Blood Bank Scheduled April 13 at Memorial Hall
Shafter's annual blood bank will be held at Memorial Hall from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday April 13. Jack Janzen chairs the American Legion committee which sponsors the event with donors attended by Dr. H. W. Veth and Dr. C. G. Ohlsson. The 20 30 Club has a Central Avenue sign, Evelyn Agee of the Chamber of Commerce aids, and the Junior Women's Club will man the refreshment bar with era Satt Seeman Wise and doughnuts for attendees.
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Janzen
Grant Charges Increased Farm Costs Attributed to Liberals and Secretary
Allan Grant told a Shafter Chamber luncheon that farm costs have surged and incomes fallen due to policies of Agriculture Secretary Wirtz urged by liberals. He cited bracero bans and union roles, detailing crop-specific cost rises and income declines, with a list of growers and local officials attending.
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Wir
Allan Grant
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Wirtz
Easter Sunrise Service at Memorial Park in Shafter
Shafter churches plan Easter week services led by the Shafter Ministerial Association with Rev. Leonard Hall as chairman. Easter morning service April 10 at 6 a.m. features Rev. Hall Easter greeting, Bil Hildebrand leading two hymns, organist Cynthia Mouser, and readings by Rev. Dexter Ogan. Offering to Emergency Assistance Fund for local residents.
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Shafter
Memorial Park
Shafter Ministerial Association
Leonard Hall
Dexter Ogan
Hall
Bil Hildebrand
Cynthia Mouser
Phillips Music Company of
Bakersfield
Wayne Owen
French Couple from Madagascar Visits Shafter
Mr and Mrs Michel Fiat an agricultural engineer from Madagascar visited Shafter on a four month vacation to study cotton growing methods. They toured the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District and discussed irrigation from Friant Kern canal with district manager Robert Diltz and Chamber of Commerce president Weston Futrell. Mrs Felicity? who served as interpreter aided the visitors who spoke little English.
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Michel Fiat
Madagascar
Shafter
Cansul
Los Angeles
Fiat
Pagnie F Des Fi Textiles
Paris
Felicitas
Fiats
Alabama
University
Michelle Cooke
Friant- Kern
Shafter to Elect Two Council Members and a City Clerk
Voters in Shafter will go to the polls Tuesday April 12 to choose two council members from three candidates George H Grundy Wayne Wood and J C Atkinson Grundy has served on the council and was mayor Wood is active in planning commerce and business groups Atkinson currently serves another term on the Richland school board and leads the trustees The city clerk race is between William H Bill Johnston seeking re election and Richard G Curly James James a Texas native with 25 years in Shafter is a WWII veteran and Disabled American Veterans member and studied at Bakersfield College and Sacramento College Johnston has supermarket management experience and 11 years in Shafter city service with two sons in college or school
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Shafter
George H
Ben) Grundy
Wayne Wood
J. C. Atkinson
Grundy
Wood
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Businessmen’s Fation
Atkinson
Richland
William H
Bill) Johnston
Richard G
Curly) James
James
Texas
Bakersfield College
Sacramento College
John
West Point
Ceceila
Judy
First Baptist Church
Johnston
Mike
Jon
Your Voting Precinct Is Listed Here
Shafter voters will cast ballots at two consolidated precincts for the city election on Tuesday April 12. City Clerk Bill Johnston announces Voting Precinct No 1 at Shafter City Hall for precincts 2 3 4 5 6 7 with Inspector Albert Zimmermann Judge Katherine Scaroni Clerks Nellie Lassister Ruth Thompson. Voting Precinct No 2 at Union Congregational Church serves precincts 1 8 9 10 11 with Inspector Pearl Bellows Judge Betty Jo Curry Clerks Bessie Barker. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm.
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Shafter
Bill Johnston
Shafter City Hall
Albert John Zimmerman
Katherine B. Scaroni
Nellie Lassister
Ruth Thompson
Union Congregational Church
Pearl Bellows
Betty Jo Curry
Bessie Barker
Services Are Held For Mrs Karber
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Monday at the Agee ily Funeral Home in Shafter for Bertha Heinrichs Karber 72 of 217 Kern Street who died recently in a local hospital The pastor Henry H Dick of Shafter Mennonite Brethren officiated and burial was at Memorial Park Survivors include three daughters Edna Richards Wasco Rosella Klingenberg Wasco and Luella Thiesen Whittier and stepsons She had lived in Shafter 17½ years and was born December 21 1912 in Okeene Oklahoma to A H and Anna Bitzen Neufeld She married Frank F Heinrichs in 1942 and later Peter Karber in 1961 The article notes her burial and early life with relatives in the area
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Agee Ily
Shafter
Bertha Heinrichs Karber
Kern Street
Ee Gos
Ughter
Klingenberg
9Th St
Henry H. Dick
Shafter Mennonite Brethren
Chi
Karber
R Memorial Park
Lowell Berg
Oscar Bergman
Penner
Suderman
California
Okeene
Oklahoma
A .H
Anna Bitzen Neufeld
Frank F. Heinrichs
Shatter Weather Brings Resort Type Conditions
Shatter continues to bask in resort type weather ideal for fishing golf and yard work. East and Midwest readers note temperatures in the low fifties. Local figures show daily highs in the upper seventies to low eighties with mild nights across the period.
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Shatter
Midwest
Shafter
Six Hurt In Auto Collision At Bur and Poplar
Six people were injured in a Sunday 12 45 pm crash at the Bur street and Poplar road intersection. Vance Lee Gibbons 28 of Buttonwillow and Thomas P Cavenaugh 26 of Bellflower were taken to Kern General Hospital with moderate injuries along with four passengers from both cars.
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Kern General Hospital
Burand
Poplar
Vance Lee Gibbons
Route 1
David Wade Beech
Stone, Shafter
Vickie Gay Beech
Patsy Cavenaugh
Bellflower
David Eugene Cardwell
Seventh Standard Road
Good Friday Services on Central Ave In Shafter
Rev Joe Agee chairs a 45 minute Good Friday service on Central Ave downtown. The event is sponsored by the Shafter Ministerial Association with decor by the Union Congregational Youth Group and special music by a ladies trio.
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Joe Agee
South Shafter
Union Gregational Church
Jack Kennath
Robert Nikkel
Phillips Music Company
Bakersfield
Leonard Hall
Ministerial Association
H. B. Glenn
Church of God
Robert Bergman
Wallace Reimer
Unruh
Wayne Owen
Pentecostal Church of God
Henry Dick
Mennonite Brethren Church
Eugene Stowe
Agereph Church
Natare
Canetral California
A .B. Farmer
Assembly of God Church
Franks Speaks with Michel Fiats Visit in Shafter
Mr and Mrs Michel Fiat’s Shafter visit featured an interview aided by Mrs Michelle Cooke, a native of northern France. They compare living costs in Madagascar and the United States, noting shared languages across different lounges.
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Michel Fiat
Shafter
Michelle Cooke
France
Madagascar
Kern County
Fiat
Shafer Girl Wins Three Year Peanut Selling Honor
Ann Christensen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Christensen, earned 40 for selling the most butter toffee peanuts in Kern County Camp Fire Girls annual sale. She sold 200 units, earlier records included three year wins featuring bicycle prizes and camp weeks at Yenis Hante and Greenhorn Autumn Camp. The Richland school seventh grader is guided by guardian Mrs A and guardian assistant Mrs Don Christensen with the Women's Fellowship of Union Congregational Church sponsoring the group.
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Ann Christensen
Don Christensen
Kern County Council of
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Ann
Kern Couch
Yenus Hante
Greenhorn
Yeni Hante
Yenis
Richland
Women's Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
Christensen
Reccunino
Peghu Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Kern County
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Weston Futrell
Shafter Chamber
LeRoy Jackson
Robert Smith
State Farm Bureau
Stanley Willis
County Farm Bureau
Fred Starrh
Shafter Farm Center
Herbert Watkins
Grant
Afl-Cio
Council of Churches
Teamsters Union
Sacramentoy
Palley
Shafter Churches
Weston Pater
Itz
Gertha Heinrichs
Central Ave
SY Prank
Wisner
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