Engineer Reports Growth for Utility District and Growth
Engineer's report declares good management for the utility district and signals expansion. At a special Richland School chess event, Tommy Mortimore won Class A Beth Channesgon Class C and Steve Arebdes Class B. Laura Hare wins art festival sweepstakes and heads to traveling exhibit. Rotary luncheon features a magician. Commodore Reginald C Hight USN aboard USS Kitty Hawk seaking off Pacific coast during sea trials. Rick Scott sets school shot put record 51 feet 3 inches. coach optimistic for season progress.
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Shafter
Laura Hare
Rotary
Commissaryman
Reginald C. Hight
USN
Abon
Kitty Hawk
Pacific
Richland School
Tommy Mortimore
Beth Channesgon
Steve Arebdes
Greg Ohanneson
Richland Cafeteria
Rick Scott
Dave Hubbard
Scott
Shafter Area News Highlights From Local Events
Shafter hosts annual art festival free to public at 9nee Hall. Ray Dickey named candidate for 23rd California Boy's State. Wallace Koop attends brother Harrisson Koop’s funeral in Hillsboro with extended family noted. Easter return to Shafter. Home Safety Week proclaimed by Kern County Safety Council. Spud Festival queen contest opens with Donna Dalke as first entrant. O T Olsen Day marked at Chamber meeting. engraving machine installed to speed local picture production.
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Shafter High School
California
Ray Dickey
James Wallace Dickey
Buttonwillow
Leslie L. Robinson
Shafter
Savor G. H. Ben Grundy
Safety Council
Kern County
Sort Club
Onna Dake
Red Cross Shafter Drive
Chamber
O. T. Olsen
Burell
Anderson Film
Donna Dalke
Bakerafield College
Funeral Held for Ena MacKillop Bishop in Shafter
Ena MacKillop Bishop 50 of 402 Maple St Shafter died Monday March 23 in Bakersfield Hospital. Funeral services were at St Mark's Episcopal Church Shafter with cremation and later cremains placement in Santa Barbara Cemetery. Survivors include husband Jim five sons daughter Serena Jane and one grandson. The Agee Funeral Home Shafter directed arrangements. Coming & Going notes Bruce loppini hosted Jopini's parents for Easter at 109 Pacific Street.
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Wallace Koop
Elm Street
Shafter
Hillsboro
Kansas
Harrisson Koop
Tuesay
J. Koop
Sandra
Ronald
Norman Friesen
Ezra Suderman
Evelyn
David
Judy
Connie
Marsha
Anna Koop
Kans
Ace
Eli
Edna) Suderman
Wally
Erma) Isaac
Dinuba
Calif
Marvin
Lorna) Gerbrandt
Santa Clara
Mennonite Brethren Church
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Ena MacKillop
Maple St
Bakersfield
C. Bruce Spaces
St.ark’s
Santa Barbara
Glasgow
Scotland
Bayshore
Long Island
New York
Cornell University
Utica
N.Y
James C. Bishop
Key
Southhampton
Davis
John Dean
Dick Garber
Dr. E
David Cooke
Reuben Fraley
H. W. Pat Kelly
Angus Hyer
Agee
Birth Announcements From Bakersfield Area Families
Kenneth Paul, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin of 150 Golden West, born Friday at Memorial Hospital Bakersfield weighed five pounds ten ounces. Stacie Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Watson of Montague California, weighed six pounds four ounces and has an older sister Cindy. Curtis Lee Ill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Maynard born February 28 at North Kern Hospital Wasco weighed nine pounds and some ounces with a 16 month old sister Michelle.
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Kenneth Paul Kenneth Paul
Paul Martin
Golden West
Memorial Hospital
Bakers+ field
Aby
Kenneth
Karen DeWitte
Val DeWitte
Glenive Martin
Bakerafield
Dolf Martin
Oklahoma
Okla
M. L. Perry
Wasco
Cecil Goldsmith
Redding
Calif
George Watson
Los Angeles Avenue
Stacie Ray
Ray Watson
Montague
California
Cne Ray
Cindy
Homer Watson
Hill
Robert Dois
Yreka
Curtis L. Maynard
Bakersfield
North Kern Hospital
Curtis Lee
Michelle
John Arnold
Shafter
Coy Maynard
Floral Preservation Classes Aid Kern Fair Exhibitors
Kern County fair exhibitors gain guidance from Mrs. Jances Selvidge in a six week series at the Bakersfield YWCA. Floral portraits join the direct arrangement division with allowed 16 by 24 inch entries and tinting. Thorne says dried arrangements use fossilized sand from the Great Salt Lake for natural desiccation.
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Kern County
James Thoren
Floriculture
Thorne
Pan Aeae
Jances Selvidge
Buttonwillow
YWCA
Bakersfield
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Selvidge
Easter Visit Tour Includes Cooper Family in Bakersfield
Mrs. Floyd Cooper hosts Easter at 933 rs as Flo Manuel spends the day with son Kenneth, wife Audrain and children Connie Brad and Tommy in Bakersfield. At Johnnie and Mrs Schultz 221 te street, Kathy and Darlene visit while Kathy studies at Santa Barbara and Darlene at Pacific Fresno. Wayne Smith of Arizona joins as Kathy’s fiancé.
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Floyd Cooper
Flo Manuel
Kenneth
Audrain
Connie
Brad
Tommy
Bakersfield
Johnnie Shultz
Te Street
Kathy
Darlene
Santa Barbara
Pacific
Fresno
Wayne Smith
Arizona
The Spurrlows Present Concert at Bakersfield Church
The Spurrlows will present a concert on Friday April 3 at 7 30 p m in the Bakersfield First Assembly of God at 17th and O streets featuring orchestra and chorus numbers with soloists. The program is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurrlows
Bakersfield First
YUGO Team Travels to Mexico Easter Mission Reach
During March 22 28, thirty four youth and adults from Shafter and Bakersfield joined YUGO in Hidalgo and Jalapa Mexico. The group held village Bible studies house to house and children men and women sessions with interpreters. The event connected with a larger YUGO Conference of about 400 youth from California.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Mexico
Hidalgo
Jalapa
YUGO
Youth Unlimited
YUCO
California
el Centro
Holtville
Calif
Mexicali
Don Nikkel
Cai
Debbie Smith
Janet
Bender
John Branner
Walt Senior
Martin Roque
Will Mite
Bella
Bara Oo
Dan Denice
Will Moir
Areaco
Bakerafield
Dalberg
Fenflower
Camp Fire Girls Flag Raising Ceremony
The Shafter Press reports a flag raising ceremony held by Camp Fire Girls. Scouts gathered to honor the occasion with community participation and patriotic observance on April 1, 1970.
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Camp Fire Girls
Shafter Press
Richland School
Shafter Camp Fire
Richland
United States
Susan Paul
Monica Perales
Martha Arthington
Tina Colvard
Frances Carrasco
Cheryl Arthington
Terry Wells
Kelly Bergen
Kelly Friesen
Steve Cooke
Lisa Diane Costello Celebrates Third Birthday
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Costello, Lisa Diane, celebrated her third birthday on Saturday March 21. Prizes were awarded to Cathi Smith Jeff Pfiefer and Tahawana Watson. Guests included family friends and relatives with Grandmothers Mrs Dan Costello and Mrs Catherine Shere ll in attendance.
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Mark Costello
Lisa Diane
Cathi Smith
Jeff Pfiefer
Tahawana Watson
Danny
Rusty
Denise Stark
Angela Flynn
Teddi
Pattie
Ranny
Mike Brown
Marvin ‘*Gardner
Kim
Trina Weaver
Leslie
Tahwana Watson
Mra
Dan Costello
Catherine Sherréll
May
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District 1
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Olsen
Eee
Funal
Bruce Loppini
Pacific Street
Jopini
Virgil McNanna
San Luis Obispo
Coane Nou
Gene White
Riverside
J. C. Wells
Atlantic Street
Russell Wells
Minter Avenue
White
Mr. White
California Baptist College
Pine Street Newhood
Pack 953
Carlos White
Craig Bassett
Den 1
Poplin
Oceana
Sheter
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