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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1953
Page
10
Judge E K Grant reports a surge of speeding citations in his Shafter Judicial Court district along Highway 99. Six motorists were fined 25 for 75 mph, two at 50 for over 70 mph with a trailer, and four more at 10 for running a stop sign at Lerdo intersection.
Glenda Rey entertained schoolmates at her parents home in Buttonwillow for her sixteenth birthday. Guests included Wanda Flippin Shirley Wilson Dixie Lewis Bonnie Lewis Roberta Lewis Venita Leslie Linda McPherridge Patty Houchin Nancy Beal Joan Ghilarduc ci Barbara Goodspeed and Dorothy Pacini of Bakersfield. A plan to cover open irrigation ditches in Tulare is being studied.
The California Highway Patrol warns drivers to watch for children as schools close for summer. Commissioner B R Caldwell notes increased opportunities for youngster traffic accidents and explains a new manslaughter provision making it mandatory to prosecute drivers who kill pedestrians in crosswalks.
The Santa Fe Railway board announces a quarterly dividend of 1.25 per share, dividend No. 162 on common stock, payable Sept 1, 1953 to stockholders of record at close of business July 31, 1953.
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