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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1947
Page
8
multiple items offered for sale including two baby cribs a double bed and a majestic radio a eight piece dining room set with buffet table and chairs a 1940 Plymouth Luxe Club coupe in good condition and other misc goods all with contact details and prices where shown.
In Shafter the Salvation Army Welfare Committee calls for community sharing of welfare work while noting no local welfare committee to present charity requests. The Shafter Community Chest funds requests for ex service men families and youth groups. WM. S. Harper defends Red Cross welfare work as 100% efficient and urges continued local support.
Catholics in Shafter will hold Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. with confession beforehand at the Women's Clubhouse. St Therese's Church announces the first mass conducted by Father Badeson from Wasco. no catechism class this week. flowers and volunteers needed by 8 30.
Shafter World War II veterans plan a dinner meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at Cawelo Motel to learn about Amvets and consider forming a local group. A speaker from Amvets is scheduled with an AV C presentation planned later this month before choosing an affiliation with Amvets or the A V C.
Arthur Lewis Marsh 37 died March 1 at Kern General Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Shafter nine years and is survived by wife Lillian Kimmel Marsh and two sons Tommy and Michael. Funeral Monday at Janzen Funeral Home with Rev C F Ummel officiating. Burial in Shafter Cemetery.
The State Board of Health approved a regulation requiring physically handicapped children to be reported to the State Department of Public Health. Health officer Dr. William C. Buss said the rule aims to help secure treatment and gather accurate counts of disabled children in California for better programs.
In Shafter this column weighs the Community Chest funding debate noting Salvation Army welfare work, Red Cross referrals, and calls for a welfare committee. It argues there is a poverty condition with families needing food and clothing, and asks how contributions should be allocated among Chest, Salvation Army, and Red Cross.
The Future Homemakers of America at Shafter High School hosted a slumber party for twenty girls. They traveled by bus to Wasco for basketball games then returned for games, snacks, and an overnight on gym mats. Dana Lofton and Bernice Kastner led games. Patricia Martin and Marjorie Kimmel organized refreshments. Breakfast followed. Proceeds from a recent cake sale funded flowers for ill member Nancy McDonald. Beanies were sold in the halls Friday, Violet Brughelli sponsors with Helen Ganyu assisting chaperones.
The Shafter High School girls glee club will present a varied program tomorrow at two o clock for the Shafter Women's Club. The concert includes semi popular secular and sacred music as part of an expansion of an intensive glee club and band program by the music department this spring. Ernest Graf, music instructor, aims to give students more performance opportunities with Barbara Lee and a home ec teacher assisting.
Sid Carnine announces final plans for the Kern County Potato Growers Association two day meeting March 17 and 18. William M. Jeffers former Union Pacific president will give the closing address at an informal dinner dance March 18 at Melody Bowl. A Kern County Potato Golf Tournament is set for March 17 at Stockdale Golf and Country Club with prizes in each foursome and a planned fashion show and luncheon for the ladies.
The February 7 Bakersfield P T A gathering drew Mesdames David Jones Mylo Mettler and Richland P T A president Mrs Aduel Mettler. Founders Day program and reading The Life of Chopin with piano by Mrs Keith McKee and daughter Marcia impressed Shafter delegates.
A son named Dennis Ray Ehrhardt arrived for Mr and Mrs Ernest Ehrhardt in Wasco on February 23 weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces.
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