Shafter Land Owner Into Oil Limelight
A Shafter rancher family gains attention as Superior spudded Curtis No 1 on Robert W Curtis land in section 28 28 25. The Curtis well marks western edge expansion in the Shafter Greeley oil belt and indicates westward pay potential amid reduced activity and rig shipments to Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Superior
Robert W. Curtis
Curtis
Shafter and Greeley
Rudnick No
Shafterfield
Louisiana
Superior i
Union Oil expands drilling at two North Field locations
Union Oil extends activity to two sites in the North Shafter field. Spudded 76-27 in Section 27 and began work at 72-28, Section 28 near the Shafter Public Utility disposal plant. Section 28 sump dug while 25-34 in Section 34 nears 10,490 feet. Depths reached include 1,514 feet at 27-27 and 8,404 feet at 47-34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil Company
Shafter
Shafter Public
Superior
Union
Arthur S. Crites
Bakersfield
Riggserty
Willkie Visit Draws Kern County Welcome Plan
Kern county residents prepare to greet Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie in Bakersfield on September 20 at 9 am. Officials will escort Willkie to the Kern County Fair grounds for a short address after a depot parade and a countywide welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
Wendell Willkie
United States
Bakersfield
Roy Woollames
County Board of Supervisors
Southern Pacific
Kern County Fair Grounds
Korn County
Tehachapi
Taft
West Side
Fair Grounds
November Election Registration Closes Sept 26 Shafter residents urged to register
Registration officials in Shafter remind residents that the November general election registration closes September 26. Those who voted in 1938 or the current primary need not register if they have not moved. Newcomers must meet state and county residence requirements and verify their precinct with registration staff at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Coute
Shafter
Dean H. Potter
Santa Fe Way
Shafter Highway
Frank Shaw
Routine Business Considered By Council Tuesday
The Shafter city council met Tuesday evening at city hall and approved a resolution reallocating the city share of a quarter cent state gasoline tax fund for general street maintenance. D Deberry of Davey Tree Service of Los Angeles discussed a pruning contract, referred to street commissioner Joe W Frizzell. Plans were made for City Attorney A P Channeson to attend a League of California Cities conference in San Diego September 16 to 19, with an aim to have a WPA official attend a future meeting to discuss sidewalk projects.
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Shafter
D. Deberry
Davey Tree Service Company of
Los Angeles
Joe W. Frizzell
A. P. Channeson
League of California Cities
San Diego
WPA
Council
County Park Sidewalk Project to Start Monday
The county park block bordered by Santa Fe Way James Street California and Sunset avenues will begin a WPA funded sidewalk job Monday. Equipment moved Tuesday and a crew of 41 men is anticipated. Delays due to title changes are resolved and related improvements include a new firehouse by county and state forestry officials with work due to start in about six weeks.
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Santa Fe Way
James Street
California
Sunset Avenues
Shafter
State Forestry Department
Shafter Youths Enter 4H Class at Kern County Livestock Show
Four Shafter youths prepare entries for the Kern County Livestock Show tied to Bakersfield Frontier Days. Jackie Senn will exhibit Hampshire and Poland China cross feeder hogs and related fat hogs. Orville Roberson enters a Hampshire ewe and Fran Celia Hansen a yearling heifer. Fred Starrh shows Hampshire ewes aged two and over, plus ewe lambs and fat lambs in pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
Local Agricultural Department
Corriedale
Poland
China
Ray Fast
Hampshire
Earl Glenn
Robert Senn
Charles Harris
Jersey
Berkshire
Charles Sanger
Lorn Bryant
Alvin Roberson
Louis Starrh
Ewert Opens Bakersfield Forum Series Tuesday
William Van Ewert of Bakersfield will open the Shafter fall forum series Tuesday evening at the high school gym. He speaks on American Foreign Policy and World War at 8 o clock. The Bakersfield junior college instructor has led the forum movement in California and will head seven talks in the series with Eugene Ford presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
William van Ewert
Bakersfield
Ewert
Bakersfield Junior College
Stanford University
California
Eugene Ford
Cotton ginned in Shafter district totals 211 bales
A report from three local gins shows 211 bales of cotton ginned in the Shafter district up to Tuesday evening. D. O. Moore produced 110 bales, Camp-West-Lowe 56, and Shafter-Wasco 45. Picking begins district wide with a likely bumper crop depending on fall weather.
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Shafter
D. O. Moore
Camp-West-Lowe
Shafter-Wasco
Santa Fe Crossing Improvement Work Begins in Shafter
Construction starts on the Santa Fe crossing at Central with the railroad to remove soft dirt and lay a rock base while the city provides oiled dirt for finishing touches. Officials say the crossing should stay in better shape during the busy school travel season.
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Central
Shafter
Fishing Job Continues At Caldwell No 5
A drilling operation at General Petroleum’s Caldwell No 5 in the Shafter oil field continues after losing a drill pipe string when the well reached just over 11 600 feet. Nearby, Oughton No 2 reached 6 900 feet with Oughton No 3 and Sullivan No 3 staking locations in the North Greeley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Petroleum
Caldwell No. 5
Shafter Oil Field
Oughton No. 2
Shafter
Greeley Field
G. P
Oughton No. 3
Work Permits Needed To Hire Minors Under 18
Kern County Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance with Rulon Keetch reported support for restricting work permits for under 16 during school hours and for 16 to 18 only if parent need. Employers must file permits and notify attendance within five days of termination. penalties include up to 200 dollars fine or 60 days in jail. Attendees included school officials from Delano Taft Kern Tehachapi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Supervisors of Child Welfare
Rulon Keetch
County Board of Education
Manville R. Petteys
Delano Union High School
Gordon N. Arlett
Taft High School
H. W. Kelly
Kern County Union High School
Paul C. Giddings
Tehachapi
M B Service Held Here For Gideon Bergman
Funeral services were held at Shafter Mennonite Brethren church for Gideon Bergman 20 who died Friday in Bakersfield after a long illness. Rev. Wiebe and Rev. Hofer spoke. interment in Shafter cemetery. Survivors include his parents four brothers and two sisters.
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Shafter
Elias Wiebe
Rosie Unruh
Louise Bergthold
Henry Froese
Laura Frantz
Johnny Penner
Adolph Goertzen
Ernest Bartel
Ed. Nikkel
Eugene Enns
Elmer Unruh
Durham
Kansas
Wasco High School
Oscar
Greenacres
Leland
Robert
Lowell
After
Ernest Schultz
Marjorie Bergman
Shafter FFA Plans Entries in Kern County Livestock Show
Thirteen members of the Shafter FFA and the high school agricultural department will enter cattle sheep and hogs in the open division of the Kern County Livestock Show to be held in Bakersfield next Wednesday. Entries include Corriedale sheep Poland China hogs and multiple Berkshire Hereford and Du Roc animals.
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Future Farmers of America
Shafter High School Agricultural Department
Kern County
Bakersfield
Glenn O. Nay
Nay
California
Carroll Hansen
Poland
China
Larry Sprague
James O’neil
Shafter High School
Alien Registration Continued At Shafter Post Office
Fourteen aliens were registered and fingerprinted at the Shafter postoffice this week under the national alien registration program. About 60 forms have been issued locally. Postmaster Lois L. Berry says appointments can be made to fill out forms and be fingerprinted to save time.
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Shafter
Lois L. Berry
Black-Eye Pea Plant Equipment Shipped To Shafter
Equipment to process black-eye peas for the Shafter Wasco district arrived from New York and will be installed at the Siemens and Hitchcock warehouse next week. The 3 000 acre planting unlocks higher yields and modern handling equipment with storage and fumigation at the local warehouse.
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Shafter
New York
Siemens and Hitchcock
Wasco
Adventist Church Dedication Held Near Shafter
A Seventh Day Adventist church one mile west of Shafter on Lerdo Road holds dedication services on September 21 at 10 30 a m with Pastor Leslie S Melendy and speakers including T L Copeland Glen Calkins D P Harder and Lydia Fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Shafter
Lerdo Road
Leslie S. Melendy
T. L. Copeland
Central California Conference
Glen Calkins
Pacific Union Conference
D. P. Harder
Lydia Fast
C. O. Trubey
John Isaac
F. T. Oakes
P. E. Nightingale
Irene Neumann
P. J. Buller
Zion
Night school registrations slated next week at Shafter High
Registration for adult night school will be taken at Shafter high next Thursday and Friday evenings. Eugene Ford will head the program with courses including first aid, typing, current events, joint men’s and women’s physical education, and citizenship. Classes run Monday and Thursday evenings 7 to 9 at the attendance office.
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Shafter High
Eugene Ford
Shafter High School
Jack Montgomery
Helyn McCormick
J. W. Wilson
R. E. Gates
City Schools Enrollment Increases Across District
Opening day enrollments show Sh high school up from last year with Richland at 1,042 pupils versus 974. Shafter high adds 347 students from 286. Maple and Rio Bravo outlying schools fall slightly but expect gains as cotton season brings workers and spring peaks. Hot lunches to start in Maple with PTA oversight. Rio Bravo plans auditorium classes until new wing is finished.
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Richland
Shafter High
E. P. Jones
O. T. Olson
Jack Singer
Maple
Leonard Duck
Rio Bravo
Singer
Duck
Maple P.T. A
P.T. A
Harvest Festival of Kern Mennonite Brethren Churches
The Harvest Festival of the Kern county Mennonite Brethren churches Shafter Bakersfield and Rosedale will be held in Shafter on Sunday October 6. Representatives from Reedley and Dinuba are expected to attend and a large Pacific Coast conference tent seating 1000 will be brought for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Mennonite Brethren
Shafter
Bakersfield
Rosedale
Reedley
Dinuba
Pacific Coast Conference
Rabies Ruling Enforced in Shafter City District
The county health department's rabies rule requiring dogs to be tied or confined remains in effect after a positive rabies report on a dog head in Shafter. Officers will destroy any loose dog, licensed or not, and several strays have been killed while owners of licensed dogs receive warnings.
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Shafter
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