Richland School Announces Fall Opening and Registration Dates
Richland School will open Tuesday September 6 with plans shared by Superintendent Bruce M Crawford. New kindergarten through third grade students must pre register August 29 30 and 31 at the Primary School on Wall Street prior to the first day of school on September 6. Registration for upper grades begins September 6 at building offices, with existing students skipping re registration.
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Bruce M. Crawford
Richland
Wall Street
Adventist Cadet Camp Trains Teens for Medics in Defense
Seventeen year old Mike Wahlen joins a July 24 opening session at a unique camp in Soquel California. The program draws about 150 draft age men from California and Arizona to pre train in military drill Army terms and medical aid aimed at serving in noncombatant roles. The camp runs through August 31 under MCC Captain Lawrence Wolf, a WWII veteran who helped aid airmen escape from a German prison. Major Garlick explains Adventists pre train to serve in military medical posts while opposing killing, noting many Adventists already serve as medics in front line units and some are in Vietnam. Days begin at dawn and last until after dark.
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Mike Wahlen
Poplar Avenue
Shafter
California
Arizona
Soquel
Nea San Jose
Calif
U. S
Wahlen
MCC
Lawrence Wolf
Newbury Park
Germany
Tom
Harry
Sagan Prison
Garlick
Major Garlick
Vietnam
Medical Cadet Camp
Shomate Pioneer of Shafter Buried in Kern County
Rosary service for Charles H. Shomate 81 a Kernville native pioneer Shafter businessman and postmaster and county recorder 36 years was held at St Francis Church. He opened Shafter Mercantile in 1914 and helped establish the town mail route and post office.
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Charles H. Shomate
Kernville
Shafter
St. Francis Catholic
Union Cemetery
LeRoy Jackson
Elks Club
Purple Guard
Bates
Frank Simon Sr
William C. Taylor
Henry Hake Sr
Clarence Tilson
Charles Shomate
Kern County
Whiskey Flats
Old
Lake Isabella
Harriet McManus
Green Hotel
Charlie
Bakersfield
Fred Dequine
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile
Central Valley Highway
S Avenue
Shomate
Appointments Made To Fill Police Vacancies
The City Council approved Sgt. Robert Nixon as Assistant Police Chief to fill the Wade Hamilton resignation. Patrolman Earl O’Brien was named sergeant. Barry L. Wipf was appointed patrolman to replace Odie Miller. Chief Hanley Witcher made recommendations and a council seat remains in abeyance for review.
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Robert Nixon
Wade Hamilton
Earl O’brien
Hanley Witcher
Odie Miller
Barry L. Wipf
Shafter to Transfer Tax Duties to County Next Year
The city will hand over assessment and tax collecting to the county starting July 1 next year. Costs will rise as utilities are valued at 853 240 dollars by the city versus 627 380 dollars by the county. Shafter has resisted the move but will comply as other cities face similar shifts.
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Shafter
Shafter Chamber votes funds for parade float in Kern County event
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce board appropriated 400 for a parade float entry in the Kern County Centennial Parade on October 15 in Bakersfield. A September 13 meeting will discuss agribusiness plans, with other topics including sound system upgrades, Christmas decorations, fire insurance surveys, and a city street lighting project.
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Shafter
Shafter Motel
Dick Larson
Bob Bann
Wayne Wood
East Lerdo
Utility Board Calls for Bids For Pump House
Shafter Public Utility Board invites bids for a pump house to be built at the disposal farm with plans by A A Dorman and an estimated cost of 9000 dollars. Construction to begin after bid acceptance within 120 calendar days.
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Shafter Public Utility Board
A. A. Dorman
Max Sliter
A. G. Mortimore
Shafter
Mortimore
Shafter High School
Shafter Reports Extended Heat Wave in Early August
The Shafter Cotton Research Station logged a prolonged heat stretch from August 1 to August 19 with only two days under 100. The record highs reached 105 on August 8 and 9, while August 2 showed 99 and August 12 98, with weekly highs and lows summarized.
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Shafter Cotton Research Station
Barry Wipf Hired As City Patrolman
Barry L. Wipf was employed by the City as a police patrolman at a Monday council meeting. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wipf and a Shafter high school graduate of 1961. Wipf studied business law at Bakersfield College for a year and did electronics training during military service, and has served as a reserve officer for over a year.
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Barry L. Wipf
Wipf
Earl Wipf
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Funeral set for Don Bellows in Shafter
Funeral services are scheduled Thursday at 10 a.m. at Mish Funeral Home for Donald Dale Bellows born May 1 1921 in Pawnee City Nebraska and longtime Shafter resident who died Monday after an accident at Neu Feld Auto Parts where a hydraulic jack failed He was a World War II veteran and former Shafter American Legion member Graveside rites with full military honors will follow at Shafter Memorial Park Cemetery Reverend Joe Agee Jr of South Shafter Mennonite Church will officiate.
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Tme
Don Bellows
Bellows
Kern General Hospital
Joe Agee, Jr
South
Pawnee City
Nebr
Shafter
Shafter American Legion Post
Neufeld Auto Parts
Kern Crest Manor formed from Shafter Mennonite Home
After a dinner for the boards and residents the Shafter facility of the Mennonite Brethren Home for the Aged transferred ownership from a Pacific District board to Kern County Mennonite churches. The home remains under its staff and policies, now renamed Kern Crest Manor, with Mr and Mrs David Balzer continuing as resident managers. A new Kern Crest Manor board includes Leonard Gaede Ernest Siemens John Enns Jake Kroeker Abe Ediger Roy Fast Melvin Nikkel J C Kroause and Al Kruger.
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Directrs
Ownershp
Shafter
Mennonite Brothern Home
Pacific District
Mission Springs
Reedley
Kern County
Abe Ediger
Kern County Board
Albert Enns
Conference Board
Dan Bartel
Bakersfield
Conference Board of Trustees
P. R. Toews
Kern Crest Manor
David Balzer
Leonard Gaede
Ernest Siemens
John Enns
Shafter Mennonite Brothern Church
Jake Kroeker
South Shafter
Wasco
Roy Fast
Melvin Nikkel
Rosedale
J. C. Kroause
al Kruger
David Balzed
Melvin Heinrichs
Water Agency Hearing Set for Sept 7 in Kern County
The Kern County Water Agency schedules a public hearing for September 7 at 7 p.m. in Bakersfield to discuss proposed zones of benefit in the San Joaquin portion of Kern County. Copies of the report will be available. the meeting will review engineering and economic studies before adjournment for review.
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Kern County Water Agency
San Joaquin
Kern County
18Th Street
Bakersfield
Agency Board of Directors
Henry C. Garnett
Garnett
Robert L. Smith
Shafter
Division 1
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Highway Patrol
Fresno
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Hershel Routh
Griffith Avenue
Unique
Utility District Board
Lew Carroll
Henry Voth
Richard Larson
A. Kirschenmann
Bill Johnson
Utility
John Fabrie
Frankly Speaking
Frank Wisner
Richard Johnson, Jr
the Farmers Corner
Police Department
Jay Atkinson
City of
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Loren Bush
Clifford Ratzlaff
Ratzlaff
Witch
Stringham Park
Mr. Shomate
Utility Board
H Lew
Barry Wipf
Water Agency
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