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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1948
Page
8
Merton and Patricia Weidman visited their parents the E B Stringhams and C E Weidman families in Shafter during the holiday season. Both Weidmans are USC Pharmacy students who returned to Los Angeles to resume studies after the vacation.
Dr and Mrs O G Ohlsson spent New Year holidays in Pasadena to view the Tournament of Roses parade on New Year Day and to attend the Rose Bowl football game.
Mr and Mrs Kal Bender of Menno South Dakota visited at Ed Benders in Shafter during Christmas and New Year. They will drive to Portland Oregon for the winter, then return to Shafter for the trip home.
Mr and Mrs Ed Bender traveled to Kingsburg California recently to visit Mrs Benders sister and family Mr and Mrs Melvin Vaux who are parents of a new baby girl three weeks old Mrs Vaux is the former Laura Bender of Shafter
Regional Director Richard L. Boke reports the Central Valley Project nears full service for initial features by the early 1950s. Friant-Kern Canal contracts cover 75 miles, with 28 miles concrete lined, and 14 miles more bid this spring. The Tracy Pumping Plant advances with six 22,500 HP motors, planned cost about 16.3 million dollars. Shasta Dam adds generators and spillway gates, with new switchyards ordered. New supplemental funds enable resumed work on Friant-Kern and Delta Mendota Canals.
Editorial marks the Randsburg Times 52nd issue as a mature community paper. It traces the paper’s 1926 origins, prior rivals, ownership changes, and its role in covering Rand District mining, local life, and the anticipated tourist influx with Death Valley access via Wildrose Canyon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomas announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley to Leland Bell, both graduates of Shafter High School. Shirley attended Fresno business college, works for Standard Oil in Bakersfield, and is active in local youth circles. Leland, son of Clyde Bell, farms with his father. They plan a March wedding in Shafter.
Mr and Mrs Rosner of Alameda and their son Michael spent New Year’s Day with Mr and Mrs Paul Karnes and their daughter, sharing greetings and good wishes in a local gathering.
A Shafter group joined the New Year parade in Pasadena led by Mr and Mrs Lee Bergman Mr and Mrs Bill Hildebrand Mr and Mrs Jake Bergen and Edna and Clara Nikkel The attendees joined the festive procession on New Year’s Day in California.
Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson and their grandson and his family were recent visitors at the Anderson home. Also present were Mr and Mrs Don Anderson sharing the informal gathering with relatives.
Mrs Battaglia receives her brother Aden Stonecypher and his wife from Los Angeles visiting at the Battaglias home over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Ted Voth and family were guests of the John Epp family over Christmas Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Gerhardt Epp of Carruthers Mrs Gerhardt Epp visited her aunt Mrs Schmidt of Marian North Dakota who is visiting Mrs Mary Buller
The 1947 potato market shows slight gains as year end demand lifts prices. Current FOB prices for US One Russets and Nebraska Red River Valley sacks rise, with shipments to Chicago at $1.31 per sack. carry-over light and shortage easing compared with prior years.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Bender of Redwood City recently visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bender, staying as guests.
The Clifford Gottfried home hosted a surprise wedding shower and family reunion for Bill Voth and his bride Mildred Ball of Carrington North Dakota. Ten of Mary Voth's eleven children attended as gifts were exchanged and the shoe game provided humor. The couple plans to live in Carrington where Mrs Voth teaches and Mr Voth works as a mechanic. Bill Voth is a Shafter local and Maple School graduate.
The Theodore Voth home recently hosted Mr Guy Field of Glendale and his daughter. Mrs Field is identified as the former Ida Neufeld.
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