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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1954
Page
8
Mighty Sun, a standout from S. A. Camp, heads the Camp string of 42 horses including 19 yearlings. The Del Mar feature notes Camp's operation camps on the grounds as O'Brien and team ready for a long season across California and the main Eastern track.
A tropical island themed dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston of Bakersfield at the Eckmann home on Manuel Avenue. The Houstons plan a two month freighter cruise of the Caribbean. Centerpiece featured a tiny coconut palm tree and a canoe. Grass shack lighting and floating coconut shell candles brightened the table. Guests included A. P. Channeson T. P. Rootes and Howard Houston.
Constable Blake Witcher and the Shafter Police tackle a rash of petty crimes. A 16 year old boy was nabbed for stealing hub caps from a Cadillac owned by Maynard Graybill of Thomas Lane. Ritaell of San Gabriel reported a purse with $30 stolen from her car at Maudie Harris Camp in North Shafter.
Kenneth L. Parker and Llgud Schmidt of Buttonwillow sail for Korea and Japan aboard the S S Gregory Schmidt. Parker has trained in San Diego for months. This is the third trip to Japan for the boys. They expect to return home next June.
Two Shafter residents were injured when a pickup overturned in an open field after skidding off Nord Road. Driver Jesse Carl Barber 18, and passenger Bobby Leroy Reeves 17, were treated at Kern General Hospital.
Claude Botkin, Arvin potato grower, was unanimously elected chairman at the first meeting of the Long White advisory board. E. J. Peters of Wasco was named vice chairman. The board set a 1 cent per hundredweight assessment for 1954 and invited applications for secretary-manager. Committees were formed including budget finance and grade inspection with Kern County and Bakersfield members. The next meeting is January 29.
Notary public listed at 248 Central Ave in Sham. ACME Finance Co offers all loan types with a Bakersfield address at 1219 18th St. Free parking noted.
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