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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1948
Page
5
City Fire Chief Mel Parrett urged potato shed operators to suspend operations when the fire siren sounds three times, resuming only after a single all-clear blast. He stressed full cooperation to preserve water and pressure for firefighting efforts.
A Kern County radio series titled This is Our Town will be recorded and rebroadcast on the McClatchy network. Bill Endicott, promotion manager of Radio Station KE Endicott, says the productions will be of a March of Time nature and cover Shafter Wasco Delano Taft Bakersfield and Tehachapi.
Groundbreaking ceremonies mark the start of main Isabella Dam construction with auxiliary dam work already underway. Bakersfield High School band and local units including the American Legion Rough Riders and Trail Riders will join dignitaries and Army Corps of Engineers officials for the event.
May 25 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition opened for a second year on Treasure Island. May 27 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opened. May 30 Memorial Day observed nationwide with ceremonies and parades.
The county park in Shafter will receive new lighting. Loe Wen Plumbing and Electric Shop won the contract to install lights, with work starting immediately to enable night use for picnics and games. Roy Woollames announced the project.
Neighborhood children organized a two night carnival on a vacant Shafter lot owned by Joan Eckmann’s father. The event featured games, a funny show, a spook ride, a wishing well, refreshments, free swings, and a water fountain. Home movies were made by Mrs. Ed Kirschenmann. The fund raised twelve dollars for the Cancer Fund, donated by local children led by Joan Eckmann Patsy Cornell and others.
Pacific Gas and Electric will launch a helicopter patrol from Buttonwillow to Tracy to inspect 202 miles of high tension lines 110 feet above ground in Kern County. It marks the valley's first use of this method to check connections along the new wires.
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