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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1958
Page
3
An article on implementing city plans for Shafter detailing precise plans, zoning, subdivision ordinances, plan lines for highways, and coordinated public improvements. It emphasizes citizen, business, and governmental cooperation, utilities expansion, and urban renewal as vital steps toward realizing the general plan.
A humorous year end note riffs on instant products and a mix up payroll. A mother and daughters prize instant mud pie, a party anecdote mocks tranquilizers versus instant Martinis, and Norma receives a blank check by payroll error as readers are wished a Happy New Year.
Neighbors including Mr and Mrs Pawnee Halliburton and Mrs Eulin Roberts of Ash Street and Mr and Mrs E O Webb of 178 Ash Street shared Christmas with Rev Norman Fortenberry and his son in Los Angeles while the Fortenberry family visited nearby kin Sam Radon was also mentioned among holiday gatherings.
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