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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1948
Page
4
Gladys Tongate opens a business studio at 10 Nile Street in Shafter California and is entered as second class matter at the local post office under the 1879 act. Gladys M Tongate is identified with Gladys Avery of the city in this notice.
A fragment from the Shafter Press hints at a column or feature titled Rogue's Roamings, indicating a light local piece likely recounting quirky events or observations from community life. The readable text is sparse, offering only a glimpse of a recurring column.
A columnist vents about missing paper space for complaints while recounting dog food shortfalls and a generous act by waitress Gertie at Motel Canelo. They also rail against puncture vine and fox tails plaguing walks, noting a lack of local stockmen and veterinary help in Shafter peninsula.
In observance of Women’s Week October 15 to 22 the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Shafter surveyed prospective new members at a regular meeting hosted by Miss Blythe Monroe and Miss Beulah Bartlett. Helen Holmes read a list of Shafter women in business and 21 names were noted. Members planned individual invitations, and Thursday ended with a pot luck supper outdoors.
Mildred's opens last Saturday as Shafter's only exclusive ladies ready to wear shop. Owned by Mr and Mrs Harry Davis of Tulare the store on James Street is managed by Mrs Alberta Siemens. It features a small stocked selection with daily restocks and a shadow box for gowns plus spacious fitting rooms. Junior misses and half sizes are highlighted. The Davises are related to Shafter residents Mr and Mrs Ralph Sanderson.
Bakersfield College students favored Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president by a narrow margin in a campus straw poll conducted by Renegade Rip. Dewey received 198 votes out of 380, Truman 170, Henry Wallace 8, with two votes for Norman Thomas and J. Strom Thurmond.
Local Sgt M L Myer reports 53 Bakersfield area men enlisted in the Army and Air Force in September. Colonel Leslie W Jefferson notes Southern California exceeded its September quota at 106 percent with 1413 enlistees, driven by career soldiering incentives and the new benefits in the national defense effort.
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