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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1969
Page
10
The Shafter Improvement Council will hold a public pot luck dinner Thursday May 8 at the American Legion hall. Serving starts at 7 p.m. For more information call Mrs. Gordon Smith at 746-4667 or Mr. Grundy at 746-2285.
The annual Red Garter Saloon and Barbecue is set for Saturday May 17 at the Veterans Hall on Norris Road. Mrs. Marie Campbell chairs the barbecue with dancing by the Bill Burton Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dinner from 7 to 9 features New York steaks beans American salad and French rolls supervised by Orvin Mettler assisted by Rod Knuttle Louie Carie Al Suckut Pete Ermigarat Ed Gaede and Carl Rush.
The Shafter Trailer Club held an evening barbecue on Saturday May 3 at Manuel Park with Jim Hester and Norval Winters as chefs. Members and families enjoyed barbecued steaks chili beans salad French bread and homemade ice cream despite strong winds.
Congressman Bob Mathias proposed that the Federal Government cover the entire cost of welfare assistance for those newly eligible after a Supreme Court ruling removing state residence requirements. He warned the decision would place an unfair financial burden on California and other states unless federal funding pays the added costs.
Ten building permits were issued in Shafter in April totaling 33 753, according to city building inspector Jay Atkinson. The April total brings 1969 year to date to 67 178, slightly ahead of the 1968 pace. Two of the April permits were for new homes, five for alterations.
The Japanese Kabuki play Ujisato directed by Henry Horwege will be staged May 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m. in the College Outdoor Theatre. Horwege, English drama and speech professor at Bakersfield College, presents a Kabuki adaptation of Titus Andronicus. He studied theater in Japan during a sabbatical in 1967-68.
Army Private First Class Daniel E. McCoy 20 son of Mr and Mrs Max McCoy 716 Voth Lane Shafter was assigned as a cook with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam on April 10.
Cal Poly students will tour Bakersfield area May 8 9 presenting classical traditional folk and dance music. The program features the Women's Glee Club Sextet Collegiate Quartet Majors and Minors and College Band with a special free concert May 8 at Bakersfield College Indoor Theater at 8 p.m. Tour director is Harold P Davidson who has led over 30 such tours since 1936. The 50 voice Glee Club performs Bach and Persian folk songs among others.
Mrs Lyda Holmes of Daytona Beach Florida arrived last Thursday to spend a couple of weeks visiting her niece Mrs Emil Frost and family. A former resident of Ojai she said it always feels wonderful to get back to California for a visit.
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