Kellys Plan Proposes Immediate Relief From Drought in Kern County
A Kern County plan urged by Pat Kelly to curb water waste and start immediate relief measures. The piece argues water development is urgent for California and Kern County, outlines north south funding conflicts, and proposes a compromise to begin supplemental water action without major storage projects.
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Kelly
Kern County
California
Water Committee
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Pat Kelly
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco Bay
Ocean
Oroville
Feather River
San Luis Reservoir
Los Banos
Shafter Gridders Face Garces in Generals Tilt
Shafter aims to rebound with a big home tilt against Garces as Herman Jones and Joe Hernandez square off in a high scoring clash. Coalinga upset the Generals 13 to 12 earlier with Bryan Capps scoring and Stan Crouch adding the decisive extra point.
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Art Johnson
Garces
Genanaien
Shafter
Col Colonels
Colonels
Inter
Herman Jones
Joe Hernandez
Rams
New South High School
South Hi
Coalinga
Bryan Capps
Stan Crouch
Burglars Steal $80 in Cash from Modern Market
Deputy sheriffs seek burglars who entered the Modern Market last Friday night and took about $80 in cash. Owner Robert Tatum said it was the first burglary in over 20 years. The thieves forced a rear door, emptied the cash register and office drawers, and left through a side entrance.
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Robert Tatum
Tatum
Final Rites for Early Shafterite Samuel W Westbrook
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Armstrong Mortuary for Samuel Walter Westbrook 73 of 30785 Elliott Drive who died October 19 Rev Sam Wilcoxon of First Southern Baptist Church officiated Burial was in Shafter Westbrook a pioneer Shafter farmer and early Rio Bravo cotton grower Survivors include widow Callie son Oliver brother John W and sister Ella Gorden
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Armstrong Mortuary
Samuel Walter Westbrook
Elliott Drive
Sam Wilcoxon
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter Every
Westbrook
Shafter
Rio Bravo
Callie
Oliver
John W
Ella Gorden
Special Issue on Shafter Experiment Station Looms Over Cotton World
A magazine supplement will detail how the Shafter Experiment Station became a world cotton hub. It will appear in next Thursday's Shafter Press, with additional copies available at 10 cents each.
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Shafter Experiment Station
Shafter Press
Welcome Oldtimers Homecoming Highlights Shafter's 45th Anniversary
A 1914 Shafter scene shows early progress with power poles and a railroad station beside the Shafter Mercantile while Hitchcock's hotel stands by cleared sagebrush. The 43 year later aerial view spots Mannel Park, Lachenmaier race track, the abandoned South Shafter labor camp, and North Shafter in the distance.
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Shafter
Shafter Mercantile Store
Hitchcock’s Hotel
Central Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Mannel Park
Lachenmaier
South Shafter
North Shafter
Shafter Homecoming Days Invites Past Residents to Shop and Save
Thirty three Shafter merchants issue invitations to former residents to renew friendships during Homecoming Days Friday through Sunday. Fourteen stores host Appreciation Day Sales as part of the first city wide promotion in two years to draw shoppers. Participating shops include Shafter Drug Store Hemingson s Johnson Neuman Wood s Shoe Store Central Pharmacy Burnett s Central Market Shafter Hard Hardware Brownell s Western Automotive and Radio Co Vernon and Edna Ross s Rasco Store McMahan s Cornet Shafter Maytag and Bob Tatum s Modern Market Readers are invited to review their ads in the Shafter Press.
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Shafter
Shafter Drug Store
Hemingson’s
Johnson-Neuman
Wood’s Shoe Store
Central Pharmacy
Burnett's
Central Market
Shafter Hard Hardware Company
Brownell’s
Western Automotive and Radio Co
Vernon and
Edna Ross
Rasco
McMahan's
Cornet
Shafter Maytag
Bob Tatum
Modern Market
Shafter Press
Shafter’s Early Roots Told From Pioneers and Land Deals
A historical narrative recounts Shafter’s birth from soil and farmer labor after 1911 1912 development tied to the Poso Ranch Kern County Land Co and Hitchcock’s hotel. It notes the absence of a local newspaper at founding and lists a 1957 homecoming weekend with alumni reunions football games and civic events.
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Shafter
Kern County Land Company
Middlewest
Canada
North Dakota
San Joaquin Valley
Poso Ranch
Kern County
Kern County Land Co
Hitchcock's
Central Avenue
T. V. Little
Homecoming Week Ends Former Residents Welcome
The Shafter community rolling red carpet for its first Homecoming days marks the 45th anniversary of the town. Alumni join sessions at Veterans Memorial hall and Shafter High School with a Homecoming game between Shafter and Garces slated for Friday night at the high school stadium. The event highlights cotton research by the U S Experiment Station and potato industry leadership in the Shafter area.
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Shafter High School
Shafter Memorial Hall
Shafter and
Garces
Veterans Memorial Hall
American Legion
Central Park
Rand Prize
Corvette Trailer
Richland Park
California
United States
U. S
Shafter
America
Ter
Hospitality House
Big Kiwanis Halloween Parade Set For Oct 31 Evening
The fifteenth annual Shafter Kiwanis Halloween parade is scheduled for October 31 at 7 p.m. The procession will start at Manuel Park and end at Shafter High School auditorium where cash prizes over 200 dollars will be awarded. Local schools and community groups are invited to participate with various committee chairs listed for floats costumes bands lights scouts and prizes.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Arthur Stepp
Stepp
Manuel Park
Shafter High school #adium
Key Club
Richland
Shafter’s Merchants
Art Johnson
Bob Nagey
Harold Corey
Jack Harris
Leonard Duck
Les Williams
Hanley Witcher
Police
R. M. Jacobus
Bob Bann
Clay Hale
Art Hemingson
Arras Wilson
Mannel Park
Vernon Pierce Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in CAP
Vernon Pierce of Shafter is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and named acting commander of the Bakersfield squadron. He will lead the Bakersfield unit while serving as wing area coordinator for Groups 10 Salinas 12 Fresno and the former Group 8 Bakersfield. Group 8 is deactivated with all personnel and equipment moved to Detachment Bakersfield Squadron 86.
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Vernon Pierce
Shafter
Civil Air Patrol
Bakersfield
CAP
Col
Pierce
Salinas
Fresno
Group 8
Bakersfield Squadron 86
Post Office Seeks Bid For Mail Transport Contract
The Shafter Post Office will accept bids until October 28 for a contract to transport mail between the Santa Fe depot and the post office. Postmaster Gene Guenther said the service requires three to four trips daily and the contract will go to the lowest qualified bidder.
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Shafter Post Office
Santa Fe
Gene Guenther
Legion Dance Saturday Nigh Post Fundraiser
The Leslie L. Robinson post of the American Legion holds a dance Saturday night from 9 to 1 to raise funds for the child welfare fund. The Valley Rhythm Boys provide the music.
Parade Route Revealed For Shafter Homecoming
About fifty units are to participate in the Shafter Homecoming parade set for Saturday morning downtown. Parade chair Jim Tucker announced the route from Richland Park on Wall Street to Five Points, Central Avenue, James Street, Sunset Avenue, and back to Five Points. The reviewing stand will be at James and Central avenues. A tentative lineup lists Bakersfield police motorcycle drill team leading the march.
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Shafter
Jim Tucker
Tucker
Richland ‘Park
Wall Street
Central Avenue
James Street
Sunset Avenue
James and
Central Avenues
Bakersfield
Angie Stringham Named Pioneer Queen of Shafter Homecoming
Mrs. E. B. Stringham, a Shafter figure in town history, is named Pioneer Queen of Shafter Homecoming Days. Four ladies in waiting Opal Fry E V Kattenhorn Tom Wedge Oscar Wiedmann were chosen to assist. The queen will be crowned Friday at the Homecoming game and moved to Shafter with her husband in 1919 after 45 years of marriage.
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E. B. Stringham
Shafterite
Shafter
Sam Becker
Oscar Wiedmann
Oncer
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Spud Capital
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Rio
Bravo and
Kern Academy
Post Office
Angie Stringham
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