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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1954
Page
5
The brief item records the marriage of SS Marjorie Robinson to Warren Levi in July 1936 and notes Karl Fluhrer and Otto Zimmerman sharing a week in August 1926 in Lodi and Bay cities, highlighting personal life events from historical records.
Kern County Fair opens September 27 for a seven day run with on the ground parking east of the entrance gate at P Street now available. Gates will open at 3 p.m. for the first four days and traffic jams are expected to lessen. Friday is School Day and commercial exhibit space is filling fast.
The cadets performed a show with singing and a hula inside the Los Angeles Herald Express plant. They toured Walt Disney Studio learning animation timelines and enjoyed a beach barbecue. The Hawaiian group later left for another region after an invitation to Bing Crosby Ranch dinner.
Baptist evangelist Bennett, after leaving England for the United States, pursued training at Providence Bible Institute. Since arriving he has served two years as pastor and led evangelist services and Bible Conferences in the country and Canada. The public is invited to the meeting.
Nicol Dennis reports that about 15 applications remain pending. The Farmers Home Administration provides loans to family-type farm operators to buy improve or operate efficient farms or to construct or repair water facilities. Special livestock loans cover temporary credit needs to keep operations running. Emergency loans are available in designated areas. Applicants need county committee approval, and farm ownership loans require county supervisor and committee approval.
Sealed bids due by 8:00 PM August 12, 1954, to furnish labor, materials, transportation and services for construction of five classrooms and toilet addition at Richland Upper Grade, 331 Shafter Avenue, Shafter California. Plans from Architect Ernest L McCoy require $50 deposit, with prevailing wage rates, bonds, and performance guarantees.
A joint notice by the Post Office Department and Bureau of Mines announces a nationwide educational drive about blasting cap dangers to children. A two color poster distributed to 40 000 post offices carries the warning Dont Touch Blasting Caps and explains they can cause severe injury or death if mishandled.
The City of Shafter adopts amendments adding Section 4a to the Uniform Sales Tax Ordinance and clarifies tax exemptions for goods used outside the city. The measure, introduced June 28, 1954, passed with council votes recorded, and will take effect thirty days after adoption with publication in the Shafter Press.
Mr. Gaylen Wood, chairman of the Bakersfield Ameri can Red Cross First Aid chapter, announces a Standard First Aid course. Sessions begin July 19 from 7 30 to 9 30 each Monday evening and include a civil defense supplement on atomic attack preparedness.
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