Shafter Emerges As California Potato Center
In the Cayuma Valley the Shafter potato shed system expands under Mettlers. A new shed and service station boost local employment to about 150 during fall harvests. Potatoes from Santa Maria and Lebec are hauled sixty miles or more to use Shafter facilities, proving cost efficiency of centralized sheds.
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Shafter
Cayema Ve Valley
Mettlers
Santa Maria
Cuyama Valley
Edison
Mettler
Cuyama
Shaffer
Lebec
California
Wor
Shafterites Attend State Legion Meet in Frisco
Shafterites traveled to Frisco for the state American Legion convention with events in the civic auditorium and opera house. Governor Earl Warren Senator Knowland and National Commander James F. An estimated 25 000 expected attendees. A bus tour to San Quentin Prison was hosted by San Quentin Post with Warden Clinton Pay escorting the group.
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San Francisco
American Legion
Civic Auditorium
Opera House
Hilo Hattie
California
Earl Warren
Mark Clark
Knowland
James F
Fall potato shed operation expands in Cuyama Valley area
Shafter's Em H. Mettler and Sons drives fall potato processing from Cuyama Valley to Shafter with twenty five trucks, two daily trips, and plans to reach forty vehicles. Fifty percent of crop designated for seed, rest for market. New headquarters in Shafter centralizes Edison, Cuyama, Santana, and Shafter operations as sheds expand to Porterville and Lebec.
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Shafter
Big Fall
Em H. Mettler and Sons
Cuyama Valley
Mettler
Santa Maria
Cuyama
Mettlers
Edison
Santana
Porterville
Lebec
California Produces Nearly Half of Nations Early Potatoes
California, normally under a third, produced about half of the nation s early potato crop this year. David N. Wright of the University of California Extension notes late estimates show combined early intermediate and late crops may exceed 1947 production. Producers planted similar acreage to 1947. yields rose about four bushels per acre.
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California
David N. Wright
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Gin Offers Free Testing Service For Cotton Scales
Announcement by the L. A. Camp Ginning Company of a free annual testing service for local cotton growers. U S Government Bureau of Weights and Standards officials will test field cotton scales next Wednesday. A free pick up service is offered by the Camp Gin with contact via the Camp Gin office.
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L. A
U. S
Bureau of Weights and Standards
Irvin Nickel
Te Hk
Shafter High Enrolls 406 Students In New Term
Shafter High School opens the term with 406 students and 25 teachers amid construction and heat. Principal Jack Hill notes enrollment rose to 416 by midweek, compares with 438 last year and 465 by month end. Daily attendance averages rise, and the district adds staff, including an attendance supervisor and more counseling hours.
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Shafter High School
Jack Hill
California
Hill
Services for Ross Chatman Today
Ross Greenwood Chatman 69 died Thursday morning in a Bakersfield hospital. Born in Georgia, he lived in Smith's Corner Shafter about a year and is survived by wife Clara Bell Chatman two sons Marvin and Ross Jr and three daughters Cleo Ruth and Gladys. Services today at 2 at Flickinger Jangen Mortuary.
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Ross Greenwood Chatman
Bakersfield
Mr. Chatman
Georgia
Smith’s Corner
Shafter
Clara Bell Chatman
Marvin
Ross, Jr
Cleo Chatman
Ruth Ashmore
Gladys Lewis
Flickinger-Jangen Mortuary
Richland Schools Enroll 1351 on Opening Day
Opening day enrollment in the Richland School District totaled 1351 students, down from 1356 last year. District superintendent O. T. Olson says enrollments should rise quickly over the next weeks.
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Richland Schools
Richland
O. T. Olson
Garrison Gins Bought by J M Warren of Pharr Texas
J M Warren of Pharr Texas purchased the Smith Garrison Gins at Shafter and Garrison City and arrived in Shafter to operate both. Warren runs four gins in the Rio Grande Valley with sites at Mission Weslaco and Raymondville. The Shafter gin began around twenty years ago under D C Moore and was taken over by Warren three years after Moore's death.
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J. M. Warren
Pharr
Texas
Shafter
Garrison City
Mr. Warren
Rio Grande Valley
Mission
Weslaco
Raymondville
D. C. Moore
Garrison
Moore
Rotarians Hear History of Sugar by Art Johnson
Art Johnson of Tulare spoke to the Shafter Rotary Club at Motel Canelo on a history of sugar and refining. He said sucrose is sucrose and there is no difference in final sugar from cane or beets, tracing sugar from honey to ancient Arabia and India and noting Phoenician trade and the rise of beet sugar.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Motel Canelo
Art Johnson
Tulare
Shafter High School
The
Holly Sugar Co
Johnson
Arabia
India
Local 20 30 Club Heads to Catalina Convention
Shafter 20 30 Club mapped plans for the 20 30 International convention next week at Santa Catalina Island. Five thousand pounds of potatoes shipped to the island and several hundred pounds of potato chips secured for pickup in Monterey Park. Bruce Scott of East Barnard Texas attended as a guest.
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Santa Catalina Island
Shafter
Canelo
Monterey Park
Kern County
al Suckut
Glen Bender
George Geisler
Art Craig
Manuel Park
Bruce Scott
East Barnard
Texas
Phil Horwith to Join Bakersfield Press Staff
Phil Horwith moves from editor to advertising staff of the Bakersfield Press starting next Monday. He joined the Shafter Press in February 1946 after WWII service in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded. He led local efforts as secretary of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and active in the Shafter Kwanis Club and American Legion.
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Phil Horwith
Shafter Press
Bakersfield Press
Phil
Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Kwanis Club
American Legion
City Fire Department
Clive
Perss
Salvation Army Drive Opens in Shafter Area
Salvation Army launches a fundraising appeal in the Shafter area aiming to raise 3000 dollars to meet the local quota. S. A. Camp, campaign chair, notes about 2000 dollars was spent last winter helping needy cases. committee members include Bert Ware Opal Handel Jack Hill W Frank Johnson and others. The appeal letter is issued by Camp.
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Shafter
Salvation Army
S. A. Camp
Camp
Bert W. Ware
Opal
W. F. W. Handel
Jack M. Hill
W. Frank Johnson
William Lachenmaier
Lawson L. Lowe
P. W. McClu
Free Cotton Scale Testing At Local Gin
A free cotton field scale testing service will be offered next Wednesday at the Shafter Wasco Ginning Co. throughout the day. Gin Manager Bill Carpenter announced the program with representatives from the U S.
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Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Bill Carpenter
U. S
Shafter High boys win 49 ribbons at Sacramento Fair
Eleven members of Shafter High School Future Farmers of America returned with prize money and ribbons after showing sheep and cattle at the State Fair. They won 462 dollars in cash and 49 ribbons including a champion, multiple firsts and seconds, totaling 59 placings for the chapter and individual exhibitors.
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Shafter High
Sacramento
Shafter High School
Future Farmers of America
Gloria Nay
F.F.A
Lodi Nosed Shafter
Frank Pellett Enlists in Army One-Year Program
Frank M. Pellett age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Al Pellett of Shafter joined the Army under the one year enlistment offer for his age group. A 1947 Wasco High School graduate he signed up at the Army and Air Force recruiting station in Delano according to records.
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Frank M. Pellett
al Pellett
Shafter
Army of the United States
Pellett
Wasco High School
Army and Air Force
Delano
Shafter Youth Wins Bank Trophy at Fair
Everett L. Eyrand a Shafter High School FFA member earned a Bank of America trophy for a prize winning Corriedale sheep band. Funding came from 1946 foundation stock provided by Lee Crance of Petaluma and expanded under Burley Dooley. He also won a champion ewe ribbon.
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Bank of America
Fred Starrh
Kenneth Buller
Hampshire
Corriedale
Suffolk
Robert Lamas
Everett Eyrand
Everett L. Eyrand
Shafter
Future Farmers of America
Bank of America Eoat E
Apo Lee L. Crance
Petaluma
Burley Dooley
Eyrand
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Paul Newell
Shafterites
Legion
Frisco
Gin
Ross Chatman
Onus
Garrison Gins
Catalina
Shafter Area
Mickey Hair
Don Zachary
Jimmie Neuman
Dewayne Neufeld
Leland Kroeker
Bob Calder
Phil Zachary
Michael Galbraith
Corriedales
Tom Fletcher
Mitchell
Galbraith
Aubrey Galbraith
Hereford
Phil Zacharys
Glenn Nay
Holger Hansen
Frank Pellett
Shafter Youth
Bank Trophy
Firestone de Luxe
Richland Chevrolet Co
Central Ave
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