bledsoe Theodora Richard Jordan Eliades Joan BellJeanette Wheeler Elliott G Garrison Ernest Graf Hal E Williams Wanda Cain Charles C Rhoads Ruth Hilbert Beth Payne Marjorie D Rose Beverly Gist R D Ewen Lowell Todd Burley Dooley Edward W Schacht Amelia Con ness Robert Gates Thomas Letizia Joseph Galante and Shirley Harris.
The flu outbreak cut Shafter elementary and high school enrollment by up to 20 percent at the peak of the semi-epidemic, with overall attendance dropping but the schools remaining open. Teachers also suffered modest absences during the worst period.
Shafter Public Utility District grew from necessity built by visionary locals. Early funding backed a 75 000 gallon tank and a 24 000 bond, expanding through the 1930s to cut fire insurance rates and sustain steady growth. Directors E K Grant Sam Lachenmaier W H Hitchcock helped shape a lasting community utility.
Ninety volunteers will meet at Lee's Dining Room on Tuesday at 7 a.m. to launch a Lions Club Red Cross one day drive in Shafter. C. E. Moon Mullins directs the effort with a five envelopes per worker system and a $2000 local quota set by American Red Cross in Bakersfield.
Public Works Director Jack Harris reports a Five Points street improvement bid of 397 above estimates approved by the city council with state highway division consent. Griffith Company of Los Angeles will perform initial curb and gutter repairs and storm drainage upgrades funded by the state gas tax and city reserves.
The Shafter-Wasco Community Concerts Association launches its annual membership drive the week of March 26. Kickoff banquet at 7 30 p m features Alma Lauritzen of New York representing the National Community Concerts Association. Students from Shafter High School and Richland Elementary School will enter a poster contest.
Members of the Shafter Merchants Association will meet at noon Monday in Lee's Dining Room. Art Brownell, president, announced today.
Fred Patterson of Edison and Tehachapi will chair the Kern County Potato Growers annual convention in Bakersfield March 27 28 and 29 1951 This is his second time leading the event A dinner and meeting at Hotel El Tejon opens the program with growers meeting market representatives An open panel on the second day at Bakersfield Inn will cover production and related topics and authorities will participate The final day includes a transportation conference and closing sessions
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