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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1958
Page
4
A readable list of names grouped by event days from Thursday to Wednesday. The entries include Earl Johnson Diann ley Unruh Ray Randolph plus many others such as Donald Mettler J Brown Lea Schnaidt Sam Baker Valerie Roselle Don Wray Bill Griffin. Other names appear across the following dates with similar formatting.
Nine years back on November 24 1949 the Wasco Chapter of Eastern Star planned new member initiation at the Wasco Masonic Temple while Shafter details included elected committee members Earl Johnson and George Guenthner and a grade school movie event set for December 16 at the Shafter Drive In Theatre.
Public notice lists a trustee sale of Kern County property on December 16, 1958, by Kern County Title Company under a deed of trust dated July 31, 1956. It also notes the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District assessment installments due November 19 and November 26, 1958, with penalties for delinquency and payment options at Kimberlina Road and Central Valley Highway, Wasco.
A nostalgic column praises Santa Claus as a beneficial parental aid and holiday beacon. It notes children’s joyful anticipation, merchants’ cooperation, and the spirit of giving during Christmas and Thanksgiving. The Kern County Fish and Game Association is credited for local community improvements as volunteers contribute without pay.
Agricultural circular updates farmers on controlling field rodents beyond traps and poisons. It explains rodent habits, methods, and poisons, and offers free copies via University of California Extension. It also covers root knot nematode symptoms in cotton, soil type influence, and planning rotations and fumigation for next year. Also urges sanitation and dormant pruning to reduce overwinter pests.
The board passes a resolution at its last regular meeting changing the December meeting from the first Tuesday to the second Tuesday. The change applies only to the December 1958 meeting. November 26, 1958.
The guide urges sowing late flowering sweet peas now for next spring and summer blooms. It notes Dutch Iris should be planted soon, with a push to plant sprouts chard cauliflower peas and lettuce this month. It also suggests wildflower seed in vacant lots and Fairy Primrose for late winter to early spring flowering with rich soil shade and ample water.
The article notes California growing 99 percent of the nation s commercially grown crops and recalls the first baseball series between New York and Brooklyn beginning July 20 1858, highlighting historic agricultural dominance and early baseball history.
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