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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
4
Blake Witcher, sixteenth township constable, resigns from the Shafter Police Department. City council accepts the resignation and names Hubert M. Mayberry as temporary 90 day replacement pending civil service exam for permanent status.
Shafter realtor H W Pat Kelly attended the Kern County Camp Fire Girls leaders meeting held last Tuesday in Bakersfield, participating as a guest from the local leadership circle.
Parents and friends are invited to a Richland cafeteria dinner next Monday at 6 30 PM. The program marks the fortieth anniversary of Scouting with special guests including Bakersfield scout officials and the mayor of Shafter.
Shafter youths receive a blue ribbon for a float in the Bakerfield parade marking the fortieth anniversary of scouting. The entry shows evergreen decor and a barbecue pit with boys barbecuing a rabbit over live coals.
County officials discussed a six mile East Lerdo stretch from Highway 99 to Shafter with plans for a major overhaul including center strips and bridges. A $120000 estimate was cited as a future project beyond current budgets.
Newlyweds Dr Henry W Voth and his wife returned from a weekend honeymoon at Santa Barbara. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Carl Gunnarson of Shafter for a single ring ceremony at the First Baptist Chapel in Bakersfield officiated by Rev B C Barrett. Mrs Voth, formerly Darleene Kelm of Ogallala Nebraska, wore an aqua blue suit with black accessories and a white orchid corsage.
A local group studied festival plans with a party in charge of concessions. They discussed special attractions including Hopalong Cassidy Lone Ranger and Sam Hayes. The group also suggested distributing potato shaped balloons to county children.
The program includes a Swanee theme with tap specialty and performances by Tom Letizia on harmonica and Louise Jenkins on piano. Two quartets appear including a high school boys group and a Barbershop quartet. Mrs. John J. Peters sings Mighty Lake Rose with Mickey Frizzell as her babe, and Miss Maizie Moore is highlighted.
Shafter housewives face higher meat costs as beef gains from half to one and a half cents per pound and pork climbs 23 to 40 percent. Local and wholesale meat houses cite seasonal and reserve stock shortages as the causes.
Kern County Coroner Norman C Houze told Rotarians at the Cawelo noon meeting about his past experiences in the vital death column. He spoke of murders, crises reports, accidental deaths, and odd circumstances surrounding them, sending chills through the audience.
Mrs Elmer Richards entertained with a Valentine party at her home on Tuesday. An afternoon of bridge was won by Mrs J P McCoy and Bill Laufenberger. Refreshments included a heart shaped cake ice cream jello and coffee. Invited guests were Mrs James Parker Bakersfield Mrs Lee Willoughby Mrs J P McCoy Mrs LaVerne Kliewer Mrs Bill Laufenberger and Mrs James Hahn.
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