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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
4
Shafter High School's Art Club invites entries for a show running April 28 to May 12. Advisor David Marsh says watercolor and oil works only, max two per artist, with a school purchase of the best piece for the new permanent collection. Entry forms due April 25.
The Bettencourt Brothers report faster non stop baling for 200 acres of alfalfa using USS Baling Wire. They praise tight packed bales, easy shipment, and no loose or broken bales in four years. The wire features a special lubricant for smooth operation and rust protection with graded sizes for various baling machines.
Richard M. Wellborn aged 37 of Lamont was arrested April 10 on Central Valley highway by Constable Blake Witcher. He faces drunk driving charges and is due in Judge E. K. Grant’s justice court at 10 am on April 22.
Emil Stoller departed for Los Angeles to attend a sales meeting hosted by the Frigidaire division of General Motors.
No glass will be permitted. Artists may place their own price on paintings but must be willing to sell entry to the school if it wins, at a purchase price of 50 dollars. Complete rules and entry blanks obtainable from Mr. Marsh at Shafter High School.
Funeral services are set for Saturday in Wasco at an African Methodist church for Tiny Oliver who died on the operating table in Delano hospital during preparations for major surgery. He had been chief of police in Wasco for six years after earlier posts in Delano and Lindsay where he began police work in 1940. Surviving relatives include his widow Winona two daughters Melba and Linda a son Robert Jr on leave from the Navy his parents Mr and Mrs Frank M Oliver of Lindsay and three sisters Mrs Pearl Kraybell Mrs Ruth Love and Mrs Berthe Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Christo of Tulare Avenue fly from home on a non stop Friday to Chicago then Pittsburgh and Lock Haven Pennsylvania. They visit friends in Columbus Ohio North Platte Nebraska Great Bend Kansas Denver Colorado Winslow Arizona and see the Grand Canyon during the trip before returning home Sunday.
Bakersfield district office representative Tom Hart will visit Shafter in the county building assembly room Tuesday morning to answer questions about social security and filing benefits. The article explains changes to earnings limits under the new retirement test, increasing yearly limits and allowing continued checks after age 72. A 69 year old retiree example shows earnings up to 1200 annually without losing benefits, with reductions beyond that.
DeVincenzo will assist with the program featuring numbers by the high school band and the introduction of alumni classes. A special request has been made by P. L. Arnold, high school in-
The article notes a registration process overseen by the instructor in charge of alumni contacts and states that all alumni must register during the affair. Registration locations will be provided for the purpose.
A brief item notes valves failing near Los Angeles with references to addresses and a person or company name. Details are fragmented but indicate leakage issues and a possible local inspection or fault report. Further context is unclear from the readable text.
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