Shafter City Cleanup and Paintup Campaign Starts April 19
Shafter launches its semi annual Cleanup and Paintup drive from April 19 to May 2. The Chamber of Commerce urged all residents to participate, place trash in boxes, and follow two weeks of coordinated pickup. East side trash goes out April 19 25 and West side to alleys the following week. Home safety week is also set for April 19 25 by the County Safety Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Lew Carroll
East Side
West Side
Frank Wisner
County Safety Council
Minor Police Bookings Log Notes Theft Reports
A series of minor thefts and property losses are logged. Sandy reported a wallet taken at the library, while Mike Arendes noted a bicycle theft at Richland School. Randy Fosdick reported a lost bicycle later found in a women's restroom. David Robinson reported a jack stolen from his car in the garage. Clifford Griffith reported a 20 gallon garbage can valued at six dollars taken from his alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeine
Shafter Agai Sandy
Grandy
Mike Arendes
Walnut
Richland School
Randy Fosdick
David Robinson
Atlantic
Clifford Griffith
Rosalee
Shafter Police Nab Suspect In $816 Forgery Case
Dean Allen Vangen authored a bad check for 816 dollars and fled in a car owned by Irvin Fike Inc. He faces car stealing and felony charges and is being returned to Shafter for legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Allen Vangen
Irvin Fike, Inc
Vangen
Colusa
Shafter
Richland Teachers Propose Salary Plan Changes
The Richland Teachers Club salary committee presented several plans for salary adjustments at the regular board meeting. A long range plan would consider both experience and training, aiming to allow future salary advances beyond the present category limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Teachers Club
Richland
Leonard Gaede
Gaede
Bakersfield
El Charaf Shrine Club Golf Tournament Held at Taft
The sixth annual Shrine Club golf tournament for Masons and Shriners takes place at Buena Vista golf course in Taft on Wednesday April 29 with a dinner following play at 6 p.m.
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el Charaf Shrine Club
Shriners
Buena Vista
Taft
Ebenezer Reformed Church to Welcome Guest Minister
The Ebenezer Reformed Church will host Rev. Robert D. Stuebbe of Bakersfield as guest minister for services on April 19 and 26. Worship begins at 9 30 a m with Sunday School following. Pastor Rev. Melvin B Nonhof will be absent attending the Eureka Classis annual session in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Robert D. Stuebbe
Bakersfield
Stuebbe
Grace Reformed Church
Melvin B. Nonhof
Eureka Classis
The
Reformed Church
United States
Election Results for Shafter Council Race
The Shafter Press will publish council race results in a special printing available on Shafter newsstands Wednesday morning.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Frankly Speaking by Frank Wisner
Between lapses of thinking the editor and the attacks type lice last week's paper tainted some errors and some loused up stories. But there is always next week and a new opportunity to produce a perfect newspaper. If luck holds we may accomplish this feat before retiring from the newspaper scene.
Air travel and western scenery leave lasting impressions
The narrator reflects on dramatic western landscapes seen from a plane over the western United States and compares era travel speeds with the rapid pace of airplanes. He recalls his mother’s furrowed journey into Western Nebraska by covered wagon, noting faster railroad travel in earlier times.
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Nebraska
Shafter High Spring Concert Highlighted by Chorus and Orchestra
The Shafter High School orchestra and choir present a spring concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium under director Verne Allen. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, with proceeds funding awards for qualified members. The program features works from classical to Broadway by Schubert, Anderson, Washburn, Frescobaldi, Milkey, Willson, Klemm, York, Loesser-Warnick, and more.
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Verne Allen
Franz Schubert
Leroy Anderson
Robert Washburn
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Edward T. Milkey
Meredith Willson
Vance
Klemm
The
Heavenly Choir
York
Brotherhood of Man
Loesser-Warnick
Joann Agee
Kathleen Agee
Sharon Balzer
Mary Bender
Nancy Brown
Cora Burgess
Millie Burrow
Linda Crigger
Brenda Felsinger
Andrera Franco
Janet Gregory
Barbara Harris
Laura Hackett
Margaret Hackett
Patricia Johnson
Mercy Martinez
Pamela McCoy
Sharon McGurk
Florine
Gloria Rogers
Lois Roland
Mary Sherrell
Lynn Tatum
Judith Taylor
Willene Taylor
Vivian Thompson
Judy Wilson
Public Schools Week Observance at Shafter High
Public Schools Week runs April 20 to 24 with open classrooms and an all-arts open house at Shafter High School. The PTA Smorgasbord on April 21 to 24 features multiple serving lines and a menu including turkey and ham, followed by open classroom tours in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Shafter High
Shafter High School
Arthur Johnson
Bill Hildebrand
Harvey Neuman
John Dalke
Minor Items On Council Agenda At Last Meeting
Shafter city council last met as a working group with many minor items on the agenda. The council will meet April 21 to canvass ballots from April 14 election and discussed drainage, authorized price talks, and coordinated map return with the Public Utility District.
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Shafter City
Shafter
Attendance rises in Kern high district as ADA hits new high
The Kern County Union High School District reports a new record in average daily attendance for the seventh month at 16,376.97, up 1,009.22 from last year. Ten high schools plus adult programs show ADA of 15,519.00, up 891.80, with March 31 enrollments up 946 students. Bakersfield College enrollments reach 2,515, up 242 from a year ago.
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Kern County Union High School
Board of Trustees
Dist. Supt
Theron L. McCuen
Bakersfield College
Softball Summer Meeting Set With Team Managers
All managers and sponsors of summer softball teams are invited to a spring meeting hosted by Roy Farrell. The session covers playing rules schedules and league plans for Low Pee Wee Pee Wee Men and potential girls leagues. Games will be at Rio Bravo Primary Wasco and High School over weekends. Larry Schellenberg to supervise. Monday April 20 7 30 p m upper grade school building.
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Roy Farrell
Rio Bravo
Wasco
Larry Schellenberg
Chamber Board Plans Skip of May Homecoming Celebration
The Chamber discusses canceling the May 16 homecoming due to conflicts with invited bands and proposes making the event part of Shafter’s business and civic life for 1965. Joe Frizzell and Mrs. Frizzell are named as parade representatives as Lerdo Highway extension plans move forward. H. W. Kelly notes the Fourth of July committee will meet the American Legion to finalize plans for the annual celebration. Henry Dick invites the board to Mennonite Brethren services on April 26 at 10 40 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Larson
Lew Carroll
Ben Grundy
Rickett & Reaves
Shafter Public Utility District
Ricket & Reaves
Shafter
State Highway Department
Central Valley Highway
Los Angeles
Census Bureau
Carl W. Miller
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Henry H. Dick
Hanley Witcher
County Health Department
Clean Idea
Long
Joe Frizzell
Lerdo Highway
Highway 33
California
H. W. Kelly
Chamber
American Legion
Henry Dick
Mennonite Brethren Church
Chamber of Commerce Board
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By Frank Wisner
Audrey Leigh
Yolanda Gutierrez
Palmira
Columbia
South America
Clyde Johnston
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Yolanda
Ned
Kiwanis
Down’ Under
John Channeson
Bill Johnston
Other Johnston
Shafter High School P.T.A
Reg Hammond
Richland Observance
Bruce Crawford
Crawford
John Jones
Johnny
Interia
America
Kenneth Dalke
Henry Voth
Walter Bergen
Cancer Crusade
Voths
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