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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1953
Page
10
The piece recalls Stonewall A. Woody, Kern County auditor from 1907 to 1948, a legendary local figure. It notes his long service, his marriage to Odile Enderlin in 1906, and the pair’s nearly golden anniversary, reflecting on a simple, enduring partnership.
TV CHATTER by Bette Alden highlights programming trends and viewer notes. PROFITABLE PASTURING by Howard K. Dickson surveys farming techniques and cattle care. AROUND TOWN offers quick local items and brief community notices.
Major General S D Sturgis Jr chief of engineers toured Kern County last week to review the completed Isabella Dam project. Citizens pressed for a recreation lake and road relocation but the general noted legal limits on water impoundment and road funding, stressing the dam will provide up to 500000 acre feet for Kern lands in late summer irrigation.
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