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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
2
Statisticians say marriages will fall this year after wartime peak. Dan Cupid runs low on couples as eligible singles shrink postwar. 1948 marriages reached 1,815,000. forecast for this year is about 1,600,000, a drop amid Reno concerns.
Miss Lois P. Lyman outlines year round ways to serve tomatoes corn and cucumbers by making pickles and relish. The method covers cucumber slicing with salt, overnight drainage, vinegar simmering with sugar and spices, jar packing and a 15 minute boil water bath with seal. Includes optional onion addition and free Extension leaflets.
Shafter residents enjoy Criss-Cross at the State theater with a Bakersfield reference causing local amusement. A new neon bank sign brightens the business district while Irene Barker draws attention amid Lamont Fall Festival ticket sales. Rambler mentions surface gossip and a hay fever plea to mow weeds. window art by Everett Eyrand promotes Wood's shoe store and local news vendors.
An editorial from Bakersfield Press discusses Shafter proposed annexation of territory south of the Shafter highway and west of Lerdo road. It notes landlords oppose tax increases while renters fear eviction, and officials delay action despite potential gains in services and gas tax returns.
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