Richland Track Meet Sets Multiple School Records
The Richland School annual meet drew 495 fifth through eighth graders. New records include Mark Larson in fifth grade high jump and broad jump, Nancy Stepp in standing broad jump, Mavis Mixon in 50 yard dash, Jack Rector in sixth grade shot put, Brenda Hamlin in running broad jump, Wayne Hances pole vault, Edith Warkentine in seventh grade standing broad jump, Leonard Dunnigan in eighth grade pole vault and discus, Ronnie Evans and Eleanor Coghill in 75 and 50 yard dashes. The Junior Olympics are canceled due to weather. next meet is April 22 at Shafter High School.
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Richland
Mark Larson
Nancy Stepp
Mavis Mixon
Jack Rector
Brenda Hamlin
Wayne Hance
Shafter Hi
Shafter High School
Rookie Cop Stops Burglar Leaving Scene of Breakin
A rookie officer team nabbed Edward Hopkins as he exited Cornet's five and ten store with clothes, suspected in two Shafter burglaries. Sgt Claude Mitchell and rookie Bill Turner reported break in through a back door, Turner drawing his revolver and forcing surrender. The arrest followed a prior break in at Johnson-Neuman department store with a similar method.
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Shafter
Edward Hopkins
Cornet
Claude Mitchell
Bill Turner
Cornet’s
Mitchell
Turner
Johnson- Neuman
Cubs Will Collect More Wire Hangers
Cub pack 953 resumes its hanger drive Thursday afternoon and will gather surplus wire hangers from homes to sell to Shamrock cleaners for a penny each. Assistant cubmaster John Channeson says last week they collected more than 1000 hangers.
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Shamrock Cleaners
John Channeson
Ohanneson
Books on Flying Saucers Available At Local Library
The Shaf ter Branch Library reports strong interest in unidentified flying objects with two book types: scientific investigations and accounts from believers. Notable titles include Ruppelt’s Report on Unidentified Flying Objects and Keyhoe’s The Flying Saucers Are Real, plus others like Flying Saucers Uncensored and They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers.
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Effie Wedge
Shafter
Edward J. Ruppelt
United States Airiee
Donald E Keyhoe
U. S. Marine Corps
Air Force
Wedge
CSF Convention Draws Students From Local High Schools
Sixty Shafter High School California Scholarship Federation members traveled to Arvin High School for the Spring Convention. Dr. Flayd Wooton of UCLA spoke on Education Abroad and foreign schools while four international students gave talks. The Shafter group claimed the attendance trophy for the second straight year and will host the next CSF District Convention in the fall.
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Shafter High School
California Scholarship Federation Club
Arvin High School
CSF
Amelia Cornell
Carl Bee
Flayd Wooton
UCLA
Europe
Jan Talsethagen
Norway
Lise Sussner
Germany
Jenifer Rampling
England
Lennart Gustafsson
Sweden
Talsethagen
North High School
Bakersfield
Bakersfield High School
Shafter
Maple Leaf Sells Trencher to Shafter Pump
Maple Leaf sells an Earth Equipment Corp trencher mounted on an Everett Ford tractor to Shafter Pump and Machine Inc. The 18 inch by five foot digger will trench Woodland Park annex in Shafter for sewer lines, then head to Madera and other San Joaquin Valley jobs as the company expands.
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Everett
Maple Leaf
Shafter Pump and Machine, Inc
Earth Equipment Corp of
Los Angeles
C. W. Christopher
G. D. Prather
Shafter Pump and Machine
Maple Leaf Sales
Richland School District seeks tax hike to fund operations
Harold W. Greene chair of the Richland Board of Trustees announces a special election next month to raise the district tax rate from 1.85 to 2.30 for general operation and maintenance. He stresses that adequate finance and school housing are essential for quality education and urges public support.
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Richland
Harold W. Greene
Greene
California
Shafter
Richland Board of Trustees
Used Car Salesman Wins Vegas Trip
A. J. Deaton, salesman for Fike Chrysler Plymouth, won an all expense trip to Las Vegas for selling the most used cars in his class. The award, presented by Chrysler Corporation, placed him atop more than 30 competitors.
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Vegas
A. J. Deaton
Saving
Fike
Chrysler
Plymouth
Las Vegas
Chrysler Corporation
Deaton
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Cubs
Deeter Constructon, Inc
Kern County Recreation Division
Tommy Richards
Danny Simpson
Louise Fuller
Central Valley Hwy
Art Point Invitations
Shafter Pump & Machine, Inc
Walt Doty
Elton Gillam
Frank Johnson
Chuck Christopher
Dick Prather
Machine, Inc
Everett Trencher
Shafter-Wasco
Earth Equipment Company
Shafter Pump: & Machine Inc
Central Valley Highway
Pioneer
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