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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1948
Page
1
The article argues mechanized mobility and cheap transport enable mass movement to California for work and relief. It warns that states and counties cannot alone solve chronic hunger and unemployment, urging federal action while noting local efforts by Shafter PTA to raise funds for destitute migrants and farm workers.
The Auxiliary Potluck scheduled for Saturday, April 3 has been postponed temporarily. Organizers did not set a rescheduled date. Community members are advised to watch for further notices in the bulletin.
The Richland P T A welfare chairwoman says food donations are arriving but insufficient for a long list of children and families in Shafter camps and tent areas. The drive urges immediate contributions to the primary building for distribution this afternoon and notes limited local work in Edison district with May 10 shed start possible.
The Shafter City Council adopted Ordinance No 68 establishing a seven member city planning commission with members to be appointed later for staggered six four and two year terms. The council previously acted as planner with citizen input as the town grew.
The Leslie L. Robbeon Post No 213 American Legion presents a Tent Theatre engagement by Ozark Mountain Players arriving Sunday. Twenty five cast and crew will perform Sweetest Girl in Dixie Sioux City Sue Ten Nights in a Bar Room Angel Oer Hells Valley Holy Sinners among other plays with vaudeville acts from Hollywood. Sage Brush 550 pound cowboy will host a Hillbilly Jamboree after the show with a five piece Smokey Mountain band. Continued on Page Five.
The Shafter Ministerial Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday April 5 at the Mennonite Brethren church. Election of new officers for the coming year will be held and all local ministers are urged to attend.
Shafter Public Utility District Board approved a six inch water main extension to the potato shed line south of Lerdo. One shed owned by Jack Hare has moved in. another shed is expected. No clean water tank was awarded to E. S. Wright for 1125 dollars.
Details finalize a write-in effort for Arthur J. Hemingson to run for the city council on the upcoming April 13 election. Hemingson, owner of Shafter Mercantile and former Kiwanis president, would accept if elected. Local contenders include Glenn Nay, Bob McClaim, Frank Russell, Earl J. Johnson, and Dan L. Loewen.
Mr and Mrs Joe hosted an Easter egg hunt in the morning for their children Susan Sally and Cathie. Guests included their cousins Patricia Michael and Joe.
Kern County Osteopathic Society hosts the forty fourth annual California Osteopathic Association convention in Bakersfield. Dr O G Ohlsson and Dr C M Blum assist with arrangements. Robert B Thomas of the American Osteopathic Association attends as guest of honor.
Mayor J. W. Frizzell proclaims April as Cancer Control Month in Shafter California urging citizens businesses and organizations to support the American Cancer Society educational and fund raising campaign שעה given the city seal March 29 1948 with publication April 2 1948.
The state and county near completion of 100 more veteran housing units at Shafter Airport to add to the 295 planned. The first third of the 295 will open within a week, with veterans facilities and stores pending arrangements. Applicants must reapply as previous forms are void.
Shafter High School presents the comedy Come Over to Our House tonight at 8 in the gym. Tickets sell at the door. reserved 1.00, general 0.75, student 0.50. Cast includes Doreen Farr Roy Packard Dana Baughman and others in a lively teen centered farce.
Funeral services for Irma O’Brien, 46, who died Sunday in a local hospital, will be held at Ion Mortuary under local arrangements. She lived in Shafter for 14 years and is survived by her brother Dan O’Brien of Shafter and sister Lucille Williams of Oklahoma.
Shafter city petitions circulated for widening Shafter Avenue from Five Points to Ash Street to 80 feet. Proposals include widening Lerdo, Nickel, Orange Streets, opening Marengo Street, and adding sidewalks curbs gutters in the Stone Tract and Meyers tract. Frank Shaw notes the moves as city sidewalk and street improvements.
At a regular Shafter Rotary meeting held Tuesday noon at Cawelo Motel, Raymond Noble president of the Stockton Rotary Club attended unannounced. He arrived during a discussion of the recent 106th District Rotary Convention in Stockton where locals praised Stockton’s hospitality and planning. Members Joe C Peter Channeson Benches and H Hitchcock summarized convention activities and the program’s success. H W Shafter, governor of Rotary International, was acknowledged for his untiring work.
Kern County Union High School District trustees approved working drawings for a 10000 square foot Shafter High cafeteria and three classroom additions. The plan includes two serving lines a walk in refrigerator and a south lunch porch for 50. Three classrooms will adjoin the gym and corridor. State approval and bidding will follow. Attendance for the month averaged 427.08 above last year with total 7472.93.
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