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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
6
OPA warns no additional sugar rations will be issued before January 1 as changes to the sugar rationing program take effect. Stamp 51 and canning stamps 9 and 10 expire December 31, and consumers must await the new stamp valid January 1.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Grant entertain their niece Marjorie Duncan Baker of Glendale over the weekend.
The American Iron and Steel Institute reports studies on steel farm structures that could extend dairy cows’ productive life through improved housing and management. Proposed innovations include movable hog houses, steel poultry houses, and fireproof vermin resistant sheds adaptable to multiple uses, plus ventilated steel dairy barns and haykeepers using indirect ventilation.
Daniel Perrin Bledsoe, a Shafter High School teacher, earned a Master of Arts from The George Washington University during fall commencement at Lisner Auditorium in Washington D C. The ceremony marked the largest fall graduation at the 125 year old university with 237 degrees awarded. President Cloud Heck Marvin spoke on facing uncertainty with knowledge and effort. Bledsoe previously earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada in 1934.
California homes glow with festive lighting and colorful decorations. The piece notes how lights highlight linen silver and foods, with warm indoor comfort and abundant heat and blooms marking the season. It frames Christmas as colorful, bright, and warmly celebratory in the state.
Willie Wells and Basil Strube argued over dry flies versus wet flies and bamboo versus steel rods. Both returned from Seward's creek with catches within a few ounces, then agreed perhaps both sides were right over a beer.
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