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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
5
At Lee's Restaurant Monday, Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann received a fawn cowboy hat after Bill Stoller teased chamber members who attended a luncheon without western attire. Stoller criticized their city manners and warned of a kangaroo court for next week.
The Association of Shafter will field a mounted group in western attire for the Potato Festival Parade. At Shafter High School a meeting decided their participation and two concessions. W B Camp, president of California Seed Potato Association, spoke and a progress report on the alkali reclamation project was ordered. A two hour discussion followed on potato marketing in the area.
California potato growers rejected a proposed federal marketing agreement. Only Modoc and Siskiyou counties would receive price support. overall, 51.5 percent favored, 48.5 percent opposed, with 60 percent turnout. The April 28 referendum failed to meet the two thirds requirement.
The final Camp Fire Girls council fire is set for May 22 at 7 30 p m at the James Street clubhouse. A cake contest highlights the meeting with LaVenne and La Velle noted past winners. Beads are awarded as girls advance, and a float will appear in the Potato Festival parade with mint sales planned.
Nancy Robinson, 25, was killed and Frad Douglas Thomas, 37, bound over to Superior Court on murder charges. He admits shooting after a quarrel at a cabin near Schnauff Ranch on Kimberlina Road. Neighbors heard shots as the couple entered the cabin following a dispute.
More than 1200 Kern County Democrats will gather at Hart Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Sunday for the annual Democratic barbecue. Speakers include Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, Edmund G. Brown, Eilis Patterson, Ardis Walker, Joe C. Lewis, and Harold Leddy. Organizers Jerry Strauss, Barney Barnes and a committee list note tickets, concessions, entertainment, food, and prizes as part of the event.
Edmund Brown, Democratic candidate for California attorney general, kicked off his Kern County drive starting in Shafter. He visited Kern County Airport then Wasco, Delano, Lamont, Arvin, Taft and Bakersfield with stops at each city. Brown is backed by county committee members Morris B. Chain, Ken Croes, Jack McGeady, Val O'Neal, Barbara Gillespie, Bruce Senecker, Opal Davies and Tom Reese.
Oraibi Pueblo on the Hopi Indian Reservation is considered the oldest continuously inhabited town in America, with origins dating back to 1150 AD.
Note records indicate entry as second class matter on August 1, 1935 at the Post Office in Shafter California. mailing office designation appears in the file.
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