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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
9
Editorial notes California county grew from rural to 250000 people, now urban and prosperous. It warns underworld reach from Los Angeles and Las Vegas, with gambling, prostitution, and dope expanding control. Voters face the issue at upcoming polls in November.
A reader criticizes pre election propaganda about tax cuts noting headlines on a tax revision bill and a large five billion dollar deficiency bond bill. They warn the net effect may be a higher overall cost to taxpayers and question Capitol maneuvers and arithmetic.
A petition signed by 55 residents living near the proposed Assembly of God Church site at Minter and Mannel streets was read at the city planning commission meeting Tuesday night. Chairman Richard Zenk said recognizing the petition would be premature. Signers cite parking issues and danger to children if construction proceeds.
A Shafter writer recalls visiting the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley to see Joyce Haskins, a deaf student, excel in reading, lipreading, and demonstrations. He praises teachers, notes the school’s impact on graduates entering varied professions, and urges others to learn from its humane approach and social service.
Police say the Schnidt Insurance and Real Estate office on Central Avenue was burgled Tuesday night around 11. Drawer contents were disturbed but nothing stolen. Entry via the back door. Investigation ongoing. Three Shafter juveniles face upcoming juvenile court dates for alleged under the influence charges after police found them behind Central Market on Main Street. A 14 year old youth also faces a charge of stealing a 1950 Dodge from Smith's Corner and abandoning it near Minter Field on Sunday.
A narrator describes a rain soaked walk along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. They observe an unusually large juniper with thick rings, sap suckers drilling for sap, a time scarred dead tree now shrub, and forest dwellers like lizards. The piece reflects on trees as beauty shelter timber and life.
The Shafter Seventh-Day Adventist Church will launch a $100,000 fund drive October 30 for a temperance education program. Pastor Stanley Huen says the nationwide campaign targets alcoholism as a major health problem and urges home and church involvement to steer youth away from drinking.
The Shafter High School Homemakers Club prepares its yearly yearbook to be filed with the State Department in Sacramento. Toni Ogle presides, Candie Reel chairs, and Jennie Arreola leads social activities with teachers Mrs Ethel Teves and Miss Shirley Moore as advisers. The book will include a complete membership list F H A creed club hymn and activity schedule plus notes on Easter children’s party Thanksgiving and Christmas charity efforts and the Mother Daughter spring potluck. The club also reports gifts of money and clothes to overseas children through its national organization.
A compact look at how small plant life endures summer heat, relying on shade, moisture, and microhabitats within forest ecosystems. The piece highlights survival strategies and the resilience of understory species.
County workers in Shafter may gain parking next to the building on Pacific Street after the utility shed was torn down. Judge E K Grant, city building inspector, said the lot will receive a blacktop coating this month. He noted October construction spending may reach 72 000 compared to September's 116 000 residential peak.
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