Santa Helpers Map Toy Drive For Needy Children
Shafter Fire Department teams up with Santa helpers to collect old toys from households next Thursday night. Fire Chief Don Little asks residents to search their homes for unused toys and have them ready for pickup at the curb or drop them at the county fire department sub-station on Central Valley highway.
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Shafter Fire Department
Brown and Bryant Shed
Don Little
Central Valley Highway
Little
Shortages Hit Farm Equipment Outlook For 1953
USDA sources say farm implement prospects for 1953 turned less favorable by late September due to a steel strike. Irrigation equipment copper and aluminum use improve, but barbed and woven wire fencing will be scarce through the winter and into next year. Water pipe and well casings see high demand amid drought and earthquakes in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Drouth
Man Made Climates Boost Egg Meat Production in Birds
The article discusses how man made climates improve poultry output in California. It notes optimal temperatures for chicks growing older and adults, effects of heat on eggs and shells, and cooling methods like fog or mist sprays. It covers cage design, windbreaks, and breed differences in heat tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Wilbur
O. Wilson
University of California College of Agriculture
Davis
Turkey
Two Students Tie For Honor Roll At Shafter High
Edna Crane and Eric Hansen earned straight A period two to lead 101 students on Shafter High School honor roll for the first six weeks. Honor roll requires 12 points under the sealed system with A five points and A minus four.
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Edna Crane
Eric Hansen
Shafter High School
Amelia Cornell
Joyce Allen
Pauline Anderson
Robert Anderson
Julia Arreola
Henry Badgett
Ed Baker
Mary Banks
Peggy Bankston
Joyce Bartel
Nancy Baugh
Janice Beaver
Gerald Bender
Virginia Bender
Deanna Bergen
Eileen Bradshaw
Jackie Brown
Morton Brown
Dean Burnquist
Karen Burnquist
Louise Burrows
Dorothy Campbell
Karen Clarkin
Danny Contreras
Shirley Coodey
Patsy Cook
Maudie Crabb
Norma Craig
John Depscea
Mary DeVincenzo
Margaret Royvee
Jean Cher
Wilma Fowler
Mary Gates
Carol Giesbrecht
Jan Gibson
Bennie Goossen
Bob Goossen
Peter Grossmann
Robert Grossmann
Obie Hamlin
Doris Hampton
Kenneth Handel
Eric Hanson
Irene Haselden
Bill Higbee
Former Shafter Man Dies in Crash
Funeral services were held for Frank Buxton 60 of Castinca formerly of Shafter. He died in a pickup truck rollover on October 17 while driving for Superior Oil Co. Burial was in Long Beach. He is survived by his wife Pearl a stepson Harry Thompson two daughters Catherine Deck and Barbara Buxton and four grandchildren. Buxton lived in Shafter from 1938 to 1940.
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Newhall Community Presbyterian Church
Frank Buxton
Castinc
Shafter
Buxton
H.R. Thompson
Grant Street
Superior Oil Co
Long Beach
Pearl
Harry Thompson
Catherine Deck
Barbara Buxton
1.9 Million Bale Cotton Crop Forecast
State cotton statistician R S Blair forecasts a 1 900 000 bale crop for 1952, based on higher yield and larger area. Estimated yield 625 pounds per acre on 1 399 000 acres, up from 640 last year and 1 320 000 acres in 1951. A tidal wave and hurricane struck Galveston on Sept 8 1900 killing 6000 people.
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R. S. Blair
Blair
Galveston
Tex
Generals Face Panthers in Crucial Shafter-Corcoran Clash
The Generals seek a key win as they host Corcoran with five victories this season. Shafter’s versatile lineup, led by Dale Scales at quarterback, faces a tough test against Corcoran’s power. A radio rebroadcast with Bob Bann airs at 9:35 a.m. Saturday.
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Corcoran
Shafter General
KWSO
Bob Bann
Lemoore
Wasco
Tigers
George Terry
Eisenhower Campaign Aides Seek Stronger Push Before Ballot
Shafter Eisenhower for President committee workers continued precinct assignments to reach voters before Tuesday. A letter from Jane Austin, Kern General Hospital dietitian, thanked the group for a birthday cake sent to children patients in Ward 100 A, noting staff and patients appreciated the kind gesture.
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Shafter Eisenhower
E. C. Eckmann
Shafter
Jane Austin
Kern General Hospital
Shafter Republicans
Eisenhower
Eckmann
TV Expert Baker Returns to Lead Shafter TV Service
Art Brownell of Western Auto motive and Radio Co announces Jack Baker back in Shafter to manage television service at Western Auto and Repair. Baker brings two years of TV repair study and lives on Ash Street with his wife and son David. Vote Now.
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Art Brownell
Western Automotive and Radio Co
Jack Baker
Shafter
Carter Will Join Ship in Pacific
Seaman Albert Carter Jr. will join the USS Shelton in the Pacific within days after a 15 day leave spent with wife and parents in Cheetah Oklahoma. His sister Mary and her husband Pfc James Goodman are due home for a family dinner next Sunday. Goodman has just returned from overseas and will be stationed at Edwards Air Force Base near Mojave with plans to move nearby.
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Albert Carter, Jr
Oriental Waters
Shelton
Mary
Pfc
James E. Goodman
Cheetah
Okla
Goodman
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave
Family Attends Show After Crash On Seventh Standard Road
A car crash on Seventh Standard Road left Mrs Cr Ylo and her two children with minor injuries. The family was en route to Bakersfield when the vehicle demolished and crossed into a store. A county nurse assisted them, and they were later treated for abrasions and bruises. Vignolo Stables won 11 ribbons at the horse show despite the mishap.
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Seventh Standard Road
Cr.Ylo
Orse
Bakersfield
Vignolo
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Frank Hornkohl
Truxtun
Delores Higbee
Lydia Holman
Norma Hooks
Virginia Howell
Judy Janzen
Donna Jenkins
Barbara Jobe
Arleigh Johnson
Donna Johnson
Philip Johnson
Roy Jones
Irene Kern
Valera Kirschenmann
Wayne Kirschenmann
Charlene Kroeker
George Larson
Thelma Latta
Marion Mettler
Robert Mettler
Lawrence Mettler
Norman Mixon
Harvey—Mizeh
Mary Montgomery
Bruce Muir
David Muir
Betty Patterson
Arlene Pearson
Ernestine Pickelsimer
Rudy Prender
Shirley Pricket
Earl Reynolds
Jack Robbins
Rosale Sade
Leroy Schulz
Betty Smith
Marilyn Smith
Marva Steele
LaVelle Stoller
LaVonne Stoller
Phyllis Stoller
Delores Stout
Lottie Thompson
Mennonite Brethren Church
Corner, California
and Kern
Waldo Wiebe
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Durwood Phillips
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Hwy
Baptist
Melvin N. Krug
The
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B.T. A
Jaogard Jardon
Billy Hinsley
Dale Scales
Dick Smid
Kenny Smith
Kefauver
Stevenson
General Eisenhower
Nixon
Ike
K. C
L. Merchant
Bakersfield, California
Shafter Man
Peace Strings
Martin Wagner
Sep
Lincoln
League
Shafterite
Generals
Wasco Satae
Coalinga
Exeter
Dan Bledsoe
Hamilton
Chuck Ellis
Sales
Scales
Carter
Pacific
Kelly & Somers
18Th and Highway 99
Twenty-fourth Street
Chester Avenue
Cy’s
Chrysler Air Conditioning
Schneider & Wikoff
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