Know your Shafter merchants and a New Year highway toll
A lighthearted note on fog and senses leads to a local Shafter merchants feature. Then a 1960s holiday traffic tally shows Kern County fatalities and two sleep related crashes near Famoso and McFarland with injuries reported.
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Kern County
California Highway Patrol
U. S. 99
Famoso
Gary Leon Ennis
San Lorenzo
Pamenner
Sash Petersen
Riverbank
Browning Road
Garces Highway
Fred Warren Nichols
McFarland
Delano Hospital
Kelly Elected To Shrine Club Officer Board
Secretary Charles H. Dodge Les Surgener O Rhigellis William L McEwen Rex O Williams and Art directors elected to Shrine Club officer board. Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles receives over $17000 from fundraising. Installation of all elected officers will be held at a later date.
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Charles H. Dodge
Les Surgener
O. Rhigellis
William L. McEwen
Rex O. Williams
Shrineers Crippled Children's Hospital
Los Angeles
State Board warns retailers to adjust sales tax refunds
The State Board of Equalization warned seven retailers that discounts must reduce the tax reimbursement charged to customers. Discounts cannot be deducted from taxable receipts if the tax reimbursement is calculated on the full price. Excess tax reimbursement must be returned or paid to the State.
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State Board of Equalization
Care For Aged Law Takes Effect January First
California’s Kerr Mills health care aid for residents 65 plus begins January first. CMA President Dr Warren Bostick says the program funds long term care for those who do not qualify for Old Age Security, with eligibility tied to income and net worth. County welfare officials project about 18000 participants as the state extends Mills assistance to inpatient stays and aftercare.
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San Francisco
California
Warren Bostick
California Medical Association
Kerr-Mills
State Welfare Department
Bostick
CMA
Mills
General Economy Outlook Bright UCLA Press
UCLA forecasters predict continued expansion for America's economy through next year with 1962 setting a new record for total business activity. Twenty three professors from UCLA's Graduate School of Business Administration prepared the forecast, noting prior accuracy and promising broader prosperity across industries and regions.
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Ucla Press
America
U.c.la. Graduate School of Business Administration
Robert M. Williams
Graduate School of Business Administration
UCLA
First Baby of 1962 Contest Opens for Registrations
Five days remain to register in Shafter's First Baby of 1962 contest sponsored by local merchants. Two infants born January 1 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield to Mr and Mrs Paul Preising weighed 6 lbs 6 oz and 6 lbs 5 oz and are tentatively named Karl Martin and Boris Phillip. The Pressings have a 19 month old son Kurt. Prizes total 55 in gift certificates plus food and services, plus a $5 savings account at Bank of America and Community National Bank. Additional gifts come from Wood's Shoe Store Herndon's Garden Supply Shafter Dry Cleaners Shirley's Dress Shop Stringham's Shafter Drug Store Okie Bill's Consumers Market Buttonwillow City Furniture Howell's Photo Studio Irvine E Fike Central Market and Food Bank Stores Western Automotive and Jim Crabb's Chevron Service. The next issue will publish the winner.
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Paul Pressing
Shafter Merchants
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Ramirez
Karl Martin
Boris Phillip
Bank of America
Community National Bank
Wood
Herndon’s Garden, Supply
Shafter Dry Cleaners
Shirley's Dress Shop
Stringham
Shafter Drug Store
Okie Billl
Buttonwillow
City Furniture
Lhoweill
Irvine
Gerber
Central Market
Food Bank
Western Automotive
Jim Crabb
Chevron Service
Richland PTA Board Set for January 8 Meeting
Richland PTA board members will meet Monday January 8 at 4 p.m. in the Library for the first meeting of the year. President Mrs John Turner reminds members of the date change from the usual first Tuesday due to Christmas vacation.
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Richland Pta
John Turner
Meet Your Shafter Merchant
A new weekly series in the Shafter Press introduces local merchants with pictures to acquaint readers with people from the community. The feature aims to enhance hometown familiarity and invites reader comments to the editor at Shafter Press, Shafter California.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Merchant
P.O. Bing
Shafter, California
Shafter Shows 13.7 Increase in Business Population
A Dun and Bradstreet report shows Shafter’s business population rising from 120 to 136 between January 1957 and January 1962, a 13.7 percent increase. Bakersfield gained 10 percent with 204 new businesses, Wasco up 1.7 percent, while Kern County overall rose 9.53 percent. The report notes that 3,780 local firms were counted in January 1962, and explains how Dun and Bradstreet credit reports influence credit decisions and risk assessment.
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Shafter
Dun and Bradstreet
Bakersfield
Wasco
Durin
Dean D. Maddux
Los Angeles
Dun’ & Bradstreet, Inc
Kern County
Dun & Bradstreet
United States
United
Dun & Street
D&b
Shafter Press 1961 Highlights Preview
The Shafter Press lists 1961 year highlights from city life, commerce and schools. Notable items include building permits, Maple voters, Mrs. Thomas Wedge Woman of the Year, Kiwanis Line of Dimes drive, Chamber events, water system planning, fire at Maple School, and PTA awards as May nears.
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Shafter
PTA
Narcotic Film Showing Slated Sunday Evening
A Sunday 7:30 screening of Vulture On My Veins at Tulare Street Church, with A B Farmer pastor inviting all, especially Shafter parents. The full color sound film shows police, civic workers, and society figures watching addicts kick the habit as criminals confess, followed by distribution of powerpacked literature.
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Tulare St
B. Farmer
Shafter
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Safety Council
By Pappy Swank
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Door
Kelly
Shrine Club
Pg&e ‘ Agency
City Furniture Co
State Department of Social Welfare
California Management Review
University of California
Berkeley Schools of Business Administration
Pressings
Kurt
Alaskan Hunt
D&b Report
Dick Adams
Thomas Wedge
United Cigar
Adams
Charles Childress
Christian Church
Key Club
Kiwanis Club
C. of C
Aorn Downie
Christine Mattson
Gene Brito
Vet's Hall
Tom Petrie
Bank, of America
St. Mark’s
Ruth Gates
all-Western High School
John Fabric
Pierce Jewelers
Maudie
Wayne Hill
Hight
Memorial Hall
Linean
Maple
Chamber
Western Hospitality
Chuck Wagon Feed
Jqohn Penner
New Maple Pta
Dist
Shafter Rotary
Richland Musicians
Jan
Maple School
New York
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