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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1955
Page
1
The Cotton n Potato Festival plans a Junior King and Queen contest for May 28. Eligible are sixth to eighth graders in the area. Winners receive crowns and cash and merchandise prizes after selling carnival ride ticket booklets to raise funds.
Explorers organize a cleanup on Shafter streets gathering debris including bottles cartons and papers. Wilson urges residents to avoid leaving rubbish on roads while noting ongoing operations and thanking volunteers Kenneth Schultz Jimmy Lemons Charles Wright Donald Atkinson Harold Tolbert and Wilson participated.
Frank Hornkohl president of Bakersfield Rotary and Max Bayless Jr. owner of Hillcrest Glass join for a duo piano program at the Shafter Wasco Rotary joint meeting at the Canelo Motel next Tuesday noon. The pair have partnered for 15 years, performing their own arrangements for multiple Rotary clubs. Bruce Ord, president of the Shafter Rotary, arranged the program.
The Kern County health department announced vaccination with the Salk vaccine would resume in county schools starting Monday. Lerdo students at Lerdo school in Shafter remain the only group not yet vaccinated, with consent forms to be issued when second shots are announced.
Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly of Shafter proposes amendments to the California District Hospital act to tighten finances. The measures, part of skeleton bills 2960, include county treasurers as district treasurers and county grand juries auditing district books. They aim to end the practice of caring for indigent county patients at below cost.
Two Kern county board of trade representatives will speak at the Shafter chamber of commerce and agriculture meeting Friday at noon at Lees drive in. Tony Brown announced as president the speakers include Bob Bovee research director and James Radoumis board of trade secretary.
Burglars broke into the office of E. K. Grant justice of the peace during the weekend, stealing a cash box with 189.75 dollars in cash and 384.75 dollars of checks and money orders. The cash was missing. the box was found beside an abandoned road and the checks recovered. Entry was gained by breaking a glass window and unlocking the door from inside.
Richland launches kindergarten and first grade registrations for next year. Eligible children must be five by December 1, 1955 or six for first grade. registrations run 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Richland Primary on Wall Street Beth. A birth certificate is required and program details will be provided. A May 10 meeting in Room 20 will feature a film The Frustrating Fours and the Fascinating Fives with district staff and consultants, coffee at 9:45 a.m., meeting 10:00 to 11:30.
Shafter’s 1955 cancer fund campaign exceeds its quota by 700 dollars, reaching 1950 so far, led by Mrs. John H. Turner. The drive ran a month of house to house collections with 28 active volunteers, including 25 women and 3 men. The chairwoman praised public support and urged contributions to the American Cancer Society which funded researchers across 132 institutions.
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District protests to State Senator Jesse Dorsey and Assembly member H W Pat Kelly and to a registered lobbyist for using SWID to advocate Trinity San Luis Water project. President John Peters Jr says Garland claimed to represent the district without authorization and the board directs an official protest letter.
Joe Galante and Mrs. Fred Hasty announced appointments to key posts for the Arts and Crafts show to be held May 28 as part of the Eighth Annual Shafter Cotton and Potato festival. Nine divisions were tentatively set up with others possible if entries justify. The rock collections division will be led by Mrs. Leonard Duck and stamp collections by Mrs. (continues on Page 5).
William Canessa a 30 year old civil engineer from Bakersfield will become the first manager of the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District beginning May 16 at 700 dollars a month He will act as liaison between the board and the U S Bureau of Reclamation and oversee administration of the district s 10 million dollar water distribution project Peters president of the board praised the selection from a long candidate list Canessa a University of Nevada graduate has worked for the bureau in Tulare county and Kern county He plans to move toward the Shafter Wasco area and the board eyed a potential site for new headquarters near the Central Valley highway and Kimberly road with eminent domain powers noted for possible condemnation
Shafter builders report a strong start to 1955 with $553,894 in permits for the first four months, led by a $234,594 high school wing project. April totals reached a record $359,794, compared with $68,000 the previous year, while March permits totaled $106,500 and nine homes began construction.
An active drive begins May 9 led by Dennis McDonald to mobilize Shafter residents 15 and older for TB X ray screening. The Kern county tuberculosis association mobile unit arrives May 16 in front of the Bank of America building with participation by social science students under Henry and David Marsh.
The sheriff addressed the Shafter Kiwanis Club saying changes since January put the office under his control and away from past foreign influence. He announced ongoing evaluation of personnel, reduced gambling activity, and a drive to place the right people in the right slots.
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