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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
8
The Shafter Press announces a new fearless editorial page with Letters to the Editor and other features. It teases local names and shops, notes a Christmas edition split into two sections, and jokes about two back-page columns titled Under the Raised Eyebrow.
Sixth annual snow trip by Shaf pa peaw has polling. Bus 53 will be staged next week, Kenneth announced Pipkin, Scoutmaster, today. It is expected that more than 15 scouts, accompanied by Pipkin, Jim Uhl Jr., Dave Muir and Jake Siemans will make the trip to Mt. Abel ski area. Departure Monday for the area south of Taft in the coastal range. Headquarters at the lower aki lodge through Wednesday afternoon. Tenderfoot badges will be awarded during the outing.
Loren Voth of Wasco and Kern County Farm Bureau vice president announced plans to form a Farm Bureau Potato Section across California. The aim is to address acreage allotments marketing agreements and other potato industry concerns while boosting producer representation within the 55 000 member organization. Voth named temporary chairman at the Sacramento convention and urged Kern and other counties to elect local representatives and prepare statewide leadership for coordinated program work.
At the Nat's Farm Bureau Conclave delegates toured landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building before a December 14 opening. Key speakers included Governor Driscoll and Harold Stassen. a focus on discarded vegetable waste was noted. A concurrent Associated Women of the Bureau session featured prominent voices. A rail trip home passed through Chicago and Omaha with a fatal pipe theft investigation near the Reynolds Mettler Ranch.
The Milton Massachusetts mill produced the first paperboard in the United States in 1878 marking a milestone in industrial materials.
The Shafter 20-30 Club installation program, moved from Wednesday to Thursday, was held at the Crystal Inn in Bakersfield. The event included a preceding ladies night dinner and a joint session with the Oildale organization.
The free pottery promotion with Shafter Press renewals and new subscriptions continues until New Year’s Day. The gift remains available after New Year’s as part of the subscription special, and applies to both new and renewing subscribers.
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