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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1952
Page
4
MiSoo Classes set at Maple Schol will begin Monday. No damage from the earthquake. building ready for fall term. Ralph, the principal, notes buses follow last year’s route with adjustments later. Lunch begins immediately with a charge. Parents of first time pupils should accompany children to meet teachers and ensure enrollment records are complete.
Harley Dwayne Martin an 18 year old football standout was among five Kern county youths awarded University scholarships for the coming year The California Alumni Association of Kern county presented the awards Other recipients included Dennis Thorne Cutland Taft Barbara Ann Hunt 19 Lost Hills Beverly Ruth Hunt 17 Lost Hills and Loretta Jo Null East Bakersfield Martin a Shafter High School graduate served as student body president in the spring was in the Spanish Club attended Boys State and played football baseball and basketball.
Judge Don Bennett of Wasco will head the Shafter Judicial Court for two weeks in Judge E K Grant’s absence. Grant, also a building inspector, is on vacation in Oklahoma for two weeks.
Eld er A W Bentz, pastor of Shafter Seventh Day Adventist Church for all years, is transferred to the Modesto district. He will be replaced by Elder Stanley W Hien of Merced. Other transfers include C E Larsen to Atwater and John Baerg to Merced. A farewell potluck honored the trio of elders and spouses with gifts from Shafter Wasco Pixley Delano churches.
Midshipman John Kelly son of Mr and Mrs H W Pat Kelly of Shafter ranks in the upper 250 percent of his class at the United States Naval Academy Annapolis. He earned grades in math engineering electrical engineering English and foreign language and was student body president on the Shafter campus while active in athletics.
Park maintenance reports thefts of hose totaling 200 feet from Manuel Park. P. J. Gorsching states 100 feet of green plastic hose were taken last week, with another 100 feet stolen earlier this year comprising 50 feet of plastic and 50 feet of black rubber hose.
Bledsoe, Hamilton, and Andrew Dillard headline a senior backfield for the Generals. Line coach Dusty Rhoads returns five lettermen including Rudy, Ben Prender, Rolf Jacobsen, Max Tudor, and John Notley who is expected to blossom as a wing man. Scrimmage plans begin with suits issued tomorrow and first big practice Monday. Bill Hinsley Jim Broom and Charles Ellis vie for A jersey spots to round out the backfield and ends.
Principal Grant W. Jensen opens a workshop in the school cafe as district superintendent T L MecCuen notes damage in county schools. He urges teachers to train students to observe weigh and act on facts to meet student needs amid health, activities, and moral values concerns. Two windmill replicas in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park are mentioned.
Bailey details a district irrigation scheme extending 147.5 miles of concrete pipe from the Friant Canal west to Fresno and along Calloway, with laterals at Dresser street Fresno avenue Cherry street and Paso Robles Highway. He notes annual distributions from Friant Kern of 27 000 to 89 600 acre feet averaging 69 000, and that demand will exceed available water by 89 200 acre feet in a dry year and 31 600 in a wet year.
Two construction teams advance high road improvements in Shaffer area. Madonna Construction Co. works on Central Valley Highway between Beech Avenue and Rosedale, while Rand Construction Co. grades Shafter Avenue to re pave. CVH project delayed by engineers strike, now expected after February with a bid of 343308 dollars, about 90000 below prior estimates.
Bureau of Reclamation officials weighed a 15 000 acre foot maximum water allocation for distribution to the district whiles science and law experts warned the plan could force oversupply. Legal counsel Crowe urged caution citing potential jeopardy to the district if the contract language failed to prevent misuse. A final agreement was hoped before the October board meeting.
Derwood N. Vickers, husband of Mrs. E. A. Vickers of Route 1 Shafter, was promoted to master sergeant while serving with X Corps in Korea. A platoon sergeant in the 116th Engineer Combat Battalion, he entered the Army in December 1942 and has earned the Korean Service Medal and UN Service Medal.
Cpl Bob G. Baze of the 7th Infantry Division has finished six months in Korea with the central front patrol action against the Reds. His wife Vivian resides at 31350 Los Angeles Ave. He enlisted in March 1951 and previously worked as a truck driver for Frank Baze Trucking Co. in Shafter.
The community may adopt the proposed system in October and submit it to the state securities commission for approval. The final decision on the Bailey system or the Bureau of Reclamation proposal rests with the district's electorate.
Word reached here of the death of C. W. Newbold 67 San Rafael after a long illness. He was an early Shafter farmer and businessman. Surviving are his widow Daisy and four daughters Mrs. Brooks San Rafael Mrs. Boynton Bakersfield Mrs. Linsworth Long Beach and Sherwin Newbold Gualala. Services were held in San Rafael and burial at Mt Tamalpias Cemetery.
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