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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1948
Page
3
Ray Proctor from Shafter treed and shot a Bob cat after a two and a half hour chase with George Whitehead of Delano and his pack of hounds near Woody. Proctor brought the cat down at 4 30 a m after a long pursuit.
Mr and Mrs T V Little accompanied by Mrs J R Rosen spent the past weekend at Morro Bay and were returning to Shafter Sunday evening.
Pat Kelly returned Sunday from a speaking trip to Los Angeles and northern California. He spoke Wednesday to the Elementary Teachers' Association of Los Angeles and Saturday to the Northern Section Council of the California Teachers' Association in Sacramento. He attended meetings in San Francisco Stockton Lodi and the Stockton Rotary club while planning the District Conference to be held March 18 to 21 in Stockton.
County health officer Dr. William C. Buss announced rabies vaccination and tagging clinics for February 4 in Shafter at the County Fire Station and Smith's Corner Service Station. The $1.50 fees apply to males and spayed females, $2 for females. Vaccination and tagging are compulsory in all county incorporated areas.
Mr and Mrs Dave Ruth spent the past week end in San Jose visiting their daughter Florence. They were accompanied by their son Melvin.
Doctor and Mrs Earl Lowe of St Paul Minnesota recently visited at the W M Lowe home in Shafter. They then traveled to San Francisco for a brief visit before returning home. The two Mr Lowes are cousins.
Southern California license officials warn of potential huge delays as renewal applications run about 60 percent of normal. The Automobile Club of Southern California urges motorists to renew early to avoid unprecedented penalties and long waiting lines during the Jan 2 to Feb 4 period.
The Washington bureau provides guidance on veterans matters. Topics include widowers of World War II veterans not receiving death benefits but eligible for accrued disability or pension, hospital admission procedures via VA Form P-10, hardship-based release possibilities, and loan guarantees with up to 50 percent guaranty, or full guaranty for certain real estate loans under specific limits.
A baby shower was held in the Kern Academy cafeteria honoring Mrs. Ezra Ortner after her premature baby survived an incubator stay and is now at home. Hosts Mesdames Jake Horst Claramore Fenderson and George Wedell led a gift shower. many guests attended and gifts were sent by numerous others. Games and refreshments concluded the event.
Mrs E K Grant remains confined at Bakersfield Hospital after an attack at her Shafter home. Officials report her condition about the same with little improvement two weeks after hospitalization.
Mrs. John Wheeler of Laguna Beach Mrs. Lee Ralph and Mrs. C. T. Woods of Bakersfield and Mrs. Chas Burns of Shafter attended a Friday luncheon at Paul Newell’s residence.
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