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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1971
Page
1
Memorial Day ceremonies in Shafter unfold with brief talks and wreath layings at Memorial Park. The American Legion sponsors an Avenue of Flags project costing four dollars per flag standard, inviting residents to donate toward equipment as families place floral tributes and veterans’ relatives attend.
The Shafter city council postponed action on a proposed 6.25 percent flat wage increase plus 2.5 percent for fire and police raises and reviewed the 1971-72 budget. Chuck Waide of Kern County Employees Association presented the proposal at an adjourned May meeting, with further study requested.
Temperatures in Shafter rose to summer levels with a 92 degree high on Sunday May 23 and a 78 degree daytime low on Monday. An overnight low of 42 was recorded Friday May 21. Maximum soil temperature hit 73 on Sunday May 23 and lows stayed in the 60s with a minimum of 64. There was no rainfall during the week at the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter. Daily temperatures follow.
Two Shafter potato sheds are handling potato loads from the Arvin Edison area as harvest nears, with lines from Edison and Lachenmaier sheds. Prices are reported around 3.25 to 3.50 per hundredweight. Ron Skone of Arvin is opening a Lachenmaier shed and expects to handle Shafter potatoes soon.
Captain R G Behringer of the California Highway Patrol urges defensive driving for Memorial Day weekend. He cites three traits: attitude awareness and anticipation, warns against speeding and failure to yield, and stresses vehicle prep including cooling systems tires and brakes for warm weather travel.
The 14th Annual Achievement Banquet in Shafter at Richland Cafeteria drew a large crowd. Jim Hamilton welcomed attendees as president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor Bill Hildebrand issued certificates to each student. The event featured a Richland clarinet trio and the Richland Stage Band under Don Wilkinson.
A Friday May 21 crash on Highway 65 near Lerdo killed Acel Dean Ballard 56 of Porterville and injured Willard King 24 and Billy Mitchell 5 both of Shafter and Douglas Shinn 7 of Bakersfield. King and Mitchell were in intensive care. Ballard died at Kern General Hospital.
Shafter plans a Monday May 31 Memorial Day program at Memorial Park cemetery. Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 will sponsor the hour long service starting at 11 a.m. Rev C Boardman Reed of St Marks Episcopal Church will speak on How Can You Reconcile Christianity and Soldiering. The event includes a bugle call, color guard, firing squad and floral tributes. An Avenue of Flags will honor war dead relatives and free wreaths may be arranged through Bartlett or Johnson.
Kern County supervisors may revive the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation area project with a Tuesday vote. Supervisor Vance Webb backs approval, citing funds available that cover construction without new general fund money. Project costs run from 7.66 to 8.33 million dollars for a 1500 acre twin lake site between Taft Bakersfield and the Buttonwillow Shafter corridor.
Shafter High School announces the week of commencement events led by the Awards Assembly on Tuesday June 1 at 2 PM in the high school auditorium. In 1970 scholarships and grants totaled 11925 dollars. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Reverend Kenneth Clark on Sunday June 6 at 4 PM and graduation exercises on June 10 will feature multiple student speakers with no main address.
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