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The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California • Page 24

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24 Tuesday, June 29,1954 flip gaforriftriS (galtfmttffflt SEEKS BEAUTY R. Johnson, chairman of the "Maid of California" contest committee of the Kern County Board of Trade, accepts application data from Jacquie Phenix, 16-year-old Bakersfield beauty. Miss Phenix is a recent entry in the county-wide contest that will decide Kern County's representative in the State Fair "Maid of California" pageant. The local elimination contest is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 17, 8 p.m., at the Bakersfield Inn swimming pool. FATHER OF SEVEN GETS TWO ARTIFICIAL LEGS Cafe Burglary Admitted by Jose Martinez Jose Martinez, 36, pleaded guilty to a burglary charge in Bakersfield municipal court yesterday and was ordered to appear in Superior Court for sentencing.

Martinez, who lives at 638 Lakeview was caught ransacking Berlia's Serv-All Cafe, next door to his residence, at 4 a.m. June 9. A rear window had been broken to gain entry, Bakersfield police said. The suspect was represented by Atty. Sam Taylor on court appointment.

Two otljer men were bound over to the higher court following preliminary hearings yesterday before Judge Frank Noriega. They were Anastacio Frank Chavaria, 21, 235 E. 8th charged with the May 29 break-in at the Kern County Equipment and Arnold William Neilson, 20, of Delano, facing a charge of grand theft of auto. Chavaria had Atty. Sheldon jKrasnow named to his defense while Atty.

John Jelletich was appointed to represent Neilson. Two California Highway Patrol officers were in Bakersfield from Yreka yesterday to tell of Neilson being wanted in that city for failing to pay for service to the car he allegedly took from, Vic Baumstark 's used car lot in McFarland several weeks ago. The FBI also has a hold on-him for deserting the U.S. Navy, court records ihow. Dep.

Dist. Atty. Albert Leddy Vincent Jarmarillo, 27, father of seven children who live in Mexico, has been fitted out with a pair of artificial legs, the $500 gift of local businessmen. Released from the Kern General Hospital yesterday, rillo started walking for the first time since he lost both legs when he jumped from a moving freight train near Tehachapi some months ago. Jarmarillo did most of his walking on a treadmill yesterday at 1306 18th offices of the Medical Engineering Harold Jones of the company reports, Five hundred dollars, a present of Spanish-speaking people in and Bakersfield, was presented to the accident victim, along with clothes he'll need to out life again in Mexico.

Officials of a Spanish-language organization in Bakersfield have informed Mexican government officials of the generosity of the Medical Engineering Co. and contributors to the $500 fund, Jones reports. The Mexican officials have expressed appreciation for the way their national been treated. Immigration authorities have allowed Jarmarillo to stay in Bakersfield an extra week during which minor adjustments will be made to his new legs, Jones reports. Jarmarillo was so anxious to learn to use his new legs that he kept them on at night in order to start practicing with them the first thing in the morning without bothering hospital attendants with helping him into the leg harnesses.

represented the state during the hearings. Wiring, Smoking Blamed for Fires Faulty wiring in an electric refrigerator and a discarded cigarette were believed to be the cause of two recent fires. The fire believed caused by a discarded cigarette Friday afternoon did some damage to the bathroom floor in an eight-room, two-story dwelling at 2803 Hawthorne owned and occupied by Max Ulfers. The second fire Sunday almost completely destroyed a one-story wood-frame dwelling at 211 McCord owned and occupied by John George. "CHOW "Chow Time" for the men of the Recruit Training Battalion 49th "Argonaut" Infantry Division, California National Guard.

Newly enlisted National Guardsmen Ret. Richard Frenceschi 126th Ambulance San Francisco; Rcf. Thomas Perrert 126th Medical Battalion, Loleta; Ret. James Vinson, Co. 185th Infantry Regiment, Bakersfield, and Ret.

Thomas Hernandez, Co. 185th Infantry Regiment, Tulare, during "chow time" with all new men of the 49th "Argonaut" Infantry Division at the annual summer field training encampment at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. Ret. Vinson and Hernandez are going through extensive training in the 120-degree sun-scorched valley of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains. Dinner Honors Bank Worker Ivan Tarr, assistant cashier and operations officer at East Bakersfield branch of Bank of America, was honored guest recently at a dinner given in San Francisco by S.

Clarke Beise, president of the state-wide banking institution. Occasion was Tarr's comple- jjtion of a quarter century continuous service to of A. He was presented with a diamond-studded gold pin in recognition of his many years' service and Initiated into the bank's Quarter Century Club, a group of long-time employees of the bank none of whom have served less than 25 years. Other hosts attending the dinner, held in the Fairmont Hotel, were top executive officers of the bank's San Francisco headquarters. NO LICENSE SENDS DRIVER TO JAIL Bud Anderson, 35, was in the county jail yesterday wondering where he was going to raise $12 to-pay fines and penalties for driving a truck without evidence of registration and without possession of an operator's license.

The owner of the truck, George Daniels, left Anderson in Judge Frank Noriega's courtroom after himself forfeiting a $6 bond for allowing his truck to be on the road In poor mechanical condition. Anderson was arrested by California Highway Patrol Officer Orin K. Camenish at 5:30 a.m. June 4 when he was observed driving the truck on Brundage Lane without directional signal lights. The truck bore expired license plates from the state of Arizona.

Golf Club Helped in Water Shortage During last week's water shortage in East Bakersfield, residents of the area benefited by the generosity of Bakersfield Country Club. Through the efforts of Bill Baldwin, head greenskeeper, the club's water well pumped 450 gallons a minute into Pacific Water Company's lines to help the needs of home owners. The water was diverted from the golf course from 7:30 a. m. until 5:30 p.

m. Kern Oilfields News to Hear President The Kern County unit of the California Chiropractic Association will greet Dr. Leo Montenegro, of Hollywood, president of the state organization here tonight. The session wii! be held at 7:15 p.m. in the Shutter Room of El Tejon Hotel.

Current legislation and other subjects will be taken at the meeting with Dr. Montenegro as the chief 6peakc -r. After more than two and' one- half years of. costly, round the clock.effort, The Ohio Oil Co. has finally reached the point of' get- some important answers from its record-breaking deep well.in the Paloma field.

Ohio has completed perforating the first interval scheduled for interval at 16,74017,135 if all goes well, may get a test on the interval sometime this week. Plans call for the running of open-ended tubing, changing over to light oil, -and then standing back to give the well a chance to flow. If the well won't flow, crews will swab before the interval is written off. An average of 3.7 holes per foot were jet perforated in the foot well, which is deeper by almost 1,000 feet than any other well'ever drilled. McKittrick Cal-Kern Oil McKittrick No.

1 on Sec. 12, 30-21, three miles northwest of McKittrick, has gone on the pump almost as scheduled in spite of a fire which burned out the contract rig used for the drilling job. Gas pressure apparently built up at the well during the changeover from mud to oil, kicking out a blob of oil which struck and broke a light and thereby touched off an hour and one-half blaze. Fortunately no one was injured. Cal-Kern Oil Co.

was formed for the McKittrick drilling job by Glenn Ferguson, I. W. Bosworth, Harold Bosworth, and John W. Harding. Scott Brothers Drilling Co.

was the contractor for the well. Shatter Tide Water Associated Oil Co. is drilling ahead today below 4,446 feet after running another formation test at its wildcat on the Stone lease two miles west of Shatter. Interval tested was at 4,3204,335 feet, and results were not encouraging. Previous tests also failed to hold out hope for completion from showings encountered to the mark.

Indications are that the wildcat will be taken on down to about 5,000 feet. Others with an Interest in the test hole on Sec. 18, 28-25, include The Capital Co. and Geo- chemical Surveys of Dallas, Tex. New Locations Notices have been filed for new development wells in the Kern Front, Edison and Tejon Hills fields.

Chanslor Western Oil Development Co. will drill No. 63 on Sec. 23, 28-27 at Kern Front. Coordinates are 1,332 feet south and 1,301 feet west from the east quarter corner of the Elsewhere in the same field, Westates Petroleum Corp.

will drill Cauley No. 70 on location 1,350 feet south and 1,240 feet east from the southwest corner of the NWH of Sec. 16, 28-27. East Puente Oil Co. is below 1,634 feet with No.

3 on Sec. -24, 30-29 at Edison. Co-ordinates are 990 feet south and 330 feet east from the west quarter corner. Easton Sacre are handling the engineering, and California Commercial Drilling Co. is the contractor.

Tejon Richfield Col Corp. will redrill Tejon No. 53-34 at Tejon after bottoming the extension test at 5,828 feet the first time down. The well will be whipstocked to the southeast, which is an interesting commentary in view of the fact that the venture is already a southeasterly offset to Reserve'i Olcese discovery well. Richfield plugged to 4,405 feet for the redrill job.

Buaas Drilling Corp. is the contractor. Reserve Oil Gas Co. spudded in over the week end to drill Re- serye-PauIey No. 41-34, a northerly offset to the Olcese discovery well.

Green Heiser went to 351 feet before halting to run surface casing. Oil Notes a formation test at 6,0296,059 feet, Standard's Porter No. 61 at Edison recovered 720 feet of gassy oil and no free water. On a test at feet, Standard recovered 90 feet of gas- cut drilling fluid. Richfield Oil Corp.

cored to a total depth of 8,208 feet at Cox No. 84-5 on Sec. 5, 9-26 at South Cuyama. On a test at feet, Richfield recovered 300 feet of The well will be re- drilled. Abandoned wildcats include Federal Oil Vedder No.

1 on Sec. 20, 27-28, written off at 2,045 feet, and Navy Oil Navy No, 1 on Sec. 9, 22-27 at Deer Creek, abandoned at 1,197 feet. Howard Finch Named Treasurer.pf Eagles Howard Finch of Bakersfield has been elected treasurer of the State Aerie of the Eagles which closed its three-day convention in Stockton Sunday. Gilbert Seaver of Oakland is the organization's new president.

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