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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1952
Page
1
Contestants in the circulation drive gain momentum as eight first week prize winners are shown. The race remains close with a noon January 10 deadline for major prizes including a Plymouth sedan. Booster Week actions aim to boost subscriptions and standings for the next issue.
Alphabetical list of CAPITAL LETTERS contestants achieved their primary goal by winning special cash prizes and take the lead in the race for the major prizes to be awarded Saturday noon January 10. Names include BLEDSOE Mrs Dan FENDERSON Larry HINSLEY Billy McNAUGHT Chevyl MILLS Mrs Cannie MITCHELL Mrs Claude PIUS Mrs Joyce REEVES Bobby Donald FOX Kenneth Holland Mrs Elizabeth Kirschenman Wayne Klein Lester Krausemeer Tudor Rex with addresses shown. First Relative Standing to be published next week.
Guenther urges residents to mail early to avoid delays in holiday parcel delivery. He warns breakables may arrive damaged due to rush and stresses routing parcels takes extra staff. Early shipments receive more careful handling to ensure gifts reach destinations on time.
The piece describes a push for road repairs to aid a growing Mexican colony. Patsy Weinberger argues that sunken, muddy roads prevent residents from taking pride in their homes, especially as some houses are model homes while others are scrap-wood shanties. Continued on Page 8.
Sol A Camp of Shafter, famed for his stables, was one of the two top buyers in the nation in harness horses. The USTA lists his purchases at 109 400 dollars for ten head eight colts and two fillies to build mighty stables. He paid 25 000 each for Diamond Hall and Meadow Pace, 21 000 for Aristocratic Boy, and 13 000 for Ideal Hanover. The auctions occurred at Har.
Stanford Indians coach Chuck Taylor, 1951 coach of the year, will address the Shafter Civic Football Banquet on December 16. Principal Dr. Grant W. Jensen said a banquet committee of service club leaders selected him as this year’s guest speaker. awards will be presented that evening.
Shafter merchants sponsor a three night gift program to let parents win Christmas presents for their children. The events run during the last five shopping days before Christmas with stores open until 8 p.m. Each night at 8 p.m. in front of the bank a boy and a girl will win gifts selected by Santa Claus. Free tickets are distributed by participating merchants. Prizes include dolls, doll buggies, wagons, scooters and tricycles.
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District backs a plan urged by Senator Knowland to bypass the Bureau of Reclamation for federal funds to small irrigation districts. The NRA convention endorsed the measure to speed financing and reduce costs, with credit going to SW leaders and Peters.
Shafter builders must exceed $55,266 in new structures next month to push the 1952 total above the 1951 record of $846,925. Building Inspector E K Grant notes the community is $55,266 short with one month to go, and projections over the year suggest a $70,000 plus average could seal the record unless December weakness returns. J I Dandy and Co anchored November at $30,050, aiding an 11 month tally of $791,659, as Wienberger Tract subdivision work began on three $7,500 houses with other contributors and permit totals in electrical and plumbing reaching $1,570 and $3,525 respectively.
The 1952 cotton harvest nears completion as growers see a depressed market with prices around 34 cents. Reports say per acre yields are down and the second picking is lighter than expected.
Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival directors plan a western motif for the sixth annual event. A pageant will open the festival with contests for all ages, beard-growing contests eyed, and a named committee to stage the details. Jack Janzen joins to select an automobile sponsorship. Mrs. Thomas Wedge to run the school poster contest.
Shafter High School agriculture student Le Roy Kirschenmann earned blue ribbons at the Great Western Livestock Show in Los Angeles for a pen of five Aberdeen Angus steers. His entry won its division and the sweepstakes, earning champion pen of five for all breeds in the FFA division and grand champion for the show. He will sell his steers at the fat stock auction today. Agricultural Director Glenn Nay noted another high school entry placed fourth in 15 groups.
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