Neon signs brighten Shafter town center in a lively week
Local column notes four new neon signs lighting up James Street and Central Avenue with bright blues reds and two-way blinking displays. It highlights McCafferty's Cleaners Sharp's Studio Shafter Motel Patton's Automotive and nearby auto row signs along Lerdo and Santa Fe.
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McCafferty’s Cleaners
James Street
Sharp's
Schirmer Building
Shafter Motel
Patton’s
Central
Union Petrol Products
Lerdo
Santa Fe
Harvey
Pontiac
Fike
Chrysler
Shafter City Council and Utility Board Meet Monday
Regular Shafter City Council session convenes Monday at 7 p m with public attendance encouraged. Shafter Public Utility District directors also hold their regular meeting Monday afternoon at 3 p m, open to the public.
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City Council & District Utility Board
Shafter
Jr. Women’s Dance Nets $362 For Polio
The Shafter Junior Women’s Club raised 362.24 dollars for the March of Dimes at a dance last Saturday night. Drive chairman Joe Frizzell says a final report on total Shafter contributions will be given next week.
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Shafter ‘March of Dimes
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Joe Frizzell
Drive
Delano Potato Industry Threatened by Tuber Moth
Delano Chamber of Commerce secretary Jacobsen told Kern County Board of Supervisors that potato growers face collapse due to tuber moth breeding in indiscriminately dried potatoes on county airport landing strips. Swarms of flies aggravate nearby residents as the board agreed to investigate the charges.
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E. P. Jacobsn
Delano
California hunting rules remind sportsmen of current bag limits
The Division of Fish and Game outlines general regulations for fish and game. Striped bass bag five or 25 pounds with two allowed at minimum. black bass season ends March 1 north of certain counties. sunfish crappie Sacramento perch calico bass bag 25. catfish no closed season with 15 wounds and one fish aggregate. steelhead trout and salmon end Feb 28. Night fishing restricted District 22. Jackrabbits open except several districts. Hunting license required.
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Division of Fish and Game
California
Mono
Madera
Fresno
Kings
San Luis Obispo
Clear Lake
Sacramento
For Sale Plymouth Trailer and Fryers Ad
Two-room 40 Plymouth trailer for sale by Ray Miller located at 5 Points. Also advertised fryers for sale 3 miles west on Lerdo then 1/4 mile south on Wasco road, turn right on Los F-90tfc. Contact 2644 for details.
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Ray Miller
Fryers For Sale
Lerdo
Wasco Road
Farm Training Reports Due for 1948 VA Payments
Veterans using the G I Bill on-farm training must file 1948 income reports with the VA regional office by March 1, 1949 to avoid suspension of subsistence payments. About 2,345 California trainees are affected, including 799 in the Los Angeles area, with reports covering calendar year 1948 labor income to adjust 1949 subsistence.
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Veterans Administration
California
Los Angeles
Veterans training program nets for farm operation trainee earnings
The article explains how the veteran farm trainee's productive labor, subsistence, and family living allowances are calculated. It notes that annual earnings depend on net farm income, inventories, and deduction of interest on capital plus unpaid family labor, with adjustments for family living furnished.
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