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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
12
The stink bug family includes Harlequin Cabbage Bug and Southern Green Stink Bug with bright colors and defensive odor. Chinch bugs, Buffalo Tree Hopper, and aphids are described as plant feeders causing damage in fields and gardens. The piece invites readers to bring insect boxes for mounting and offers help mounting insects at home or the park.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Bergman and children Curtis and Nancy spent last week at Mount Herman for a BIOLA conference and enjoyed a day in Santa Cruz They visited friends in San Jose the Frank Peters former Bakersfield residents He is brother of Herb Peters of Wasco.
A notice invites everyone to a gathering at Mannet Park at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.
The Shafter Chamber offers free resources including a trailer park guide maps and city Kern county information. Call 9600 for maps brochures and local data on schools churches population and monthly Bank of America deposits, with all services funded by local merchants and businessmen.
The Kern County Northern District Singing convention will meet with the Assembly of God church at 134 Tulare Street in Shafter next Sunday for a community gathering.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Heinrichs attended their nephew Howard Heinrichs marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ring of West Covina in Pomona on Friday evening. The families shared in the ceremony and celebration with relatives from the area present.
Mr and Mrs Art Brownell and family spent the past two weeks vacationing at Laguna Beach and San Francisco.
Shirley Dickenson a former Shafter resident was named alternate Miss Kern County at Bakersfield Country Club on July 23. Born December 23 1937 in Madera she moved to Shafter then Buttonwillow and Bakersfield for schooling and work. She plans medical or nursing studies after Bakersfield College and remains with the Hughett family aiding their injured daughter Carolyn Sue pending her recovery.
From 1949 to 1952 he studied at Chapman college and later joined Richland school as supervisor of staff services. He oversees curriculum guidance in service training library services curriculum improvement and instruction supervision. Locally he serves as vice president of the Shatter Kiwanis club and attends the Richland Teachers club Parent Teacher Association American Legion post and Congregational church where he sings in the choir. He enjoys tennis golf and chess.
Fred Mason, a Union Congregational Church lay member and Richland school teacher, will preach at 9 30 Sunday August 28 at the church on Sycamore and Tulare Streets. A World War II veteran wounded at Normandy he speaks withBiblical illustrations on What Is Your Mission In Life. He and his wife Harrington and daughter Lianna reside at 363 Nut Street.
The document lists staff and teachers including Kenneth Heywood Miss Doroth Ward Fred Swehla and Lewis Sutton for Special Education along with principals and directors. It names seventh grade teachers Richard Scott Vincent Sakowski William Clanin Fred Mason and other faculty across grades with administrators Bruce M. Crawford Ralph H. Bush E. Ross Harrington and Agnes Theuer.
Premiums totaling 63284 will be awarded across divisions at the 1955 Kern County Fair running September 26 to October 2. Fair manager Bill Straub says entry volume is expected to be high and urges early entries at the Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield.
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