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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1948
Page
5
Campfire Girls celebrate their birthday month with the theme Hello World. Some attended church in costume to honor the month and plan family activities and school exhibits of Campfire work. Several girls visited the Freedom Train in Bakersfield.
Pacific Gas and Electric prepares the Kern Steam Plant at Green Acres 13 miles south of Shafter to deliver 401,000 horsepower within four weeks. plants under construction for water conservation and energy supply amid drought, with second unit planned for January 1950 and potential full capacity by October 1948 if deliveries stay on line.
The Faculty Wives and Women Club gathered Monday evening at Mrs Glen Nay's residence with Miss Gwynn Parker as co host. A short business session planned a Horizon Club girls party and attendees included Mesdames Burley Dooley Wesley Linda Ed Schacht J W Wilson Theodora Richards P L Arnold Jack Hill Lowell Todd Ernie Graf Cecil Cheades J W Bruner Al Cornell and Misses Helen Ganyu Jean Waffle Margaret Smithberg.
Mrs F M Cole of Oakland visited Mrs Joe Cosgrove for several days and left Wednesday morning to drive back to her home.
Guests of Mr and Mrs S Ratzlaff North Shafter include her brother Sam Hodel his wife and daughter from Rosedale.
Mrs. R. C. Sturges was elected new Maple P T A president with a slate including A W Ehrhorn as vice president and D O Rogers as auditor. The meeting featured a program by Alice Berger, a Kern County film, and a focus on the Shafter Clinic work and Boy Scout Troop 77.
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