Shafter Council Deliberates Licensing Fees for Out-of-Town Firms
Shafter officials consider a new license scheme with merchants proposing a flat 25 dollar quarterly fee for retail importers and 10 dollars for wholesale importers. Council debates gross receipts versus flat rates while delaying final ordinance until merchants and city officials refine details.
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Finkbeiner
Brown
Central Hardware
Shafter
Marvin Lane
California
Grundy
Service Station Stamps Ban Sought by Consumer Council
The State Consumer Council urges the discontinuation of trading stamps by service stations in a move backed by the Helen Federation of Service Stations. A letter to Mario Duccini questions the value of continuing the costly program and asks if it is worth it.
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State Consumer Council
Helen Federation of Service Stations
Mario Duccini
Vacation trip for sisters heads to Denver then South Dakota
Mrs Henry Mettler of Shafter and her sister Mrs Margaret Wahl of Oildale left Saturday for Denver to join another sister for a motor trip to South Dakota. Their stay is listed as indefinite.
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Henry Mettler
Shafter
Margaret Wahl
Oildale
Denver
Colorado
South Dakota
Faith Tried and Rewarded at Ebenezer Reformed Church
Faithful observance of the Lord’s Day leads Ebenezer Reformed Church to a schedule of worship and study. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Divine Worship at 11:00 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Newcomers welcome. Sermon theme: An Accusing Conscience from Romans 3:9-10. Minister Melvin B. Nonhof leads the morning service. Youth study led by Kenneth Mettler with Acts 15:36 to 18:23 and Catechism review.
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Ebenezer Reformed Church
Abraham
Melvin B. Nonhof
Paul
Jesus Christ
Kenneth Mettler
Silas
Council approves budget and fire department upgrades
The council approved a budget with a turret deluge gun for the fire engine and decided not to hire a second full time paid firefighter Shafter until the new year. A Kern County style competitive exam will determine the best candidate for the new post, funded in the latest budget.
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Shafter
Kern
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Ralph Boet Kelemar
Cass Garlatz
Boel
Lane
S&h
Stringham*s
Rexall
Shatter Drug Store
Shafter , Calif
Council
Ogy
Ford
George Haberfeld
7Th Street
Wasco
Thunderbird
Central Avenue
Shafter, California
M. J.B
Tastewell
Dennison
Durkee’s
White Rose
Folger’s
Madera
Romaine
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