Shafter Festival Plans Include Community Picnic and Prizes
Festival committee outlines next steps for the Shafter event with 20-30 Club Lions Rotary Kiwanis and veterans groups backing the potato festival. A three color button program will promote the celebration and ticket sales will help fund a $500 furniture prize. Weekly planning meetings begin at Lee's Dining Room as the parade aquacade and entertainment anchor the community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Shafter
Aize
iStoller
Lee's
Richland School
Mosquito Troubles Tied to Water, Industry, and Drainage
Geib cites diverse mosquito breeding causes from faulty irrigation and duck club waterways to railroad icing and oil sumps. He notes improved sewer farm sites reduce breeding and warns encephalitis cases rose sharply in 1950 due to disease bearing mosquitoes. He also warns of rising insecticide resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Geib
Campaign for New Members Kickoff Dinner
A campaign kickoff dinner marks the start of a week long membership drive by the Shafter Wasco Community Concerts Association. The drive runs seven days with headquarters at Shafter Mercantile and a 7:30 p.m. start at Richland School cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter- Wasco Community Concerts Association
Richland
Robert Banns
Shafter Drive
Shafter Mercantile
Shafter
T. N .Anderson
Beulah Bartlett
Minnie Channeson
Glen Putman
Battle Ewing
Rolf Jacobsen
Bill Bender
A. W. Eckmann
E. C. Eckmann
Jeanette Wheeler
A. J. Hemingson
John J. Peters, Jr
J. W. Frizzell
C. G. Haycock
Ike. Peters
Arthur Ehrhorn
Legion Auxiliary Names Committee To Pick Officers
The American Legion Auxiliary will select a nominating committee at the April 3 meeting. President Mrs. Earl Wipf reported on Kern County Council meetings in Wasco. Secretary Mrs. James B. Hahn resigned. Mrs. Art Kadel became secretary. Hahn moved to Wasco and presented a gavel engraved with the auxiliary emblem. The group will donate game cards to Fresno Veterans Administration Hospital, enter a float in the potato festival parade, and members will work on a quilt all day next Tuesday in Memorial Hall. New member Mrs. Ben Laverty was welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Earl Wipf
Kern County
Wasco
James B. Hahn
Art Kadel
Hahn
Fresno Veterans Administration Hospital
Kern County Council
Wipf
Memorial Hall
Ben Laverty
Girl Wins in Shafter Press Contest Amid Disqualifications
Ann Middleton, the sole female winner, received a portable radio for her effort in the Shafter Press contest. Contest officials reported Gerald’s evident happiness at his prize while noting two top contenders, Ellen Bradshaw and Eugene Stewart, were disqualified for failing to check in near the end. The event involved four civic leaders and was organized with local businesses including State Theater and Western Automotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Middleton
Shafter
State Theater
Eileen Bradshaw
Eugene Stewart
Adolf Kirschenmann
John Reily
P. C. Clarkin
Shafter Chamber Commerce
Bruce Crawford
Richland School
Western Automotive and Radio
Central. Hardware Company
Home Appliance Company
Shafter Drug Store
The
Jewel Box
Wild Game Dinner Hosts and Guests at Warren Home
Loot from a wild game hunting trip was served Italian style last week at 400 Faber Street the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Warren. The game was caught by Warren and prepared for dinner by Jack Battaglia. Guests included P L Arnold Rolf Jacobsen William Lachenmaier Shafter James Vizzard and Eugene Mettler Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Warren
Faber St
Warren
Jack Battaglia
Warrens
Messrs. and Mesdames P. L. Arnold
Rolf Jacobsen
William Lachenmaier
Shafter
James Vizzard
Eugene Mettler
Bakersfield
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Bob Bann
John Peters
Walter Nicol
Mike
van Johnson
State Theatre
Fred Mocker
Legion Auxiliary
Banks
Gerald
Smith
Shafter Press
A. L. DeWitte
Ozark
HIWAY
Delano
Inc
America
Furnitur
Lawson
Simmons
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