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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1954
Page
4
Dr Wm C Buss county health officer urges Kern County families to pursue summer physicals for school children to catch and treat defects such as vision or hearing problems before the new term. He emphasizes private family practice as ideal and advises parents to ask about immunizations and timing.
Ernie Neufeld, a former Shafter boy, pitched his second no hit no run game for the season in Porterville city league softball in early July 1941.
Maynard Wilder, with more than a decade in auto specialty work, was appointed manager of the Shafter Western Automotive and Radio Co. He previously led a Chicago auto firm for about three years, moved to California for his wife's health, and later worked near Los Angeles before joining the Shafter company. Wilder and his wife Evelyn were born in Sterling Illinois, studied there, and now live at 347 East Marengo.
Snowballs flew on Shafter's main street when Richard Pederson and Everett Jumper returned from the mountains with an apple box of fresh snow. That evening a snow battle at the Pederson ranch kept the youngsters amused as the box emptied.
California agricultural leaders at the 1954 California Agricultural Teachers Association program at California State Polytechnic College urged better farm records. They said modern farming is a business, requiring farmers to be good business people and to adapt to changing prices, taxes, and consumer habits.
Veterans face tighter rules after August 20 for changing courses under the Korean GI Bill. Before the deadline a single course change is allowed freely if progress is satisfactory. Afterward changes require progression or VA vocational counseling, with different cut-off dates for post-Korea veterans and those separated later.
Jake Siemens of Shafter was named to the agricultural committee of the Kern County Junior Chamber of Commerce in May 1941, details show his role within the local civic group.
Mr and Mrs Wood Stone hosted an old settlers party in December 1928 attended by 15 guests including the Stones.
KC health officer urges parents to guard yards this season as castor bean seedlings pose deadly risk. Castor beans, about the size of a lima bean, grow in eight foot plants with mottled brown beans that can kill a child after eating only two. Other plants like China berry nightshade and English ivy are noted but castor bean is the primary danger.
An advertisement touts T-4-L as a strong keratolytic funguscide for athlete's foot. It claims to slough off tainted outer skin to expose and kill buried fungi and promises satisfaction for a dollar in one year for a nickel back offer.
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