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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
4
The note mentions ongoing coverage and hints at a follow up next week. It references Mrs Dan Voth who reportedly worked ten consecutive hours on skywatch during an emergency last week. It also notes Hawaiis rabies history and a suggestion that animal stations help prevent the issue.
The Shafter High School homemaking classes organize an Easter party for preschool children on Thursday March 22 at Mannel Park. The event features games refreshments and a traditional Easter egg hunt. A six girl committee led by Bonnie Johnson Minnie Barnhill Nancy Pierce Paula McClure Donna Reynolds and Carolyn Tiberghien coordinates the activities.
The Willie Kelly Boys State is planned June 16 to 23 at the California State Fairgrounds. Promoted by American Legion pamphlets as a program of practical Americanism, the event mirrors government lines with elected posts to be formed and conducted under state law. Delegates will study government seriously, enjoy recreation in the afternoons, and attend evenings programs of instruction and entertainment. The note mentions the French Agen prune entering California in the 1850s and 1860s.
Mrs Lois Collins and her children thank the people of Shafter for messages of condolence and floral gifts during illness and bereavement. They especially praise unseen men who donated blood in her behalf.
Wind powers the annual Shafter Lions and Recreation Commission kite contest with 27 homemade entries and 100 spectators. Shafter students train daily for track season as Richland youths join Saturday Track and Field Clinic at Bakersfield Memorial Stadium featuring Lon Spurrier and top athletes.
Harolds Jewelers captured the championship in the Shafter six team adult league, with over three thousand spectators at Rio Bravo and Shafter gyms. The league was co sponsored by the Shafter Recreation Commission and Kern County.
Congressman argues Senate bill is flawed and secretive. He warns high cotton parity harms California growers, opposes 90 percent parity, and favors lower support with production payments. He critiques soil bank aims and acreage reserve as costly and ineffective.
An editorial styled classified note urges readers to consider nutrition and food safety. It emphasizes health as a key asset and questions awareness of what is being eaten, implying cautious consumption of aging eggs and general dietary choices.
Camp Fire Girls of Chesk-cha-may celebrated their birthday month with a radio broadcast on KWSO. They shared details of the 1956 National Birthday project and sent vegetable seeds to the Asia foundation with a friendly greeting. The group sang two songs under reader Glenda Young and earned an arts and crafts honor. Members present included Ronni Evans, Sandra Beaver, Julie Todd, Pamela Hendricks, Glenda Young, led by Mrs. Lowell Todd. Annette Dooley was absent ill. They also attended church on Sunday March 11 at St Therese with assistant leader Mrs. Burley Dooley.
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