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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1953
Page
6
Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann proclaims Mar 8 to 14 as Library Week in Shafter and urges observance. The council resolution highlights public libraries’ democratic role, educational value, and wide services of Kern County Free Library to inform and entertain citizens.
Mrs. Thomas Wedge will attend an open house at Bakersfield central library next Thursday for Book Week honored by the city. Coffee hours run 10 to 12 and 3 to 6 p.m. An exhibition of paintings will be shown under the Business and Professional Men's Painting Club auspices with Miss Eleanor Wilson noting details.
The cornerstone of Mission Do lores was laid about April 25, 1782 marking a key moment in the settlement’s construction. The event reflects the era’s colonial and religious expansion as local leaders oversaw the church’s foundation.
Shafter High School earned a 42 to 33 win over the Corcoran Kittens in the 1952-53 season finale for their fourth win in 16 games. Glen Handel led the comeback with 13 points, Jimmy Broom topped Corcoran with 16, and Glen Berona scored nine.
Family and friends gathered at 818 Fresno Ave to honor Mrs. Cora Mayo turning 78. A chicken dinner followed by birthday cakes and gifts marked the occasion with many Mayo relatives and in laws from Bakersfield San Luis Obispo and Ed i son in attendance. Clifford Fowler hosted visitors from Avenal Kettleman City Long Beach and Bakersfield the same weekend.
Jack Mitchell, 18, son of Claude Mitchell and a Shafter High senior, returned home after a week in a Watsonville hospital in a plaster cast for a neck ailment. He had worsened during a visit to his mother, Mrs. Mattie Mitchell, in Watsonville. Mitchell works part time at Foodtown. The Adler Planetarium in Chicago opened in 1930.
Notice is given that on Monday March 28 1953 at 10:00 A.M. Kay Bailey will auction a Chevrolet automobile model 1938 coupe engine number 1779461 Nevada license 61-505 at Kay Bailey's Used Car Central Valley Highway Shafter Kern California to satisfy a lien of 95.00 plus costs for services labor and materials.
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