May Day Festival Planned by Shafter Students
Shafter citizens are invited to a May Day program on May 2 at 9:30 a.m. on the Richland school patio. First, second and third graders perform dances, marches and skits under directions of several teachers, with Mrs. Letha Brock announcing.
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Richland Primary School
Richland
Eehaal
Herder Highway
Letha Brock
Miss Wheeler
Tucker
Grant
Miss Fairman
Schaeffer
Mrs. Neufeld
Miss Thiesen
Dunkirk
Gustaf
Miss Westerman
Rio Bravo Library Opens New Room With Open House
The Rio Bravo branch of the Kern County Free Library hosts an Open House from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday to end Library Week. A new library room in the school building is celebrated. A display covers Kern County history and resources, with crafts from night school students and fifth and sixth graders making book jackets.
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Rio Bravo
Kern County Free Library
Marc Lilliehoorn
Kern County
Transfer of Cotton Specialist Marvin Hoover to Shafter
Director J Farr Coke of the University of California announced the transfer of Marvin Hoover cotton specialist from Davis to Shafter. Hoover will have offices at the US Cotton Field Station to collaborate with farm advisers across six counties. The 1949 California cotton crop valued at more than 216 million dollars underscores the shift's significance.
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Marvin Hoover
Shafter
J. Farr Coke
University of California
Agricultural Extension Service
Life of Paul film at Academy shown by PTA
Members of the Kern Academy Parent Teachers Association sponsor a religious film The Life of Paul. Mrs. Victor Bowlie announced the screening at the church at Lérdo Highway and Poplar Avenue starting at 7 30 p m with free admission and an offering to aid the PTA.
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Kern Academy Parent-Teachers Association
Paul
Victor Bowlie
Lérdo Highway
Poplar Avenue
PTA
Commerce Pupils Plan Vocations
Shafter High School commerce majors prepare for jobs in Shafter and Kern County under instructors P. L. Arnold and Thomas Letizia. They study elementary business training, bookkeeping, shorthand reading and writing, dictation, letter and legal paper prep, typewriting basics, and the link between typing and shorthand.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Kern County
P.L. Arnold
Thomas Letizia
Shafter High
Burton Kendrick and wife visit Loewen relatives
Mr and Mrs A J Loewen hosted Burton Kendrick and his wife for a weekend gathering with the Loewens.
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Burton Kendrick
A. J. Loewen
Shafter VFW to Officially Initiate Members Saturday
Shafter Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a formal initiation at 8 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Hall. The Taft VFW post will lead the mass initiation with 47 VFW members and 15 auxiliary members to be installed.
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Shafter Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial Hall
Rem Bristow
Veterans of Foreign War Post
Taft
VFW
Auxiliary
Business Education Students Study Loans
Charles Baldwin's business education class at Shafter High School studies the loan process. Topics cover loan creation, repayment schedules, interest rates, reliability, lending firms, security, and related factors. Students include Joan Gardner, Kenneth Handel, Donna Mixon, Grace McMillian, John Bishop, and Erma Mitchell.
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Charles Baldwin
Shafter High School
Joan Gardner
Kenneth Handel
Donna Mixon
Grace McMillian
John Bishop
Erma Mitchell
Rotary Club Hears Concert by Shafter School Band
Shafter Rotary Club members were treated to a concert by the Richland School band directed by Fred Cur tion with O T Olson as program chairman. The performance occurred partly inside during a meal and the remainder on the lawn at Cawelo Motel.
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Shafter Rotary Club
O. T Olson
Richland School
Fred Curtion
Olson
Cawelo Motel
Handel and Thompson Attend Los Angeles Sports Show
O. D. Handel and Harry Thompson traveled to Los Angeles to take part in the annual sportsman's show, engaging with exhibitors and showcasing hunting gear and outdoor equipment.
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O. D. Handel
Harry Thompson
Los Angeles
First Mennonite Churches Gather For Reedley Meet
The Sunday School convention of the First Mennonite Churches of California met in Reedley over the weekend. The convention discussed improving Sunday School material and attendance. Tony Heller of Shafter was elected second vice president. Shafter provided special music Saturday night with the choir in charge.
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First Mennonite Churches of California
Reedley
Tony Heller
First Mennonite Church of
Shafter
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Commerce
Shafter Vfw
Holloway
Lost Hille
Allowa
Ea Va Ae
Lost Hills
Calif
Fresno
Mason Bidg
Fulton Ave
Avenal Gap
Rotary Club
First Mennonite
P. O. Box
Hotel Tegler
Bakersfield
Mathes
Minneapolis-Moline
Wasco
Leo Petersen
Wasco Hardware Company
Minneapolis
Moline
Wasco Hardware Co
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