Oldtime Rancher Haag Remembers Kern’s Early Days
Frederick William Haag celebrated his 90th birthday on his Shafter area homestead. He settled in 1919 on 320 acres, transforming barren desert into fertile land with alfalfa cattle alfalfa and later cotton. Haag and his five sons faced doubts after moving from Cucamonga and helped shape the Kern county agricultural belt.
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Frederick William Haag
Shafter
Seventh Standard Road
Kansan
Haag
Kern County
Cucamonga
H. J. Caldwell
Caldwell Corners
Rosedale Highway
Ennos Lane
Haags
Shafter Press Launches $5000 Prize Circulation Drive
The Shafter Press begins a large circulation contest offering $5000 in prizes including a 1953 Plymouth sedan and a Cranbrook model, with bonuses weekly through the campaign starting November 26 and concluding January 10. The plan aims to attract new subscribers while offering reduced long-term rates to current readers during six weeks.
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Plymouth
Cranbrook
Shafter Press
City Hall Collapse Retold by Shafter Oldtimers
Shafter's old City Hall crumbled after a July 21 quake leaving memories to stir. E K Grant, once involved in construction, recalls the hall’s fall and the effort to rebuild by looking back to the town's early days along Central Valley Highway and Pacific Street.
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Shafter
Old City
Hall
Central Valley Highway
Pacific Street
E.K. Grant
Shafter Judicial Township
Richland voters to decide on $700000 school bond
Richland School District electors vote tomorrow on a $700000 bond to fund new classrooms and a four unit kindergarten. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Room 2 of the Richland Music Building with inspectors Anna N Raney and judges Beatrice Thompson and Catherine A Wey. If approved, projects include 18 classrooms on the Primary campus and replacement of the Santa Fe School building.
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Richland Music Building
Anna N. Raney
Beatrice Thompson
Catherine A. Weyand
Bruce Crawford
Santa Fe
Richland
Architect to Explain Pupil Needs at Chamber Meeting
Richland Chamber of Commerce members will hear school architect Ernie McCoy outline the pupil needs and how a $700000 bond issue, if approved, would be spent mainly on new classrooms to replace inadequate facilities. Superintendent Bruce Crawford will accompany him.
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Chamber of Commerce
Richland
Ernie McCoy
Chamber
McCoy
Bruce Crawford
Seed Potatoes Arrive As Shafter Gears For Planting Season
Certified seed potatoes from special growing areas begin to arrive in Shafter as growers anticipate a larger potato acreage this spring. More than 5000 acres in the Shafter belt are expected to be planted with spuds with early planting in Kern county starting in December in nearby areas.
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Shafter
Ned Smith
California Potato Co
Mettler's
Charles Sill Co
Bryant and Hitchcock
Santa Maria
Tehachapi
Cuyama
Porterville
California
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Kern County
Arvin-Edison
Shafter Belt
Robert Bann to Direct Pageant for Festival
Robert Bann named official director of Shafter festival pageant announced by Edwin Wilson festival chairman. Pageant designed to add zip to the celebration features tableaux narration on Shafter agriculture business religion and education with prize car and cash awards to lure subscribers for a big contest in the weeks ahead.
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Robert. Bann
Shafter
WSO
Edwin Wilson
Dick Larson
Grant Jensen
Larson
Wilson
H. C
Tip) Henderson
Wesley Staudacher
Bann and Fleming
Firemen Lead Minor League Standings After Clean Sweep
Russell St Mars sparked a three game series total of 609 as the Shafter Firemen swept Agriform to pull within one game of league leading Wittenberg bowlers. Wittenberg's 16's lead at 16 7 1/2 games. Press topped team competition with 2458 in three games while several players surpassed 500 points, including Reeves 546 Mayberry 551 and Mayes 534.
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Russell St. Mars
Shafter Firemen
Wittenberg
Firemen
Agriform
Weit’s
Wasco
Mocker
Central Hdw
Shafter Press
Weit's
Legion
St. Mars
Moeker
Central Hardware
Ralph Sadlock
Les Reeves
Hubert Mayberry
Harry Mayes
Community Chest Red Feather Drive Surpasses Goal in Shafter
The Shafter Community Chest Red Feather drive exceeded its goal with total collections of 6105 dollars announced by Chairman Edwin Wilson. Benefiting agencies include Boy Scouts of America 2400, Campfire Girls 2000, Shafter Recreation Commission 750, YMCA 498.50, and Henrietta Weill Clinic 400.
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Shafter Community Chest
Red Feather
Edwin Wilson
Community Chest
Boy Scouts of America
Campfire Girls
Shafter Recreation Commission
YMCA
Henrietta Weill Clinic
4 H Ag Club Maps Plans for Meeting
The newly organized Shafter 4 H Agriculture Club will hold its first meeting at 7 30 tomorrow night in the high school. John Nickel said the club will elect officers and determine attendance. Club leaders are Don Zachary Ernest Siemens and Marvin Kirschenmann.
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Shafter 4- H Agriculture Club
John Nickel
Don Zachary
Ernest Siemens
Marvin Kirschenmann
Shafter Press Contest Entry Details Highlighted
Complete details and entry blanks for the $5000 Shafter Press subscription contest are on pages 10 and 11 of today’s edition. Prepare your entry forms now.
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Shafter Press
First Week Cash Prizes Offered in Shafter Press Contest
The Shafter Press announces early starter incentives for the Everybody Wins prize contest. Twenty special prizes total 45000 will be awarded to participants who collect at least 100 in subscriptions during the first week, plus regular weekly commissions and end of contest prizes. An extra 25 bonus is noted for exceptional early effort.
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Irvin E. Fike Company
Shafter Press
Nanke
Lerdo School Plans 11 Classroom Unit For Lerdo
Lerdo School moves toward construction of an 11 room campus funded by state money at 485000 dollars. A new cafetorium will serve meals and gatherings while one unit houses kindergartners on the east Kern site. The district plans to move an emergency war barracks from Gard ner Field to the site due to technical delays. The base housing program originated after a wartime flood and current enrollment is about 450 students.
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Lerdo
Gerald Miller
Miller
Kern
Cawelo
Gardner Field
Highway 99
Minter Village
Lerdo School
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City Hall
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Dick Sach
Robert Bann
Jack Feming
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