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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1958

Page

5

Bromwells Win Low Bid for North Salinas High Well

K. A. Bromwell won the contract to drill and casing a well at North Salinas high school site for 9906.99 dollars with a 13.84 per foot adjustment for depths around 500 feet. Construction is expected in about 45 days. The Bromwells, former Shafter residents, have lived here seven years and renewed old acquaintances on the way to Los Angeles.

K. A North Salinas High School Bromwell Mrs. Bromwell Shafter Los Angeles

Pvt Billy R Cole Now in Germany

Pvt Billy R Cole 23 of Wasco entered the Army last February and now serves in Germany with the 34th Infantry Division. He attended Wasco Union High School class of 1953 and worked for S A Camp Ginning Co in Wasco before enlistment. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cole of Wasco.

Billy R. Cole Germany Army River St Pose Shafter Bert Fuller J. H. Fuller Bill Hewitt Mike Brown Bakersfield John Fuller, Jr Suzette Fuller Bert Stanford University Stanford Standard Oil Company Holiday Stamp Company

Thuman Heads to Madison Bankers School for Training

Roger Thuman, vice president and son of the Shafter Community National Bank, departs August 23 for a two week session at the School of Madison. This marks his third year at the program, which requires two weeks of resident study annually for three years to earn graduation, with extension work between sessions. The Central States Conference sponsors the school, drawing about 1125 bankers from 40 states and 16 midwestern associations.

Roger Thuman Snn Shafter Community National Bank Oe School of Madison

Family Camp Slated at Camp Yenus Hante

A family camp organized in conjunction with Grace Reformed Church Bakersfield invites members from Shafter and Bakersfield to attend. Rev William Dryshout of Hanford will lead morning sermons with pastor-led classes and a special address. Evenings feature preaching and campfire fellowship with Bible testimony and blessings recounted.

Grace Reformed Church Bakersfield Families Conference William Dryshout Christian Reformed Church of Hanford Dryshout Shafter The Reformed Churches Messrs Edwin F. Bender Delmer Mettler Raymond J. Mettler

New Bank Possible for Kernville

G C Parker president of Community National Bank announced an application has been filed with the Comptroller of the Currency for permission to establish a bank in the Kern River Valley. The plan follows surveys showing local banking need as personnel from the San Francisco Examiners office will survey the area before recommendations to Washington. The Community National Bank serves Buttonwillow Lamont and Shafter with 125 stockholders, mostly Kern County residents.

G. C. Parker Community National Bank Ciy U. S. Treasury Department Washington Kern River Valley National Bank Examiner San Francisco Comptroller of Currency Washington, D. C Buttonwillow, Lamont and Shafter Kern County Parker Kernville

Carrot Top and a Valley Welcome Episode

A narrator recounts interactions with a cheerful figure called CHP who sought autographs and arranged a meeting with a cash‑strapped friend. The tale centers on smiling generosity, a request for thirty two dollars, and repeated stops by CHP as others chip in, ending with friends Blake and Glenn arriving without autograph books.

Blake Glenn

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