Kelly for California Assembly Earns Editorial Support
Shafter Press endorses H. W. Kelly, praising his community service with Red Cross drives and youth organizations. The piece criticizes extreme labels for Lewis, defends Kelly as a progressive practical thinker, and argues Kern County benefits from Kelly's election to the Assembly.
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Red Cross
Campfire Girls
YMCA
Kern County
State Teachers Association
Rotary International
Central Valley Empire Association
Kelly
Lewis
Bunkum
California
Te Assembly
H. W. Kelly
Shafter Press and Shafter Progress Publication Details
The Shafter Press and Shafter Progress lists Paul C Newell as editor and publisher with Florence J Newell as co publisher and Jack Fleming as managing editor. Juanita Battaglia is advertising manager and Paul Groves is engraving director. The paper, established in 1921, is printed at 183 South Central Valley Highway Shafter California and entered as second class matter August 1 1935. Subscription rates are one year 2.50 within California and 3.00 outside.
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Shafter
Shafter Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Richland Aquatic Center
Richland
Christian Ummell
Farrell
Jack Fleming
Juanita Battaglia
Fritz Miller
Paul Groves
California
South Central Valley Highway
Kern County
Calif
Fire Prevention at Home essay by Colleen Tobin
Colleen Tobin, a Shafter High sophomore, won first place in the Shafter 20-30 Club fire prevention contest with an essay urging fire safety at home. She discusses causes such as poor construction and neglected appliances, stresses checking gas and electricity before leaving, and urges educating children to keep matches and inflammables away from kids.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Richland
Shafter
Boy Scout
Cub Scouts
Campfire
Bluebirds
Shafter High School
Colleen Tobin
Ameri ‘Ica
Maple P T A members assist at Shafter well-baby clinic
Mrs. R. E. Gribble chair of Maple Parent-Teachers Association health committee led volunteers at the Shafter well-baby clinic last week. Also helping were Mrs. Fimner Engel and Mrs. Bill Siemens.
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MAPLE
Shafter
R. E. Gribble
Parent-Teachers Association
Fimner, Engel
Bill Siemens
Means to Me What the CVP Means to Me in Shafter
The Shafter Press hosts a water forum on the Central Valley Project with weekly Q A. Jack Fleming, managing editor, collects signed questions. Two queries will be answered per week. officials promise firm Friant Kern Canal water supply and crop protection, subject to editor discretion.
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Shafter Press
Central Valley Project
Jack Fleming
Friant- Kien Canal
Bureau of Reclamation
Friant-Kern Canal
Shafter- Wasco
Dinner Party At Charles Burns Home Noted
A dinner party was hosted recently by Mr and Mrs Charles Burns at their residence on Mettler and Merced avenues.
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Charles Burnses
Charles’ Burns
Mettler and
Merced Avenues
Letters on government aid and subsidies spark debate
In a Shafter Press letter, Joe C. Lewis argues for broader government assistance beyond industry and agriculture, urging aid for the needy while praising public works like the Central Valley Project. The editor and readers note the call against “something for nothing” and reflect on subsidy policy for citizens able to work.
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San Joaquin Valley
Central Valley
San Joaquin
Municipal Utility
Delano
Thh
Joe C. Lewis
Lewis
Presses Serve To the Editor Kern Fair Thanks
Editor receives thanks for the Kern Fair of 1950 and the Kern County Team. The note lauds cooperation from hundreds of people and organizations that supported the fair’s success. The secretary signs on behalf of the organization and requests conveying the gratitude.
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Kern County
Kern
Don
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