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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
11
Shafter residents and leaders were not invited to a conference with Air Force officers considering reactivating Shafter Airport at Minter Field. editors urge inclusion to address housing displacement and civilian employment impacts as the defense effort proceeds.
Shafter students from Shafter High School enter exhibits in nearly all livestock divisions and farm mechanics at the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield. The Shafter Chamber of Commerce float and local involvement highlight strong civic enthusiasm with Richland School also placing notable exhibits.
The PTA barbecue and carnival invites the whole community to buy advance tickets. The event relies on donated labor and materials and all proceeds fund PTA welfare work while offering family friendly entertainment.
The Shafter Press lists staff roles including business manager and advertising manager. It notes the newspaper was established in 1921 and entered as second class matter on August 1, 1925 at the Shafter Post Office. Published weekly Thursdays at 1883 South Central Valley Highway, Shafter, Kern County California. Subscription rates: one year 3.00 within California and 3.60 outside California.
Shafter moves toward raising its 375 share of a 750 fund to hire a consultant for a hospital needs survey for a Shafter Wasco district. If Wasco matches this week, the hospital committee can act immediately to secure the survey and advance plans for a joint district and hospital.
Shafter’s 1951 Community Chest plans begin with a new board elected last Friday and preliminary drive setup. No drive chairman or agency budgets decided yet. In 1950 Shafter topped its goal, a feat few California communities achieved, and organizers hope to repeat.
C. J. Ted Vignolo, noted Shafter rancher, will lead the George Harrison Day celebration set for Oct 30. Harrison has gained national recognition for developing Acala cotton and elevating Shafter as a leader in California cotton production.
State agencies cooperate with the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate industrial and commercial employment. The text notes a Crusade for Freedom drive seeking large contributions to support Radio Free Europe and combat Kremlin influence, while the Bureau of Apprenticeship is described as staffed by skilled craftsmen with training experience.
Careful driving on winding mountain routes is urged to avoid death in curves. Impatience and rushing past slow trucks create extreme danger. The article cites the Grapevine south of Bakersfield and stresses to drive with care for a better survival chance.
The sermon denounces hypocrisy in the religious life and urges genuine repentance. It cites Joel’s call to rend the heart not the garments, warning that outward shows mask inner sorrow and false humility, and stressing repentance leading to righteousness in Jesus Christ.
Shafter High School agri cultural students Leroy Thompson and J. W. Simpson attend the Future Farmers of America state convention in San Luis Obispo this week as Agricultural Director Glenn O. Nay reports.
Private Lewis D. Patrick of Route 1 Shafter receives the Combat Infantryman Badge for frontline action with the Fifth Cavalry Regiment in Korea. The award honors close-quarter combat and marks eligible soldiers distinguished from rear area service troops. Patrick serves with the First Cavalry Division in Korea.
This date notes Shafter Farm Center inviting Northern growers to a general program meeting, a Shafter dairy team winning honors, inspectors checking milk bottle use, and Cauliflower planting by W H Hitchock west of Shafter. It mentions football season opening at Tehachapi, night school registration, and civic notices including church events and PTA plans.
UC College of Agriculture researchers test hormone sprays on Bartlett pears to delay blossom dates and reduce late frost risk in Lake County and Sierra foothill districts. Two-year trials show no success yet with postponing bloom. results for 1952 spring buds will determine progress and are applied to Winter Nelis.
The 1938 legislature enacted a provision reserving to the state all minerals in lands sold by the state. This measure ensures mineral rights remain owned by the state regardless of land transfer.
Dr. B. K. Milmore, diabetes consultant with California Department of Public Health, visits Bakersfield to run blood sugar tests at the Hall of Health during the Kern County Fair diabetes screening project sponsored by Kern County Medical Society and Public Health. He brings a Hewson Clinitron for rapid testing.
Wilma Fowler a junior at Kats ter High School will serve as head majoret for the football season this fall. Her baton twirling skills were boosted after she earned a scholarship from the Shafter Kiwanis Club to attend a majoret school at the College of the Pacific.
California Association of Medical Laboratory Technicians participates in a project by providing 18 laboratory technicians to assist in collecting specimens for blood sugar tests.
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