Kern County Water Tension Between Land Company and District
A 1930s opinion piece discusses Hugh Allen of Kern County Land Company and the Shafter Wasco district dispute over Kern River water. The company holds major water rights and argues Friant Dam must supply extra water for Shafter Wasco. Public pressure is predicted to rise as lands stay in large holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Allen
Kern County Land Company
Allen
Kern County
Kern River
Shafter-Wasco District
Land Company
Shafter-Wasco
Erm River
Shafter
Wasco
Loe wen Plumbing to Build New Shop on California Ave
Dan Loe wen Plumbing and Electrical Co. secures priority for constructing a plumbing shop and display room at 336 California Avenue with work to begin within thirty days. The project marks a key expansion for the company and will add a new building to the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Loewen Plumbing and Electrical Co
California Avenue
Western Union Opens Office in Shafter Depot Lobby
Western Union opened an independent office in the lobby of the Santa Fe Depot in Shafter for the potato season. Those wishing to phone in telegrams may call 834.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Santa Fe
Shafter
Kenneth Turner Returns Home After Surgery
Kenneth Turner returned Sunday from Mercy Hospital Bakersfield where she underwent an operation. She is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Turner
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Mighty 7th Vespers Bond Drive Launch Set
Shafter service clubs join War Bond Committee to launch Seventh War Loan Drive with a $430,000 local quota. Co-chairs Glenn O Nay and Pat Kelly announce the Monday meeting at the American Legion Hall. A special Eisenhower V E Day Bond stamp marks new bonds as tribute to General Eisenhower victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
American Legion Hall
Glenn O. Nay
Pat Kelly
Eisenhower
Germany
Virgil the Magician at Shafter High School Auditorium
A large crowd from Shafter and nearby communities is expected for a magic show by Virgil next Wednesday night at the Shafter High School Auditorium. Proceeds support Kiwanis youth activities. tickets are sold through Kiwanis members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Virgil
Shafter High School
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Earl Weil
Weil
Kiwanis
Shafter Motel
Elvin Schwartz
Kingsburg
Campaign progress and building repaintings noted in town
The campaign continues briskly as Robert Neuman & Sons offices were refreshed last week. This week the building received a white paint with green trim. Mayor H C Neufeld joined in by having Neufeld's Auto Parts repainted in green. Repainting and tiling at Shafter Mercantile Co is complete. The Post Office Market interior has been repainted and enlarged.
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Campign
Robert Neuman & Sons
H. C. Neufeld
Neufeld
Shafter Mercantile Company
Fire destroys turkey house killing a thousand birds
A Wednesday morning blaze at Yates Turkey Ranch west of Shafter Lerdo destroyed a turkey house and 1000 turkeys. Damage estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. Owner Wray Phillips also lost his home last July. Fire blamed on a gas breeder igniting. Wasco and Shafter fire trucks responded.
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Yates Turkey Ranch
Shafter On
Lerdo
Wray Phillips
Wasco
Shafter
California Highway Patrol Rodeo Draws Top Riders to Bakersfield
The Kern County Patrols host the annual two day rodeo May 12 and 13 at Kern County Fairgrounds sanctioned by Rodeo Association of America. Stars like Clay Carr Tony Azevedo Fess Reynolds Vern Castro and others compete for $250 per event with Abe Lefton announcing. Proceeds benefit the State Highway Patrolmen's Association widows and orphans fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Fairgrounds
California Highway
Kern County
Rodeo Association of America
Bakersfield
Clay Carr
Tony Azevedo
Fess Reynolds
Vern Castro
Gene Rambo
Bud Spearman
Joe Mendez
Mitch Owens
Hank
George Mills
Bill Selby
Manyther
Abe Lefton
Madison Square Garden
Fairgrounds
Kerny County
State Highway Patrolmen’s Association
Maple Elementary Graduation Exercises May 17
Graduation program includes invocations, student solos, class greeting, and diplomas. Eighth grade chorus performs Ah Lovely Meadows and Buy My Tortillas. Graduates listed: Buddy Burris, Margaret Davis, Charles Heckler, Betty Hill, Pauline, Wanda Holbrook, Betty Lou Isaac, Eugene Kelley, Orville Kelley, Herman Morris, Peggy Nikkel, Billy Powell, Phyllis Peters, E Wray Phillips, William Rodgers, Arnold Scott, Billy Seabert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Elementary
E. M. Anderson
Peggy Nikkel
Betty Isaac
Phyllis Peters
Paderewski
Guy M. Jaggard
Margaret Davis
America
E. Wray Phillips
William Rodgers
Arnold Scott
Billy Seabert
Report Prendez Missing in Action from Luzon
Sgt. Daniel Prendez son of Mr and Mrs Joe Prendez of Shafter is reported missing in action in Luzon.
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Prendez
Daniel Prendez
Joe Prendez
Shafter
Luzon
Pat Kelly to Enter Business in Shafter
H. W. Pat Kelly resigns as Shafter High School principal effective June 30 to join Phil Channeson in a real estate insurance and farm management business in Shafter. He served two years as principal and eight years on Kern County Union High School staff. He led civic efforts as Rotary Club president War Loan Committee co chair Community Chest secretary and Red Cross drive chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W
Pat” Kelly
Shafter
Phil Channeson
Kelly
Kern County Union High School
Community ‘Chest
Red Cross
High Pee
Lachenmaier in Roosevelt Honor Guard Return
Lt. William Lachenmaier and Mrs. Lachenmaier arrived at Ft Belvoir Virginia by the Santa Fe Super Chief after a ten day furlough with his parents. He was chosen for the honor guard at President Roosevelt's funeral procession in Washington and led a platoon in front of the White House during the ceremony. He previously served 21 months in the Pacific theater before entering officers' training school. The couple live near Mount Vernon on the Potomac and he recalled the tale of Washington's Potomac crossing.
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William Lachenmaier
Santa Fe
Super Chief
Ft. Belvoir
Virginia
Lachenmaier
John Lachenmaier
President Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Officers’ Training School
Lt. Lachenmaier
Potomac
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
Shafter Reacts With V E Day Pride and Resolve
Shafter residents marked V E Day with flags on Central Avenue and measured the moment as part of a larger task. Citizens urged continued effort toward V J Day, more bond purchases, food production, and postwar development while praising American sacrifice and leadership.
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Marjorie Mitchell Shafter
Central Avenue
Shafcor
Richland Graduation Exercises List of Seniors and Program
Richland Grammar School will hold its graduation on May 10 with a detailed program including processional Broadway March, Star Spangled Banner, several solos and choruses, and diplomas presented by Mr. M. L. Thomas. The 1945 graduates named include Sue Alexander, Juanita Allen, Willie Mae Badgett, Dorothy Barnes, Dana Baughman, many others, along with awards and honors.
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Richland Grammar School
G. E. Holmes
Francis Scott Key
Orval Seago
Lowell Bergman
H. A. Hummel
Richland
Over the Sea
Beulah D. Bartlett
M. L. Thomas
Mildred Christoferson
Sue Alexander
Juanita Allen
Willie Mae Badgett
Dorothy Barnes
Dana Baughman
Loretta Becker
Earlene Brock
Jewell Bryan
Janice Ruth Bryan
Eunice Campos
Velma Annaday
Ruby Imogene Carter
Virginia Raye Cato
LaQuita J. Dillingham
Acelina Dominguez
Dolores Enns
Joy Frizzell
Edith Lorece Harlow
Arleta Hight
Cleo Howell
Dorothy Jones
Patsymae Kelly
Nancy Grace McDonald
Margaret Mansfield
Julia Marchman
Marjorie Myrick
Thelma Newell
Jane* Nikkel
Joan Nikkel
Marion Nixon
Billie Osborn
Daisy Owens
Ruby Owens
Phyllis Paloma
Gladys Patterson
Ruby Perkins
Bobbie Potter
Lois Ramay
Juanita Rohrbach
Leona Rohrbach
Dolores Savoia
Arlyss Sharp
Earlene Smith
Marion Smith
Geraldine Senger
Betty Standiford
Josephine Standiford
Ella Starrh
Betty Stewart
Norma Watson
Joan Weyand
Betty Wilcoxon
J. T. Badgett
Bill Baker
Jimmie Beagles
Eldean Beese
Eugene Bryant
Keith Burnquist
Alvin Clark
Jimmie Janzen
Earl Jepsen
Henry Keener
Furman Lytle
Tony Mansfield
Donald Millard
Burton Nance
Billy Ollis
Tommy O'Neal
William Palmer
Hardy Ramay
Tommy Scaggs
Donald Sephus
James Sexton
Billy Joe Moffree
Victor Smart
Archie Smith
Willis Dee
Santa Fe Boosts Shafter Facility Upgrades
Santa Fe Railway installed a fumigating track in Shafter to fumigate refrigerator cars for Shafter and Wasco locally instead of Bakersfield. Track installations started months ago to aid 1945 potato shipments and are set to be ready by May 15. The yard was asphalt paved, crossings graded, and a park area cleaned and beautified near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
Shafter
Wasco
Bakersfield
Santa Fe
Shafter Station
Local list of names appears in the clipped notice
A partial roster of individuals including Smith Albert Stepp Dwain H Stewart Alven Sullivan Lloyd Tidwell Roy Tillman Arval Tol bert Melvin Tolbert Tommie Lee Walker Junior Wharton Lee Wilson James Wooldridge Jim Wroten Donald Wygle and Billy Da is visible in the fragmented text
Singspiration Sunday Planned by Shafter Youth
Young people from Shafter churches will host a Singspiration Sunday night at 9 15 at the Nazarene Church on West Lerdo.
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Shafter
Nazarene
West Lerdo
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Loewen
Mighty 7Th Vespers
Bond Drive
Robert H. Moulton
War Finance Committee
Southern
California
U. S. Treasury Department
Earl £. Haworth
John H. Haworth
Rodrigo J. Sotelo
Okinawa
Yontan
Schwartz
Bill Johnson
Allan Anderson
Glen Putman
Highway Patrol
Europe
Walt Fillmore
Marion
Crockett
Y Hanson
Ned Smith
Boy Scout
Frank Shaw
EB. K. Grant
Japan
Marion Crockett
Pacific
Les Hobson
Glen Crampton
Pat) Kelly
Shafter 20-30
Woman’s
Ray Martinez
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Munda
Biane
Harry Thompson
Mary Anne
Shafter, Calif
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