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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
2
The Sputnik milestone prompts Americans to reevaluate faith in progress and the race with Communism. It challenges belief in American superiority and emphasizes the need for spiritual conviction, truth, and stronger devotion to pure science alongside practical engineering. It urges a wake up call for renewed zeal.
The Shafter Homecoming on October 25 to 27 draws strong interest from longtime residents. E B Stringham, Shafter’s oldest merchant, heads Veterans Hall activities. Judge E K Grant and T V Little, known as Mr Fixit, play key roles as grand marshal and celebrants reflect on the town’s 45 year history and quieter days amid rapid world events.
Kern County residents celebrate a new central library building in Bakersfield praised as a countywide achievement. The project rose from the efforts of Julia Babcock and Eleanor Wilson, backed by the Library Associates, overcoming courthouse setbacks and political squabbles to provide a lasting public knowledge center.
The piece discusses a zoning change placing Shafter area under a residential rule and questions whether a preexisting labor camp can reopen. It notes a legal opinion that the abandoned camp could legally resume operations, while expressing skepticism about benefits from housing 200 to 500 single men and the city costs. It also reports the return of Allen Warkentin and wife Belva Becker to Fresno with their four month old Craig, after his naval medical unit service in Jacksonville, Florida.
Recent visitors at the homes of Mr and Mrs George D Wiens and the Leonard John sons included Mr and Mrs J D Klassen and their son Don of Clinton Oklahoma.
After last week’s rain the article describes the air and plants waking on a mountain rooftop with birds, light, and color. It notes how water and sun drive plant life from ancient spores to modern pines, and mentions wind as a creative force. A fishing hike is planned for Saturday and Sunday services led by Herb Loewen with two new scouts inducted, Mike Bartel and Mark Siemens.
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