Plan Fund Drive for Shafter-Wasco Memorial Hospital
Wasco-Shafter Community Hospital board of directors approves a one plan for a new 24 bed acute general hospital in the Shafter-Wasco area. The facility is designed to expand to 75 beds, cost about 470000 dollars with 70000 dollars in equipment, and will be community owned and non profit financed.
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Shafter-Wasco Memorial Hospital
Direc
Wasco-Shafter Community Hospital
Shafter-Wasco
National Standard
Bakersfield
Barr
Stone, Mulloy, Marraccini
Patterson
San Francisco
Hos
Funeral Held for Frank A. Jackson Pioneer of YMCA Work
Funeral services were held in Berkeley for Frank A. Jackson father of Mrs. Paul Newell. A Portland native, he helped found YMCA work on the Pacific Coast and served as Berkeley General Secretary from 1904 to 1917. He worked in Army and Navy YMCA efforts in Manila and Camp Kearny and later led YMCA roles in Pasadena and Florida before retiring in 1949. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jackson, another son, Robert J. Hopkins of Berkeley, and five grandchildren.
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Frank A. Jackson
Paul Newell
Berkeley
Jackson
Young Men's Christian Association
Pacific Coast
Y.M.C.A
Army
Navy
Manila
Camp Kearney
Mr. Jackson
Portland
Oregon
Berekley
N.i
Pasadena
Y M.C.A
Florida
Belore
Gee ‘Gecreta
Newell
Robert J. Hopkins
Petition Response Signals J C Penney Store Appeal in Shafter
Shafter shoppers and merchants report strong support for a J C Penney branch. Merchants association president Herb Howell says near 800 signatures collected with a 1000 target, indicating local demand and economic benefit for the community.
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Shafter
J.C. Penney Company
Herb Howell
The
Merchants Association
D. C. Penney Company
J. C. Penney
Howell
Lerdo Highway widening near completion in city project
The 2100 project to widen Lerdo Highway to 50 feet nears finish as workers replace curbs from Pacific to Valley streets. City engineer Jack Harris says completion is expected by the end of November. Funds come from state gasoline tax revenues apportioned to 314 California cities annually. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and Pacific Gas and Electric crews moved poles to align with new curbing as work continues.
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Lerdo
Pacific
Valley
Jack Harris
N.z
California
Harris
Ricket and Reeves Firm
Bakersfield
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pacific Cas and Electric Wave
Nichols Shaffer's 1955 Festival Chairman Named
Clayton E. Nichols, 33, selected by the festival committee as chairman of the 8th Shaffer Cotton Festival to be held in May. Selection was by a sub committee chaired by Tony Brown, with approval expected from the Chamber of Commerce board. The festival covers county wide areas with many local organizations participating.
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NEW Festival
Clayton Nichols
Bob Bann
Ces
Tony Brown
Ion Committee
Annie Hofman
Chamber
Fook
Clayton E. Nichols
Don Zachery
Jack Janzen
Brown
Nichols
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Tut Anderson
Rotary
Geo. Gunther
Jenner
Cpl Jones Arrives At Inchon Base To Join Marine Division
Marine Cpl Walter C Jones son of Mrs I V Jones and husband of the former Miss Helen D Jones of Route 1 Shafter recently arrived at Inchon harbor aboard the Gen A W Brewster to join the 1st Marine Division in Korea.
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Cpl
Walter C. Jones
I. V. Jones
Route 1
Helen D. Jones
Shafter
Inchon Harbor
Gen
A. W. Brewster
1St Marine Division
Korea
Funeral Services Held for James A Potts
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Armstrong Mortuary Chapel for James Al fred Potts 66 a retired maintenance man of 338 West Ash street Shafter who died October 16 in a Bakersfield hospital The Rev R R Richey conducted the last rites and burial will be in Blair Oklahoma Potts had lived in Shafter for the past 16 years Survivors include his widow Mary three sons Grady and Clifton of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Jerry Potts of Shafter a daughter Mrs Roxy Guffin of Oklahoma and five grandchildren
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Armstrong Mortuary Chapel
James Alfred Potts
West Ash Street
Shafter
Bakersfield
Plano
Texas
R. R. Richey
Blair
Oklahoma
Potts
Mary
Grady and
Clifton
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jerry Potts
Roxy Guffin
CVHC Plans Re Routing of S Curve
The Central Valley Highway plans to reroute the S Curve north of Shafter to ease travel. E T Scott said funds are being sought for realignment with no definite plans yet. Community leaders along Kern Tulare and Kings counties support the project for better intercommunity travel.
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Shafter
Central Valley Highway
E. T. Scott
State Division of Highways
Central Valley Highway Committee
Wasco
Scott
Kern
Kings
Tulare
H. W. Pat Kelly
Sacramento
Kelly
Sunrise City
Ducor
Corcoren
Hanford
C. M. Gilliss
Califoria Department of Public Works
Gilliss
Shafter Press Seeks Local Amateur Basketball Players
Amateur players in Shafter are invited to contact the editor as plans form a top notch squad. The group will recruit former college and high school players to compete in the county league, with practice sessions starting soon.
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Shafter
Shafter Press
Editorial Bulwark for Sheriff Galyen in Kern County
The editorial urges Captain LeRoy Galyen’s election as Sheriff of Kern County as the best defense against outside vice forces believed to pressure local government. It highlights Galyen’s thirty years as a peace officer and twenty five years as Highway Patrol captain in Kern County, arguing for his clean and courageous law enforcement.
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LeRoy Galyen
Kern County
Galyen
Galven
Sirens To Sound In Monday Statewide Attack Warning Test
Bakersfield residents will hear a 10 am Monday test of the statewide attack warning using the white alert. John C. Riely and Chief Fiely urge stopping phone use and listening to radios for official CD instructions on 640 and 1240 kHz. A Conelrad demo will air nationwide 1:30 to 4:30 am November 17 with only emergency frequency broadcasts.
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John C. Riely
Shatter
Meet Riely
Knight
Riely
Federal Communications Commission
Defense Department
Cotton Field Day to展示 New One Row Cotton Picker
Demonstration of a tractor mounted one row cotton picker will highlight the Cotton Field Day at Shafter Experimental Farm next Thursday. Growers and the public from the San Joaquin Valley are invited to observe the machine and compare it with standard larger pickers now in use.
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Shafter Experimental Farm
San Joaquin Valley
Newsmen invited to Corton Field Station tour in Shafter
Journalists from valley press radio and TV will tour the U S Corton Field Station in Shafter on Monday October 25. The event is sponsored by California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors and the Central Valley Empire Association.
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Valley Press
U. S. Corton
Shafter
California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors
Central Valley Empire Association
Field Day Showcases Weed Control and Subsoil Work
Growers attending the Field Day will observe station personnel’s chemical and mechanical weed control experiments. They will see a method of flame cultivation and results from defoliation work and two years of subsoil improvement. The event begins at 10 a.m.
Halloween Parade invites entries for Nov 1
The Twelfth Annual Hallowe en Parade will be Monday Nov 1 at 7 pm with lineup at 6 30 pm in the high school gym. Prizes in four divisions plus organization awards, urged for kindergarten through high school participants in costumes, decorated vehicles, and floats. Information via Joe Frizell at Food Town Market.
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Hallowe'en
Shafter’ Kiwanis Club
Maple Leaf Scout
Richland Grammar School
Maple Bog Scout
Rotary Boy Scout
Shafter Camp Fire Girl
Shafter Blue Birds
Shafter Cub Scouts
Lion's Scouts
Shafter High School
Richia
Maple
Kern Academy
Lerdo
Rio Bravo
Joe Frizell
Shafter Hortoen Club Rummage Sale Planned
The Shafter Hortoen Club will hold a rummage sale on Saturday October 23 starting at 8 a.m. at the location next to Food Town on Lerdo Highway.
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Shafter Hortoen Club
Girte
Lerdo Highway
Fike Motor Port Owner Praises55 Chrysler Models
Irvin Fike owner of Fike Motor Port in Shafter reports the 1955 Chrysler unveiling at the Hollywood Palladium as a milestone. He praises the New Yorker De Luxe V-8 optional Fire V-8 Windsor De Luxe, tubeless tires and swept back windshield as standout features. Fike attended the show with his wife and local associates and predicts a major event for Shafter Chrysler sales.
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Irvin Fike
Fike Motor Port
Shafter
Chrysler
Fike
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Oakland
Hospital Board
Washington
United States
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Cpl. Jones
Inchon
James A. Potts
CVHC
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Gra
Bakers
Horace Grayson
Shafter Chrysler
Gene Wilcoxen
Albert DeWitt
Lee
Adolph Kirschenmann
Hathersall
Venice
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Thomas Edison
Restone
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