Liquor Use Tax Favored by Shafter Council
Shafter will levy a one percent use tax on all on and off sale liquor transactions after Jan 1 1952 with revenues to the general fund, as City Attorney Mortimore introduced an ordinance read at a council meeting. The measure, patterned after other California cities, exempts most items and targets liquor store buyers.
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Shafter
A. G. Mortimore
Motion
Fran Russell
Ernie Paner
Roberts Insurance Agency
Bakersfield
Civic Banquet Honors Shafter High Football Teams
Civic banquet scheduled by Shafter community leaders to honor the two 1951 Shafter High School football squads. Harvey Gaede chairs the chamber event to be held in the high school cafeteria with five service clubs as sponsors. Bruce Crawford will MC, while Dr Grant Jensen and Dan Bledsoe arrange the speaker. ticket price is 2.50 with sponsors contributing 65 each.
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Shafter High School
Harvey Gaede
Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Crawford
Rich
Grant Jensen
Shafter High Schoo
Dan Bledsoe
Generals
Dan Bledsoe's Eleven Crippled By Injuries In Inter-City Battle
Shafter Generals face Wasco Tigers with growing casualty lists as key players miss practice and a few are injured. Guard Clay Jenkins and defensive center Rolf A Jacobsen are out, while captain Layton Lynch leads Wasco. Radio KWSO will air both games Saturday at 9:30 am and 12:45 pm.
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Dan Bledsoe
Jack Fleming
Shafter Generals
Wasco Tigers
Generals
Wasco
Clay Jenkins
Rolf A. Jacobsen
Glen Hamilton
Dale Scales
Layton Lynch
Colonels
KWSO
Dick Smith
Shafter-Wasco
Tigers
Bound for Crown Colonels Favored To Whip Cubs
The Shafter Colonels lightweight squad, undefeated this season, face the Wasco Cubs in a Southern Sequoia Division title game. The Colonels boast 219 points to 38 for opponents, while Wasco has managed 13 points on the year. Coach Turk Eliades reshapes a quick lineup led by Layton Lynch and Charles Ellis aiming for the valley crown.
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Generals
Tigers
Shafter
Wasco Cubs
Colonels
Jordan
Turk) Eliades
Bakersfield
Eliades
Gene Wishon
Carl Anderson
Ray Colvard
Jim Brown
Delmer Earls
Art Trout
Jim Broom
Layton Lynch
Delmer Earle
Charles Ellis
Bill Hinsley
Squens
Tan
City council restricts fire response to city borders
Shafter city council defines policy, limiting fire department responses to the city limits. Fire equipment will roll only to the border and standby if flames threaten the community. Exceptions may occur during emergencies created under emergency provisions, with outside responses to be by exception.
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Kelly
Somers
Shafter
Clara Schnidt
Sam L. Becker
Ernie Hofman
Hofman
Becker
Consultant's Hospital Report Due In 2 Weeks
August W. Koenig, a Tracy hospital consultant, surveyed Shafter and Wasco for a joint area hospital. He plans to submit a report by month end to the chambers of commerce, with Wasco receiving a copy Thursday and Shafter Friday. He noted financing as the major hurdle and cited a migratory agrarian population as a complicating factor for care at Kern General Hospital.
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August W. Koenig
Tracy
Shafter-Wasco
Chambers of Commerce
Wasco
Shafter
Joint Community Committee
Koenig
Kern General Hospital
Firemen Set Christmas Toy Pick-Up in Shafter
Shafter firefighters announce their annual toy drive on November 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Community members place broken toys in boxes on sidewalks for collection. Firemen repair and wrap toys with the auxiliary to distribute to needy children in the Shafter area.
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Shafter
Albert Finkbeiner
Firemen's Auxiliary
Central Lighting Sought for Yule
City officials plan a centralized Christmas light system this season. Public works would manage the decorative strings via a central control, with the chamber of commerce offering assistance.
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Siaxris
Chamber of Commerce Comseiaat
Shafter Press Christmas Gift Club offer for kids
Local youngsters aged 8 to 14 can join the Shafter Press Christmas Gift Club by subscribing at the Central Valley Highway office. Each new subscription earns points redeemable for merchandise valued at 150 dollars per point, with a chance to win bicycles or heavy toy gear by December 22. An accompanying cookbook is offered to tough subscribers, and details appear on page 13.
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Mom
Pop
Ide
Shafter Press
Central Valley Highway
Eniroit
Sls
Rself
Vate
Chris Abas
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Council
Dee Wilson
Rudy Prender
Pitsen
Ben Prender
Chester Neufeld
John Notley
Civic Banquet
Hershal Rodger
Earl Ditmore
Lions
Wealey Staudacher
Kiwanis Club
Peter Channeson
Jary Club
Gactie
Kern
Foot
Kyle Hill
Corcoran
Andrew Dillard
Anderson
Cubs
Yule
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