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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1951
Page
2
A Cub Pack sequence Wolf Bear Lion and Webelos ranks guides boys toward selecting a Boy Scout troop. Friz Zzell emphasizes the push for the top position, though not all reach it.
Four den mothers serve Pack 13 this fall Ruth Thompson and Mrs C E Duerksen hold overs Mrs Leo Schmidt and La Viller Graves are new volunteers Ernest Panero is cub master Harry Blumkin is institutional representative Bert Ware treasurer Leo Schmidt is a committeeman The pack is sponsored by the Richland Parent-Teachers Association.
Local clubs 20-30 Rotary Lions American Legion and Kiwanis will sell season football tickets for Shafter High School. A four ticket booklet with three league games and one practice game costs $2 and goes on sale during the week of September 28.
Lowell Webb president of the Shafter Credit Bureau announced that merchants are weighing joining the National Credit Association. He said the move would strengthen the group and provide more helpful information for Shafter merchants, with hopes others will join to advance local credit health.
The record notes Padre Jose Altimira led the first white party into Napa Valley in 1823, marking a pivotal moment of exploration in early California history.
Catholic services were held for Esteban Garcia Rosas 67 a construction worker from the Mexican Colony. Mass at St. Therese's Church officiated by Rev Patrick Breslin with a rosary the night before. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery. Survived by five sons Steve Adolph Frank Johnnie Enos and Nelly Martinez and six grandchildren and a brother in Mexico.
A promotional piece touts a modern locker plant that reduces waste and distribution steps. It claims fine food at affordable prices and notes government and college studies show a family of four can save 75 to 150 dollars yearly by using lockers.
Floyd Key a 23 year old farm laborer involved in a fatal two car crash at Merced and Wasco avenues Sept 6 is sued for damages of 25429 by the victim's father Horace L Dawson of Bridgeville. Dawson filed in Kern County Superior Court. Sylvie Irene Dawson was visiting her uncle in Shafter and a passenger in Fulmer's car. Earl Fulmer the uncle and labor contractor was injured along with his three children. Both Fulmer and Key face highway patrol traffic violations and charges in the 16th Township Justice Court. Fulmer is charged with driving without a license excessive speed at a blind intersection and violation of right of way. The other driver is accused of operating an automobile without proper license.
MR. AND MRS. S. H. SNOW hosted a Fresno avenue visit for his sister Mrs. R. D. Stoakes of Littlefield Texas with a Kernville fishing outing. Shafter Highway Home guests were Joe Wilson and family from the Church of Christ. Tank Sley drove to Ventura to fetch daughter Betty from New Park Academy where she will study music at Kern Academy. Mrs. Jim McQuist hosted two bridge tables. two unrelated legal notes concern a license and speeding case. Shafter-Wasco Art Association plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Mrs. Bruce Crawford’s home to map the year. The Wednesday Noon Club executive plans meet at 9 a.m. at Mrs. L. J. 364 Manuel Ave. to finalize Oct. 3 plans. Mrs. J. C. O turned home to Shafter after a three-week trip to California with companions visiting Park, Waterton, Victoria, and San Francisco.
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