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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
2
The Horizon Club of Shafter High School hosted a weiner roast at Manuel Park to honor prospective members. Twenty-five girls attended though the club’s quota is 30. non-membership stands at two. Invitations will be extended to the chosen few soon.
Mrs Al Anderson hosted a Halloween themed party for her daughter Allene on Thursday afternoon September 29 with help from her mother Mrs Heinze and Mrs Earl Northrup Wasco. Outdoor lawn games yielded prizes for Janice Dirksen Suzanne Northrup Dora Fitteret Barbara Horst and Barbara Patten. A pale blue and red cake with ice cream sandwiches and soft drinks accompanied the celebration with guests including Dora Fitterer Carol Lorenz Janice Dirksen Joyce Sexton Lora Gittinger Virginia Voth Donna Tee Johnson and several others.
Mr and Mrs Calvin L Wiens were honored at a Sunday reception after returning from a Kansas honeymoon. The couple wed September 17 at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church Hillsboro Kansas. 185 guests attended the Shafter church basement reception with a program led by Leonard Johnson Wasco and refreshments served.
The newly formed Married Couples group of Union Congregational Church met at Arthur and Mrs Craig’s home on Pacific Avenue. They planned future meetings with Art Craig, George Collins and Gordon Smiths assigned to arrange the next gathering on October 27. Attendees included Glen Putman Pipkin Baker Collins Smith Craig and Mullins.
The bride and groom hosted a silent wedding jubilee with a brief reminiscence by the bride’s former teacher and remarks by the speaker. Theo Heinrichs and Arnold Bergen sang a duet titled Jesus Name I Love, followed by a jubilee quartet's performance. Mrs Elmer Unruh provided piano music as gifts were presented to the young couple.
A group of ranch ladies met at Raymond Eugene Hill home to form the Circle 7 club named for seven members in a circle. Mrs Hill was elected president and Mrs Bridges secretary treasurer. They discussed fund raising and drew names for mystery friends. Next meeting at Mrs Holsonbake home Mrs Holsonbake plus Mesdames Revel Higbee Bridges Revel and Rother were present.
Mr and Mrs Derwin Morse of Lucerne Valley visited recently at the Arthur Dirksen home. The group visited the county fair.
Mrs Jacob Rexius of Wasco was guest of honor at a birthday dinner hosted by her daughter Mrs Carl Gunnarson in Shafter. Also present were son Ray Rexius and Miss Mary Ellen Boyd. After dinner Miss Wilma Rexius and other daughters helped cut a candle trimmed birthday cake with families of Mrs Anderson and Mrs Reeves.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Sly recently returned from a two week stay in Yreka with their son and family Mr and Mrs Albert Sly and Brenda. The men enjoyed a deer hunting trip and returned with a four point buck.
The piece explains how grass-fed cattle and lambs move from ranges to markets this fall, either directly to meat-packing plants or via feed lots for finishing. It highlights the livestock economy's role in national health and wealth, market competition, and how prices are set by supply and demand with buyers in Chicago, Fort Worth, Denver, and other cities.
A paradoxical claim contrasts communist and capitalist views on wealth. The statement asserts both that riches should not exist for some and that poverty should not exist for others, highlighting ideological tension between economic systems.
The pamphlet outlines how two thirds of Americans live east of the Mississippi while two thirds of livestock are west of it. It explains that nationwide meat packers like Swift & Company move meat from producers to retailers across long distances, creating national demand and offering price choices.
A skillet sausage corn bread recipe yields 6 servings. Ingredients include pork sausage meat corn meal flour salt baking powder soda sour milk and an egg. The batter is mixed and poured over browned sausage in a heated skillet then baked at 450 F for 30 to 35 minutes and served hot.
The Northern Motorcycle Club elected Bill Gunnarson of Shafter as president and Bill Mills of Wasco as vice president. Harold Steward of Wasco will be secretary treasurer Perryman of Wasco named road captain and Gunnarson referee. The group plans meetings on the first and third Tuesdays at 7 30 p m at the Legion Hall Wasco with about 20 riders from Wasco Shafter Delano and McFarland.
A garbled quote from ranchers and an apparent reference to Sam R. McKelvie discusses welfare and responsibility. The text includes cluttered handwriting and stray phrases about cattle associations and Salutations to Gulliver's Travels, indicating a mixed OCR of unrelated topics.
Supplement discussing forage quality and animal feed authored by Robert D. Rasmussen at New Mexico A. & M. College. The work examines forage supplementation strategies and practical outcomes for livestock diets.
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