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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1947
Page
2
Mrs Ralph Janzen went to Bakersfield Hospital Monday for a major operation scheduled for today. Information received indicates she will probably be in the hospital for about ten days.
California led in motor truck registrations in 1946 with 431,419 vehicles, ahead of Florida with 117,624. The survey for the 1947 Motor Truck Facts notes an 87,566 gain from 1945 to 1946, with prewar totals showing 343,853 trucks in use in 1941 and 431,419 in 1946. about 23.8 percent of the state's trucks serve farms and 2,200 of 7,186 buses are for school use.
Rationing officials announce no special sugar stamp for canning this year. No sugar is earmarked for farm families preserving summer and fall supplies. The number 11 ration stamp becomes valid April 1, good for 10 pounds.
Clifford E. Craig announces ACA and Area Potato Advisory Committee actions on Certificates of Eligibility for U S No 1 and No 2 graded potatoes. Eligible potatoes must meet U S Standards and pass sheds. limited No 1 grade sales available now. Tentative disapprovals require written justification due by four days from notice and an eligibility list will be issued soon.
Edgar E. Lampton Director of Motor Vehicles urges holders of 1947 license plates to mount both front and rear plates now that two plates are issued. He notes many discarded front brackets when only one plate existed. With distribution nearing three million plates, a statewide car check is planned once all plates are distributed.
Donna Jean Leonard of Redding visiting grandparents and Joe Ellen Barnard of Bakersfield were on a hay bailer with their grandfather when Leonard's leg was snagged in the wiring. The doctor reports two broken bones.
Mrs George Vannatta hosted Fruitvale school teachers at dinner with Mrs Marjorie Stockton as guest of honor. The gathering featured pink decorations and a list of attendees, followed by a M B Sewing Circle meeting at the Becker home with devotions and a poem. A Campfire Girls assembly at Shafter High showcased a one act play pantomime and musical numbers with students and mentors participating.
Mr and Mrs Travis Stinson and Sam Kenith of Pickens Oklahoma visited the Westbrook home last week. Mrs Vada Westbrook is an aunt of Mrs Stinson. The Stinsons’ first Kern County trip impressed them with local sugar beet and potato acreage.
Mrs. Ed Brown and Mrs. G. Ohlsson departed Tuesday by air to attend the State Federated Club Convention in Coronado.
More than 100 teachers from Richland joined the annual spring Teacher's Club picnic at Kern River Park on Wednesday. Marjorie Patton chaired the event with assistants Lutrick Potter Johnson Risner Morris and Smith. Two softball games featured Roy Farrell’s team defeating Kenny Pipkin’s, with Dorothy Kirkham homering for the losers and Fred Hasty handling fielding. The event ended with a varied picnic lunch and desserts.
Mrs Lenore Leonard and her two children from Redding visit her parents Mr and Mrs A E Fenderson and plan to stay several weeks.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bender Wednesday evening were Ed Warren, Peter Channeson, and Jack Battaglia.
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