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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1947
Page
2
The Ministerial Association requests that every home with a Suney School or Church display a poster in their window. About a thousand posters have been printed and will be distributed to ministers. Businesses and homes are urged to display the poster to promote church attendance and religious teaching of children.
Joe Cosgrove manager of the Shafter branch of Bank of America returns from a Greenhorn mountain hunt with a five point deer weighing 20 pounds. He bagged the buck on the first day and was joined on the trip by Red Adams of Taft.
Advertising rates listed per year within California and outside California. Single copies cost five cents. Notes indicate second class matter status and post office filing in 1935 at Shafter California under the 1879 act.
Wasco area police chief John Reily urges public cooperation as officers pursue suspects. He cites incidents during Witcher chase when drivers ignored siren and red light, risking officers and bystanders. Reily praises Shafter police for alertness and calls for public support to ensure safe arrests.
Fred Lamas and James Jones of Shafters returned from a Bald Mountain hunting trip with two deer a 210 pound four point and a 170 pound four point. They left September 13 and came home September 22.
A delayed bridal shower was held Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Adolph Mettler for Mr and Mrs Elmer Mettler who wed in April. Guests included numerous Mettlers and friends from Bakersfield and South Dakota with addresses noted.
Services for Luticia Lewis were held at 10 a.m. Monday September 22 at Janzen Funeral Home with Rev B E Andrews officiating. She died at home in Buttonwillow after eight weeks in Millham Farms having arrived from Tuttle Oklahoma. Born July 4 1866 in Dallas Texas she leaves four sons and five daughters plus 58 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren with interment at Shafter Cemetery.
Leland Bell, an experienced hunter, brought a six point buck after a week of hunting. The buck weighed over 175 pounds, underscoring Bell's marksmanship as the Bells brace for meat prices.
Shafter Rotary members shared travel tales at Tuesday noon meetings. Clarence Neuman described a Canada trip with family noting lower wages and higher costs, plus a perceived crime wave. Ohlsson recounted a United Airlines Mainliner journey from Los Angeles to New York in nine and a quarter hours. Ed Warren spoke of a Northwestern trip including Puget Sound fishing, Victoria and Vancouver visits, an Indian Barbecue at Neal Bay, Lake Louise, and a massive glacier. John Peters described a High Sierra pack trip ending at Jordan Hot Springs. Joe Cosgrove detailed a Greenhorn Mountains hunt with a large five point deer. Community members and visitors attended, with Mrs. Cecil Rhoads improving after hospital stay.
Kern County Library lists top parent aid books for this school year. Elea nor Wilson notes branches carry titles such as Two to Six for young children, Understanding Your Child, The Child From One to Six, Parent's Questions, Do Adolescents Need Parents, and Understanding adolescence.
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