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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
4
Patchy note reports about letters sent to parents regarding pox and dip vaccination and tetanus care. School nurse comments on parental awareness and a district record in Kern County.
A Scholl mobile unit brings 1650 pairs of shoes valued at more than 40000 dollars to Wood’s Shoe Store in Shafter at 156 Central Avenue on Friday March 9. Sizes range from 2 1/2 to 13 and widths from AAA to EEE, offering on the spot fitting and immediate wear. The trailer arrives by arrangement between H Forrest Wood and The Scholl Mfg Co Inc.
Francis P. Pusateri, associate Potato Marketing act official, is expected to be a major topic at the convention. The act bans sale of subpar potatoes and requires labeling of grades and origins of potatoes offered for sale. Advance registrations are ahead of last year.
A trailer will be moved into Wood's store on portable display racks. Three trained foot comfort experts from Dr. Scholl's Chicago headquarters will remain available all day to provide foot comfort service to anyone desiring it.
The Generals clinched a win with Joe Brojon and Ernie Estavillo driving hits, and Vaughn Taylor scoring on a passed ball after an error. Arvin added a third run in the sixth as Armendariz and Young drove in runs, while earlier Arvin defeated Shafter B 9-2 and the Freshmen 7-1.
L A Camp plans to lease land from Little Joe to train at Shafter with head trainer plans and a 40-stall barn plus track and landscaping to start in 30 days. The operation will employ 25 people and may use a half or five-eighths mile track after a land survey. Scott Frost and Butch Hanover head a rising stable alongside Home Free and Diamond Hal, the former world record holder at Saratoga.
Assemblyman Kelly outlines a plan including the Feather River Project and San Luis Reservoir to supply water to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and Southern Kern County. He backs salinity control, flood relief funding, and $4 million for Winter Olympics, plus state water plan funding. He chairs key committees and helped establish a Shafter DMV office and a potato growers bill.
Legal notices announce a May 18 1956 consolidated election for seven Kern County Board of Education seats and governing boards of district schools. Precincts and polling places are listed with hours 2 to 6 PM or 7 PM, deadlines for absentee ballots May 13 and June 3, 1956, and candidacy filing by March 18 1956.
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