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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
16
Shafter Press editorial lauds Eisenhower victory as a moral lift for the United States and world. It praises Stevenson’s gracious concession, urges national unity, and echoes Lincoln on a new birth of freedom under a government of the people.
The Shafter festival committee plans a larger event for next May including an outdoor community pageant on Friday before the parade. The piece reflects on Shafter’s early 20th century settlement by Kern County Land Co led by H A Jastro and the value of a local history pageant to boost community identity.
Tomorrow night the Shafter-Wasco football game will highlight year end enthusiasm in Shafter and Wasco. The piece notes strong community rivalry tempered by sportsmanship fostered by service clubs coaches and students with a feature by Coach Dan Bledsoe in Magazine California.
The Shafter City Council buys the Women's Club House site at the county park corner for a new city hall. The planned building faces a tree lined background and aims for an artistic design as an administrative center. Financing remains a major challenge after the quake took the old building.
Shafter Press lists W. R. Staedacher as General Manager and W. R. Staedacher as Managing Editor and Photo Director. The paper notes establishment in 1921, postal entry in 1936, and publication location at 183 South Central in Shafter, California. Subscription rates show one year at $5.00 within California and $3.60 outside.
Shafter residents completed the annual community chest drive under Bruce Crawford's leadership with Edwin Wilson and volunteers contributing. A separate note recalls a bottle paper drift recovered from the North Pacific after a long journey to the Philippines. Sandra Farnsworth of Ducor won grand champion in the 4-H beef cattle division at Tulare county junior fair. Denison Dam on the Red River stands 165 feet high with capacity of 5 825 000 acre feet. Copper tensile strength varies with the copper's condition.
Three directors of the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District with Central Valley Project water plans will face re election on February 4. Secretary Allen Johnston will organize the election. nomination petitions due January 10, 1953. Incumbents Rolf Jacobsen Shafter E J Peters Maple District and Clarence Annin Wasco hold seats up. California hop crop for 1952 is estimated at 14 400 pounds.
A group of Shafter Republicans spent Tuesday night tracking election returns at the Eckmann home on Maine Avenue and moved to the Kirschenmann and Cooper homes on Faber Street and Manner for more television updates and refreshments. Attendees included Phil Clark, Assemblyman H. W. Kelly, and E C Eckmann among others.
Santa's helpers of the Shafter Fire Department will search the Shafter residential district tonight for unused toys. They will mend and present the collected toys to needy children at Christmas using a mobile loudspeaker to announce pickups.
About 1300 firms distribute coffee wholesale across the United States, supporting a broad market for beans and grounds. The industry encompasses multiple suppliers, roasters, and distributors catering to retailers and foodservice.
Shafter Chamber of Commerce merchants division studies downtown parking amid complaints. Police Chief John Reily cites employee parking and peak congestion, suggesting courtesy tickets and off street parking near the new post office to ease flow and support business.
A two car collision on Central Valley Highway near Wasco California killed Harry Blair 55 of Wasco and injured Harold L Chambers and Joseph Hampshire. Melvin Parker 49 of Earlimart also sustained injuries in the Sunday night crash.
Dorothy Kroeker of Shafter is named lay-out editor of the Blue Jay yearbook for Tabor College Hillsboro Kansas. Phyllis Duerksen of Dinuba is named director of publication.
In Buttonwillow Wildwood School children paraded goblins to choose the winner. Judges named J. B. Selvidge Teddy Holloway Wesley Selvidge and Tracy Ann Selvidge as top winners. The event ended with a potluck supper hosted by the Wildwood Community Club. Tilton Tracy conducted a bake sale auction featuring cakes pies candy dressed turkeys aprons hot holders baskets of fruit and frozen meat ham.
Louise Bertha Ratzlaff 58 a Shafter resident for 10 years died Tuesday at her home 475 Klassen Dr funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Mennonite Brethren Church officiated by Rev Waldo Wiebe Interment in Shafter Cemetery she survived by husband Cornelius son Henry four daughters and 13 grandchildren plus four brothers and four sisters and her father John Hodel She had lived in Shafter Bakersfield Fresno and Covina among survivors are Abe Nath Sam Henry Lydia Bertha Anna Viola and other listed relatives
CPL and Mrs Kenneth F Barker arrived in Shafter to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Rube Barker before heading to Camp Pendleton.
Union Congregational Church members collect good used clothing for Korea. Donors may call Miss Betty Stringer at 5912 or Rev Gordon Baker at 9187. Clothes will be picked up at homes next week.
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