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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1949
Page
5
The Kern County report notes 574 cars of produce shipped in January 527 by truck and 47 by rail. Major loads include 210 potato cars 198 citrus 82 grapes and 35 miscellaneous. It was Bakersfield’s coldest January since 1889 with an average 7.1 degrees below normal and only two days normal or better.
First grade teachers hosted a tea for about 111 mothers on Thursday afternoon February 17 at Richland Elementary School. Miss Beulah Bartlett moderated a program where teachers presented curriculum topics including Readiness, Reading, Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical Education, Arithmatic, Music and Arts, Social Habits, Work Habits and Safety Habits, and The Meaning of Grades. Florence Smith poured, while eighth grade girls and others aided serving and child supervision.
Mr and Mrs Gale Classen and their children spent last weekend in Los Angeles visiting friends and relatives.
Farmers report ongoing feeding of hay and concentrates for sheep and cattle as they await pasture growth. The dominant January activity was planting the spring potato crop, marking the season's major effort.
Local column lists multiple weekend visits and gatherings among residents of Shafter Porterville and surrounding areas. Couples and families including Trout, Dudley, McCaslin, O Dell, Millard, Stewart, Ball, Harris, Bonds, Cates, Williams, Mayo, Emerson, Rightnour, Green Acres, Dial, Johnson, Stowe, Wishon, and Walls are mentioned with travel to Bakersfield, Lordo, Redondo Beach, and Phoenix. Illness updates note Opal Williams improving and Tommie Righbour recovering from flu.
Shafter High School FFA members join more than 300 000 vocational agriculture students nationwide for National Future Farmer Week February 21 27. Activities include assemblies displays tours and projects highlighting George Washington’s agricultural legacy and farm record keeping with local efforts around planting trees landscaping and community service.
Richland Elementary School faculty joined San Joaquin Valley California Visual Education Association events at Visalia Sierra Vista Elementary. Franks Latta of Bakersfield gave a banquet address on San Joaquin Valley history. Shafter teachers highlighted science kit demonstrations and eighth and fifth grade science talks.
Saturday events include Kern County Grange meeting in Fairfax and a potluck. Wasco Grange master Kerneth Anderson attended. A missing two year old male springer spaniel named Brownie is sought by the Sturges family. Maple P T A attended Wasco Founders Day with Mrs. Sturges and Mr. Gribble. Freda Kelly won a heart shaped box at a Valentine party in Bakersfield Roller Dome with Vera Gal breath second and Lela Kelly third. New baby Kenneth born to Wilmer Enns in Wasco Maternity Home. Kenneth Nicol celebrated a birthday with friends Douglas Peters and Donald Loewen. Mrs. Robert Sturges hosted Butch’s seventh birthday party for neighborhood boys.
Cubs and boy scouts meet in Richland Cafeteria Thursday evening for a banquet with Ed Brown as presiding cubmaster. Families invited and tickets cost 75 cents. C W McCafferty of Wasco will present a magician show. Reservations via Ed Brown.
Freshman English classes from Shafter High School toured the county library on February 17. Mrs Mekeel from Bakersfield spoke on reading habits and showed a wide book selection including Cortez and Babe Ruth. Librarian Mrs Thomas Wedge and assistant issued library cards and checked out books, with Joe Bruner class noted in attendance. Grapes accounted for 65 percent of increased California fruit and nut acreage in 1947.
In 1925 the California legislature enacted a law prohibiting the growing of any cotton other than Acala within the state. The measure aimed to standardize cotton production and support the Acala variety. It reflects early 20th century agricultural policy and regional crop control efforts.
The California legislature designated the redwood as the official state tree in 1937 marking a formal recognition by state lawmakers.
Miss Margarette Smithberg dramatics teacher at Shafter High School led twenty five students and three teachers to the Hamlet showing in Harvey Auditorium Bakersfield Wednesday evening. She reserved twenty eight seats and arranged transportation. Attendees include Wesley Brown Mary Edwards Jean Wright Kenneth Cooper Kay Raney Jay Raney Helen Warken tin Tom Kelly Marilyn Bartel Ivan Bartel Betty Stringer Bert ram Fuller Jerry Johns Ella Mae Starrh Evelyn Rickard Lloyd Handel Kyle Hill Donald Stewart Troy Smart Barbara Stone Shirley Hight Lee Fike Donald Neuman Miss Jeanette Wheeler and Miss Jean Waffle.
A classified ad in the Press corrected the earlier listing for a two bedroom stucco house. The incorrect price of 3700 dollars was published. the correct asking price is 3900 dollars including moving the structure within a specified area.
In Bale ville last week Buck Howell visits Bob's Diner where friends discuss a heated topic. Buck interrupts with a lecture then the group rises in a foot stomping display before he admits he should have been listening instead of talking.
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