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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
4
Shafter High School agriculture students received thirty nine all wool blankets crafted from sheep they raised. This first postwar allotment returns as government wool control ended, with each student selecting weight and color from a Utah mill catalog for their own blanket. Elmer Hopken received a number for Christmas gifts.
Local feature notes Granitizing treatment by Hofman's Mobile Service promising weather protection and high gloss even on modest paint. Parade setup praised by Shafter Kiwanis with leaders Joe Frizzell Earl Weill and Jack Hill commended. Winter warmth at Kelly & Channeson building and holiday window displays at Johnson Newman and Shafter Mercantile noted. McElroy's Shafter Shoe Shop lauded for new machinery and repair quality.
Don Blanding will give a lecture at Washington School Bakersfield on November 26 introducing his latest poetry book. Tickets cost 76 cents and can be obtained from Mrs Art Craig by phone 720. The event is sponsored by the inter sorority council and Sierra Book Store with institute credit for attending teachers.
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