Inferno Claims Love Family as they sleep in Shafter home
Edna Love a 31 year old mother of two and Floyd Love a 34 year old ranch foreman faced the blaze that destroyed their six room frame house near Shafter. In the inferno Phylette June Love 7 disappeared and Floyd entered the fire to try to save her. both died. Edna and the two boys Robert 11 and Earl 9 survived and plan to carry on. Funeral services for Floyd Love are noted.
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Edna Love
Iha
Robert
Earl
Shafter
Love
Mrs. Love
Chamber Raps U S Spending
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce meeting last Friday denounced federal encroachment on private enterprise. Orvin Mettler urged trimming non essential spending in rural bureaus and the cur val situation in Shafter. The chamber adopted a resolution opposing non essential spending and sent it to Washington representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Renters Benefit as Landlords Get 25 Percent Increase
Shafter landlords in Kern county pursue a 25 percent rent hike for eligible properties. Area rent director A. J. Morris outlined a swift procedure allowing landlords not increasing since 1947 to file a one page form and receive an order within five days. Tenants may object within 15 days or appeal to the rent advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
A. J. Morris
Rent Advisory Board
Morris
Hamilton Takes First in Show at California State Fair
Shafter High School student Glenn Hamilton won the first prize blue ribbon in the 1001 to 1200 pound shorthorn steer class at the California State Fair. Dee Wilson earned fourth and fifth in the Aberdeen Angus 1001 to 1200 pounds, Bobby Baze was second in fat cattle 1001 to 1200 pounds, Leroy Kirschenmann second in 851 to 1000 pounds. In 700 to 850 pounds Jack Bayless took third and fifth, while Baze placed fourth. Shafter High School also took fourth in the beef cattle sweepstake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Hamilton
Shafter High School
Shafter
Dee Wilson
Bobby Baze
Leroy Kirschenmann
Jack Bayless
Shafter —_ School
Rotary Salutes UN Week Flag Naming Drive
Rotary Club members in Shafter sponsor a United Nations flag naming program for United Nations Week. Flags from all 59 UN member nations will be displayed downtown four or five at a time then moved to Shafter High School for exhibition, aimed at increasing local awareness of the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shatter Rotary Club
United Nations
Shatter
John H. Revell
Shafter
Ray Duerksen
Shafter High School
19 Youths Enter Livestock Contests for County Fair
Shafter will be well represented at Kern County Fair with 19 Shafter High School youths competing in livestock and agricultural exhibits. A community exhibit featuring a Nia gra theme will be ready, and teachers note optimistic prospects for prizes as students show Hereford, Shorthorn, Angus, Corriedale, and ram breeding stock across junior and senior divisions.
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Varnell Nickols
Shafter
Kern County
Ernest’ Hotman
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Glenn
Nay
15Th Agricultural District Board
OWS
Stanley Buller
Shafter High School
Ereford
New Hampshire Reds
Adventists Train Medical Cadets At Kern Academy
Seventh Day Adventist youths aged 16 and older may enroll in a medical cadet program led by World War II veteran Gerald Friedrich. The course offers 162 hours of basic training over 40 weeks, with weekly evening sessions at Kern Academy auditorium.
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Kern Academy
Kern
Academy
Gerald Friedrich
Friedrich
Central
California
Pueblo
Colo
Crusade for Freedom Scroll Seeks 200000 Signatures
Phil Clarkin, manager, announces copies of a Freedom Crusade scroll are in the Bank of America lobby at James and Central in Kern County. The campaign against communism aims to collect 200,000 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of America
James and Central
Kern County
Clarkin
Phil Clarkin
Old Chuck Wagon Becomes Observation Post
The Miller and Lux wagon, once a cattle trail center, is being modernized into a field observation post with telephonic and radio links. It will be moved to Dr. John H. Revell’s Beech Tulare property where volunteers can use it to spot enemy aircraft.
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Miller and Lux Company
Miller and Lux
County Road District
John H. Revell
Beech and Tulare
P. L. Arnold
Ten Night School Courses Planned in Shafter
Ten courses will be offered at the Shafter adult night school starting Monday with registration underway. Principal Jack Hill says additional classes may be added if 30 students request them. Courses include bookkeeping with Thomas Letizia, typing with Letizia, wood shop with Edward Schacht, crafts with Ruth Hilbert, folk dancing with Shirley Harris, and painting with Mrs. Josie Clanton.
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Shafter
Jack Hill
Hill
Thomas
Letizia
Lowell
Todd
Edward Schacht
Ruth Hilbert
Shirley Harris
Létizia
Schacht
Josie Clanton
Chamber Eyes Final Decision on Shafter Chest Drive
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce weighs a Community Chest drive tomorrow after only 27 of 100 ballots returned, 12 dissenting, prompting a one week stay. If contributors approve, the chamber backs the campaign. if opposed, the chamber discontinues and six benefactors launch independent fund drives.
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Shafter
Chamber of A Commerce
Chamber
Orvin Mettler
Chamber of Commerce
Spud Growers Hear Report on Potato Scab Control
At Shafter Experiment Station a meeting addressed potato scab control progress over three years. Kern county farm adviser David N. Wright and Dr. John Oswald of Davis described results and displayed potato samples from plots to show the level of control achieved.
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Shafter Experiment Station
David N. Wright
Kern County
John Oswald
Division of Plant Pathology
Davis
Wright
Shafter Youth Begins Fort Ord Basic Training
Retired Jimmy W Middleton 18, son of Mr and Mrs John Middleton, Shafter, begins basic training with the Fourth Infantry Division at Fort Ord. The former Shafter High School student will complete a 14 week course before assignment to a specialist school.
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John Middleton
Shafter
Fourth Infantry Division
Fort Ord
Shafter High School
Wasco Man Killed When Hit by Train
Lawrence Davis, 60, of Wasco was struck and killed Sunday morning by a northbound Santa Fe freight locomotive. Engineer H J Corr on said Davis walked haltingly into the track’s path before stopping. He is survived by wife Sally of Wadsdeo.
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Wasco
Lawrence Davis
Santa Fe
H. J. Corron
Davis
Sally
Wadsdeo
Cotton Gins Gear For Heavy Season As Harvest Starts
King Cotton in the Shafter area gears for a heavy harvest with seven gins active and full-scale operations expected within 10 days. Defoliation slowed by rain but foliage protects bolls. one gin began processing earlier as growers anticipate most acreage machine harvested. Thunderstorms caused minor damage and transformer fires kept Shafter firefighters busy.
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King Cotton
Shafter
Kern County
Irvin Nickel
L. A. Camp Shafter
George Harrison
United States
Fuller Company
Valley
Great Plains
Pastors Ask School for Religious Class Reopening
The Shafter Ministerial Association led by Rev. Orval Seago appeals to the Richland School District board to reconsider halting released time religious education. Since last year six years of classes taught by Mrs. C. F. Ummel at North Camp chapel have drawn strong attendance with 156 sixth graders enrolled and only 16 missing.
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Shafter
C. F. Ummel
North Camp Chapel
Ummel
Eighteen Citizens Join Shafter Disaster Corps
Eighteen Shafter residents including Jessie Ray Adamson and Mrs Vada Westbrook signed up to form a disaster relief corps. Commander John Reily said enrollments continue until a sufficient volunteer force is built for an effective defense program. Sign up at city hall 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. or after 5 p.m. at the Shafter Police Department.
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Shafter
Disaster Relief Corps
John Reily
Jessie Ray Adamson
Vada Westbrook
John W. Westbrook
Venus Griffith
Emeline Hodges
Jake Neufeld
O. A. Rudd
Elijah Ray Tudor
Charles R. Rose
Lee Thomas
C. Paul Sanders
Frances E. Lynd
John Edward Jenner
Katie Markel
Maxine Sanders
Solomon Hehn
Paulina Hehn
James C. Hodges
Two Freshmen To Attend State FFA Convention
Roland Siemens and Johnny Devincenzo represent Shafter High School’s FFA at the state convention at California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo from September 25 to 27. They travel with a Bakersfield instructor and another Bakersfield delegate. Shafter’s agriculture staff includes Director Glenn Nay Burley Dooley and Elliott Garrison.
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Roland Siemens
Johnny Devincenzo
Shafter High School
Future Farmers of America
California Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo
Shafter
Cal-Poly
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Ffa
Glenn Nay
Burley Dooley
Elliott Garrison
Bible Conference Opens Sunday At Mennonite Brethren Church
The Annual Bible Conference runs September 24 to October 1 at the Mennonite Brethren Church with speaker Rev. B. J. Braun of the Dinuba area every night except Saturday. Rev. Mrs. Braun chairs Mennonite Brethren Churches of North America and serves on major committees. Services begin at 8 pm with host Rev. Waldo Wiebe of Shafter inviting all to attend.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
B. J. Braun
Dinuba Area
Merchants Air Plans to Bring Business to Shafter
The Shafter businessmen association held a meeting at Lee's Development last Monday to discuss consumer attractions and ways to draw business. Bill Stoller presided as president and the group voted on plans for this year.
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Merchants Air
Shafter
Businessmen’s Association
Lee
Bill Stoller
William Lowe Named President of Shafter Kiwanis
William Lowe of L. A. Camp Company becomes president of the Shafter Kiwanis Club succeeding Bert Ware, the city treasurer. Officers elected include P. C. McClure as vice president Harlin Wilson as secretary Ralph Gribble as treasurer and a seven member board: Sam Regan Hanley Witcher Arthur Hemingson Jack Hill Joe Frizzell Frank O’Neal and Dr. Reyland Jacobus. Ware becomes an automatic board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lowe
L. A. Camp Company
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Bert Ware
Memrs
P. C. McClure
Harlin Wilson
Ralph Gribble
Sam Reagan
Hanley Witcher
Arthur Hemingson
Jack Hill
Joe Frizzell
Frank O'Neal
Reyland Jacobus
Ware
Grid Contest Aims to Boost Local Football Season
Shafter Press teams with seventeen merchants to stage a weekly gridiron contest offering 10 dollars to the weekly winner and 5 dollars to the runner up with a third prize surprise. Contestants must pick weekly winners and guess scores as John Kelly tabulates the results for publication in the Shafter Press.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Buttonwillow
Juanita Battaglia
Shafter Bowling Alley
Kelly and Somers
Shafter Warehouse
Flickinger- Janzen
Joe's Topper Bakery
Buttonwillow Drug Store
Associated Oil Station
V and W Cafe
McClure Drug Store
Central Market
Home Appliance and Furniture Company
Reed's Music Shop
Valley Office Supply
Central Hardware
Shafter Drug Store
Shafter Motel
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U. S
Edwards
Ru- Johns
Camp Pendigton
Hamilton
Rotary
Future Farmers ‘of
America
Harold Lamas
Michael Crawford
Robert Sage
Walter Bergen
James Neuman
Glen Hamilton
Hereford
Gavino Rodriguez
Burl Howze
Adventists
Freedom Crusade
Chuck
C OF
Shafter Boy
Shafter Disaster Corps
Kiwanis
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