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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1947
Page
6
Eight representatives from the Congregational Church and Ladies Aid attended the Kern County Association of Churches Fall meeting held in Wasco on Tuesday.
Attendees included Rev and Mrs Wm S Harper and several ladies from Wasco. The gathering featured many addresses and a lunch served by the Ladies Aid at noon. The spring meeting is planned for Maricopa.
Joe's Topper Bakery advertises a selection of specialty breads and urges customers to choose their preferred varieties. The ad emphasizes variety and personal preference in bread offerings.
Shafter High School forms a Camera Club to teach camera use and darkroom technique and to train photographers for the Laurion yearbook. The group, advised by Miss Jeanette Wheeler, meets every other Thursday at noon, with six current members: Don Millard, Dewain Stewart, Albert Stepp, Norman Fortenberry, Clovis Cody, and Weldon Howze.
Color in the home will be the subject of the home demonstration meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. R. C. Sturges on Fresno street Shafter on Thursday October 23 at 1 30 p m Dorothy Wilkinson of the Agricultural Extension Services will conduct the demonstration Color charts will be shown and various color schemes worked out using materials suitable for home furnishings All interested women are invited to attend
Miss Blythe Monroe shared a year in Germany and travels across Europe describing war ruins hunger and repair. She notes Allied zones differ with Russian controls and German distrust while highlighting depopulated cities and scarce supplies. The talk ends with her reading America For Me and PTA notices follow.
Mrs Rey Paslay and Denny and Ronnie Evans return from six weeks in Topeka Kansas. Mr Paslay and son Corky drove to Topeka to bring the family home.
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