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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1966
Page
2
The Call to Prayer and Self Denial designates Home Missions funds for the Deaconess Pension Fund and Overseas Missions for community centers worldwide. Receipts aid 118 projects in 24 countries, with women praying for workers and giving sacrificial gifts to these causes.
Snow Gates and Valves promote rustproofing via Parker izing to prevent rust and packing rot. Their Snow Round rubberized packing seals valves for icaks. The ad highlights exclusive features at Snow Irrigation Supply Co and Concrete Pipe Yard.
Mrs. Ray Wiley hosted family and friends in Hesperia for a son Spg 3 Mike St. John’s farewell visit aboard the USS Cogswell destroyer based in San Diego. He departs Nov. 5 for Viet Nam. Wiley met a Shafter friend Mrs. Alves at the event. The St. Johns moved from Shafter to Barstow then Hesperia where they have lived three years. He is an elementary teacher and has two sons and a daughter. The piece also notes the House of the Seven Winds built in 1834 and Monterey’s weather vane claim.
Shafter quarterback Stuebbe delivered a desperation pass to Tim Robnett for a last second game winning touchdown after a tense finish. Taft stalled and fumbled key plays as Shafter pulled out a 19 to 15 victory in the opening South Sequoia League game.
Shafter Generals finished ninth in a field of eighteen at the Bakersfield Invitational cross country meet won by East Bakersfield. Laird Parker led Shafter with 11th place in the 1 mile course and several teammates posted times from 10.04 to 12.13 for the varsity race. The Junior Varsity and Frosh Soph squads also posted solid showings as Cecil Hight and Herb Stover expanded S and H Foodline Market space at Five Points.
A strike was under way at Ranchers Cotton Oil company in Cawele on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. About 108 employees of the International Chemical Workers Union Local 97 were affected as contract talks broke down while negotiations would continue.
Shafter merchants announce all day closures Friday November 11 for Veterans Day. Bank of America and Community National Bank will also close. This policy applies when the date does not fall on a Saturday.
The article notes a period of rising costs for clothing food and housing while PG&E reduced gas and electric rates five times. It argues that turning on PG&E energy now costs less, calling it the biggest bargain in the family budget.
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