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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
12
In a sharp local column clash, Kern County editors dispute crime records and civic coverage. The piece cites Delano Shafter Wasco and Bakersfield as it riffs on policing, nightly schools, and a surge of recent marriages.
The Shafter library thanks Gunnarson Jewelers Joe Topper Bakery Lee Funeral Home Shafter Warehouse Co. and Home Appliance & Furniture Co. for their thoughtful attention and support to the Kern County Library System branch serving the people of Shafter who enjoy books.
Ray Duerksen was named head of a committee to develop a new parade float for the year’s events. Horwith instructed to contact Duerksen on progress. Agriculture samples from Shafter show standouts with Ned Smith securing large, prosperous examples for the fair. The Shafter booth committee members Clarence Neuman and Harlin Wilson were out of town, delaying action. President Bill Stoller led the meeting with Al Mortimore substituting for absent secretary Sam Becker.
Shafter council hears Kern County offer to replace building inspector E K Grant who would need about 100 dollars monthly plus half of excess building permit income from the city. Grant questions two proposed potato sheds with wooden floors and litter issues and proposes concrete floors and closed under floors for fire resistance. Council weighs requiring concrete floors and steel frames for new sheds. The August 26 bid date for Shafter Avenue at Five Points is noted.
City Attorney Al Mortimore to draft an ordinance addressing the Lerdo area fire zone while protecting Shafter’s main industry. Cliff Tanner resigns from police service, with council accepting his resignation. Council approves street repairs in Phil Ohanson’s tract as he brings property into the city. Mayor McClure, Johnson, Loewen, City Clerk Shaw attend with Mortimore.
A column notes women seeking husbands through the U S Army and foreign postings, joking about chivalry and matchmaking from McClure Drug Store. An English fishmonger is fined for slapping a customer with a wet fish, highlighting old fashioned courtesy as a store motto.
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