Concert Set For Saturday at Shafter Mennonite Church
A concert by the Collegian Chorus of local youth is set for 8 p.m. Saturday August 20 at the Mennonite Brethren Church 400 Kern Street Shafter. The program features spiritual music by Phil Kerr Audrey Mieir with Spud Heinrichs directing and includes a male quartet instrumental trio mixed trios and duets.
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T! WY Veld Cietin Cotypoeed
Kern County
Christian Business Mews Committee of
Shafter
Mennonite Brethren
Kern Street
Phil Kerr
Audrey Mieir
Spud” Heinrichs
Clarebelle Fenderson Accepts Hawaii Post
Miss Clarebelle Fenderson will depart for Hawaii to serve as secretary to the president of the Hawaiian Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Elder B Mattison in Honolulu. Her duties include correspondence and guest arrangements with a church housing unit provided. She recently resigned from the College of Medical Evangelists staff.
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Clarebelle Fenderson
C. EF. Fenderson
Hawaii
Hawaiian Conference
Seventh Day Adventist Church
B. W. Mattison
Honolulu
Miss Fenderson
Church
Organized Confusion at Irvin E Fike’s Big Sale
A humorous caption implies Irvin E Fike Company plans a colossal sale to boost community goodwill. The piece invites housewives to visit the store or contact Larary Knight, sales manager, for details about the promotional event and surrounding mystery.
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Irvin E. Fike Company
Shafter
Fike
Fike’s
Irvin E. Fike's
Larary Knight
Telephone Service Praised By Shafter Residents In Kern County
A Shafter reader extols the Pacific Telephone division in Kern County for exceptional service. He cites long distance help, courteous operators, rapid repairs, and daily call volumes, praising management and staff as the main reason for satisfaction. Continued on page 2.
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Kern County
The
Pacific Telephone
Los Angeles
Shafter
Richland Announces Pre School Registration Plan
Nina Francis, principal at Richland Primary, says pre school registration for students in kindergarten through third grade who were not enrolled last May will be held August 22 from 9:00 to noon and 1:00 to 3:30 at the Primary Office. Parents should bring health history data address telephone and sibling information. birth proof required for kindergarten or first grade. No registration for intermediate or upper grades. those students enroll September 6 at 8:00 am.
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Nina Francis
Richland
Ergarten
Shafter High Opens Classes September 6 1960
The 1960-61 Shafter High School year starts on Tuesday September 6 with a school assembly at 8 30 am to explain registration. Final registration for spring preregistrants occurs then and new students may register in late August. Bus routes remain unchanged and staff meetings occur September 1 and 2.
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Shafter High School
Thursady
Coin collecting hobby grows into unique investment
Bill Siemens of Maple district pursues coin collecting as a long running hobby and investment. His collection spans small US and Canadian coins plus an Israel issue from 1957. He notes Lincoln penny design history, Barber coins, and value factors like condition and scarcity. Siemens, a farmer and Scout devotee, has shown coins at Kern County Fairs and supports both family and community activities.
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Bill Siemens
Canada
United States
Israel
New York City
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Lincoln
Siemens
Congress
Vernon D. Brenner
Kern County
Maple District
Goldie
Bill Jr
Boston
Wayne
Westmont College
Santa Barbara
Kern County 4-H Selects All Star And Diamond Star Candidates
A five member committee chose Cheryl Bauer and John Van Horn as Kern County 4-H All Stars for 1960 61 and Keith Axtell and Kay Dale as Diamond Star Candidates. Cheryl and John will represent Kern at the All Star Conference in Berkeley next spring. Keith and Kay will compete for California Diamond Star honors after submitting records to the State 4 H Office and facing a fall interview in Berkeley.
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Cheryl Bauer
Wasco
John van Horn
Panama
Kern County
Cheryl
University of California In Berkeley
John
Bakersfield College
California
Keith Axtell
Rosedale
Kay Dale
Keith
Standard Oil
Kern County Land Company
University of California At Berkeley
Kay
U.C
Berkely
Cal
Diamond Star
Berkeley
Funeral Rites for Fred Lamas Killed in Jeep Wreck Near McKittrick
Fred Lamas a Shafter resident of 28 years was killed Sunday when his jeep stalled on a steep hill and rolled over five miles from McKittrick. His son Harold survived with injuries and shock. Funeral services will be held at the Mennonite Brethren Church of Shafter with interment in a Bakersfield cemetery. Survivors include his wife, daughter Dee Bracamonte, sons Robert Harold Bill Fred Jr. and Bennie, six grandchildren, two brothers, three sisters, and numerous relatives.
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Fred Lamas
Shafter
Harold
Taft Hospital
McKittrick
Lamas
Bakersfield
Bill Siemens
Mennonite Brethren Church
Wanda
Dee Bracamonte
Robert
Dinuba
Bill
Fred Jr
Bennie
Bill Lamas
Frank Lamas
Mamie Buchell
Margaret Yorba
Taft
Aurelia Subriar
Richland Aquatic Center Summer Schedule Update
The Richland Aquatic Center will stay open through Labor Day with normal hours. After September 5 the facility will operate Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 pm. Swimming lessons for all Richland Elementary students run September 12 to October (Kindergarten to 8th grade). Shafter High School will use the pool for boys P E classes in fall. Girls swim lessons occur in April and May.
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Richland Aquatic Center
Richland Elementary
Shafter High School
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