City Fathers Eye Plans for New Civic Center in Shafter
Bakersfield architect Ernest McCoy presented a tentative sketch for Shafter’s new City Hall with 3600 square feet, concrete block construction, and early California styling. The project would cost about 60 thousand dollars with 55 thousand from a state earthquake loan, while the city covers plans and specifications. A movable partition may separate the council chamber, and the city awaits state finance approval before finalizing the loan.
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Shafter
Ernest McCoy
Bakersfield
McCoy
California
A. G. Mortimore
Mortimore
State Department of Finance, Allocation Board
Maple Sets Graduation At Maple School Friday Evening
Rev Charles Prewitt will give the commencement address as 15 eighth grade diplomas are awarded. Invocation by Rev Merle Clark. Music by the school orchestra directed by James Presley with a violin solo by Helena Loewen and brass selections by a quartet. Principal Gribble will present the class to Herbert Loewen for diploma awards to named graduates.
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MAPLE
Charles Prewitt
Maple School
Merle Clark
James Presley
Helena Loewen
Leroy Balzer
Kenneth Gaede
Donald
Willard Neufeld
Gribble
Herbert Loewen
John Leroy Balzer
Mike Carrillo
Elwood
John Enns
Elvesta Beth Jones
Willie Gene Kelly
Wanda Jean Kroeker
Helena Marie Loewen
Jes .W. Mitchell
Donald W. Neufeld
Gary Nightengale
James Nevarov
Henry Ogbeorn
Edward Patterson
Willie Keaton Smith
Velva
Cal
Lerdo Youths Await New School Building Move
Lerdo School District will delay classes a year while bids for a $370000 new building are advertised. Construction will extend into the next school term with most funds from a state grant and about 95000 from a bond. The project follows two earlier emergency moves after Minter Field housing and condemned barracks forced changes.
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Lerdo
Gerald Miller
Lorde
Minter Field
Air Force Barracks
Minter Village
Air Force
Miller
Richland approves staff salary plan over Morrisett proposal
The board adopted the Richland schedule with a $319,000 current cost versus $289,800 under last year’s system, an increase of about $30,000. Dr Morrisett proposed a $400 flat raise, while the new plan offers varied increases based on more educational classifications. Beginning teachers earned $3,600 this year with top scales around $5,400. future raises follow a uniform pattern once implemented.
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Morrisett
Richland
Bruce Crawford
Richlant’Teachers Club
Festival Directors Eye Show Review of 1953 Pot ato n Cotton
Festival directors plan a Monday meeting led by General Chairman Jack Fleming to study recommendations for improving next year’s Potato n Cotton Festival. They consider abandoning aquacade due to cold weather and expanding exhibits for farm equipment while tightening festival governance and parade entries.
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Jack Fleming
Roy Farrell
Richland School
Shafter County
Inforate
Fleming
Bee
City Declares Shafter Cotton Capital by Default
Judge E. K. Grant declared Shafter the cotton capital of California after CVEA members and other city defendants failed to appear at the sixth annual Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival. The default judgment names Shafter and was signed by the judge.
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E. K. Grant
Shafter
California
Central Valley Empire Association
Wasco
CVEA
Grant
Shafter County Park
First Woman Named to Richland School Board
Mrs Cosma Thomas becomes the first woman elected to the Richland School District board and will take office July 1 defeating incumbent Ernie Panero by 29 votes. Voters also approved a 1.85 dollar rate per 100 assessed valuation to fund a 100000 dollar reserve for future district development.
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Cosma Thomas
Richland School District
Board of Trustees
Ernie Panero
Thomas
Panero
Richland
Pr. Lioyd N. Morrisett
University of California
Los Angeles
Richland Institution
Dr. Morrisett
Softball Season Opens Tuesday with 24 Teams Featured
The Shafter Recreation Commission starts the summer softball schedule next Tuesday at seven diamonds. Four divisions Low Pee Wee Pee Wee Juniors and Men compete with teams including Woodard Motors Neufelds Auto Parts Shamrock Cleaners Maple Leaf Baptist and American Legion in Low Pee Wee and Eagles Wood's Shoe Store Liond Club Stringham's Maple Leaf Baptist in Pee Wee Central Hardware Al's Associated Dalke Brothers Giants Rio Bravo Baptist Church Buttonwillow Wasco Power Club Rio Bravo Mexican Colony and North in Men.
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Shafter Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Shafter High School
Richland Primary School
Rio Bravo School
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Farrell
Woodard Motors
Neufeld’s Auto Parts
Shamrock Cleaners
Maple Leaf
Baptist
American Legion
Pee Wee
Shafter Recap
Eagles
Wood's
Liond Club
Stringham’s
Central
Al's Associated
Dalke Brothers
Giants
Rio Bravo
Baptist Church
Potato Harvest In Slow Pace In Shafter 1953 Season
Operations began gradually in Shafter this week as nine potato plants started processing the 1953 harvest. The pace is slower than normal but expected to gain momentum to full capacity within two weeks with sheds increasing to three or more by next Monday. Sheltered operations include Robert Neuman and Sons and Carolina Farmsy.
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Shafter
Robert Neuman and Sons
Carolina Faimsy
R.A. Jacobsen
Rootes and Channeson
Chris Handel and Son
Central Valley Packing
Lachenmaier Brothers
D. W. Ferguson Co
Zuckerman Potato Co
Arvin
U.S
Patrol Chief Praises Work of Witcher for Shafter Constable
California Highway Patrol commends Shafter Constable Blake Witcher for aiding officers in hit and run cases. In Apr 20 1953 he helped apprehend a suspect within 20 minutes. Wheatish? and three recent incidents also credited to Witcher as assistant to CHP officers.
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Blake Witcher
Shafter
California” Highway’ Patrol
Leroy F. Galven
Highway Patrol
Kern County Board of Supervisors
A. W. Carver
Witcher
Richland School District Approves 650000 Building Plan
The Richland School District board OKs a 650000 building program for the Lerdo highway and Wall street site. Architect Ernie McCoy, Bakersfield, will prepare working drawings with Calvin Goss assisting. Final plans may shift from preliminary sketches as state approval processes continue.
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Richland School
Goss
Richland
Maple district approves $2 tax for school board election
Voters in the Maple district backed a $2 tax measure in the annual election. The final tally was 31 for and 4 against, with incumbent candidate Herbert H. Loewen receiving 35 votes. The district is part of the Waalnien High School system.
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Maple
Herbert H. Loewen
Waalnien High School
Fiber Laboratory Work Begins at Shafter Experimental Farm
Construction starts on the Shafter experimental farm fiber laboratory. Superintendent E Gordon Smith reports a 7500 dollar addition funded by Kern county from crop sale proceeds. The old lab moves to storage. a new air conditioning unit donated by California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors will replace a 12 year old machine. The head office becomes a cotton ginning room. The new unit measures 23 by 28 feet and includes office space.
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Shafter Experimental Farm
E. Gordon Smith
Kern County
Shafter Press Offers Sixth Annual Festival Edition
The Shafter Press promotes its sixth annual festival edition filled with memories of yesteryear. Readers are invited to order by mail or in person, with shipping priced at 15 cents. The paper promises to mail the edition anywhere for distant friends to share in the memories.
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Yesteryears
Shafter Press
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Dick. Smith
Adolf Kirschenmann
Pamela McCoy
J.P. McCoy
Pamela
American Legion Auxiliary
Festival Directors Eye
Shafter Schools
Richland Parents Teachers Association
Cat
Fiddle
Maple Leaf Industries
Dick Smith
Okeh
Voters Support Board
O. G. Ohlsson
Shaffey
Osteopathic Association
Arvil Angell
Oildale
Marsh Tuttle
W. A. Easter
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