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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1947
Page
5
Letter from Mrs F S Jones thanks Rev Harper's Church for kindness during Mr Jones illness. Poem expresses affection for the James Street church, its children, prayer, and theCommunity, asking God to bless all who built the little church near her home. Information notes Kern County Union high school shows population doubling.
In a May 2 1947 editorial two leaders urge a bond election set for May 7 to fund a new cafeteria auditorium and agriculture building for Shafter schools. They emphasize sub standard classrooms for over 1400 students and call on voters to support better education and local progress. Joseph V Cosgrove and J W Frizzell signatories.
The piece outlines James Whistler's complex character from arrogance and quarrels to his enduring fame for The Artist's Mother. It details his birth in 1834 in Lowell and early path from West Point to the Coast Survey, then study in France under Gleyre before reshaping the English art world.
A public health pamphlet titled Toward Mental Health argues mental illness is a major nationwide medical issue. It cites statistics from Pamphlet No 120 and urges informed citizen engagement to reduce the toll through education and accessible treatment.
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