Eyebrow Exclusive Riffs On Magazine Peddlers And Local News
A column dismisses magazine salesmen with sharp satire and urban gossip. It notes tax proposals on cigars and tobacco, a veteran’s bonus plan, and a 50th wedding anniversary in Los Angeles. Local figures teased include Jess Dorsey and Joe Lewis.
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Kern County
Jess Dorsey
Joe C. Lewis
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Shafterites
Los Angeles
Public access to council meetings urged by Shafter letter
A reader asks the Shafter Press to publish every City Council meeting to show public how officials vote. The letter argues full disclosure would empower taxpayers and promote transparency in Shafter government.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
City Council Corrects Meeting Date
The Shafter City Council announces the next meeting will be Monday February 14, not February 7 as previously reported. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
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Shafter
Stolen Machine Parts From Shafter Farm reported
Robert Townsend of Route 4 Shafter reported theft of farm equipment and an automobile rear end assembly. Missing items listed since Monday. Police filed the report with the sheriff's office yesterday.
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Robert Townsend
Shafter
Sheriff's Office
Townsend
History of tea explored at Wednesday club meeting
Members of the Wednesday Afternoon Club and guests heard Mrs. Editha Nowels of Bakersfield recount tea’s origins from China to Tibet and England. An antique show focused on tea pots accompanied by a carefully arranged tea scene.
Sunday School Teachers Group To Give Concerts
The Union Congregational Church Sunday School group plans a concert on February 21 at 8 PM to raise funds for a Kimball piano. Co chairmen are Mrs Ed Brown and Mrs J H Fuller with officers elected for treasurer and secretary Ively. The primary class will meet monthly starting February 6 at the former parsonage.
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Union Congregational Church
Ed Brown
J. H. Fuller
Kenneth Pipkin
Bill Neessen
Ively
Walter Haag
Gordoner
Speaker Feted At Burns Home
Mrs Editha Nowels of Bakersfield was feted at a luncheon on Wednesday at the Burns home on Msekkaee Avenue. After a well appointed luncheon she spoke to the Wednesday Afternoon Club. Attending were Mesdames Paul Newell Laguna Beach Charles Manley Norman Polasky Marjorie Greene Bakersfield T P Rootes J H Revell and the hostess Mrs Burns Shafter and Mrs Newels of Bakersfield.
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Bakers‘field
Charles Burns
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Norman Polasky
Marjorie Greene
Bakersfield
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