Union Hits Oil Sand at 72-28 Project
Union Oil reports a productive sand at the 72-28 Crites well in north Shafter field with inferred structure around 11 250 feet. The discovery follows a dry Riggs well to the north and affects expectations for field northern boundary through sections 28 and 21. Earlier, 58-34 reached 11 467 feet with sand at 11 452 feet while 76-27 continues whipstock efforts in sector 27.
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Union Oil Company
Crites
Shafter Field
Riggs
Union
Mandell No 2 location announced by Superior Oil
Superior Oil company announced a second Mandell No 2 location in the northwest quarter of Section 27 28-25 of the Shafter field. Preliminary work has begun and spudding is expected after the Little project. Depths reported include Fink No 4 at 10 201 feet Little No 1 at 11 000 feet and Moore No 2 at 11 407 feet.
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Mandell
Moore No
Greeley Field
Woods Stone Named To Head Community Conservation Body
About fifty farmers attended the Agricultural Conservation program meeting in the American Legion hall. Nat. D. Hudson spoke on cover crops with motion pictures, as Woods Stone was elected chair man of the community committee for 1941, with Emil Bender vice chairman Sherman Bobst member, and alternates John F. Penner and Ike Peters. J. J. Peters was named delegate to the county convention.
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Shafter Farmers
American Legion Hall
Bates Dewey
Rosedale
Nat. D. Hudson
Extension Service
Woods Stone
Emil Bender
Sherman Bobst
John F. Penner
Ike Peters
J. J. Peters
Shafter Schools Close For Thanksgiving Holiday
Shafter high school and Rich Elementary School were closed yesterday afternoon to observe Thanksgiving. Classes will resume next Monday morning. Bank of America post office and most local stores closed today with regular business hours resuming tomorrow morning.
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Shafter High
Rich
State
Shafter Branch
Bank of America
Post Office
Thank Thee for Faith Love Strength Truth Life and Country
A devotional text praising faith in a universal plan and gratitude for love, strength, truth, and life. It thanks God for liberty, democracy, national unity, peace, and the freedom to thank according to conscience, in a ceremonial, reverent voice.
Ring Rot Disease Threatens Potato Seed Crops
Potato seed specialist outlines ring rot, its rapid spread since 1911, and why clean seed is the best control. Findings note California losses, Kern County seed efforts, and that the cutting knife spreads the disease unless sterilized, with chemical methods offering partial protection.
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Germany
Canada
Maine
Colorado
California
Kern County Seed Potato Association
United States
Kern County
Plans Studied For Improvement Of Local Cemetery
Local men from Shafter and Wasco studied Delano cemetery administration to outline costs and upkeep for a potential Shafter Wasco district plan. The delegation toured Delano, with aims to form a working basis and consider future administration. A public meeting on cemetery care may be scheduled after further discussions with Supervisor Roy Woollames.
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Shafter
Delano
Delano Cemetery
T. W. Little
A. W. Gaede
Wasco
Roy Woollames
Child Health Conference Friday At American Legion Hall
A child health conference for pre-school children will be held Friday from 1 to 3 pm at the American Legion hall. Dr A W Gaede and Dr Jack Lighthill, with public health nurse Miss Vera Kovell, will supervise immunizations for smallpox and diphtheria. The Kern County Department of Public Health and Leslie L Robinson Auxiliary sponsor the event with Auxiliary members assisting. Parents are urged to bring eligible children.
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American Legion Hall
A. W. Gaede
Jack Lighthill
Vera Kovell
Kern County Department of Public Health
Leslie L. Robinson
Mesdames
Glenn O. Nay
J. B
P, C. Guenther
Clydell
Cotton Gins in Shafter Area Report 13115 Bales This Season
The three cotton gins in Shafter have harvested 13115 bales this season. Shafter-Wasco gin produced 4046 bales, Moore gin 4884, and Camp West Lone gin 4185. About 70 percent of ginning is complete with fields not yet fully picked for the first run. Ginning likely continues well into the new year as other gins finish a large share of the season.
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Shafter
Wasco
Moore
Ote Veto
Lowe
Camp West-Lone Gin
City Carnival Question Before Local Committee
A committee to study the desirability of future carnivals in Shafter was named at a Shafter Business Men's association meeting. The panel will decide whether to oppose all carnivals or allow outside shows under civic sponsorship. Members include W H Hitchcock Reverend Al Chandler A W Gaede Frank Shaw and Jake Siemens. The group will survey local businessmen and past carnival sponsors for opinions. Also notes on Christmas party plans with candy bags apples and a community Christmas tree to be set up on Central Avenue after November 25.
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Shafter
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Crawford’s Cafe
W.H. Hitchcock
al Chandler
A. W. Gaede
Frank Shaw
Central Avenue
Local Grape Harvest Completed in Shafter District
The Richland Fruit company shed shipped about 12 cars of Red Emperor grapes with only three by rail and the rest by motor truck. Principal shippers included Ed Schnidt F. W. Handel Emil and Adolph Kirschenman. Once dozens of carloads were common. since 1930 potatoes rose, grapes declined, and now few commercial vines remain.
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Richland Fruit Company
Ed Schnidt
F. W. Handel
Emil
Adolph Kirschenman
Shafter
Metol
Pott
Kansas City
Packing House
Eugene Ford Elects as Vice President of Teachers' Association
Kern County Teachers' Association elected officers for the coming year at East Bakersfield High School. Guy Jaggard of Bakersfield was named president, Eugene Ford of Shafter High School named vice president, Paul Bowers of Wasco secretary, and Hardener of Wasco a state representative. panel discussions were led by William Bienstein of Bakersfield and Bernard of Reily of Taft.
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Kern County Teachers’ Association
East Bakersfield
Jack R. Singer
Maple
Guy Jaggard
Bakersfield
Eugene Ford
Shafter High School
Paul Bowers
Wasco
Hardener
William Bienstein
Bernard of
Reily
Taft
Shatter Kiwanis Charity Show Attracts Large Attendance
Two good houses attended the annual Shatter Kiwanis club charity show held last Thursday and Friday evenings at the high school gym. Paid admissions neared 1,000. A home talent cast presented the show to raise funds for Kiwanis charity aid to underprivileged local children.
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Shatter Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Maple Teacher Injured In Car Accident
Miss Thelma Fisher, Maple school instructor, sustained injuries Tuesday morning when her car collided with another at the Scaroni and Tulare streets intersection. The other driver, R Tubbs, a local farm laborer, was identified by Constable J C Reily. Fisher was transported to Mercy hospital by Janzen ambulance.
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Thelma Fisher
Maple School
Scaroni and
Tulare
R. Tubbs
J. C. Reily
Miss Fisher
Mercy Hospital
Janzen
City Basketball Openers Postponed for Thanksgiving
Openers for the city basketball league tomorrow evening are postponed due to Thanksgiving holidays. The remaining schedule stays the same, with cancelled games to be rescheduled at a later date.
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City Basketball League
Rain Delays Bean Harvest in Shafter District
About 15 percent of the 3000 acre blackeye bean crop in the Shafter Wasco and Lerdo area has been harvested. Rain and cool weather slowed work at Siemens and Hitchcock recleaning plant. hundreds of acres remain uncut ready for threshing. The warehouse handles local and outside beans with many thousands of sacks stored and 12000 sacks already processed.
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Shafter
Wasco
Lerdo
Siemens and Hitchcock
San Joaquin Valley
Red Cross Drive Progresses in Shafter Community
Reverend T. Chandler reports satisfactory progress on the annual Red Cross funds drive in Shafter with a $350 quota. Local businesses and groups including Shafter Mercantile, Sprouse Reitz, Bank of America, Kiwanis, Rotary, Shafter High School, and the American Legion participate. women’s church groups plan sewing projects, though final details remain unsettled.
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Red Cross
T. Chandler
Shafter
Shafter Mercantile Company
Shafter Warehouse
McClure’s Drug Store
Sprouse- Reitz
Schirmer’s
Stringham’s Drug Store
Bank of America
Chandler
Clair Dragoo
Kiwanis Club
Ted Vignola
Rotary
Lois L. Berry
Shafter Business and Professional Women
J. C. Siemens
O. T. Olson
Richland School
E. P. Jones
Shafter High School
Rend Chandler
Music Clinic Held at Richland School With Miss Blair
On Thursday at Richland School the music room hosted a clinic led by Miss Hazel Blair from the county office. About 20 teachers from Buttonwillow Tropic Wasco Taft Delano and Shafter observed a demonstration featuring seventh and eighth graders. The session focused on adolescent voice changes and early introduction of part singing in upper grades, with further music and vocal exercises reviewed.
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Richland
Hazel Blair
Buttonwillow
Semitropic
Wasco
Taft
Delano
Shafter
Miss Blair
New Stoves to Upgrade Ameri can Legion Kitchen
A six plate Tappen stove has been bought for the Legion Hall kitchen. Installation is led by Bill Stoller from Home Appliance Co. General refinishing work includes carpentry and woodwork for the new stove area.
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American Legion Hall
Bill Stoller
The
Home Appliance Company
Frost After Rain Lifts Shafter Temperatures This Week
Frost covered the Shafter area after light rain, with a 31 degree low at the experiment farm and a 33 degree low on Tuesday. Autumn days brought 58 to 70 degree highs while leaves changed, officials report frost continuing across the San Joaquin valley with no crop damage noted. Rainfall counted .04 inches over Sunday night and Monday morning, bringing season total to 1.20 inches, higher than last year at this time.
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Shafter
Experiment Farm
San Joaquin Valley
Kern County
High Quality Turkeys on Holiday Market in California
California households will find many fine turkeys on the market as the state reports a 3.5 million turkey crop, the largest in U.S. history, up about 15 percent from last year. Turkeys average larger weights, with a nationwide average around fifteen pounds as the crop nears 33 million birds.
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California
W. E. Newton
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Uni
Newton
Nitrogen Substitutes Suggested By University Expert
University of California professor Dr. E L Proesting warns that wartime demands and disrupted imports will limit supplies of calcium nitrate and nitrate of lime. He cites nitrate of urea and liquid ammonia as alternatives and notes manure remains a costly but viable option if nitrogen content fits farm plans amid uncertain supply and prices.
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E. L. Proesting
University of California College of Agriculture
Norway
Ins
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Shafter Schools
Western Newspaper Union
Alexander Gifford
C. H. Metzger
Teachers’ Association
Shatter Kiwanians
Red Cross Drive
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