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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1948
Page
1
A columnist reflects on newsroom ethics and the duty of communities to care for others. The piece muses on printing sensitive stories, the harm vs. public need, and the global aim toward shared welfare and sacrifice as the United States shows growing concern for people elsewhere.
Wasco Rotary Club members skipped the usual meeting for a stag party and steak bake held at Phil Ohanneson ranch on Highway 99 last Tuesday evening. Attendees from Wasco include Clarence R. Annin, Allen Bartel, Harold Britain, Arnold Burnett, and others, with guests from Shafter and Oildale also listed.
The first fall gathering of Boy Scout Troop No. 53 met Tuesday at the fire station with fourteen members present. Kenneth Pipkin introduced new Assistant Scoutmaster Kenneth Crocker and Jimmy Uhl led opening ceremonies. The group plans a 7 15 p m weekly meeting time and a pot luck dinner the first Tuesday in October, plus discussions of a Greenhorn mountain trip mid October and trips for Christmas and New Year and a spring mountain trip.
Mr and Mrs George Gaede and their family spent the week end at Pismo Beach enjoying the seaside retreat and time together away from home.
Headquarters 933 Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion announces Private Lloyd L. Nelson of Shafter has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal for three continuous years of exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity while serving in Yokohama Japan with the 138th Anti Aircraft Artillery Group.
The Shafter Community Art Association will present four paintings by Marie B. Kendall at its first fall meeting on Thursday night September 16 at 8 o'clock in the Woman's Club house. Kendall, a Southwest artist and former California Art Club member, studied under William Chase and Jean Mannheim and has exhibited nationally. The Lake, The Hills, Desert Verbenas, and Autumn Gold headline the Kendall canvases, lent by Tip Henderson of Shafter. Leonard Lester landscapes also accompany the exhibit with works created for Shafter. Mrs. William S. Fay of San Diego, a former Shafter resident, is visiting.
The Shafter Art Association outlined fall and winter activities at a Thursday meeting at John Jacobsen's home. The first fall gathering on September 16 at 8 p m in the Woman's Clubhouse will feature Ernie Panero's Rio de Janeiro film and possibly paintings from a southern California artist. Charter memberships will be closed that evening. The group will meet on the second Thursday of each month with mail reminders to members and interested parties. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Al Eckman and John Jacobsen, Mesdames Hare Revell Thompson Benders Sherrng, Messrs Hemingson Sturm and Dr. O G Ohlsson.
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Shafter will hold their first fall meeting with a dinner at Cawelo Motel on Thursday September 16.
Miss Beulah Bartlett and Miss Ove Monroe have purchased the former Kirschenmann home at 300 Faber Street in Adelph.
Applications open for the 1948 49 Starring Kern County Artists radio auditions under Kern Philharmonic Society Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission and KERO. Contestants 25 or younger compete for a grand prize from Baldwin Piano and Hatoik pamic with 26 finalists and December final auditions.
Maple School enrollment is up about ten percent from last year with 137 pupils since the opening date. Principal R E Gribble cites expected Cotton harvest as a factor and notes class sizes with Miss Spiekers room at 32 across third and fourth grades and other rooms ranging from 22 to 30 pupils.
A two year project will release a color motion picture on the cotton industry in the San Joaquin Valley. Scenes were shot at the U S Experimental Station in Shafter with access via the San Joaquin Cotton Oil Mill and approval from superintendent George Harrison. Plant breeding and specimens feature in the filmed segments for school use.
Six balloons were released by Kern County Fair Board members from the Albert Goode ranch near Bakersfield. Each balloon carried a letter offering five dollars to any finder who returns it to the fair office. The offer remains open as long as the fair operates.
Fourteen students enrolled on Saturday September 11 in a four hour remedial course at Shafter High School. Attendance is limited to eligible work-permit holders as determined by Dan Bledsoe, supervisor of attendance, based on case histories. The program includes reading arithmetic film study and writing.
Mr and Mrs J W Nickel traveled from Minnesota where they attended a Mennonite conference and continued their trip to Pennsylvania to visit Mrs Nikkel's sister.
Shaffer High School elected senior class officers led by James Crabb as president during the September 10 first class meeting. Other senior officers include Mickey Hair as vice president and Peggy Nikkle as secretary treasurer.
Shafter Kiwanis Club and Bank of America sponsor a Beef Project Judging Contest to honor uneven effort of FFA members. Judges Ralph Gribble Elza Hamilton Jack Hare Jack Hill Glen Putman Ray Rose Bert Ware and Mr Brown evaluated steer conditions pens project books and knowledge. First to eighth places listed with prizes and plaques awarded.
Infant Carol Ann Wharton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Junior Wharton of Smiths Corner, died a few hours after birth. Graveside services held at Shafter Cemetery today at 10 o'clock.
Tom Fletcher welcomes students at the Shafter High School assembly on September 10 introducing officers elected last spring. Officers include Lowell Bergman as vice president Dana Baughman as secretary Marjorie Peterson social chairman Glen Scales boys athletic manager Pat Kelly business manager and Bonnie Bender yell leader.
Al lan Anderson of Shafter tames a 232 pound striped Marlin aboard a Catalina bound for La Paz Baja California Gulf of Mexico. The Kern County group also reels 450 pound shark and a mam moth black marlin while Labor Day trips yield 106 pounds total per person.
Virginia Nell Anderson wed Willard F. Hellman Jr in a Friday evening September 10 ceremony at First Baptist Church Shefter. Rev B E Andrews officiated before about fifty guests with music by Mrs B E Andrews and the Wedding March. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson of 240 Pacific Avenue and wore a light suit with white accessories and pink orchid corsage. Attending were matron of honor Mrs Bill Evans and best man David Bud Anderson with brothers Elmer Anderson and an usher. A reception followed at the Elmer Anderson home with a three tier cake. Hellman is the son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Adcox of Burbank and works as a printer and engraver. Out-of-town guests from Oildale Rosedale and Burbank attended.
Jim Albright and Arnie Hammerwalt of Minter Field returned to Shafter last Thursday evening after a two week trip to Minnesota Ohio and Wisconsin. He flew his BT-13 dropping Hammerwalt in Minnesota then went to Cleveland for three Bendix Air Races. He spent five days in Manasha Wisconsin visiting Joe Kolasinsky who served in the same World War II squadron. They completed the return flight from Minneapolis in one day.
Announcement from Shafter notes the marriage on September 4 of Betty Jane Wells of San Francisco to Stewart Gordon Bennett of Ross. The former Miss Wells, daughter of Mrs. Marian Wells, a local teacher, is an alumna of Shafter High School class of 1945 and studied at Pomona College and San Francisco State.
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