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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1947
Page
6
In a tense newsroom moment Marty Hendricks battles nerves after a critical briefing suggesting a younger writer may replace him. He worries for his wife Sarah Ann and six children as he hopes for one last story to prove his legendary skill.
A journalist in New Orleans rushes to finish a rewrite about a ten year old bicycle accident. He sees a reflection of Andy in the boy and races to secure a personal reminder of what matters as he confronts the ethical weight of his story.
A puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and word counts. It provides partial solution hints and indicates a forthcoming answer key in the next issue.
A narrator recalls a simple country woman who welcomed neighbors, shared jelly, and built friendship through daily outreach. Her philosophy centers on making one new friend each time someone moves into the community, proving warmth and charm can grow a life.
Church meals struggle in warm months but still offer easy crowd pleasers. Recipes include a Chinese vegetables with chicken mix, salmon loaf, Dutch hot slaw, baked beans with hamburger, spinach bacon dressing, and simple desserts like frozen fruit salad and a lemon meringue pie.
Lynn Chambers offers a menu featuring baked beans with hamburger relishes, rolls, Dutch hot slaw, beverage, and a frozen fruit salad. Cookies and several recipes are provided.
Practical kitchen tips including removing brown stains from china with baking soda and cloth, washing dishes in soapy suds then very hot water, drying on the drain board, soaking burnt pots to ease cleaning, boiling soap suds for stubborn food, limiting soap on cast iron, restoring finish with fat, and using pipe cleaners for hard to reach range parts.
Atlanta businessman R. F. Snyder created a two room school model with walls of glass to maximize daylight and heat from sun. He argues outdoor light improves eyesight and plans to promote the design through architects and educational groups to influence rural schools across the South.
Personality courses to teach a pleasant manner are offered in 27 vocational high schools in New York City. The program began on employers’ recommendation noting many people lose jobs due to personality issues rather than inefficiency, said George F. Pigott Jr., assistant superintendent.
In Angels Camp California the 20 man volunteer fire department raced to Charles Kendall's blazing house trailer but found no trucks. The fleet had been moved to an auxiliary building and volunteers assumed earlier arrivals had taken the trucks, resulting in a total loss.
The Kent city Sky Fair at Kent airport under Lions Club aegis funds a new air-age class for Kent high school. Highlights include formation flying by 30 navy planes and an air show with parachute jumps. Colorado airport grants totaling about 250000 will aid projects in Trinidad Gunnison Rifle Monte Vista and Greeley. A Santa Monica helicopter case accuses pilots of peeping at sunbathers prompting an injunction against Los Angeles Airways. War era aviation programs spurred mail service forest patrol crop dusting and mapping, and pioneer William T. Piper notes growing demand for small field airports to serve rural transport needs.
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