Porterville Obituaries Highlight Local Loss and Survivors
Two deaths are reported with details of survivors from Porterville and nearby areas. The notices name families including Harrison Sill Jr and Genevieve Garrard, with funeral services set for Friday at Armstrong Mortuary and burial in Porterville Memorial Cemetery.
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Shafter
Harrison Sill, Jr
Porterville
Genevieve Garrard
Tatum, N.M
Opal Waggoner
Armstrong Mortuary
Jake K. Nsnate
Council Sets Tax Rate At One Dollar Per Hundred Valuation
Shafter city officials discuss budget timing and tax rate as a sixth class city. The rate is $1 per $100 assessed valuation. The final budget is anticipated by mid July per city attorney Al Mortimore.
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Shafter
al Mortimore
New Staff Member Increases Experimental Station To Thirteen
The addition of a new member raises the station staff to 13 full time specialists. The team also includes seven university affiliates who reside offsite. Burial is planned at Woody cemetery. In a separate Sunday accident, 18 year old Delta Smith of DeWoody’s Camp was injured after stepping into a vehicle on Central Valley Highway one mile north of Shafter. she received medical treatment from a local physician.
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Church of
Porterville
Woody Cemetery
Delta Smith
DeWoody
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
First Jury Trial Set in Shafter After 11 Years
Justice of the peace BE Grant announced a July 14 jury trial for James Horn charged with driving while intoxicated after June 12 arrest by Constable Blake Witcher and deputies. Horn pleaded innocent and posted a $250 bond.
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Shafter
BE. K. Grant
Justice of the Peace of the
James Horn
Blake Witcher
Horn
Grant
Fireworks display planned by Shafter civic groups and Kiwanis
Ed Wimpy Bender, a fire engineer, says fireworks may be lit after am under fire department supervision in a roped off field area. Spectators can sit in high school stadium grandstands while the Kiwanis organize a free merry go round for children. The Tin Lizzy Model T Ford will transport and firecrackers, circling the field with rattling missiles, as the City council and local clubs stage the large display. Band selections include the Star Spangled Banner and state marches. California fishing season runs April 1 to March 31.
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Ed “Wimpy” Bender
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter
City approves taxi license and funding for promotions
City grants Edward M. Chilla a license to operate Owl Taxicab service on Shafter Avenue and Los Angeles Street. A payment of 80 dollars monthly is approved for the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture to aid promotion. The volunteer fire department receives 25 dollars for the July 4 fireworks. Visitors from Downey, Mrs. Bill Connell and sisters, share weekend with Coleene and Sharon Miller. Mrs. Mary Kelley from Golden West Avenue visits Ventura friends. Roy and MR. PASLEY attend T. L. Bryant funeral in Oxnard. Bryant family former Shafter residents and restaurant owners.
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Shafter Avenue
Los Angeles Street
Weinberger
Edward M. Chilla
Owl
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Fire Department
Mary Kelley
Golden West Avenue
Ventura
T. L
Shorty) Bryant
Oxnard
Bryants
Shafter
Codd Family Attends Cal Poly Graduation
Mrs. Mary Codd and her daughter Jacqlyn attended the graduation of their cousin John M. Rogers of Wasco who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Saturday.
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Mary Codd
Jacqlyn
John M. Rogers
Wasco
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo
Speed Kills Stay Alive in 55 Drug Ad
A bold ad touts instant drying T 4 L for 3 to 5 day use to treat tainted skin by sloughing off diseased layers and revealing healthy skin. It promises a 40 back at McClure Drug if not pleased with the product today.
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McClure Drug
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Shafter High School
The
Shafter Recreation Commission
Mmbr Frd
Mason
Council
RCA
Personal Music Service
Stringham's
Shafter Drug Store
Central Ave
California
Pat Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Coleene and
Sharon Miller
Downey
Bill Connell
MR. and
Mrs
Roy Pasley
Weathertronies
Schneider
Wikoff
James St
Marlo Contracting Corp
DODGE
Wasco, California
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