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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
1
A playful column from a canine observer riffs on human quirks and social missteps. The piece treats life from a dog’s eye view, labeling human foibles with humor and warmth, inviting readers to smile at everyday behavior.
Shafter High School announces its majorettes will again lead the Steuter High School band. Only one veteran returns, Jayne McNew, who heads the majorettes with three new members Joan James Ruth Tolbert and Dorothy Bie Theme girls will lead the march and toe the line at the upcoming parade.
Shafter Community Art Association outlines its 1948 49 season with ceramics night on November 11 hosted by Mrs Lowell Todd. Miss Merle Hil, Shafter High art teacher, will speak. January features an artists dinner. March offers an arts exhibit showcasing fine artwork from every grade.
Louis Biasotti of Stockton won the bid at 159 453 to resurface 7.3 miles of the Central Valley Highway from Elmo Station to the Kern Tulare line.16 bids were entered with a high of 194 488. Work starts within 60 days and should finish by March with 22 foot pavement eight foot shoulders and plant mix surfacing on a five inch base. motorists urged to detour via Sunrise City Earlimart Famosa Wasco. funding from federal state and county programs.
Mrs Maggie Melvin of Shafter learns of the arrival in San Francisco of Sgt Melvin who was killed in October 1944 while serving in the Pacific on Palau Island He had returned to his home in Camnee Oklahoma to finish high school and after graduation in 1940 enlisted He survived both Midway battles Burial services to be announced on the body’s arrival in Shafter
The department head announced a large enrollment in engineering, with many students choosing specializations. Fields include mechanical, civil, petroleum, aeronautical, and other curricula preparing for four year college entry.
Wasco Union High School District calls a special election for October 5 to raise the district tax maximum from 7 to 1.60 per 100 assessed valuation. Increased enrollment and earlier tax shortfalls prompted the vote. Principal Letter Smith urges voters to support the measure.
Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 43 met at Kern River for a weekly session presided by Scoutmaster Kenneth Pipkin. Junior leaders Crocker and Uhl assisted as boys tested skills in fire building, booking, and trail finding around a bonfire.
The conference featured an invitation to all comers for coffee before the opening. Attendees could preview films as part of the agenda. Dr. [name] presented a talk titled Our Point of View with Respect to Audio Visual Materials. Miss Nina Jor- participated as a secondary coordinator for Kern County schools.
Registration of youths aged 18 to 25 is now conducted at the Shafter station. Local youths who have not yet complied with the draft registration law may do so at the fire station at any hour, any day or night.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors formed a county auditing committee for the 1948 49 series to oversee the Starring Kern County Artists auditions held in five supervisory districts. The panel will shape policies and encourage young people to enter the county wide contest for outstanding vocalist and instrumentalist honors.
Santa Fe announces August 1948 net income of 6 880 013 dollars. For the first eight months in 1948 the company shows 39 839 837 dollars, up from 29 240 587 dollars in the same period of 1947, per President F G Gussley.
Mr and Mrs Herb Neuman visit the Ridge home of the Buck Osbornes for a social gathering. Neuman couple and OSBORNES are noted in the readable lines of the clipping.
The passage notes Cher continuing in the role while the constable is not present. This brief item emphasizes Cher’s ongoing duties despite the missing official.
Saturday night visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Greg Malory and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Neessen at the Herb Neuman home on the Neu man West Ranch.
Kern County potato growers will pay two cents less per hundredweight to ship their product, saving about 250000 dollars. The new rate is 20 cents per sack instead of 22, approved by railroad traffic officers, aligning potato charges with citrus pricing. Sid B Carnine of the Kern County Potato Growers Association urged the reduction, noting the overall eight percent rate increase discussion at the meeting.
The road station will welcome the 6:52 train bearing the remains of Pfc Jules Vasquez of Shafter killed in action in the Philippine Islands during World War II. His body is being returned for local burial.
Mr and Mrs Coy Fenton and their children from Oxnard have been in town for a stay.
The newly elected Rex Waldtemore urges motorists to drive carefully and remind children to brake. The Legion promotes accident prevention as a national program.
The narrator recalls being confined by the boss after a missed day and describes riding with him to the Shafter-Wasco Gin. There, about 40 local businessmen stuff cotton into holes for a parade float mentioned by Doc Revell as a Bakersfield feature this week.
The California Scholarship Federation chapter at Shafter High School met for the first time on Tuesday September 21 electing Pat Kelly president Lloyd Handel vice president Betty Wilcoxon secretary and Betty Stringer social chairman. Faculty advisor is Mrs. Amelia Cornell. Membership requires strong grades including at least three A’s and one B each semester.
Thomas H. Kuchel announced the distribution of 31,717,400 from the highway users tax fund for the quarter ended June 30, 1948. The 58 counties shared 10,532, but the summary does not include the remaining distribution details.
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