Richland School Board Approves 885741 Budget
The Richland School District trustees adopted an 885 741 dollar budget for the coming year with a 10 percent raise for teachers. Superintendent Bruce Crawford announced the approval following a public hearing with no dissent. The plan includes 421 275 for ongoing building work including three classroom wings and an administrative unit. Schneider and Wikoff was the low bidder for the heating system at the intermediate school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School District
Bruce Crawford
Schneider and Wikoff
Shafter
Writer Lauds H. W. Kelly at Shafter Kiwanis Club
Bakersfield Californian editor Ralph Kreiser praised H. W. Kelly a Shafter state assemblyman for his Sacramento work. Kreiser urged more men like Kelly in the state legislature and Congress and urged a strong public consciousness against crime citing the Kefauver Crime Committee report as an example of public laxity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Ralph Kreiser
Bakersfield
Kefauver Crime Committee
Oldest California Presbyterian Church Burned 1950
The First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, built in 1864, stood as California’s oldest Presbyterian church in continual use until a fire destroyed it in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Columbia
California
Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Local residents and families list weekend trips and upcoming travels from Shafter to Pismo Beach Novato San Rafael Berkeley San Jose and Oregon. Guests include the Nagels in Shafter and Berkeley visits, plus nieces and relatives staying with families during extended weekends and vacations.
Maple Leaf Directors Honored at Beach Party
A Maple Leaf Enterprises board and spouses were hosted at the Pismo Beach home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Peters. The event featured a barbecue and a screening of party memories with guests including J. Waldo Unruh, P. A. Bartel, Elmer Unruh, and Elbert Frantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Leaf
Pismo Beach
E. J. Peters
Maple Leaf Enterprises
Messrs. and Mesdames
J. Waldo Unruh
P. A. Bartel
Elmer Unruh
Elbert Frantz
Family trips to the Pacific Northwest and western states
Mr and Mrs Charles Lee with Elaine Louise and Susie and Karen Burnquist returned last week from a two week vacation visiting relatives in Seattle Washington. Mr and Mrs Finis Bailey and their son and daughter also returned from a car trip through Oregon Washington Idaho and Nevada visiting Redwood Highway Oregon Caves Crater Lake and the Canadian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Marvin Mouser
Novato
Rachael
Robert Tatum
Babara
Sanly
Janet
Verlon Mouser
Larry
Oregon
James V. Wilson
Oklahoma
Montrose
Wilson
Jane Woods
Smith Corners
Hawthorne
E. W. Crisp
Charles Lee
Elaine
Louise
Susie
North Wall St
Seattle
Wash
Karen Burnquist
Robert Burnquist
Taft
Finis Bailey
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Redwood Highway
Oregon Caves
Crater Lake
Water Ballet Continues With Local Diving and Certificates
The Bakersfield pair Jack and Bill Finch will demonstrate diving prowess at the pool as part of the free water carnival led by Heber and Roy Farrell. Certificates of achievement will be awarded to students across Beginners Intermediates Swimmers and Junior Life Savers with listed names of participants and awardees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Aquatic Center
Cathryn Putman
Richard Heber
Jimmie Waymire
Mike Adams
Bakersfield
Jack
Bill Finch
Bill Just
Heber
Roy Farrell
Shafter
Millie Wilson
Bobby Crowder
Don Blumkin
Berry Wipf
Patrick Stoller
Caroline Crowder
Henry Blair
Bill Nieson
Bill Schacht
Judy Wood
Kenneth Gaede
Patsy Hastings
Barbara Brown
Richie Swann
Donna Schaefer
Ronald Schmdtt
John Dooley
Earl Neuman
Jackie Arnold
Dennis Townsend
Teresa _ Iribarren
Paul Thomas
Jeff Schaeffer
Barbara Peterson
Teddy French
Mae Addington
Mike Panero
Ronald_ Witcher
Carol Witcher
Patricia Kirschenmann
Ronald Blumkin
Kathleen Revell
Mona Moore
Alvin Walker
Paula McClure
Frank Ware
Evelyn Bowlie
Ken Gaede
Judy Dood
Susan Mullins
Kenneth Walker
Molly O'Wagner
Susie Roberts
Eileen Bradshaw
Lawrence Vannatta
Jerry Heiser
Carole Anderson
Lorraine Pilgrim
Marilyn Thomas
Here’s Fish Tale With Wicked End
A quirky fish story follows Joe Neuman a local culturalist on vacation who promised big catches to eager anglers. The crowd travels north hoping for sea rewards but few fish are landed leaving the anglers unhappy and suspecting Neuman of mischief with bets and nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Neuman
Tndad
Shafter
Eee
Neuman
Unruh Home Weekend Visit From Camp Pendleton Marine
PFC Vernon Unruh of the Marine Corps spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs William Unruh while on short leave from Camp Pendleton hospital treatment for battle injuries. Mrs L H McDonald and family recently returned from a two week visit in Palm City with relatives. T V Little of Shafter and Morro Bay led the Southern California Chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors during an installation at Lomita. Maple School faculty members Schellenberg Hilda Ni and Elmert Engel attend a summer session at San Jose State College for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Nagel
State St
Ben Nagel
Berkeley
Russian River
Forestville
Ben Nagels
Shafter
Pfc
Vernon Unruh
Marine Corps
William Unruh
Camp Pendleton
L. H. McDonald
Dean
Joyce and
LaVar
West Marengo Ave
Palm City
D. W. Campbell
Paul Conkle
Shafter and Morro Bay
Southern California
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
Lomita
San Jose State College
Miss Schellenberg
Hilda Ni
Elmert Engel
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Janet L. Howell
Kenneth
Perry
East Lerdo Highway
K. A. Howell
Chrysler Air Conditioning
Schneider
Wikoff
James St
Colonial Credit Co
Dewey A. Horton
School Board
Okehs
Lauds
H. W. Kelly
Ben Peters
Faber St
Jake Peters
Ben Stoller
Phyllis
Pat
San Rafael
San Jose
Chet Fowler
Thomas Fowler
Riverside Ave
Turlock
Della Bradford
Stigler, Oklo
Chet
Mattie Frame
Inez Teter
Irvin Fike
Shafter Avenue
J.K. Morris
Lerdo Highway
L. H. Benham
Kenny
Bell ‘Flower
J. B. Moser
Leroy
E. M. Williams
Royce City
Tex
Loraine Parker
Bakersfield Hospital
Roland Tatum
Rosalyn
Janie
Judy
San Francisco
W. ©. Sanders
Navy
San Diego
H. B. Mills
Alice Gunther
Henry C. Neufeld
Kern County
American Cancer Society
Robert Bell
Marengo Avenue
Sequoia
Katherine Lorenz
Viola Martin
Santa Cruz
G. H. Grundy
Stone St
Roswell, N. M
John Grumbles
Roy Grimes
Elmore
Oklo
Laverne Liles
James Leek
Michael
Lottie Liles
Gene Lassman
Ann
Jan
Derryville
Kan
Ben Laverty
Cross St
Rs. Lassman
Bill” Young
Wasco
Chrysler
Oriflow
Irvine
Central Valley
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