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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1948
Page
8
Homer Bentley teases his wife about driving and nagging as he offers to help. They nearly quarrel but laugh together over beer. She agrees to quit back seat driving and nagging about the rug, and he to stop criticizing her hats and salad.
The Shafter Merchants routed the Bakersfield Tigers 14 to 4 in a Kern County league practice game at Richland primary school. Billy Boyd struck out 14 across nine innings for Shafter, while Harper allowed 14 hits and 11 strikeouts for Bakersfield.
The Kern County Fish and Game Protective Association forecasts a record crowd of about 7000 at the eleventh annual field day and barbecue on April 25 at Hart Memorial Park. Shafter sportsmen join a program featuring pistol and skeet shooting, bicycle races, archery, plug and fly casting, and speeches by Judge Warren Stockton and others.
Fresno State track forces, after a 93 to 38 win over College of the Pacific, travel to San Luis Obispo to face Santa Barbara College and Cal Poly. Don Dorfmeier wins weights with a 45 foot 8 inch shot put, while Dick Olson improves in the high hurdles to 14.9 seconds.
Opening of trout season should be fair in San Diego County. San Luis River Palomar Lake Cottonwood Green Valley Pine Valley Santa Ysabel Pauma Cedar Creeks will be well stocked with fish.
The Bakersfield Drillers avenged an earlier loss by edging Shafter 3-2 at Jastro Park. Results include Mel Wallace over Bill Waller 6-0 6-3 in Boys singles, Gilbreth and Davis over Smart and Bergman 6-0 6-2 in Boys doubles, Albright and Rose over Karsten and Robison 7-5 4-6 6-3 in Mixed, Fifi Weber defeating Dorene Farr 6-0 6-0 in Girls singles, and Price-Stewart over Turkett-Stadt 4-6 6-3 6-2 in Girls doubles.
An old time dance at Wasco Grange Hall is set for Saturday night with Jim Honey of Shafter leading the music along with a Bakersfield guitarist. Grange Master Joe Henderson and overseer Al Pellet, long-time Maple district residents, invite Shafter residents and others to join for a night of old-time square dancing.
Anglers may find strong fishing as the season opens along the West Walker River from Leavitt Meadows downstream to Antelope Valley in Mono County. Best catches are expected in the meadows area.
After a month in Shafter Mr and Mrs Louis returned home last Wednesday. Mrs Fowler is the sister of Mr Ralph Sanderson.
Plans mature for Shafter summer soft ball program with a Pee-Wee Junior Men's and Girls leagues plus a new Service Club League. Roy Farrell coordinates five leagues with teams sponsored by local groups and invites inquiries at Richland School, phone 682, 9 am to 3:30 pm.
Richland School invites the public to an Open House on Thursday April 29 from 6 30 to 9 00 p m. Posters placed in downtown windows advertise the event to the community of Shafter and surrounding areas.
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