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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
9
California residents are scheduled to set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. January 1 as the state adopts daylight saving time for 291 days. The change, announced by Earl Warren, shortens daylight saving by starting earlier due to improved power outlook.
Marcus Bragg, 40, burned to death in a cabin fire at the B. S. Baldwin ranch near Itonwillow on Saturday night. Deputy Weber and Constable Ieke identified the victim after investigation. A theft report of a 1947 Buick was resolved hours later by Katy Weber. An arrest involving Hattie Duncan of Shafter occurred in Wasco on Saturday for drunken and disturbing the peace.
W. H. Hitchcock a Shafter businessman and shed operator was praised for 18 years of service to the Kern County Chamber of Commerce. As former six year president and oldest executive board member he helped lead the pioneer Shafter business community. The county chamber meeting unanimously adopted a resolution of thanks.
Bakersfield officials and business leaders gathered at a Kern County Chamber roundtable to examine veteran housing, slum clearance, and environmental health. A 10 point plan guides research, planning, funding and public information as efforts expand countywide beyond Bakersfield.
The potato market is sour nationwide with prices below government support and no quick rebound before holiday break. Canadian potatoes flooded eastern markets and are nearly exhausted, while government purchases remain heavy in most counties. In Red River Valley snippers face car shortages as shipments head to the government, and grower allotments are undetermined, delaying seed potato sales until Kern County harvest arrives.
Mr and Mrs D C Hill hosted a Christmas party at their Fresno Avenue home on Sunday night. A buffet supper featured red tapers and holly berries. Cards followed dinner with guests from Bakersfield Delano and the Hill family.
More than one fourth of all deaths among American women aged 40 to 60 are due to cancer, highlighting its impact on this demographic and the need for early detection and prevention.
The Sacramento Basin accounts for 34.8 percent of California's water resources, underscoring its pivotal role in statewide supply and management.
Wayne Heffley recalls H W Pat Kelly Shafter High principal as a loyal Irish figure. Heffley praises Kelly’s generosity and understanding of youth, sharing a wartime bond rally anecdote and a poem Kelly wrote for his sons. The piece honors a local educator seen as a symbol of joyful living.
A father speaks to his sons about fairness honesty and upright living. He urges them to strive to be better, work together, and share in joys and troubles as they grow into men, promising a strong familial bond and shared purpose.
A sub-committee of Valley potato growers met in the Agricultural Building to draft a proposed federal marketing agreement. Officials from Earlimart Fresno Madera Wasco Arvin and others studied Maine plan provisions and outlined steps to join marketing programs to maintain price support through 1949.
Members of Shafter Rotary Boy Scout Troop No. 53 push a cotton raffle to fund a new scout building. A 488 pound bale is on Central Avenue as ticket sales continue at the Scout building, with the drawing set for 5:00 p.m. New Year’s Day.
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