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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1959
Page
2
The piece discusses rising enrollment across levels from kindergarten through college, noting over a million more students yearly than five years ago. It projects continued gains as wartime generation ages and calls for expanding school facilities to accommodate growth.
The 49th state changes the map by adding Alaska to the union 2700 miles west toward the Soviet border and north into the Arctic Circle. California loses several top-spot titles as Mt McKinley replaces Mt Whitney as the highest peak, and Texas ceases to be the largest by area.
Reports indicate holiday sales rose three to four percent from the prior year, but results varied. New York City stores faced declines despite efforts to compensate through ads, radio, and announcements, with merchants noting newspapers remain the key advertising voice for reaching customers and prompting action.
A SF Chronicle poll shows 55.7 percent favor splitting California into North and South. Respondents cite dissimilar interests and politics as reasons, but experts say such a split would be impractical and require multi-state approval.
Postmaster General asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a 17.1 percent parcel post rate increase starting October, boosting annual parcel post revenues by about 88.8 million dollars. The move aims to end taxpayer subsidies for a service that has long operated at a deficit while opposing private express competition.
A collection of Shafter community items marks past events and upcoming actions. Highlights include the Potato Festival set for May 20 and 21, 1956, references to industry meetings, canal construction, and municipal plans from 1951 to 1955, plus a 1956 speed limit update on Beech Ave.
A list of names associated with daily candle and cake activities over January 22 to January 28. Patsy Cornell and Ray A Meredith are among the attendees for January 22 while the schedule continues with multiple attendees including Deborah Drug, H L Baldwin, Rene Bridges, and Harold Schneider across the subsequent days.
Dr. Roland Walters of Wasco offers a desert scene painting for his office and seeks two entries from eligible residents. District One covers Shafter Wasco Lerdo Buttonwillow Cawelo Lost Hills and Maple areas with March 1 1959 deadline. Entry blanks and rules available at Kern County Library branches or from Mrs. Jack Boggess Wasco and Mrs. John J. Peters in Mabel Shafter areas.
A pair of congratulatory letters from Janie E Boggers chairman and the Shafter Chamber of Commerce thank local newspapers for favorable publicity. The notes praise coverage of the Art Festivals and the Installation Banquet held in Wasco and Shafter California in January 1959.
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