Art and Hobby Show Added to 1955 Festival
The Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival adds an Art and Hobby Show to run May 27 and 28. Don Knowles and co chairs plan oil water color textile and crafts judging with awards for first to honorable mention. Entry blanks available at local schools and the chamber office.
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Shafter
Don Knowles
Knowles
Joe Galante
Fred Hasty
Galante
Hasty
Shafter High School
Richland School
Shafter Chamber
James Street
American Legion
Shafter Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Bakersfield
Betty Maupin
Kermit Anderson
Shafter Sustain
Blue and Gold Day At Shafter High Sees 65 Students Working
Sixty five Shafter High School students participate in Kiwanis sponsored Blue and Gold Day. Students work a full shift at local businesses to learn about community work and for merchants to identify potential employees. Interviewees include Harold Gladden Carol Giesbrecht Belvi Moor Russell.
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Kiwanis Club
Ual
Shafter High School
Shafter
Hal Williams
Harold Gladden
Carol Giesbrecht
Belvi Moor
Russel
Kiwanis in Shafter Welcomes Lt. Governor and Inducts New Member
Bakersfield Lt. Governor Francis Gage addressed the Shafter Kiwanis meeting and showed a film on the Ten Objectives of Kiwanis. Donald Knowles was inducted into the club during the Wednesday noon gathering.
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Francis Gage
Kiwanis
Bakersfield
Shafter Kiwanis
Donald Knowles
Deeter Plans 280000 Subdivision Here 1000 Attend Last Rites
Over 1000 Kern County residents attended the funeral of Wasco Police Chief Robert M. Oliver 38 held in Wasco with interment at Olive Cemetery Lindsay where he was born. The Wasco city council in special session named Milas G. Loomis 46 as temporary chief.
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Kern County
Robert M
Tiny) Oliver
Wasco
Oliver
Delano Hospital
Olive
Lindsay
Milas G. Loomis
Salk Vaccine Shots Planned for Shafter Students
The Richland PTA health chair Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen says first and second grade children in Shafter will begin inoculations at 9 a.m. on April 27. Parents must return consent slips to approve the polio vaccine.
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Shafter
Rolf Jacobsen
Richland Pta
Los Angeles Conny Schools
Richland
Richland Teachers Club
Gunman Robs Liquor Store for 140 Dollars
A lone gunman with a 45 calibre revolver robbed Bottle Mouse owner Clinton Parker of 140 dollars at 9 20 p m Monday night. Police Chief John Reily said the neatly dressed suspect fled on foot and may be linked to a similar Brock's grocery holdup 10 days earlier. He urged local merchants to report suspicious persons immediately.
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Clinton Parker
John Reily
Parker
Brock’s
Central Valley Highway
Reily
Police Department
Public School Week Opens With Barbecue And Open House
Shafter High School hosts Public Schools Week with a barbecue dinner and homecoming Thursday April 28. Displays show student work and the music department will perform under Ken Fahsbender as alumni are welcomed. PTA barbecue tickets are 150 for adults and 75 cents for children.
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Peecocaee Shafter High School
Ed Schacht
Schacht
Ken Fahsbender
P. L. Arnold
PTA
Nick Johnson
Johnson
Shafter
Shafter High School
Aduel H. Mettler
F. R
Swid Office Closes Saturdays Until Further Notice
The Shafter Wasco Irrigation District office at 435 Central Valley Highway will be closed Saturdays until further notice. The board voted to maintain the closure. headquarters remain open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Shafter-Wasco
Muir
Loren Voth
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter- Wasco Irrigation District
Central Valley Higway
SWID
36 Homes to Be Built Behind Press Building
John Deeter of Bakersfield announces a $280,000 subdivision behind the Shafter Press office featuring 36 low priced two bedroom houses each 850 square feet with attached garages. Homes will sell for 7500 to 8000 dollars with FHA financing and concrete stucco construction. Annexation and street extensions are planned after completion to attract families earning 3000 to 4000 dollars yearly.
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Powell
Shafter Press
John Deeter
Deeter Improvement Company
Bakersfield
Decter
Deeter
Ash
Thompson
Orange Street
Onty
Oa Sreeter
Kirseman
Tee Thee
Vanderbilt Talk Tonight at SHS Free Admission
The final film and lecture in a five part series by Shafter Adult Education School and Shafter Recreation Commission screens tonight at 8 in Shafter High School gym. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr will discuss Germany's historic role and current political status, plus US High Commission work in democratizing Germany.
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Vanderbilt
Shafter Adult Education School
Shafter Recreation Commission
Kern County High School
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Shafter High School
Germany
United States High Commission For
Shafter High Hosts Seventh Junior Talent Show Winners
The annual event last Friday saw Johnson win $25 with Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue on trombone, Leroy Moser earn $15 for an impersonation, and Luis Flores collect $10 for a vocal performance. The elementary division first prize went to Thelma Kirschenmann. Marsha Craig won $10 in dance and vocal. Larry Meredith and Larry Darwick shared $5 for a vocal duet. Master of ceremonies was Olin Harrison of Bakersfield.
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Thelma Kirschenmann
Shafter High
Johnson
Gershwin
Leroy Moser
Luis Flores
Thelma Kirschenman
Marsha Craig
Larry Meredith
Larry Darwick
Olin Harrison
Bakersfield
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday in California
Californians set clocks forward one hour this Sunday as standard time gives way to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. The change from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. will affect all clocks statewide.
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California
Swimming Pools to Open Sunday at Richland Aquatic Center
The three pools at Richland Aquatic Center will open to the public at 2 p.m. Sunday. Regular public swimming is 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays and after school until May 21, then Saturdays added. Roy Farrell, recreation director, announced. Private groups may book pools before summer by contacting Farrell at Richland School.
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Richland Aquatic Center
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Richland School
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