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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
10
The Shafter Press argues the Central Valley Project spans Lerdo Highway toward Kern River, with rival dams and a looming federal role. It warns of overreach by the Bureau of Reclamation, urges local volunteer defense work, and frames civil duty amid wartime planning.
The Coberly-West Company draft horses from Shafter gained blue ribbons at the California State Fair in Sacramento. Shafter’s Harry West hosts a renowned collection of old horse-drawn vehicles in town. The Kern County Fair and Horse Show in Bakersfield runs Sept 26 to Oct 1, offering locals a chance to see the animals in action.
The Shafter Press and Shafter Progress outline staff roles led by Paul C. Newell as Editor and Publisher and Jack Fleming as Owner. Juanita Battaglia serves as Managing Editor with Fritz Miller in Advertising, Paul Groves as Photography Engraving Director, and the Printing Plant is supervised locally. Established 1921, the paper is issued weekly on Thursdays at 948 Central Valley Highway. Subscriptions run 2.50 per year within California and 3.00 for outside California.
In Shafter two citizens, Phil Clarkin and H. W. Kelly, lead a Freedom Bell drive to promote a pledge for freedom and aid for a Radio Free Europe station in Western Germany. The campaign emphasizes it is citizen led, not federal, with signups at Shafter High and Richland Schools.
The Shafter Press publishes Letters to the Editor except those injuring individuals or malicious in intent. Names of contributors will be withheld upon request, unsigned letters will not be accepted. The editor reserves the right to reject contributions.
The writer argues for concentrating water use locally, detailing 1947 1949 pump costs per acre foot, depreciation, and electric bills. He compares irrigation costs with Central Valley Project water and suggests selling surplus water to districts in need while charging others through tax levy. E. V. Katzenhorn comments on distribution payments by all property owners.
The Shafter Press runs a public forum on the Central Valley Project with weekly answers from editor Jack Fleming. Readers submit questions about construction time and material shortages due to war, with official responses noting long timelines and possible curtailments. A Reedley farmer reports a Holstein cow yielding 14234 pounds of milk and 634 pounds of fat.
Emma French of Panama Oklahoma visits Buttonwillow two months with son Elzie and his family then heads to Oakland and back east. Mr and Mrs Ellis Throckmorton return from Iola Kansas after a trip visiting Ernie Pyle Home and sites including Santa Fe Grand Canyon and Zion. Bruno Baggaint and Vivian travel from Oakland to Sacramento and Santa Cruz, while Hazel Cooper enjoys a 10 day San Diego vacation and deep sea fishing. Barbara Olsen and baby Teddy George spend weekend in Oceano with G W Olsen relatives. James Warf and sister Emy Lou return from UC Berkeley to visit a ill mother. Mr and Mrs W D Henry deer hunt with Jo Huntington Lake. Emma Warf returns from Mercy Hospital. Roland Kemp deer hunts Sugar Loaf Mountain. Charles Kemp and family visit Mrs Mary Ross in San Luis Obispo for Labor Day weekend. Ross, formerly Buttonwillow grocer, is now a nurse.
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