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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1954
Page
9
The weekly meeting is at 7 30 pm in the Rich cafeteria. Mrs Arthur Ehrhorn will be introduced as the 6th vice president of the 7th district PTA. The Teachers Club will provide refreshments.
The message urges a litter pickup drive using Gaackee to collect waste from cars and deposit it in roadside cans. Participants are told to avoid crashes and aim to help Maioenye keep the area clean.
A group of 30 high school and middle school students led last evening’s program at the First Reformed platform. They selected the film 49 Tioga Street to illustrate Bible study value while singing as a choir and featuring Philip Johnson on trombone.
The eastern hemlock grows slowly and frequently lives 500 years. Cotton is the Port of San Francisco's No 1 export crop.
Winners announced for the Kern County Art Contest featuring Shafter Lerdo Maple Wasco and Buttonwillow. Held March 28 at Memorial Hall in Wasco. Adult Oil titles include August Fruit by Joyce Williams and Parting Storm by Laurence Lacy.
Kern County's oil output reached 236.95 million dollars in 1953, second to the all time high, while agriculture led the economy with a 1940-1953 gain of 543.3 percent. Construction, electric sales, telephones, postal receipts, vehicle registrations, and population all showed substantial gains, with record permit values and rising farm income despite a 24 million dollar drop from 1952.
The Embarcadero in San Francisco is a wide thoroughfare paralleling the waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to China Basin about three and one half miles.
The Shafter club girls plan a bake and sale to raise funds for their activities. Peas will be sold from April 9 to 24, with uniforms to be worn during the weekend promotion. The item reflects a community effort tied to local farms and 1496 farms in the county that year.
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