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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
8
Phil Horwith writes that Shafter lacks clear street signs and calls for immediate installation. He notes confusion for visitors, compares with Wasco, and urges practical signage to avoid further complaints. The column also mentions the Sid Schirmer building rising as a notable county project.
Local notes recount Dr. Musgrave visiting San Francisco for a national optometry meeting and new office openings on James street. A theater nuisance scene prompts quips. A mistaken engagement mix sparked by overlapping names causes chatter among Shafter residents. Jokes about listening with eyes shut and a bird motif hat surface amid small town banter.
Wasco Grange sponsors another old-time square dance at the Grange Hall Wasco tomorrow Saturday evening. Admission is a collection to defray expenses, and the event is for fun. Joe Henderson of Shafter invites all Grangers and friends to attend.
Kiwanis noon meeting featured a home talent program at Cawelo Motel. Mrs Art Hemingson and Mrs Glenn Putman performed, Irene Sade read two pieces including The Belle of Carrot Corners, and Frank Johnson arranged the show. President Jack Hill presided. Ted Kinman won the attendance prize. Visiting Kiwanis from Bakersfield included Noel Roberts and Dan Morgan.
Mr and Mrs Agitato Martinez welcome a baby girl born Tuesday June 22 at Wasco Maternity Home weighing six and a half pounds.
Mr and Mrs Gideon Richards motored to Lodi Sunday to attend the wedding of Mrs Richards cousin Miss Delores Mayer. The couple returned to Shafter Monday evening.
Residents of the Manuel Tract report handwritten notes found under doors promising a parade with floats. The notice lists a June 24 start at Jimmie Russell’s house at one o’clock and hints at prize-worthy displays. An extra will be published after the event.
A Sunday gathering at Kern River Park honored Mr. Wm Biloff of Carrington North Dakota father of Elmer Biloff and Elder and Mrs Ervin Funk and son Arlo of Mason City Iowa. Relatives from Shafter included Elmer Biloff Arlis Janet Biloff Julius Kurtz Wilma Kurtz Henry Funk Garry Darrrell Funk Kate Dirksen Marilyn Barling Virgil Biloff and Roberta Anderson.
KERN Bakersfield airs the second Impressions of Our Town program at 6 p.m. Tuesday June 29. H. G. Hull will relate Wasco’s origins, followed by Mrs. C. R. Wedel, youth and recreation organizer, and Wasco High School student Paul Wise with a history class report.
A Wasco area fire near a eucalyptus grove prompted county fire units to respond Tuesday at 5 35 p m. The quarter acre blaze caused negligible loss. The program features Miss Marlee McIntire sewing instructor and pupils Irv ing Barr Wasco Union High School vice principal Frank Barker a blacksmith Bus Payton Wasco Merchants catcher Bill Young crop duster pilot and Mayor Darrell L Janzen.
A layette shower honoring Mrs. Jacob Quiring was held Tuesday in the basement of the Mennonite Church. Co hosts were Mesdames Bert Franz Adolph Goertzen Lloyd Kroeker. Guests included Sam L Becker Gee Nikkels Dave Strauss and others from Wasco and Bakersfield.
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