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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
9
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce prepares for 1954 by aligning with rural farmers as cotton quotas and potato surpluses force crop diversification. Officials consider trimming activities, reassessing finances, and possibly reducing the Potato and Cotton Festival to fit a tighter budget while preserving community value.
Shafter ranks fourth in Kern County for mercantile businesses with 116 entries, behind Bakersfield 1948 Wasco 103 Taft 263 and Delano 205. The Dun and Bradstreet tally lists 3281 businesses in Kern County after a 1953 name count.
Maple School auditorium was packed as virtually every pupil performed in a festive Christmas program. Marjorie’s Christmas Dinner operetta featured King Turkey Stanley Loewen and Marjorie Ramona Buhler with a large cast, songs, tableaux, and Dickens adaptation led by Wayne Siemens.
Richland School sixth to eighth grade reading list presents non secular religious quotes for identification exercise. Items include God made a tree, under God birth of freedom, remember the Sabbath, Pharoah from Egypt, and In God We Trust.
PVT and Mrs Milton Foster shared part of their Christmas vacation with Milton’s family in Buttonwillow. He has been at Fort Ord for months and will report to Fort Meade for a 17 month assignment. Mr and Mrs Charles Rice and Mr and Mrs Cubby Bryant enjoyed a Bakersfield Chinese dinner and a movie Saturday night.
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