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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1949
Page
8
The Shafter Potato Festival drew a larger crowd with more entertainment and radio coverage from KERO KAFY KERN and KTKR. Johnny Mack Brown wowed fans with autographs and a barbecue appearance while parade enthusiasm and local pride ran high.
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson announces the next Shafter Home Demonstration meeting on Budget Meals. It will be held Thursday May 26 at 10 am at Mrs Wallace Weyand’s home with project leaders Mrs E Gordon Smith and Mrs Henry Hildebrand. Participants should bring a kitchen apron as luncheon dishes will be prepared and served. Open to interested women.
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