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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1948
Page
1
Town discussions surge as April 13 council elections approach with % candidates in the field. Letters to the editor urge moving bank and post office crowds from downtown areas to City Hall or County building. Chamber of Commerce debate over a proposed city ordinance reveals hardship for builders, with the town waking up and service groups active.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sill depart for San Francisco ending their stay here. They plan to settle there and resume their former duties after a brief farewell.
Shafter High School P T A asks for food donations to be sold Friday night at the Visitor's Day open house. Proceeds support welfare work for needy students. Mrs Joe Frizzell, president, says any food is welcome except items in containers. Donations go to the school Friday for display and sale with P T A members as vendors.
The Ozark Mountain Players opened with a large appreciative audience in the flame proof Tent Theatre on State and Santa Fe streets. The cast includes J. Stark Robinson Ida Godbey Ralph Young Sanya Young Jeanne Garie George Patterson Bill Berkeley Evelyn Sage Brush and more with Sage Brush and the Tennessee Ramblers providing folk songs. The week features The Sweetest Girl in Dixie Tonight and Ten Nights in a Bar Room with special scenery. Sponsored by Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 the company closes Sunday night with an unannounced program.
Kern Academy students staged a sacred program titled The Miracle Song at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Delano. The event featured the song Jesus Lover of My Soul, with Patricia Wikoff Elmer Nightingale Darlene Johnson Billy Harlan Cramer Joyce Dirksen Jackie and June Horst in the core group and Floyd Hoeger on saxophone. a girls trio performed.
The Shafter City Bowling Tournament concluded with Anderson Music of West Groves winning the team title led by Harry Koenning and Dale Voth. Cecil West and Paul Groves won doubles, Al Hagenston captured singles, and Joe Cosgrove took All Events with a 1970 grand total. Jim Hahn had the high game at 244.
Letters awarded for A and B basketball to varsity and intramural squads at Shafter High School. CoachTodd and Coach Dan Bledsoe presented A and B letters to listed players. pennants awarded to multiple athletes. Intramural champions and faculty game participants celebrated with awards to Roy Tillman and others.
Los Angeles County records a historic agricultural gross income of 223 million for last year driven by higher livestock and dairy product values. The gains offset declines in field and fruit crops helping the county surpass prior records by a notable margin. Roy M. Hagen of the Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee announced the figures.
Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club held a progressive dinner last Thursday. Appetizers circulated at Beulah Bartlett and Blythe Monroe homes, main course at Ida Mathis and Sylvia Baughman homes, dessert and meeting in the high school home ec room. Annette Albright presided. Juanita Battaglia reported welfare baskets delivered to the PTA and a south Shafter camp family. Genevieve Cooper elected nominating chair with Battaglia and Musgrave as committee members. Girl's Week set to begin April 13.
Mrs Forrest Jones will speak at the Union Congregational Ladies Aid meeting Thursday at 2 30 in the building. The year’s theme is Women of the Bible with Ruth as the topic. Mrs Ed Brown will preside and a social hour follows the program.
Parents and friends are invited to Shafter High School on Friday April 9 from six to ten p m to view class work across departments. An 8 30 auditorium program will showcase art leather and textile craft painting and drawing wood and metal craft aviation models typing contests and more. The event also features farm livestock displays fashion show student radio skits folk dancing tumbling and performances by the band and glee club.
The St. Theresa Club of the Mexican Colony sponsors a dance at the Woman's Clubhouse on April 10. Proceeds go to the church. Bob Houston and his Bakersfield orchestra play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is 1.50 at the door. All welcome.
Mrs. Henry H. Penner received a birthday call on March 31 from her mother Mrs. John P. Regier in Waldheim Saskatchewan Canada wishing her a happy birthday.
Richland School grounds will unveil a three unit swimming complex by Shafter with United Swimming Pool Co predicting a June 1 opening. Concrete work on the main pool, diving pool, and wading pool is done. tile work and deck construction to begin. Dressing rooms are concrete sans roof for sun aided sanitation and daily hose downs. Er nest Kump and Associates of San Francisco note the design separates swimmers, divers, and waders for maximum use and enjoyment. Chlorinating and filtering will be installed.
The Richland P T A led by Mrs. C J Vignolo completed a successful second food drive on Friday distributing 22 baskets. The Missionary Baptist Ladies and Assembly of Church aided with clothing and baby garments, while local merchants and Reverend Bernard Andrews contributed. A third drive may occur April 16 if needed to support families of Shafter farm workers and hungry schoolchildren.
Frontiersman owned by S. A. Camp became the first Shafter horse to place in the Grand Circuit harness meet at Santa Anita. In opening day events the Trot saw Frontiersman finish second in a $1,000 race won by Dutch Harbor paying $27.50. Frontiersman paid $10 to place and $4.50 to show, with earnings around $3,000. Several other entries on Saturday faced rain and cancellations, and results from Friday were not available at press time.
High school seniors participate in annual Girls Day in Business sponsored by Miss Helen Fornese with Helen as chairwoman and Miss Jeannette aiding. April 13 includes an assembly, a vocation film, a county park pot luck, and a skit on applying for jobs.
D. S. Kay comes back after several weeks with Doctor and Mrs. M. M. Kay at their Encinitas home. The doctors say both are in good health and spirits.
Mrs. Margo Robesky of Bakersfield Junior College will present dancing students at the Wednesday Afternoon Club meeting at 2 p.m. at the club house. The program promises entertainment, and club president Mrs. Harry Vannatta urges member attendance for important federation discussions.
A community birthday list honors Ralph Lachenmaier Abe Toews Pete Isaac Sam Dirksen H Janzen N Jenner Harry Serene Cree Mrs George case Mrs J C Channeson Donald Eugene Hull Ryan Settries Evelyn Warkentine and Connie Hare plus Pete Kroeker with dates spanning March 31 to April 12.
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