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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
6
The Kiwanis club viewed two motion pictures at its regular meeting. On the Air traced radio history from 1920 to today and Music in the Sky showed John Charles Thomas performing a typical radio broadcast.
A baby carriage belonging to Steve Roberts was reported stolen Wednesday morning in Shafter by the Shafter Police Department. The incident is described as the meanest theft in the area.
Mrs. Ruby Heidelk of Fairbury Nebraska spent a week in Shafter with her sister-in-law Mrs. E Thiessen. She left Sunday for Los Angeles to visit her sister Mrs. Howard Larson and Dr L H Theissen, her nephew, before returning home.
Shafter Wasco Irrigation District directors unanimously adopt a resolution asking the Bureau of Reclamation to administer Kern River and all Kern County waters. The vote included John Schroder, Rolf Jacobsen, Gus Klassen, Ed Thiesen and Clarence Annin. A survey of distribution costs for Central Valley water for the district will be conducted by the Bureau soon.
A Richland P T A meeting is set for Tuesday March 12 at 2 30 P M in the school cafeteria Principal Fred Hasty will speak on The Industrial Arts Program In The Elementary School Display from shop classes and a Food and Fancy Work sale will precede the meeting Mrs Homer Craig leads the food sale and Mrs Aduel Mettler PTA president invites all to attend
About fifty members attended the inaugural Shafter High School Parent Teachers Association session at the campus Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Hugh Nations district representatives and Mrs L C Schertz of East Bakersfield P T A aided the setup. Mrs J L Hill was elected president. six students spoke on school activities. Principal Jack M Hill outlined plans and Ray Kitts described the counseling program.
Freda Holsonbake was chosen as the Good Citizen of Shafter High School in the DAR Good Citizen Pilgrimage. Pat Mettler and Reba Grant were named as the other top three girls in student voting before faculty selection confirmed Holsonbake.
Jack Rempel of Shafter faced a long wait when trying to enroll at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He arrived to find about 7,000 other prospective students ahead of him, signaling a heavy crush for campus enrollment.
A cotton growers meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 P M in Shafter High School. U C Agricultural Extension Service representative M A Lindsay will lead with technicolor films on the hot flame cotton chopper and cultivator. Blueprints and demonstrations of the Kern County machine and flame nozzle will be shown.
The Wednesday Afternoon Club met March 6 at 2 00 pm at the Woman's Club House with the mothers of Camp Fire Girls as guests. Mrs J W Frizzell introduced speaker Mrs C V Henry the club's state chairman of Literature and Drama from Porterville. Camp Fire girls Mary Channeson Donna Wells and Marie Allen played piano solos as camp fire guardians were presented with corsages in appreciation of their work.
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