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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
1
In Kern County the move to mechanized agriculture threatens unskilled farm labor as machinery replaces hand work in cotton and potato operations. Experts foresee widespread displacement, with education and local plant programs in Shafter and similar communities to cushion job losses and create new manufacturing roles. Two local Wiebners? Wariness and hope shape the outlook as talks continue.
The Bakersfield high school physical education director J B Cap Haralson spoke to the Wednesday Afternoon Club about sanitary pools as community boons. He described three city pools with filters and chlorinators and noted ten weeks of freshman swimming, the Jefferson Park pool costing about 40000 and ideal for Shafter. Mrs Mary Ellen Haggen urged support for Christmas TB seats as a public health drive. Mrs Albert Launer discussed democracy in peacetime. Tea tables featured Thanksgiving decor and hostessesIncluded Mrs Sol Camp Mrs Bill Bender Mrs Floyd Cooper Mrs Charles Burns with Mrs Ed Brown presiding.
Laura Bender leads the Miss Shafter contest sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon Club with Gerene Hatcher second and Mary Nugent third. No votes for Je Mettler or Dorothy Seeger. A Victory Banquet on Nov 26 will reveal final results. Winners advance to Bakersfield county pageant and Hollywood competition.
Mrs Charles Burns entertained Tuesday November 13 at her home with a luncheon. Guests of honor included Miss Mary Ellen Haggen, Miss Kennedy, Mrs A Peter Ghanneson and Mrs Al Kruger.
Mr and Mrs H J Mather of Grinnell Kansas are guests of Rev Harper at present for a visit Mr Mather is a brother of Mrs W S Harper and attends the Harper home during the stay.
Pheasant and quail seasons begin at 10 am on November 20. Quail runs to December 15 with daily bag of 10 and possession limit 20. Pheasant season runs to November 25 with a 2 per day bag and 10 in possession, starting at sunrise after opening day.
At Monday night’s city hall meeting the council voted to ask the county to remove the island on Lerdo Road within the city limits, citing a traffic hazard from the solid business frontage facing it. Two taxi service license applications were referred to the city attorney. A blanket deed to easements in the Myer tract was approved. Mannell Avenue reconditioning between State Street and Lerdo was approved. Mayor H C Neufeld presided with Councilmen Frizzell Lachenmaier Nay and Little present.
Postmaster George Guenther announced a new night mail schedule effective November 15 due to budget cuts and staff shortages. Mail normally sent at 8 p.m. must be in the drop by 6:30 p.m. All destinations will dispatch at this time until further notice.
The community has raised only a small portion of its $228,000 Victory bond quota. Hundreds, including many students, are contacting residents to boost sales. The piece urges participation as the last government bond drive celebrating the war victory and calls for renewed effort to meet the goal.
Shafter Public Utility District faces a sewer crisis as capacity nears limit. Engineer Ernest White reports that mains and a larger disposal plant are needed to serve up to 10 000 residents, with costs estimated between 60 000 and 100 000. Federal aid may be pursued. board, chaired by H. C. Neufeld, considers options.
State Board of Equalization announced distribution of 2,079,978.97 in alcoholic beverage license fees for the first half of 1945. Kern County will receive 14,893.91 with Shafter getting 7,070 and the unincorporated area 13,696.87, after deductions funds go to the State General Fund.
Cpl and Mrs Wallace Loewen and their son stopped in Shafter last weekend to visit friends and relatives before proceeding to Brigham City Utah where Dr Loewen is stationed.
Howard Harper named Field Executive of the Kern County Council of Boy Scouts to replace Clayton Herbert. Harper, a 107th National Scout Executives Training School graduate, comes from Orange Empire Council staff and has directed youth activities in the Methodist Church and led Troop 6 in Costa Mesa. His family plans to relocate to Bakersfield with the council led by 2025 Cubs County declared Scout Executive C. D. Bartlett.
Shafter High faces Maricopa in a second eight man football game on Wednesday at 2 PM on the local field. The Maricopa team beat Shafter 27 to 6 in the previous matchup and plans to balance the squads by inviting A team players. Expected starters include Gene Herless and George Smith ends, Bob Peters and Calvin Goehring guards, George Cooper center, with Ray Schaeffer at tackle and backs Carl Heffley Herschell Rodgers Tom Fletcher and Herbert Spitzer.
Shafter will back the big Christmas Seals drive for the Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Mrs. Charles Burns announces local efforts with Boy Scouts distributing posters and stores including Strings ham Juistesens Rasco and Food placing TB seal inserts in outgoing packages next week.
Prevent TB Town and local clubs coordinate a December publicity drive led by Mrs. Burns with talks in high schools under Wm. Fillut and Christmas Seal booths run by Mrs. Clarence Neuman. Films, Bangle Pin Day on Dec 8, and a mobile unit visit are planned in Shafter with involvement from Horizon Club and Kern County Tuberculosis Association.
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