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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
7
Kern County grape growers are advised by M A Lindsay of the Agricultural Extension Service to dust vines with sulfur in three early applications. Apply first when shoots reach six inches, second at eighteen inches, and third when canes are two to three feet long to protect foliage and fruit.
Chaplain Arthur D. Wenger, former minister of the First Mennonite Brethren Church in Shafter, recently visited the town after serving overseas with the 3rd Army. He and his wife left by auto for the East Tuesday morning and he plans to enter a school in the East to prepare for further ministry after leaving service.
National Boys and Girls Week will be observed in nearly every U S community from April 27 to May 4 1946 marking the 26th annual observance. The theme Building for Tomorrow with the Youth of Today emphasizes youth problems interests recreation and the roles of home church school and youth organizations in character and citizenship development.
S/Sgt. Don H. Anderson reports back to Camp Beal after two years overseas. He spent two years abroad and is expected to be discharged soon. He is awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in action.
Dairy farmers emphasize a single key fact backing the dairy trade and its promise for life, highlighting Dairy Products as central to a thriving industry.
Mosquito control for the Shafter area will follow petitions to annex to the Dr Morris Mosquito Abatement district. Art Hemingson, chairman of the Business Men’s committee, says petitions are being prepared and circulated. Signatures must equal at least 10 percent of votes cast for governor in 1944. Voter lists are being prepared and Hemingson’s committee will contact voters for signatures.
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