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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1951

Page

3

Businessman Pushes Repeal of Handbill Rules

Local businessman James Hodges asks Shar on council to repeal the anti handbill ordinance. He sought a 90 day trial to test car tire advertising by windshield sticker but was told the plan would clog yards and was illegal. Other merchants and Ernie Panero urged keeping or abandoning the ordinance. Council will consult chamber of commerce. Protests over cotton dust from Fuller Ginning and a proposed American Legion clubhouse were reviewed. Mayor and two councilmen plan to visit the gin operator to address nuisance concerns.

James Hodges City Counil Sharon Hodges Ernie Panero Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Association Fuller Ginning Company Shafter Avenue American Legion Triangle Manne Avenue Kern Street Fuller Gin Adolf Kirschenmann Earl—Johnson Dan Loewen J. H

Shafter Women Aid TB Drive In Christmas Seal Sale

Twenty one Shafter women are credited with a week of volunteer work preparing 530000 letters for the Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association Christmas Seal Mail Sale opening Monday and running to Christmas. Mayor Adolf Kirschennann issued a proclamation urging full public support of the sale.

Shafter Kern County Tubberculosis and Health Association Elmer Richards The Tuberculosis Association J. P. McCoy Arnold Neufeld Leslie Nusz John Peters Kenneth Pitts F. C. Raney E. C. Schneider C. E. Tanksiey Carl Winters Clyde Zachary Ike Peters TB Association Adolf Kirschenmann Kern County Tuberculosis Association

Camp Felder Opens New Cotton Firms at Calico

The Camp-Felder Terminal and Camp-Felder Compress Companies open 335 acre Calico sites 24 miles north of Bakersfield to store and ship San Joaquin Valley cotton. The terminal offers 40,000 bale capacity with paved storage and dunnage, while the compress plant, overseen by Joe Bates, can compress 7,500 bales weekly. Rail concessions on Santa Fe and Southern Pacific enable concentrated shipments to mills or for export. Leaders include Zach L. Felder, M. B. McFarland Sr, M H Thomas, J Y Camp, and William D Felder Jr.

Camp-Felder Compress Company Camp-Felder Terminal Company Bakersfield Calico San Joaquin Valley Saia Z. L. Felder Camp Felder Compress Company Terminal Company Camp-Felder Felder Joe Bates Calwa Compress Fresno Santa Fe Southern Pacific S. A. Camp S. A. Camp Company Zach L. Felder M. B. McFarland M.H. Thomas J. Y. Camp William D. Felder

O Neill Attends School Leaders Meeting in Delano

Rio Bravo. Frank O'Neill attended the school superintendent's meeting at Cecil Avenue School in Delano last week. Committees led a discussion on minimum services supplies and equipment for a successful school program.

Frank O’neill Cecil Avenue Delano

Shafter High Plans Bonfire Rally Before Wasco Game

Shafter High School students organize a bonfire rally on the Shafter campus at 6 30 p m tonight ahead of the annual football game with Wasco High. Student body president Layton Lynch opens the event with Kyle Hill as master of ceremonies. A skit and songs plus speeches by coaches Dan Bledsoe and Jordan Turk Eliades are planned, with team captains Lynch Hamilton and Scales speaking. A street snake dance closes the program.

Shafter High School Wasco High School Shafter Layton Lynch Kyle Hill Dan Bledsoe Jordan “Turk” Eliades

Janice Wikoff Celebrates Birthday at Riverside Ave Home

Janice Wikoff daughter of Mr and Mrs Austin Wikoff of 30360 Riverside Ave celebrated her birthday last week with family gathering at home.

Janice Wikoff Austin Wikoff Riverside Ave

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