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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
11
Noel Parish celebrated his 38th birthday on September 10 with a dinner birthday cake and ice cream. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Melvin Schmidt Mr and Mrs Marvin Jones Oneida Deaton and children and Sadek Carpenter.
Dr A Lanham of Shafter, a romellist and member of the California Optometric Association, recently attended an educational seminar sponsored by the Los An- group.
A mobile X-Ray unit will visit Buttonwillow on September 29 and 30 to conduct chest X rays. The event is sponsored by Kern County Health and Tuberculosis Association with a X Ray technician from Buttonwillow assisting.
Fragmentary note reports an optometry group meeting in Los Angeles at 950 West Jefferson Ave. The text mentions Colleston of Optometry and an association related to eye care.
Taft festival organizers announce prominent figures Ralph Mtashined and Fen’on Jones as featured callers for the event. The celebration, set for September 21, aims to attract about 2000 spectators with a balance of marching and square dance activities. Local volunteers prepare stalls and a ball theme honoring Taft.
County relief disbursements in Kern dropped to 29 818 dollars for June 1950 from 45 596 dollars in June 1949. Total county relief in June 1950 reached 587 964 dollars, up from 459 921 dollars in June 1949. Aid to needy children surged to 226 516 dollars in June 1950, against 107 161 dollars a year earlier. Aged aid totaled 314 230 dollars in June 1950, compared with 291 215 dollars in June 1949.
West's first television network uses horn antennas and relay stations on mountains to relay programs and long distance calls. Engineers call it microwave because it uses high frequency radio waves and beams leap-frog between stations 28 to 65 miles apart, earning the nickname Jump Jump.
A dense listing of daily radio programs from Sunrise Serenade to Cavalcade of Music with multiple daily time slots. Includes News Summaries, Gospel Songs, Hymns and Gospel blocks, Music Hours, Special Features, and weekend variations across stations.
Kern County Council of American Veterans met in Tehachapi Saturday with Shafter representatives Messrs. Earl Wipf and Jack Hare. Auxiliary officers were installed led by Evelyn Jones as president, Beatrice Pierce as VP, Yvonne Wipf as chaplain, and Georgette Kadel as sergeant at arms. The group outlined education child welfare and community service programs for the coming year and set the next meeting for Sept 19.
Calendar provides weekly times for numerous denominations across Wasco area. Assemblies of God Christ Church Nazarene Baptist and Catholic parishes, Seventh Day Adventist and Mennonite Brethren hold morning services, Bible studies, and youth programs with afternoon and evening sessions throughout the week.
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