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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1964
Page
8
An attachment designed for front of cotton pickers replaces stiff row finding guides with flexible ones. Developed after experiments at L. & W. Horn farm, the device was shown to Frank Russell company this year for manufacturing.
PFC Derral F. Voth of Battery A, 37th Artillery, 3rd Battalion, 37th Artillery, received a safe driver award for his outstanding safety record in operation and maintenance of military vehicles while assigned to VII Corps in Germany. He is 20, entered the Army in May 1963, and completed basic training at Fort Ord, California, with parents Mr and Mrs Rob L Grant of Shafter California.
Mr and Mrs Max McCoy of 216 receive word that Bill McCoy has a cast on part of his body and will be in traction for several weeks. He formerly worked at Tops Market in Shafter and has many friends here. Mail is welcome at Sp. 4. Wm. M. McCoy Bar A-19737152 USA 5th General Hospital Ward E A P O 154 New York NY.
Among Kern County youth volunteers the Johnson Girls organized by Mrs. Frances Downs of Bakersfield wear red, white and blue. Their first task for the Democratic ticket was at the Kern County Fair where they passed out campaign literature. Susan Mason of Shafter is among them.
Rhode Island Democrat Representative John Fogarty tells the House on August 19 that extending wheat and cotton legislation will be resisted by lawmakers who represent consumers. He cites higher cotton margins and bread prices and notes Democrats opposed the bill last spring for harming farmers and consumers.
A bi annual benefit presents tea ender and dancers for the Follies to support Great Memorial Hospital. Tickets are on sale at Stringate Drug Store in Shafter and at rehearsals in Cobb Hall on hospital grounds. Performances planned for October 23 and 24 at Harvey Auditorium.
Kern County Board of Trade says apples from Tenachapi growers are ready for sale in roadside stands across the state. Varieties include Red Delicious and others, with thousands of families expected to buy from mountain valleys in the region.
Sixty percent of the work's passenger cars are located in the United States, indicating a heavy U S concentration in the production or allocation of the vehicles.
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