Lerdo School Housing Dilemma Faces Three Districts
Fifty children at Lerdo School, housed in three condemned Army barracks at Minter Village, face a two year occupancy limit set by the state fire marshal. The Kern county redistricting plan suggests splitting Lerdo to ease attendance, with Richland and Rio Bravo affected and a $537,000 state loan offer under conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo
Jack Fleming
Minter Village
Richland and
Rio Bravo
Kern County
Gerald Miller
Army Barracks
Army
Shafter Airport
Minter Field
Army Baracks
Highway 99
Richland School
Shafter
Shafter Council Hears Drainage and Housing Plans
Shafter city council weighs repair work on Five Points drainage project with Reeves estimating 390 dollars per unit and 2000 dollars for broader needs. The panel seeks federal and state funds to finance the plan while Prop 10 prompts caution before Jan 1. J C Penner offers Wienberger tract lots for housing. officer Mitchell is promoted to sergeant with salary increase.
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Lileks
Ayer
Chly
John Reeves
Sdn
Atenio
Theros
Housing Action
A. G. Mortimore
Cute
Shafter
Jenner
Green River
Stanley Home Products
Howard Adamson
John Rawlings
Pot of Gold Prize Jumps To $160 Mark
The Pot of Gold prize rises to 160 dollars as events continue with multiple draws. Oroville Baxter misses sixty dollars from the prior week and hints at regret for leaving Oklahoma. The third winner must be present to claim one chance, or the prize rolls to the next week. A. W. Spreitenburg won the 50 dollar first prize last Saturday. the second winner is unnamed.
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Oroville
Pot of Gold Winners Drawn At County Park Crowd Grows
A large crowd gathered last Saturday estimated at 2700 as Marie Elkins won a $30 Pot of Gold purchase ticket. The event will repeat this Saturday at 7 30 p m at County Park with three prizes totaling 160 dollars first 50 second 30 and third 80, urging participation.
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County Park
Twin Girls Caught in $1800 Burglary of Shafter Cafe
Two 14 year old twins burglarized Spud Cafe in Shafter stealing 1800 dollars in valuables last Thursday. They waited to flee until morning and were found Friday at a downtown telephone booth. Chief John Reilly said they were turned over to juvenile court.
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Shafter
John Reily
Shafter Named For CVP Rite Observance
Officials announced the Central Valley Project waterway observance will run July 11 to 21. The first full integrated operation will occur then with water moved from Shasta Dam to the CVP terminus at the Friant Kern Canal end near Bakersfield. Construction has advanced past Lerdo highway.
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Friant-Kern Canal
Bureau of Reclamation
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shasta Dam
Redding
CVP
Bakersfield
City to Adorn Store Area With Christmas Decorations
Downtown Shafter will glow with Yale decorations after the first of next week. Public Works Director Jack Harris announced the plan as Streets department workers prepare to string the lights. The City Council took over decoration duties this past year.
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Shafter
Jack Harris
Yale
Seven Shafter Grid Stars Receive Service Awards
Seven senior football players at Shafter High School were recommended for Service Awards. Coach Dan Bledsoe submitted the list to the student executive board for consideration. The players named are Jack Bayless, Paul Cato, Ken Cooper, Vernon Edwards, Fred Houston, Bob Tidwell and J. C. Warneke.
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Shafter High School
Dan Bledsoe
Jack Bayless
Paul Cato
Ken Cooper
Vernon Edwards
Fred Houston
Bob Tidwell
J. C. Warneke
Generals
Harley Martin
John Kelly
Jack Thompson
Curtis Elkins
Dale Scales
Todd
Chamions
Kern County
East Bakersfield
Nixon
Perry
Roden
Harris
Bergman
Broom
Gaede
Thompson
Noteley
Beach
Lynch
Correll
Hinsley
Hamilton
Mixon
Drama Club to Present Three One Act Plays
Shafter High School drama club announces three one act plays to be staged at 8 p m in the auditorium. Take a Letter Sure as Youre Born and The Laughing Ghost headline the bill with student directors Marva Sucel and Bert Fuller under Miss Beth Payne supervision.
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Shafter High School
Laughing Ghost
Marva ‘Sucel
Bert Fuller
Beth Payne
Christmas Load Eight Extra Helpers for Shafter Post Office
Postmaster George Guenther announced eight extra helpers will join the Shafter Post Office to handle the Christmas load. He urged residents to mail early, buy stamps now, prepay postage, and clearly address all mail. Greeting cards should be first class for messaging, sealed greetings incur two cents if under two ounces, and parcels must be packed securely. First and fourth class weight limit is 70 pounds. Christmas stickers must not appear on the address side.
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United States Post Office
Shafter
George Guenther
Guenther
Shafter Sergeant Wins Silver Star
M/Sgt. Baltazar Lopez of Shafter, born in a Mexican community, receives the Silver Star for valor in Korea. He previously earned a Bronze Star and a battlefield promotion after rescuing a wounded comrade. Lopez, 8 years in service, with five children, is attached to the First Cavalry as an engineer and is stationed in Japan.
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Baltazar Lopez
Lopez
Korea
Ascencion Lopez
Burbank Ave
Frances
Stevie
David
Virginia
Johnnie
Evelyn
First
Calvary
Japan
Dads Invited First to Shafter Football Banquet
Bert Ware announces letters sent to Dads of Shafter High School football players inviting them to the fourth annual banquet at the Shafter High Cafeteria on December 14 at 6 45 p.m. Tickets cost 2 50 with Dr Ralph Prator of Bakersfield College as guest speaker and Pat Kelly as master of ceremonies.
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Bert Ware
Shafter
Shafter High
Ralph Prator
Bakersfield College
Pra
Chest Grants $100 to Local Campfire Crew
Shafter Community Chest board voted to award $100 to Campfire Girls to fund annual projects. Marvin Lane noted an extra $100 allocation after reporting total receipts of $4584.38, surpassing the goal. Beneficiaries include Boy Scouts $2000 Campfire Girls $1600 Shafter Recreation Commission $500 and YMCA $350.
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Shafter Community Chest Board
Marvin Lane
The
Community Chest
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
Shafter Recreation Commission
YMCA
Santa Helpers Patch, Prep Toys for Shafter Christmas
Shafter Fire Department and their wives work nightly to repair and wrap hundreds of scrapped toys for needy children in Shafter. They collect scraps from the area, fix them up, and prepare gifts for distribution by Santa on Christmas Eve. An annual election meeting for the department is set for tonight at the city station, Chief Albert Feinbiner announced.
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Santa Claus
Shafter
Shafter Fire Department
St. Nick
Albert Finkbeiner
Shafter Generals Set For Season Opener And Carnival
The Shafter High School Generals open their season with a 2 p.m. Saturday non league game against Arvin. They also prepare for the fifth Kern County Class A Carnival at Shafter on Dec 8 facing Bakersfield Wasco East Bakersfield and Taft. The B team plays Kern County Carnival Dec 9 at East Bakersfield.
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Shafter High School Generals
Arvin
Lowell Todd
Kern County
Shafter
Generals
Bakersfield
Wasco
East Bakersfield
Taft
Dinuba
Exeter
Lindsay
Corcoran
Delano
Indonesians Begin 48-Week Pilot Training at Shafter
J S Hennessy Trans Ocean Air Lines program director described 60 Indonesian cadets starting a 48 week training at Shafter Airport. At a Shafter Rotary Club meeting he urged a strong American impression and noted cadets will train as navigators engineers or pilots with TALOA standing for Transocean Air Lines Oakland airport.
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J. S. Hennessy
Transocean Air Lines
Shafter
Shaf
Ter Rotary Club
Hennessy
Kern County
TALOA
Oakland Airport
Credit System Merchants Organize in Shafter
Local merchants form a prospective credit association to monitor customers and aid credit seekers. A. J. Hemingson said a second meeting will be held next Wednesday at Lee’s Dining Room to elect officers and discuss operations, including a central information clearing house. Members include Associated Service Station Bank of America Central Hardware Central Market Courtesy Market Home Appliance Loewen Plumbing Becker’s Insurance Post Office Market Schneider and Wykoff Shafter Mercantile Shafter Warehouse Valley Office Supply Wallace Department Store.
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Shafter
Credit Association
Dit Association
Associated Service Station
Bank of America
Central Hardware
Central Market
Courtesy Market
Home Appliance
Loewen, Plumbing Company
Becker’s Insurance Company
Post Office Market
Schneider and Wykoff
Shafter Mercantile
Shafter Warehouse
Valley Office Supply
Wallace Department Store
211 Membership Sought Here for Farm Bureau
Kern County Farm Bureau launches a county wide drive aiming for 1600 members in 1951 with Shafter area set at 211. Kickoff dinner at Bertha Elliott Hall Oildale features Ray McLane Visalia rancher as speaker. 10 Shafter area members expected.
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Loren Voth
Farm Bureau
You
Bertha Elliott
Oildale
Ray McLane
Visalia
Shafter
Press Plans Column for Indonesians at Shafter
The Shafter Press previews the Indonesian cadet program inviting curiosity yet highlighting mutual respect. Aviation students at Shafter Airport are described as courteous gentlemen under the guidance of J. S. Hennessy Bob Butler and James Fowler as trainers and leaders.
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U. S
Shafter
Humphrey Bogart
Transoceans Air Lines
J. S. Hennessy
Bob Butler
James Fowler
Shafter Press
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Richland
Council
Yougty
NAVY
Albert B. Carter, Jr
A. B. Carter
San Diego
Mle
Marie Elkins
Shafter Cafe
Reil i
Juvenile Court of Prosecution
CVP Rite
Drama Club
Silver Star
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Kelly
Kell
John
CHEST
Glenn ©. Nay
Los Angeles
Ted Steelman
Mike Crawford
Dee Wilson
Roc
Burl Howze
Gavino Rodriguez
Cecil Brooks
Indonesia
Credit System
Kern County Farm Bureau
A. W. Eckman
Fresno Avenue
Buttonwillow
Kern
Delta
River
McFarland
Magunden
Rosedale
Weed Patch
A. W. Eckmann Farm Bureau
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