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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
3
Maple Leaf Industries notes upcoming potato acreage allotments for Kern County with reports on seed potato supply, marketing plans, and farm input conditions. Growers urged to secure seed early as shortages loom. fertilizer prices meanwhile remain low but could rise with planting season.
County farm adviser Walt Emrick reports rising use of irrigated pasture as cattle support in Kern County. He notes cotton cutbacks prompt shifting land from cotton to pasture with 4949 acres now and a 1950 target of 10 000 acres on productive and marginal land.
The Pentecostal Church of God in the Games hosted a layette shower for Mrs. Kenny Davis with 23 ladies attending. Prizes were won by Mrs. June Tate, Mrs. Alice Fowler, and Mrs. Henry Smith while Mrs. Donald Watson presented a home made cake with five candles and a baby bundle labeled Little bundle of Joy.
The Richland Teachers' Club held its annual Christmas Party in the Richland cafeteria from four to in the afternoon. They hosted an international relations social hour with light refreshments and conducted a CARE package delivery to the Heinz Schell family in Weisbaden, Germany.
Don Hart of Camp-Barrows Inc. in Bakersfield will host a Christmas party for over 25 employees at the Cawelo Motel on December 23 starting at 7:30. The event highlights the Shafter area business social calendar with the nipuyees gathering to celebrate the season. The report also notes a Navajo language lecture at Shafter High School by Turner Blount and a local rifle qualification by Sgt. Baltazar M. Lopez at Camp Stoneman, plus visits and professional activities by local residents and businessmen from Shafter and nearby communities.
Bill Stoller of the Home Appliance Co acted as Santa Claus in Shafter yesterday handing out two cash awards from the Old Stove Week Contest. Among thousands of entries, Mr. P. C. Epps and Mrs. Eva Mendenhall won the prizes in the Los Angeles event.
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