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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1954
Page
5
Community leaders discuss a proposed $470000 memorial hospital for the Shafter Wasco area. Lewis D Barr chairs the effort, noting strong local support and minimal opposition, while emphasizing health access and economic benefits for industries and farms.
The text argues that investing in a new hospital is prudent business for the community, noting the inevitability of the need and the potential benefit to families and local enterprises as a forthcoming public decision unfolds.
Corporal Bob W Nixon, recently in Japan with the Marines for 16 months, is due to dock in San Francisco on the 20th aboard the U S Cavalry. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Curtis H Nixon of 1846 Shafter Highway. Nixon has served two years with the Marines and has one year left. He trained at Camp Pendleton and will receive a new assignment after a 30 day leave.
The Brotherhood of the Southern Baptist Church hosted a father son banquet in the church social hall last Thursday evening. Fifty five attendees, led by president Benny McCloud, enjoyed barbeque beef chili beans shrimp cocktail and dessert after a moving picture. The women’s group met to sew quilts for Bakersfield’s new orphanage and were invited to join the men.
A fire likely started in a cotton cargo damaged a cotton trailer and about 1000 pounds of seed cotton one mile west of Wasco on Merced. Owner Emanuel Neuman of Shafter reported the loss while Shafter sub-station crew responded.
The Dorcus Society of the Adventist Church held an all day sewing session to mend and quilt clothes for Navajo Indians. President Mrs Victor Bonkie announced donations of old clothing are welcome and thanked the public for Halloween grocery contributions totaling about 55 dollars for welfare use.
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