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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
8
The city council enacts new ordnance covering premises with outdoor man made water features such as swimming ponds and wading pools. The measure aims to regulate safety and maintenance for these aquatic installations within urban premises.
A notice describes requirements for a fence or enclosing structure around a body of water. It specifies a height of at least four and one-half feet and prohibits ladder or step type designs to prevent access by children.
City ordinance requires every body of water to be enclosed with a fence or wall and equipped with a self closing self latching gate or lock placed four feet above ground. Gates must not be ladder type and may be substituted with equivalent safety devices if approved. Portable pools are exempt and extensions for compliance may be granted for good cause.
The ordinance defines penalties for violations as a misdemeanor with fines up to 500 dollars and up to six months in county jail. It becomes effective thirty days after passage and requires publication within fifteen days in The Shafter Press listing council votes.
The ordinance was adopted by the council with five affirmative votes and no opposers or absentees. Upon final adoption it was signed by Mayor and certified by City Clerk W H Johnston. Publication followed in Shafter Press on October 11 1961.
Mrs. Nelson notes consumer standards while Governor Brown pushes a statewide series of meetings on health, safety, and purchasing power. Local organizers welcome questions on new sale tax laws and medical costs. Bakersfield chair is Mrs. George L. Wiles with open sessions and paid lunch reservations.
Forum director Wylie Logan Jones will preside. Traveler photographer lecturer Kamen, a University of California and Northwestern alumnus with Chicago Art Institute training, has produced travel films from over 50 countries. His lecture threads a pictorial journey to Zanzibar Mombasa the Savanna game country the Venda Venda Tribe Zimbabwe Zululand and Victoria Falls.
The Richland district urges parents to reinforce supervision as a fence surrounds the schoolyard to keep children in and deter unauthorized access. District Superintendent Bruce Crawford stresses cooperation with rules to ensure student safety during school hours.
Graveside services were held for Efren Ulete Navarrete age 4 at Shafter Cemetery following his death October 3 in a Bakersfield hospital. Fr Bruslin of St Theresa's Catholic Church officiated. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Faustino Navarrete and siblings Ricardo Erasma and Carmen of Wasco.
Jess Carr Smith, five days old, was laid to rest at Shafter Cemetery after funeral services October 6 at the Church of God in Smith’s Corners. Born September 28 in Bakersfield, the infant was officiated by Ronnie Miller. Survived by parents A. D. and Mrs. Smith of Shafter, grandparents John W. Smith of Bakersfield and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker of Shafter, and siblings Ray and Ray Jr.
Walter Lee Boggs age 61 of 410 Shafter Ave. died Oct 6 in Shafter. Born Sept 10 1900 in Dequine Arkansas. Services Monday at 2 p.m. Pentecostal Church with Rev Wayne Owens officiating. Survived by daughter Junita Radford Bakersfield brothers Pink Boggs Downey Boggs California sisters Minnie Caskell Jewel Beddo Ruby Harding Oklahoma and five grandchildren. Interment Shafter Cemetery.
Nettie Ozella Webb of 178 W. Ash Shafter died October 7 in Bakersfield. Funeral services were conducted October 10 at 2 30 p m at the Pentecostal Church of Shafter with Rev. Cecil Poole officiating. She leaves six sons Vaughn Fresno Ponce Haliburton Tuckerman Ark Bennie Haliburton Somis Roy Johnnie and Larry Webb Bakersfield one daughter Olivia Roberts Strawberry Ark a brother Marvin Davis Oxnard and 13 grandchildren.
Members of the Shafter BPW club held their regular meeting after Richland school carnival. Special guest Mrs. Inez Mosier of Redondo, former Richland teacher and BPW member, attended. Other attendees included Clara, Ed Ross, Nina Francis, Jane Whitson, Ruth McMillan, Martha Gloeckler, Leota Adams, Mary Austin, and Lorraine Christensen.
The engagement of Miss Marilyn Sparling to Robert J. Vignolo was announced recently. The couple were honored at a large cocktail buffet at the Vignolo home at 737 Mannel.
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