Wasco Chamber Leads Water Program Push
The Wasco Chamber of Commerce calls a community water meeting for Oct. 1 with Sen. J Howard Williams as principal speaker. Williams and Assemblyman H W Kelly lead efforts to secure supplemental water supply and push action in California's water problems.
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Wasco Chamber
Shafter
Wasco
California
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
J. Howard Williams
Porterville
Senator Williams
State Senate
H. W. Kelly
Assembly
Williams
Kelly
Chamber Teacher Reception Welcomes New Shafter Staff
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon reception for 28 new teachers at Shafter High School and Richland School. About 35 to 40 chamber members attended, with speakers giving a shell of Shafter life covering civic, recreation, history, farming, retail, industry and oil, followed by a tour of local industries.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Shafter High School
Richland School
Festival Plans Community Fair by Shafter Committee
The Shafter Potato ’n Cotton Festival Committee works on a community fair idea to celebrate local harvests and town pride. Organizers emphasize outreach, volunteer coordination, and public participation to launch the event.
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Shafter Potato 'N Cotton Festival Committee
Shafter Peco Taal and Newell Plan 1954 Community Fair
Shafter California editors and local civic groups announce plans for a bigger 1954 festival featuring a new community fair. Civic center booths will showcase entertainment and products by civic groups and local firms, complementing the parade pageant and aquacade tradition.
Potatoes Seek United Campaign to Boost Consumption
Case, council representative and Red River Valley Potato Growers leader, urges unity to raise per capita potato consumption. A national program aims to coordinate dairy and meat industries in budget eating campaigns, with a Chicago meeting to implement a united promotional effort selling potatoes nationwide.
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Case
Red River Valley Potato Growers Association
Red River
Chicago
National Potato Council
Currier and Ives Prints Featured at Shafter Library
The Shafter branch hosts a display of original Currier and Ives prints announced by Mrs. Thomas Wedge, librarian. The collection, among the county’s finest, has toured major museums nationwide and is loaned locally by Ernie Hofman, Travelers Insurance Co agent, who arranged the shipment.
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Shafter
Currier &Ives
Thomas Wedge
Ernie Hofman
Travelers Insurance Co
Hofman
New Cancer Film Offered to Shafter Groups
The American Cancer Society releases The Warning Shadow a color film for Shafter organizations. It notes cancer now kills more men than women and promotes early lung cancer x ray screening for men over 45. Mrs. John J. Peters Jr chairs the local group with committee members listed. Local talks featured Dr. William Eaton pathologist Dr. Robert W. Shelton tumor board chair and Dr. Lucille B. May Bakersfield gynecologist.
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American Cancer Society
Shafter
John J. Peters
Bakersfield
Hugh Jewett
William Eaton
Robert W. Shelton
Kern County
Lucille B. May
Maple 4-H Girls Prepare New Members for Group
Maple 4-H Club begins enrollment in clothing and cooking sets in October. Girls aged ten or nearly so may join with mothers present. Leaders are Mrs Walter Nicol, Mrs Allen Bartel, and Mrs Ernest Wiens. The club invites friends to visit the Kern County Fair booth featuring 40 items, with entries taken Friday and Saturday and judged before the fair opens.
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Maple
Walter Nicol
Allen Bartel
Ernest Wiens
Maple Club
Kern County Fair
Bakersfield
Rio Bravo PTA Opens Year With Nutrition and Speech Topics
The Rio Bravo PTA held its first meeting of the year with talks on Nutrition and the School Child by kindergarten teacher Annette Nancy and Your Child and the Speech Program by speech therapist Robert Benoit. Dr. Leonard Duck introduced a Cub Scout program. The meeting date shifts to the second Thursday. October’s program is a dinner and Fun for All Night. President Luciel Walker announced the next business meeting for Oct 8.
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Annette Nancy
Robert Benoit
Leonard Duck
Shafter
Luciel Walker
Teachers Meet Kids' Parents at Richland PTA Reception
Richland Parent-Teacher Association hosted a Tuesday evening reception welcoming teachers, non certificated staff, and school board members. Over 300 attendees included Mrs. Grant Jensen, Bruce Crawford, and John Lackey.
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Richland Parent-Teacher Association
Grant Jensen
Bruce Crawford
John Lackey
Richland Teachers Club
Teria Super
Don Laverty
Marvin Lane
PTA
South Sequoia Champs Face Burroughs in 1953 Opener
South Sequoia League champions junior varsity prep for 1953 opener against Burroughs High School in Shafter tomorrow night. Coaches Don McCauley and Don Muffin plan to use experienced players at key spots with quarterback undecided between Bob Goossen and Woody Wilson.
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South Sequoia Champs
Burroughs
Burroughs High School
Don McCauley
Don Muffin
Shafter
The
Colonels
Bob Goossen
Woody Wilson
Leroy Moser
Jack Brown
Floyd Kastner
Dick Nicto Ag
Glen Handel
Jack Bonham
Nelson Harris
Joe Hicks
Billy Colvard
Kenneth Dalke
Billy Cummings
Ohio visitor and relatives in Shafter visit local area
An Ohio visitor, Mrs. Carl Faelchie of Columbus, and her son Alfred, recently released from three years in the Navy, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eckmann on Mannel avenue. The group just returned from a trip to San Francisco and Monterey and plan to stay in Shafter through next weekend.
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E. C. Eckmann
Mannel Avenue
Carl Faelchie
Columbus
Highland Inn
Carmel
Keratolytic FungiCide Ad From McClure Drug Store
An ad touts T-1-1L as a strong keratolytic cure for athlete's foot. It claims the tainted outer skin is sloughed off to expose and kill buried fungi. If not pleased, customers receive 40 cents back within one hour.
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McClure Drug Store
John Hampton Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Air Police
Mr and Mrs Dee Aadar of Euclid Avenue announce their son John Hampton has been promoted to staff sergeant. He has served three years and is assigned to Edwards Air Base as part of the air police. He previously worked for Bank of America in Shafter.
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John Hampton
Dee Aadar
Euclid Avenue
John
Hampton
Edwards Air Base
Air Police
Bank of America
Shafter
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National Editorial Association
Taal
Newell
Paul C. Newell
Florence J. Newell
Nouth Central’ Valley Arehway
Currier and Ives
Stringham's Shafter Drug Store
Dick Smith
Bob Mettler
Gene, Wilcoxon
Albert Finkbeiner
Kiwanis Club
Shafter Organizations
E. 24Th St
Los Angeles
Calif
F. C. Raney
Santa Fe Way
Jay
San Jose
San Jose State College
Raneys
Shafter Fire Department
San Francisco
California School of Fine Arts
Ohio
Earl Wipf
G. Merritt
Poe
Wes
Weas
Southern California Gas Company
Hoffman
Western Automotive
Shatter
Aikias
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