Water District urged by hydraulic engineer
A Kern County reader argues for a new water conservation district to curb waste from streams feeding Kern River Caliente and Poso Creeks. Parker backs small check dams, logging and road controls, revegetation, and regional efforts modeled after Ohio Muskingum projects to reduce drought losses.
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G. D. Dick Prather
Kern County
Charles H. Parker
Rocky Mountain
Parker
Kerg River
Kern River
Caliente Creek
Poso Creek
California
Parkers
Ohio
Muskingum
Boost Shafter Breakfast Held by Merchants Group
Members of the Merchants Division of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce will gather Friday morning at 7 for a Boost Shafter breakfast at Shafter Memorial Hall. A. C. Burnett, chairman, urges all Shafter merchants to attend.
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Merchants Division
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Shafter Memorial Hall
A. C. Burnett
Womans Club Maps Anti Narcotics Plan For Area
The Shafter Woman's club will push a program to combat drug addiction. Mrs. E C Eckmann will report next meeting with recommendations for public education and eliminating dope peddling. The plan includes home focused lectures films and parental control plus clinics for addicts to disrupt the drug trade. A $100 contribution to the Narcotics Education Foundation is requested to supply information materials and arrange film shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Woman's Club
E. C. Eckmann
Totlot Equipment Nears Completion in Shafter Park
Installation work at the totlot in Mannel park is nearly finished Roy Farrell director of the Shafter recreation commission said today The dragon climber ordered by the Shafter Exchange club has arrived and will be installed soon Earlier the American Legion installed two Jack and the Beanstalk climbers Clubs donating or installing equipment include Rotary Kiwanis Lions Woman's club American Legion Chamber of Commerce and the city of Shafter.
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Totlot
Mannel Park
Roy Farrell
Shafter Recreation Commission
Farrell
Shafter Exchange Club
American Legion
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, , and Woman’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Shafter
Civic Banquet Group Set to Meet in Shafter
The Shafter civic banquet committee will meet Tuesday at noon in the Shafter high school cafeteria to select a speaker for the annual banquet on December 3. The committee comprises representatives from all of Shafter's service clubs.
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Shafter Civic
Shafter High School
Shafter
Varsity and J.V. Meet Wasco in 28th Pigskin Rematch
Shafter high school travels eight miles to Wasco for the 28th annual football clash. Varsity at 8 p.m., juniors at 6 p.m., with Wasco favored to push for the league crown.
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J.v.’S
Wasco Field
Exchange Club Plans Youth Recreation Center in Shafter
The Exchange Club announces building a youth recreation center in Shafter with adult supervision and community-wide support. President Sanderson calls it a monumental effort to provide wholesome social and moral advancement for local youth and invites schools churches and citizens to aid the project.
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Taft
Shafter
Exchange Club
Sanderson
Dozen Giant Daffodil Bulbs Free To Subscribes
Twelve giant daffodil bulbs will be given to all Shafter Press subscribers who renew in November. New one year subscriptions also receive bulbs. Subscribers may pick up at the Press office. the bulbs will bloom in early spring.
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Shafter Press
Meeting Called to Form Adult Basketball League
A meeting of adult league basketball team managers was called today by Roy Farrell director of recreation for Monday night at 7 30 in the recreation office of Richland school. Farrell said all interested teams in the Shafter area are invited with two teams known so far the Deluxe Barber shop and Nick's drive in plus Shafter High faculty and Wasco teams. The entrance fee this year will be 30 dollars.
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Shafter High School
Wasco
Shafter Rooters
Wasco High School
Shafter Generals
Wasco Tigers
Generals
Tigers
Shafter Colonels
Colonels
KWSO
San Joaquin Valley
Roy Farrell
Richland School
Farrell
Shafter
Deluxe Barber Shop
Nick
Legion to hold free spaghetti dinner for Armistice Day
The Leslie L. Robinson post of the American Legion will host a spaghetti dinner at Veteran's Memorial Hall on Monday November 18 at 7 PM. The event is free to all area veterans, with about 100 expected to attend, led by commander Claude Camp.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Legion
Claude Camp
Rotary selects William Lee Siemens as fellowship candidate
The Shafter Rotary Club chose William Lee Siemens as its candidate for Rotary fellowship this week. Siemens will participate in a district competition soon against candidates from other Rotary clubs in the area.
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Shafter Rotary Club
William Lee Siemens
Siemens
Shafter Kiwanis Reelects Secretary For 1958 Year
The Shafter Kiwanis club unanimously reelected Ralph Gribble as secretary for the year starting next January. The club had earlier named Bill Irvin its president for 1958.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Ralph Gribble
Bill Irvin
SHS to Stage Ladies in Retirement December 6
Shafter High School student body will present the three act mystery comedy Ladies in Retirement on December 6 under Mrs. Yvonne Milliken. Cast includes Louise Fuller Ellen Creed Sharon Eidsen Leonora Fiske Carol Barton Lucy Gilham Clarice Mouser Emily Creed Etta Lee Louise Creed Larry Meredith Albert Feather Cathy Kendrick Sister Theresa. The play, produced in New York and made into a film, follows three sisters with one guiding brain while facing life in a London home for the aged.
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Shafter High School
Yvonne Milliken
Louise Fuller
Ellen Creed
Sharon Eidsen
Leonora Fiske
Carol Barton
Lucy Gilham
Clarice Mouser
Emily Creed
Etta Lee
Louise Creed
Larry Meredith
Albert Feather
Cathy Kendrick
Sister Theresa
New York
London
Spook Fest Winners Lead Shafter Kiwanis Parade
Shafter Kiwanis club sponsored Halloween parade with Shafter High senior class taking top prizes. Mike Lane won costume division, Eckmann and Bongberg led decorated vehicles, Sleepy Hollow float earned senior honors, and Central Market won best downtown windows.
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Michael Lane
R. Eckmann
G. Bongberg
Shafter High School
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Art Stepp
Manne! Park
Mike Lane
Vernon Lawson
Eckmann
Bongberg
R. Craig
A. Neuman
Sleepy Hollow
Central Market
Shafter Paint Store
Western Automotive and Radio Company
Halloween Window Painting Contest Winners Revealed
Richland school groups from the Kiwanis sponsored contest painted downtown windows in Shafter with themes of witches, witch with pumpkin carriage, headless horseman, and night prowlers. Helen Hasty’s seventh grade won for a witch and boiling cauldron. Mrs Bondurant and John Peterson also earned honors.
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Shafter
Richland School
Kiwanis Club
Helen Hasty
Bondurant
John Peterson
Rotarians hear talk on yachting voyage
Ray Wallace navigator described a yachting voyage aboard the Jim Camp boat Es capade between the California coast and Hawaii to Rotary club members on Tuesday during the Sh after Rotary program chaired by the club official.
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Ray Wallace
Jim Camp
California
Hawaii
Shafter Rotary Club
Late Mail Processing Expanded in Shafter
Postmaster Gene Guenther announces late mail service in Shafter accepts letters until 11 27 each night at the box in front of the post office. Mail dropped inside after 6 p.m. is not collected until the next day. Highway post office buses stop nightly to empty the box en route to Bakersfield Los Angeles Fresno and San Francisco.
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Gene Guenther
Shafter
Guenther
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Fresno
San Francisco
Lawn Care Left Up to Residents in Shafter say City Clerk
City Clerk William H. Johnston reminded Shafter residents that lawn and yard maintenance is their own responsibility. He has received complaints about untidy properties and said the city council has no ordinances interfering with residents' rights.
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William H. Johnston
Shafterites
Johnston
Shafter
Shafter Blood Drive Seeks 75 Pints From Community
An all-out campaign to collect 75 pints begins with the Houchins bloodmobile coming to town on November 20. Jack Janzen, chairman, says churches and service clubs will be contacted and the bloodbank will be in front of the Veterans Memorial hall from 3 to 7 p.m. The supply is urgent due to recent calls, with one patient needing 17 pints. Dick Zenk assists Janzen this year.
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Shafter Bloodbank
Houchins
Jack Janzen
Janzen
Veterans Memorial Hall
Shafter
Dick Zenk
20-30 Club Turkey Shoot on November 24
The 20-30 club hosts a turkey shoot November 24 off the Taft highway 2 miles south of Shafter. Chairman Herb Spitzer announces tickets from members Wood’s Shoe Store and the Food Bank. Activities start at 9 a.m. until sundown with 125 turkeys awarded and a grand prize of a shotgun or a $100 merchandise order.
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Taft Highway
Shafter
Herb Spitzer
Wood’s Shoe Store
Food Bank
Shafter Growers Embrace Suggested Potato Cutbacks
Shafter growers in Kern County anticipate reducing Long White potato plantings in line with USDA guidance to cut national production by 15 percent next year. Local leaders note substantial cotton acreage and have discussed potential cuts while reporting costs and previous acreage targets for 1957–58.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kern County
Shafter-Wasco-Cawelo
Francis Pusateri
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Kern
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Kern County Teachers Institute
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Bobby Hammond
Carl McClain
Carolyn Powell
McCoy
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Debbie Hildebrand
Randy Nations
Gloeckler
Beverly Gloeckler
Nancy Michaels
Dwaine Wilson
Gary Witcher
Donald Smith
Philip Goertzen
Nancy Froese
John Dean
Florene Mettler
Tanya Steven
Gwen Isaac
Pudge Greene
Jim Schardt
Gene Newland
Billy Putnam
Bobby Nikkel
Lawrence Handel
Sandra McCoy
Ronald den Hartog
Gary Sellars
Art Brownell
Cissy Greene
Ruth Gates
Janice Kroeker
Marcia Craig
Betty Ricketts
Terry Vaughn
Steven Wedel
Gordon Kirschenmann
John Enns
Vicki Laverty
Janet Jacobsen
Mike Johnston
Emily Voth
Eugene Tillman
Tommy Ware
Dick Witcher
Kathy Goertzen
Mary Baker
Carol Anderson
Kathy Bergman
Janice Schardt
Edith Warkentin
Diana Putnam
le Tse Kilian
Kellar
Kern Academy
Poplar Avenue
India
Rotary
SHS
Dick Southwick
Richland
Harvey Auditorium
Ie Kern
Ames
SPOOK
Turkey
Trans.em
Pusateri
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