Community United For Progress aids Shafter Kern County
The Community United For Progress in Shafter led by Rev. Gregory D Andino offers welfare services as Kern County’s lone agency outside Bakersfield. The group relies on volunteers and Neighbor Youth Corps trainees with no pay and seeks donated office furniture and an air cooler for its headquarters at James and Pacific.
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Shafter
Community United For Progress
Gregory D. Andino
Missionary Baptist Church
Kern County
Bakersfield
Andino
Gene Wilson
Benjamin Raygoza
Neighbor Youth Corps
James and
Pacific
Larger Kern County Fair premium list for Shafter residents
Shafter residents share in about 5 500 premium schedules totaling 65 631 in cash awards at Kern County Fair. Four books cover livestock horse show still exhibits junior livestock and all departments. Largest prize 20 382 went to Horse Show entries. smallest 4 50 paid for 4 H woodworking. Entry office open 8 am to 5 pm with August 16 closing date for divisions. mailed entries must postmark by midnight August 16. Barbara Farnsworth supervises six entry clerks. phone 831 8826.
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Shafter
Kern County
Rfor
Barbara Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Aslan Turoonjian
Art
Smith Funeral Services Held Tuesday
Memorial services were held Tuesday August 5 at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church Shafter with graveside at 2 p.m. at Shafter Memorial Park for Ernest Gordon Smith 58 of 540 Hofman Court Shafter who died Saturday August 2 at a Lake Isabella hospital. He was camping at Wooford Heights when stricken with a brief illness.
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United Methodist Church
Shafter
Shafter Memorial Park
Ernest Gordon Smith
Hofman Court
Lake Isabella
Wooford Heights
1969 Goes Into Record as Poor Potato Year
The Shafter area and Kern County saw a poor potato year with unprofitable results for most growers due to heavy rains delaying planting and lowering yields. About 4300 carloads were shipped, down from 4700 last year, with 3230 by Santa Fe rail cars. Continued on page 6.
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Shafter
Shafter Press
Kern County
Jim Stockton
Santa Fe
Earl Brown
Wiggs Located in Arkansas After Disappearance
Thomas Allen Wiggs, 63, ranch foreman for the L A Camp Company, disappeared from his Bakersfield home and was later found in Arkansas. Wiggs left July 20 after a sudden departure. he spoke to his son from Cotton Plant, Ark, claiming no reason for leaving. Officers, including Kern County Detective M J Higgins, led searches of Camp Farms. Wiggs is in good physical condition but questions remain about his return home.
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Thomas Allen Wiggs
L. A
Cawelo and
Lerdo
Arkansas
Wiggs
Charles
Lexington Ave
Bakersfield
Cottonplant
Ark
M. J. Higgins
Kern Ountyisf
Weeta
Want A Water Tower Free For Your Lawn Or Patio
City seeks a taker for a 75 foot high 75,000 gallon water tower slated for razing this summer. The 39 year old tower on Central Valley Highway between Pacific and State will be replaced by a ground level storage tank at North Shafter and Tulare. No delivery service is offered.
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City Hall
Lewis Carroll
W.H. Johnston
J. C. Atkinson
Central Valley Highway
Pacific
State
North Shafter
Tulare
Old City
Shafter P District
P Cventey
Pittsburgh-Des
W.H
Bill) Johnston
Central Valley
Tis City
Richland Budget Gets Final Okay
Richland School District trustees approved the 1969-70 budget of 1,250,984 at a public hearing. The prior year budget was 1,212,756 and federal funding, estimated at about 70,000, remains uncertain until September or October.
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Richland
E. David Cooke
Richland Superintendent of
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Bill Plummer
Wasco
Johnny
Kern
Deila Kimmel
Eloise Cave
Gem and Mineral Club
Vernon Cage
Herbert Rose
E. Gordon Smith
Shafter Ffa
Burley Dooley
Shafter High School Ffa
Dooley
Shafter High School
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