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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
9
Friends gathered at the Foster home on Orange Street on Wednesday to celebrate Mrs. Betty Foster s birthday. The hostess received a pink and white birthday cake baked by her daughter Mrs Wade Hamilton and many lovely gifts. Present were Mr and Mrs Foster Mr and Mrs Joe Westbrook Mr and Mrs Ben Steele and the Wade Hamiltons and children.
The facility reports progress in developing stronger fibre cotton with potential earliness to surpass the Acala 4-42 variety. Project leaders include Turner, Harrison, Bell, and McMichael with USDA and UC support across breeding, fertilization, irrigation, mechanization, physiology, and insect control. A 1922 Acala baseline ties yields from 225 pounds to about 750 pounds per acre by 1950s.
Employees of Woodard’s Oldsmobile Agency and their families enjoyed a steak fry in Manne Park on Sunday. Lew Woodard hosted with Mrs. Woodard and Mrs. Walter Jenner helping serve. attendees included Ray Henseley and families, Clyde West and relatives, Lou Wood and family, and Walter Jenner with his son Jim.
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