Harry Blair Named Speaker for May 7 Achievement Banquet
Harry Blair will keynote the May 7 banquet with a talk titled Education: A National Priority. Roy Kerber of Bank of America chairs tickets at 2.50 dollars for ham dinner with priority sales to parents of honorees. Blair, a Bakersfield native and longtime educator, has a long Kern County public schools career and numerous community roles.
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Roy Kerber
Bank of America
Blair
Harry E. Blair
Bakersfield
Robert B. Blair
Napa
California
Lowell
Emerson
Organizing New Bank At Delano
An application to establish a locally owned national bank in Delano has been filed with the Comptroller of the Currency after a community survey by George A. Marshall. Organizers include Sam Byrum Luis Caratan lord Gibson Clifford Loader Harold Marshall Jack Pandol and Robert Setrakian. The bank will be largely community owned with broad local ownership and to begin operation within four months after authority.
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Delano
George A. Marshall
Sam Byrum
Luis Caratan
Lord Gibson
Clifford Loader
Harold Marshall
Jack Pandol
Robert Setrakian
Setrakian
Shafter High Reports 1060 Fall Students and New Electives
Shafter High School lists a fall 1964 1060 student total for the 1964-65 year as principal Arthur H. Johnson notes enrollment may rise from 939 on opening day. New electives drew interest with 41 in business English and 31 in a modern agriculture survey course. Homemaking and foreign languages also show strong gains.
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Shafter High School
Arthur H. Johnson
Johnson
Harold J. Corrie
Amelia Dawe
Anna Lovelace
Dan Bledsoe
Carl Wells
Wilsons Active In Petition For Becker Amendment
Linda Wilson appears in Times Square signing a petition backing the Becker Amendment to settle prayer in public institutions. Project America promotes action to discharge the measure from Rep Emmanuel Celler's committee so it can reach the House floor.
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Shafter Press
James V. Wilson
New Jersey
Wilson
Wilsons
New York Sunday News
Linda Wilson
Linda
Times Square
New York
Project America
Supreme Court
Becker
Congressional Committee
Congress
Frank.j. Becker
Emmanuel Celler
Wilma
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Gallup
Zenk Tony Brown and Al Beiner Elected to City Council
Franks Wisner salutes Zenk Tony Brown and Al Beiner for winning seats on the City Council. He urges backers to support a growing, aggressive Shafter community and notes a Sigma Delta Chi release urging outlets to defend the public's right to know amid growing encroachments.
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Zenk
Tony Brown
Albeiner
Shafter
Sigma Delta Chi
Journalism
Blue Birds Hold Annual Fly Up Ceremony at Cafetorium
Blue Birds celebrated their annual Fly-Up at the Primary Cafetorium on Monday evening April 20. The ceremony featured a flag salute led by Janice Hammett, a community singing of America with Richard House at the piano, and welcomes from Shafter District President Mrs Ken Handel. Debra Stambach Judy Guenther Pamela Gaither Sharon Fultz Janet Merz Dena Ellis and Sharon Grumbles participated in candlelighting. Camp Fire and Ma Kah Wee Girl groups explained the crafts and presented Handsign and Desire. Fathers tied scarves at a Tanda girl’s invitation and Mrs Handel closed the circle.
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Blue Birds
Janice Hammett
America
Richard House
Shafter
Ken Handel
Debra Stambach
Judy Guenther
Pamela Gaither
Sharon Fultz
Janet Merz
Dena Ellis
Sharon Grumbles
Tanda Junior High
Blue Bird
Boy Narrowly Escapes Poisoning Incident
Mrs Pat Wilson called the fire department and the County Unit rushed to the residence at 488 Klassen to aid a one year old boy who drank Old English Red Oil Furniture Polish. Firemen returned with the bottle for analysis and the child was reported recovering at last report.
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Pat Wilson
Boynd
Wilson
Boy
Industry Letter Dims Hope for Shafter Minter Field Plant
A letter to the Shafter Chamber of Commerce dated April 13, 1964 shows ongoing interest in a metals working industry at Minter Field but notes the project may go to a larger, more isolated city. The client plans site visits to several recommended cities in coming weeks.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Wa
Minter Field
Frank H. Wisner
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
James Street
Shafter
California
Wisner
Oldham
Bakersfield
First Baptist Church of Shafter Plans Homecoming Anniversary
The First Baptist Church of Shafter invites friends and former members to a homecoming and 41st anniversary on Sunday April 26. Services begin with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 50 a m followed by a pot luck dinner. Evening gospel service at 7 includes choir music. The article recounts the church’s founding in 1923 and key relocations through 1963, noting four charter members remaining.
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First Baptist Church of
Shafter
Dale Klint
Bill Hildebrand
Clarence Kattenhohn
John Branner
Paul Wiebe
First Baptist Church
Richland
E. Lerdo Hwy
Pine Street
D. R. Gwin
Frank C. Wiebe
Cleanup Campaign Sets East West Trash Plan
A first week cleanup beat by aides leads the Semi Annual Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. East side residents must place trash this week while West side residents will deposit rubbish in alleys next week to extend garbage department work. Ordinance enforcement resumes after May 2.
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Chamber of Commerce
East Side
West Side
Shafter Council Holds First Meeting After Vote Canvas
The new Shafter council met Tuesday after the vote tally by the outgoing body. They planned to choose a mayor with several candidates discussed for the honor.
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Shafter
Old Council
Career Day At Shafter High School Bridges Senior Plans
Representatives from various adult sectors met Shafter High School and Mc Farland High School seniors during the Annual Senior Career Day last week. Speakers including Art Sargent of Calot Ltd. and William Thompson of Kern County Land Co. discussed careers, education, and requirements in a series of sessions and a general opening.
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Shafter High School
McFarland High School
Art Sargent
Calot, Ltd
William Thompson
Kern County Land Company
Carl Wells
Shafter High
Shafter Elects Three New City Council Members
Forty two and five tenths percent turnout with Tony Brown leading at 568 votes, followed by Dick Zenk at 506 and Al Finkbeiner at 420. Dooley 243, total votes 760. absentee and precinct totals show Brown and Zenk strong across City Hall Faye Tudor residence First Baptist and Congregational churches. New councilmen take office May 11 alongside G. H. Grundy and Forrest Long.
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Shafter
Tony Brown
Dick Zenk
al Finkbeiner
Brown
Finkbeiner
Burney Dooley
Fink
Dooley
City Hall
Zenk
Hight
Gene Guenther
Faye Tudor
Guenther
First Baptist Church
Congregational Church Brown
G. H. Grundy
Forrest Long
Schroeter Named President of Shafter High Student Body
The Shafter high student body elected Tom Schroeter as president and Mark Larson as vice president to lead the two parties Federalists and Whigs. New officers include Nancy Mota secretary Yolanda Morletlcs commissioner of ales Mike Lane athletics Bob Nikkel finance Ken Carleton public relations and Patty Wegis social activities, for the 1964-65 term starting September.
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Shafter High School
Federalists
Whigs
Tom Schroeter
Mark Larson
Nancy Mota
Yolanda Morletlcs
Mike Lane
Ales
Athor
Bob Nikkel
Ken Carleton
Long Time Resident Theodore Hoeger Dies at 59
Theodore Hoeger 59 a long time Shafter resident was found dead at his ranch Sunday after 10 a.m. His death prompted his wife to search for him Monday morning leading to the discovery. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elder Aaron Wagner and Elder A. C. Harder officiating. Burial will be in Shafter Cemetery. He was born January 20 1905 in Harvey North Dakota and had lived in California for three years and Kern County for 36. Survivors include wife Ruby son Floyd J. of Bakersfield along with brothers Edward Ezra Gideon and sisters Amelia Elise Hulda and Deena. Pallbearers listed.
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Theodore Hoeger
Shafter
Vito
Hoeger
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Aaron Wagner
A. C. Harder
Shafter Cemetery
Mr. Hoeger
Harvey
North Dakota
California
Kern County
Ruby
Beech Ave
Floyd J
Bakersfield
Edward
Spokane
Ezra
Reardon
Wash
Gideon
St. Helena
Calif
Amelia Bitzer
Wapato
Elise Bitzer
Auburn
Hulda Watts
Munroe
Deena Bowers
Santa Ana
Ed Rueb
Otto Siebal
Isaac Strauss
Morris Adamson
Gideon Richerts
Willard Neuman
Miss Ohlsson Accepted at Stanford University
Mardo Ohlsson daughter of Dr and Mrs O G Ohlsson has been accepted at Stanford University after four strong years at Shafter High School She earned a swim letter led pep club as vice president and served as student body commissioner She was Junior and Senior class yell leader and represented Shafter at Girls State She also won social science and liberal arts awards and earned several community recognitions including Citizen of Tomorrow and Most Scholarly Senior Girl Stanford look out Brains and beauty are on the way.
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Mardo Ohlsson
O. G. Ohlsson
Stanford University
Shafter High School
Mardo
Horizon
Shafter
Davis
Bakersfield Californian
Kern County
Kern County Heart Association
Ucla
Stanford
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University of California At Berkeley
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Reedley Water
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Cancer Crusade
Clock Tower
Phila Kappa
Kappa Delta Rho
Infantile Schools
Unleen Win
Achievement Ee Socstes
Prank Wisner
Baptist Church
Archie Frick
Arvin Farmer
Keith Thompson
Marshall Unruh
Fred Brown
California Highway Patrol
Milton Wilson
Margaret Walker
Fresno State College
Amy Engle
California Service
Gwenna Mortensen
Earth Haynes
Bakersfield College
R. V. Karlen
Gerald W. Hedden
Foothill High School
James Jeffery
Bell Telephone Company
Walter McClanahan
CSF
James Jeffreys
Bell Telephone .Co
Erma Chamblee
Center
Judy Gray
Ig Rs Benik
Miss Ohlsson
Marco Ohlsson
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