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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
3
The Shafter Woman's Club sets an April 24 golf game at the Northern course with a 9 AM tee off for members and guests. A luncheon follows at 1 PM at the Ranch Inn. Mrs. Henry Neufeld chairs the event with committee members Mrs. Frank Wisner and Mrs. Emil Frost.
Mr and Mrs Otto Becker celebrate as two daughters each become PTA presidents at rival schools. Belva Warkentin tops Maple Elementary and JoAnne Frantz leads Maple PTA, linking Richland and Wasco high school loyalties for their families. Jack Janzen rushed to Memorial Hospital after an ambulance trip. he remains in intensive care awaiting a VA appointment.
Cecil D. Briscoe, current dean of boys at South High, named project supervisor under the Elementary and Secondary Act by Kern County Joint Union High School District trustees. He will assume duties July 1, replacing Don L. Murfin as Murfin becomes South High principal. Briscoe joined the district in 1957 after Shafter High School teaching. at South High since 1960 he has been teacher attendance supervisor counselor and since 1967 dean of boys. He is a U S Navy veteran and serves as commander and training officer in the local Naval Reserve. He and Eleanor Briscoe have four children Richard Lori Tara and Jason.
Lee Fike president of Irvin E Fike announces rapid sales growth and expansion plans for his Shafter business. The Mobil gas station will be rebranded as Fike’s Big Country Corner with Blue Chip stamps service and new frontage. An expanded body shop and more stalls are planned to boost service capacity. Local residents praise the growth as beneficial to the community. Betty and Larry Wells return home from Riverside with family for Easter. A public hearing on an ordinance adopting standard specifications is set for April 22 1968 in Shafter City Council chambers.
Obituary notes for Louis Herbert Waugh of Wasco recounts his Illinois birth in 1878, migration to Wasco in 1917, and long carpentry career. funeral details list family survivors across multiple California towns. Separate items cover Dorothy Louise Moore’s Shafter death in April 1968 and local Ordinance No. 178 establishing Underground Utility Districts with public hearings and penalties.
Valley Publications Co publishes in Shafter California entries listing staff roles including editor publisher Frank Wisner social news editor, and other workers. It notes subscription rates five dollars Kern County and five fifty outside Kern County along with address details at Box A Shafter.
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