Burglary Traced By Shafter Police Sergeants
Three Shafter officers traced a King Lumber burglary after spotting a bolt cutter and screwdriver in a suspect vehicle during a December 14 patrol. Officers Nixon Williams tuned the car, arrested two men for drunkenness, and connected the tools to the crime scene, leading to the breakthrough.
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Shafter
King Lumber Company
Hanley Witcher
Bob Nixon
Parolman E. C. Williams
Shafco
Carl H. Mangrum
John F. Pyles
Nixon
Tanner
Post Office Set to Exceed Christmas Mail Volume
Washington ordered post offices to close Saturday December 26 limiting services to Sunday levels. No city carrier or window service that day. parcel post restricted to specials, perishable items and gifts. Rural routes keep normal Saturday delivery. boxholders unaffected. Outgoing mail follows Sunday schedule. Shafter expects over 180000 outgoing pieces December 1 24. Parcel post drops from prior years.
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Washington
Shafter
Shafter Post
Packards Expand Shafter Welding Shop Into New 6500 Sq Ft House
The Packard brothers Mark and Roy expand Packard's Ideal Welding in Shafter with a 6500 square foot facility at 633 Central Valley Highway. They will run a job shop for welding and light manufacturing for semi trailers, plus an office and showroom for farm tools. Grand opening is planned for January.
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Shafter
Packard
Ideal Welding
Central Valley Highway
Rotary Club Christmas Party in Shafter
The Shafter Rotary Club held its annual Christmas Party Tuesday noon with Mert Wiedmann as chairman. Members drew names and brought a toy for the Christmas basket committee, each toy accompanied by a jingle. Future meetings feature speakers on commodities and stocks and on selecting a doctor.
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Shafter Rotary Club
Mert Wiedmann
City Council and Public Utility Board to Hold Regular Meeting
City Council and the Public Utility Board will hold a regular meeting on Monday December 28. City Clerk Bill Johnston reports the session will cover routine city business and utility topics.
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Bill Johnston
Permit Plea Seeks Double Size for Mennonite Brethren Home
The Mennonite Brethren Home for the Aged seeks a permit to double its size. An application and plans are in Sacramento where state approval is expected shortly.
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Mennonite Brethren Home For
Sacramento
Chamber Speaker Is Selected for Chamber Banquet
Chamber of Commerce members will hear Story Gange speak at the installation banquet Thursday January 14 at Richland Cafeteria. Gange a Tulare County olive grower civic leader known nationwide for humorous inspirational talks will discuss California growth and rising needs for fuel water transport and schools.
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Chamber of Commerce
Story Gange
Southern California Gas Company
Tulare County
Gange
California
Prominent Shafter Man Dies In City Affairs
Funeral services were held for Irvin Everett Fike a long time Shafter Chrysler Plymouth dealer who died December 18 in Bakersfield after a heart attack. Fike a California native born January 4 1904 had lived in Shafter 25 years and marked his 25th Chrysler Plymouth anniversary in September. Survivors include his widow Mildred a son Leslie Lee a daughter Lynda Roseva Rosales two brothers and a grandson. Pallbearers named.
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Irvin Everett Fike
Eecabinat Shafter
Bakersfield
Shafter Avenue
Ralph Click
Community Church of the Brethren
Chimes
Shafter Memorial Park
Mr. Fike
California
Luton
Shafter
Fike
Wasco
Miller Brothers
Hubard
Norval Fair
Shafter Chrysler
Central Avenue
Bank of America
California Motor Car Dealers Association
PTA
Mildred
Leslie Lee
Lynda Roseva Rosales
Arthur A
Homer C
Yorba Linda
Bryan James Rosales
Marvin Belcher
Graham Lovelace
Marion
Traditional Church Services Herald the Birth of Christ
Religious groups prepare Christmas Eve and Day services across multiple churches. St Therese and St Mark's plan Latin midnight mass and morning services with choirs and anthems. Ebenezer Reformed hosts 7 pm Eve program and 10 am Day service with Lord's Supper. Sunday School teachers prepare gifts for children.
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Birth of
Christ
Birth
St. Therese’ Catholic
St. Mark's Episcopal
St. Therese Church
Lee Costello
St. Mark's
John Spear
Mennonite Brethren Church
Henry Dick
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Franks Wisner Critiques Government Accommodation During Christmas
Frank Wisner writes that the government has grown to accommodate atheists and agnostics in religion policy as the nation nears the Christmas season. The column hints at ongoing debate and continues on page 2.
Shafter Mennonite churches plan merger in Shafter
Rev. Kenneth Ross and Rev. Henry H. Dick announce merger of First Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren Churches in Shafter. First church members join on an associate basis for a year then full fellowship, with final union in Kingsburg on January 3. Last service at First Mennonite on December 27.
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Kenneth Ross
First Mennonite Church
Shafter
Henry H. Dick
Meet Ren
Mennonite Brethren Church
Mennonité Brethers Church
Mennonite Brethre
Kingsburg
Ross
Shafter Mennonite Church
Work Restarts on Shafter Laboratory Building
Work resumed on the new Shafter Laboratory building at 535 Central Avenue after a 10 day siege of picketing. Contractor Earl Wipf prepared to finish quickly while the lab received a quit notice dated December 17 ordering delivery of the premises to owner J. E. Klassen within 30 days and citing rent terms of 50 dollars a month or 1.67 dollars a day, increasing to 15 dollars daily after December 17.
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Shafter Laboratory
Earl Wipf
Central Avenue
J. E. Klassen
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