Generals to Tangle With Taft Wildcats in Home Opener
Shafter faces Taft in the first home game as Wasco looms large in Sequoia league chatter. A Shafter win would signal strength and set the tone, while a loss would boost Wasco’s debated status. The Generals must overcome early season inexperience and Strathmore insights shape expectations.
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Generals
Taft Wildcat
Shafter
Wasco
Taft Wildcats
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Strathmore
Shafter Generals
Arvin
Taft
Bledsoe
Eight-Point Plan Urges $900,000 for Richland School Expansion
Superintendent Bruce Crawford outlined an eight point construction program to ease crowded classrooms at Richland School. The plan calls for replacing the 1914 Santa Fe building with ten new rooms, eliminating eight emergency cabins, and adding a four unit kindergarten facility to address heavy demand and long waiting lists. Civic leaders from Shafter endorsed steps for the school board to act.
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Bruce Crawford
Richland
Shafter Area
Crawford
Santa Fe
Lerdo
Pene
Richland School
Richland School seeks cafeteria and facility upgrades
The Richland campus plans cafeteria expansion at the primary site to ease meals for about 1400 students daily and reduce mid day congestion. Proposals include remodeling for upper grade classes, adding a library, and creating a multi purpose assembly room for gatherings and band practice.
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Richland
Elie
Directors to decide on Kern Canal water plan next Tuesday
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District directors will meet Tuesday to finalize water service contracts with the Reclamation Service and choose whether to build a local distribution system or have the government do it. Legal hurdles to the water service contract reportedly have been resolved.
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Shafter- Wasco
Kern Canal
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District to Decide Water Plan Tuesday
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District schedules its Tuesday meeting at 2 pm in Vefer ee Memorial Hall to vote on a water distribution plan. The board may choose between Paul C. Bailey’s concrete ditch system costing about 8 million dollars and the Bureau of Reclamation’s fully piped system at about 11.68 million dollars.
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Shafter-Wasco
Veferee Memorial Hall
Paul C. Bailey
Bureau “of Reclamation
Bailey
Bureau
California Securities Commission
Superior Écourt
Crawford to Tell Chamber of Needs For Local School
Crawford, superintendent of the Richland School District, will address the Shafter Chamber of Commerce to outline school needs. He will discuss building more classrooms and propose a bond measure of about 900 thousand dollars to fund construction.
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Crawford
Chamber of Needs
Richland
Shafter Chamber of G
Reme
Ted Kirkman Home From Air Base On 30 Day Leave
Airman Ted Kirkman 22 son of Mr and Mrs Art Kirkman 471 East Lerdo Ave is spending a 30 day leave at home from an air base in Wichita Texas He attended Monterey Bay Academy before enlisting ten months ago He will be at Camp Stone on leave for assignment and then East Par or Bay area next.
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Ted Kirkman
Art Kirkman
East Lerdo Ave
Ard Air Base
Wichita Is
Tex
Kirkman
Monterey Bay Academy
Camp Stone
Terra Vista Homes Set to Open as Low Income Housing
Terra Vista Homes in Shafter plans a formal opening around October 15 for 35 units. Eligibility prioritizes deceased veterans families, with income limits and six month reassignment options if income rises beyond caps. Housing units include four four bedroom four three bedroom, twenty two bedroom and seven one bedroom homes with fixtures and lawn equipment loaned by the project manager.
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Terra Vista Homes
Shafter
Zavned
Avivel Palicy
Bill Little
City Merchants Announce Fall Dollar Days Sale Dates
Merton Wiedmann announces Shafter Chamber of Commerce Dollar Days October 24 and 25. The event spans grocery stores to appliance outfits with plans to meet October 13 in Lee's Dining Room for further details. Merchants consider closing on Armistice Day unless it falls on a Saturday.
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Merton Wiedmann
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Lee
Exhibitors Win Share of Blue Ribbons at Kern County Fair
Shafter area exhibitors collected blue ribbons in multiple events at the Kern County Fair last week. Winners include Gary Wilson and Leota Adams in hobby collections, Vignolo Farms in American saddle horse, and Robert Mettler in quarterhorse events. Buttonwillow competitors Sally Curtis and Lois Paslay placed in swine showmanship, with Norman Olsen winning junior yearling swine and Lois Paslay taking senior boar. Shafter High School earned a first in the New Hampshire poultry division.
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Shafter Area
Kern County
Shafter
Gary Wilson
Hobby
Leota Adams
Buttonwillow
Vignolo Farms
America Saddle Horse
Robert Mettler
Flying Ranch
Charles West
Sally Curtis
Lois Paslay
Norman Olsen
Hampshire
Shafter High School
New Hampshire
Home Builders Help Raise City Estimates
Shafter building estimates rise to 702 609 for the first nine months as J L Dandy Co expands in the Weinberger Tract. September totals include three Weinberger Tract homes, a Kirschenmann Tract project, with Central Hardware remodeling at 15000 and Neuman and Sons front rebuilt after the earthquake. Carl Steele adds a new home at 11000 as building activity continues.
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J. L. Dandy Co
Weinberger Tract
Shafter Building
Shafter Avenue
Dandy Homes
Kirschenmann Tract
E. K. Grant
Central Hardware
Neuman and Sons
Carl Steele
Grant
Special Train to Hear Ike Speech Near Fresno
A Bakersfield to Fresno special train will carry Dwight D. Eisenhower backers with stops at Shafter and Wasco to attend his Fresno campaign talk. The train departs Bakersfield at 6:45 a.m. and returns after the 10 a.m. address so supporters reach home by 1:30 p.m. Tickets via Santa Fe officials.
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San Joaquin Valley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fresno
Bakersfield
Santa Fe Railroad
Eisenhower
North Police Recapture Outlaw From City Jail Escape
Carl Jack Black an 18 year old escapee from Shafter jail was recaptured by Sacramento peace officers and faces burglary charges in Hanford. His accomplice Willis Akin 20 remained in custody in Santa Rosa on grand theft auto charges. They are the first Shafter jail escapees.
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Carl Jack Blackman
Shafter
Wasco
Bastille
Sacramento
Blake Witcher
Hanford
Willis Akin
Blackman
Santa Rosa
New Hampshire Chicken Wins Kern County Fair Champion Title
Glenn O Nay director of agriculture at Shafter High School received notice that a local school chicken named Champion New Hampshire Red Cockerel won a blue ribbon at the Kern County Fair.
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Kern County
Glenn O. Nay
Shafter High School
New Hampshire
Mobile Unit Blood Bank to Visit Shafter Oct 17
The Hou chin Community Chest Blood Bank mobile unit will visit Shafter on October 17, moving up one week. A meeting with local organizations supporting the Shafter Community Blood Bank is planned, with about 60 residents set to donate on the first trip.
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Blood Bank
Houchin Community Chest Blood Bank
Shafter
Albert Finkbeiner
American Legion Committee
Firemen credited with saving four apartments in Reiker Tract
Shafter county firemen saved four apartment houses in the Reiker Tract from a blaze started by burning debris. The fire spread to a hedge and caused $50 in damage, with the apartments endangered by the flames.
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Shafter County
Reiker
Second Annual Blind Bogey Meet Opens Tuesday
Shafter golfers prepare for the second annual Blind Bogey Tour nament at Bakersfield Country Club. O. D. Handel of the Lions Club says service clubs and the American Legion are invited to participate. Prizes will be awarded at a dinner after the tourney, which begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Blood Bank
Shafter Community Blood Bank
Vernon Pierce
Rotary Club
Jack Harris
Kiwanis Club
Earl Ditmore
Lions Club
Elmer Ziemke
20 30 Club
P. V. McClure
Shafter Fire Department
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Women’s
Finkbeiner
Shafter Blood Bank
Shafter
Veterans Memorial Hall
Katie Ziemke
Shafter 897
Bakersfield Country Club
O. D. Handel
Shafter Lions Club
American Legion
Shafter FFA Maintains Strong Sales At Kern County Fair
Shafter High School Future Farmers of America reports total sales close to seven thousand dollars at the Kern County Fair. Top buyer Ronald Siemens paid 85 cents a pound for a 970 pound steer, earning an $824.50 take home. Grand champion lamb sold for 1148 dollars and per pound price of 14. The event included multiple beef sales and notable purchases by Camp, Shaffer-Wasco Ginning Co, and local families. The article notes additional buyers from Rio Bravo and Buttonwillow 4-H clubs and mentions future sales at the Great Western Livestock Show in Los Angeles.
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Shafter High School
Future Farmers of America
Kern County
Great Western Livestock Show
Los Angeles
Ronald Siemens
Jim Camp
Eugene Shaffer
Cawelo
Steers
Leroy Kirschenmann
Davies Machinery
Bobby Ray
Bob Neuman
Leroy Moser
Sears-Roebuck
Glen Hamilton
Bobby Cohan
Donald Howze
Herb Neuman
Donald Neuman
Peacock Dairies
Woodrow Wilson
Coberly- West
Roy Jones
Maple Leaf
James Wilson
Dale Scales
Dean Burnquist
Hollis Roberts
Rio Bravo
Buttonwillow
Donald Mattson
Safeway
Billy Araujo
Kern Valley Packing
Barbara Olsen
Piuto Packing
Roberts Lewis
Dick Yarlow
June Blanton
Shafter Taft Announce Tentative Lineups For Varsity Test
Shafter and Taft coaches released tentative starting lineups for both varsity and junior varsity squads. The B teams open the evening gridiron schedule at 6 at Shafter Field ahead of the 8 p.m. varsity kickoff.
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Shafter and Taft
Shafter
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