Out-of-State Visitors Spend Millions In Calif
The All-Year Club released survey results showing out-of-state motorists made 2301 trips inside Southern California and drove 550 million miles last year. Visitors spent 509 million on a wide range of goods, with 6.65 million spent on gasoline and 1.32 million in gasoline tax. The report notes more than 600 service stations stayed busy, and tourism fuel supported local business.
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Wedge Couple TraveIing to San Francisco and Portola
Mr and Mrs Tom Wedge left Shafter for a week long trip to San Francisco then Portola to visit their son Don and family and celebrate his birthday Don is a known figure in Shafter having attended local schools Miss Eula Thacker will replace Mrs Wedge in the library during absence and keep normal hours
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Tom Wedge
Shafter
San Francisco
Portola
Don
Eula Thacker
Wedge
John Peters
Henry Mettler
Oregon
Janzen Apartments
Mr. Warren
Elsie Mettler and Robert Warren Wed in Impressive Ceremony
In an August 3 double ring ceremony at Ebenezer Reformed Church Miss Elsie Mettler married Robert Warren. The event featured attendants Irene Mettler and Betty Taylor with bouquets of carnations and pink gowns. The couple planned a two week honeymoon in Oregon before settling near Shafter.
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Elsie Mettler
Robert Warren
Henry Mettler
Edwin Warren
Robert Klaudt
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Irene Mettler
Betty Taylor
Bonnie Baker
Ed Warren
Frank Guidera
Elmer Mettler
Ray Rose
Gordon Haycock
Putmans Return From Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs Glen Putman and their sons returned to Shafter after a three week trip to Texas and Oklahoma They visited relatives in Altus Oklahoma and a brother in Texas They traveled south along the southern route and back via the northern route through Denver Reno Lake Tahoe Salt Lake City Utah and the Utah Centennial Exhibition
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Glen. Putman and Sons
Shafter
Texas
Oklahoma
Mr. Putman
Altus
Mrs. Putman
Denver
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bakersfield College Opens Vet Guidance Center For Veterans
Veterans of World War II are invited to visit Bakersfield College Guidance Center in room 17 at the California and F Streets campus. The center offers free advisement to match service skills with civilian vocations, with options from on the job to college or trade training. Open 8 to 5 daily and Saturdays 8 to 12 by appointment. call 3 4482 for appointments. Shop in Shafter.
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Bakersfield College
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Community Tourist Promotion Organization
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Couture
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Lila Wilson
Putmans
Shafter Press
Bendix
Baker Street
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Eighteenth and
H Streets
Jefferson
Delano
Center Street
Taft
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