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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
1
Shafter merchants host a two day pre Easter Dollar Days sale offering discounts on food clothes furniture appliances and more. The event aims to stretch shoppers dollars with many bargains and a special $2 yearly subscription deal for The Shafter Press.
A planned afternoon horse show as part of the fifth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival aims to entertain May 17. Co chairs Bob Mettler and Bates Dewey coordinate with junior level riders, with events at Lachenmaier Stables around 2 pm. Special bleachers will be imported to seat spectators as the festival features numerous events Rob Larson notes the show may include jumpers and possibly a guar.
Shafter residents surpassed a Bakersfield Red Cross goal by over 500 dollars, boosting the local drive to support Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee and Missouri tornado survivors. Chairman Bruce Crawford noted the over subscription may be directed to the broader campaign as contributors push Shafter totals beyond 2500 dollars with more to come.
More than 500 potato growers packers and shippers gathered for the Kern County Potato Growers Association convention in Bakersfield. Don Maupin called it the most successful ever as industry leaders spoke on supply tightness into June and railroad capacity for early crops. Max Wilkes of Wheeler Ridge was elected the new association president with Ed Kirschenmann and Clarence Neuman named local officers.
Richard A. Larson, chairman of the fifth annual festival, said the county queen contest entry deadline is Saturday. All candidates must report at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the Shafter Press for publicity photos.
Riehland plunge and trick divers from the county will take part in a one day exhibition. The event opens with a gigantic downtown Shafter parade followed by a barbecue in the county park.
Former Kern Academy student Miss Martha Miller will speak to the Missionary Volunteer Society Friday night at 7 30 in the S D A church. She narrates four years in South America as a missionary dietician in Brazil and Bolivia and is expected to show films. Her sister Mrs Jake Ebel of Fresno avenue is involved in organizing the program.
Prospective candidates for the Richland School Board position currently held by Ed Kirschenmann must file by April 16. Only one seat is vacant this year. Kirschenmann has not stated his plans. Rio Bravo district will have two openings with incumbents Albert Lane and Pete L. Bergen.
Shafter High School tennis squad defeated Corcoran 6 1 Friday afternoon per coach Gates. Singles results include DeVincenzo over Connally 6-1 6-1 Hughes over Thigpen 4-6 7-5 6-0 Harvey over Brinkley 6-3 1-6 8 Friedley over Wood 6-2 3-6 6-0 Mouser over Squire 6-8 6-4. doubles Gaede Perry over Mavot Squire 6-2 6-3 Reeves Siemens over Brinkley Wood 4-6 7-5 6-1. Duncan Wilson over Flaherty Nicholas 6-1 6-3. Mouser-Squire halted by darkness.
Shafter voters will decide the city council’s proposed 5 percent amusement tax at a special election May 13. The petition with about 145 signatures urged repealing the ordinance or putting the issue to a ballot. The tax would apply to theaters and other amusements, raising roughly one cent per 20 cents for street work.
Six candidates compete for five city seats in Shafter with two incumbents Dan Loewen and Frank Russell seeking re election. Other contenders include Robert L Gates Rolf Jacobsen Fr Panero Merrill Thomas and Albert Hor. SPUD election set May 6 from 7 a m to 7 p m at the county assembly hall same site as the April 8 city hall vote.
County firemen stage a door to door fire prevention campaign as 200 homes from Bishop Acres to Cherokee Strip welcome inspectors. They check living rooms for wiring and heaters, then move to kitchens to assess stoves and other hazards.
At the Shafter High School FFA banquet held with the dedication of a new 180000 dollar agricultural plant, two Ag students will be honored and three civic leaders including Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly will receive tributes.
Clyde Patterson a 23 year old trained peace officer appears set to serve as Buttonwillow Judicial District constable after April. He led with 315 votes to rival Charles Hughett 55 on a straw ballot and awaits ratification by the county board of supervisors. Patterson a Buttonwillow resident since 1937 is married with two children and currently works for Buena Vista Water Storage District. He is a Western Police Academy graduate who also served two years in Corcoran police and constable offices. If approved he will replace incumbent Weber who resigns to enter private business in Bakersfield.
Shafter city council decided against purchasing a heavy patrol car this year. Police Commissioner George H. Grundy and council weighed pros and cons of heavy versus light, but cost won out with a $1000 saving to be used for streets.
Kern County Boundary Commission approves extension to Sierra Vista tract with a Mannel street jog to straighten city county boundary. Shafter City Council accepts the recommendation to aid annexation. Extension sought by John and Ralph Lachenmaier aims to provide two homes on Sycamore Street and Redwood Drive.
Progress on the Terra Vista federal housing project on South Valley street includes laying a 12 inch sewage line for 1326 feet from Shafter avenue to South Valley and 300 feet more. Shafter Public Utility District will accept bids by April 14 for the government financed works and five manholes will be installed. The project aims to serve low income families with a preference for veterans.
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