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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1959
Page
5
A letter urges constructive criticism and community effort through signed thoughts. The author questions why strangers seem more trusted than locals and calls for visible local help to build the area, stressing pride and civic responsibility.
A single modern super-tanker can hold enough crude to heat a large city, highlighting advances in oil transport capacity and energy supply.
Mrs. Chris Ummel a Richland special education teacher with eighteen years in Shafter area plans to meet students where they are and push them to reach their potential. She collaborates with her husband Rev. C. F. Ummel at North Shafter Labor Supply Center and has served in youth recreation and religious programs at Camp.
Kern County Historical Society posts contest rules via Shutter Press inviting local photographers to submit black and white or color works. Entries donate to the Kern County Museum collection. judging uses a ten point system with criteria of historical value, composition, technique, and impact.
A Texas Department of Public Safety policy note states traffic fatalities will be referred to as motorcides in official usage. The change emphasizes the deadly impact of roadway crashes and aligns terminology with public safety messaging.
Kern County reports 11 new tuberculosis cases in December raising the annual total to 179. James Moquist of the Tuberculosis Association urges public participation in research and appeals for Christmas Seal donations.
Social Security notices remind workers to verify employer records to ensure proper benefit payments. A Social Security Administration representative will be in Shafter on Tuesday January 20 1959 in the Assembly Room County Building from 930 am to noon for inquiries.
Nicol Smith returns to the Bakersfield Open Forum to present a color motion picture and commentary Island of the Caribbean. The Thursday night program in Harvey auditorium begins at eight with free admission and a public invitation. Mrs Dan Sill performs a 15 minute organ concert from 7 45 to 8 00 prior to the forum.
California’s 95 day duck and goose season ended at sunset Tuesday January 13. Hunters may pursue teals and sallions until January 23 and black sea brant through January 31.
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