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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1958
Page
2
Editorial urges drivers to protect children returning to school. Emphasizes safer roads, brake checks, tire care, and reduced speeds in Shafter with local shops offering safety gear and affordable school preparations. Encourages using local merchants for quality, budget friendly back to school gear.
The article defends preserving oil in the ground and rejects free-for-all extraction. It argues market demand guidance protects correlative rights and prevents waste via overproduction, seepage, and reservoir pressure loss, supporting national emergency reserves.
Modern equipment is essential to farming, reducing labor while expanding acreage. Manufacturers test designs on large experimental farms and demonstrations in the region, inviting farmer input to improve durability, safety, and productivity.
Shafter Kiwanians led by Ralph Tucker will face Vernon Pierce's Rotary squad within two weeks in the annual charity softball match. The date follows other city notes, including a postponed council meeting due to lack of quorum and a local fishing highlight.
The piece notes fall season enthusiasm and new hires at local schools. Gaye Pare joins to assist Bledsoe this fall from Washington, while Richland High School announces 600 students enroll Sept 8 and a 31 member teaching staff. Bruce M. Crawford cites O. Clay Hale as new principal for upper grades at Richland School. The article also references political deadlines and a business feature on Forrest Long's Topper Men's and Boy's Store opening in Shafter.
A letter from Dr. Helen Salisbury and partners of Big Gold and Tungsten Mines Randsburg worries over government gold taxes and foreign ownership. They urge the Shafter Press to address mining conditions and financing for workers to keep local crusts of bread.
Fresno State College will administer college aptitude reading and English tests at 9 30 a m September 6 in Room 121 of the college science building. Associate dean Hedley J Stacey says the test is required for entering freshmen and some junior college transfers who have not taken similar exams before.
The M. M. Fendersons report their four and a half pound chihuahua Cricket burglarizes irrigation ditches and kills gophers. Cricket has caught 130 gophers, sometimes larger than him, which he eats. Mr and Mrs William Fairbanks recently returned from Playa Del Ray and San Diego. Their children Jacqueline Patricia Mark and Jeffery enjoyed the zoo and other places.
The Superior Court admitted eighteen new citizens with Oath of Allegiance administered by County Clerk Vera K. Gibson. Examiner Lloyd H. Carner presented the petitioners, including Ella Irene Penner of Shafter, residing at 236 Grant Street, born in Canada.
Real Estate listing for Rey Coane Avenue in Shaster area lists financing and services from ACME Peece Types. Property details include one acre and 18th fringe field with contact by phone for parking arrangements.
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