Disney Drawings Added as Patrol Contest Prizes
California Highway Patrol extends its contest to April 15 to name a Highway Patrol cartoon character from Disney. Two original Walt Disney drawings prize the winner along with a Schwinn bicycle. a runner up also receives a drawing. Entrants must be under 17, in school, and submit a nine word safety slogan plus a suggested name by April 15, 1949.
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California
California Highway Patrol
Hollywood
Disney
Chicago
Arnold, Schwinn Company
Capitol Avenue
Sacramento
Bank of America Considers Longer Saturday Banking Hours
Bank of America president L. M. Giannini announced an experimental schedule to extend hours, with offices open until 4 30 p m Saturdays and all days except Sunday. If approved publicly, the plan could extend to more branches, subject to local clearinghouse restrictions.
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Giannini
Bank of America
Kern County youth enter 1949 Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition
Forty seven Kern County 4 H and FFA members entered the 1949 Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition in San Francisco from April 9 to 14. The event expects over 1,200 FFA and 4 H youths and more than 4,000 head of cattle sheep and swine for six days of shows and sales.
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Kern County
Future Farmers of America
San Francisco- San Mateo
Palace
Porter Lesnon
No.1-A District Agricultural Association
Buttonwillow
Janet Olsen
Barbara Olsen
Lois Olsen
Norman Olsen
Beatrice Jones
Jane Olsen
Dorothy Olsen
Robert Smith
FFA
Motel Mascot Peaches Returns to Full Duty at Shafter Motel
The Shafter Motel cocktail lounge is back to normal with Peaches the terrier mascot restored to full duty. Owner Jack Zimmerman notes Peaches resumes her bar stool vigil nudging patrons and demanding Jerky as rewards, ending a brief vacancy that dimmed the lounge’s atmosphere.
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Shafter
Peaches
Red Heads
Bankers anticipate longer hours to aid public convenience
The bank president framed a plan to reassign personnel and possibly expand staff to test a five day 40 hour week across affected branches. The experiment aims to measure how extended hours improve public access and reduce peak loads, with Saturday service seen as crucial for workers who can bank only then.
Matured Bonds May Be Exchanged
J B Messick directs Southern California U S Savings Bonds Division noting Series D 1939 bonds maturing this year may reinvest in Series E bonds above the usual 10000 annual limit. Treasury authorization aims to preserve investment continuity. holders should present bonds for exchange in their maturation month.
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J. B. Messick
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Southern
California
Treasury Department
Messick
Kelly speaks at Delano P T A meeting
H W Pat Kelly prominent local businessman and former school official addressed the Delano High School Parent Teacher Association on the topic Nuggets of Understanding. He focused on improving parental understanding of youth at the forum held last Thursday evening.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Delano High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Kelly
Fuller echoing lines from Shafter visit with OSU student
Johnny Fuller son of Mr and Mrs J H Fuller is spending the week in Shafter at his parents home He is a freshman student at Oregon State College in Corvallis Oregon.
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Fuller
J. H. Fuller
Shafter
Johnny
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Oregon
L A BUSINESS TRIP ENDS AS RUSSELLS RETURN TO SHAFTER
Mr and Mrs Frank Russell complete a two day business trip in Los Angeles and return to Shafter today.
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Frank Russell
Shafter
Los. Angeles
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Highway Patrol
Robert Pike
National Safety Council
Western Region
San Francisco
Wade Sherrard
Motor Transport Association
Los Angeles
Frank Enos
Sacramento Safety Council
Joseph Bush
Sally Danforth
Pasadena
L. M. Gismini
Bank of Amer- Ca
Camp & Barrows Motor Company
DODGE
Plymouth
G.E. Refrigerator
Ray B. Sloan
Orange St
Peacock
Delano P.T. A. Meet
Johnny Fuller
L. A
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motore
Ha Sue
Pontiac
L. W. Ward
Shafter Music Shop
Expert Radio
James St
Black Iron & Alloys
Wasco, California
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