Shafter High Plans Large 1953-54 Faculty Start
Shafter High School will begin the 1953-54 term September 8 with enrollment forecast near 600, the school’s highest ever. Principal Dr. Grant W. Jensen announced student registration September 4 from 9 to 5 and September 5 from 9 to 12, with 32 faculty members meeting at 2 p.m. September 1. A new teachers’ meeting is set for 10 a.m., followed by a PTA board reception in the cafeteria. A faculty workshop occurs September 3 led by Dr. John W. Eckhardt to discuss curriculum. A district-wide faculty meeting with East Bakersfield High is scheduled for September 2 at 10:30, led by Superintendent T. L. McCuen, with new teachers attending an earlier session.
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Shafter High School
Grant W. Jensen
Ning
Parent-Teacher Association Board
Jensen
John W. Eckhardt
Kern County Union High School
T. L. McCuen
Kings family aids boys farm funds from Salem tour
The Thomas Kings of Euclid Street earned funds this month for a boys farm for delinquents after a three week musical tour of Salem Oregon. They return with their three children Michael George and Rosemary and plan to raise money to finance a home for boys in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. In the north they visited Mr and Mrs Oliver H Krater and family who were Shafter guests last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas King
Euclid Street
Salem
Ore
Kings
Michael
George
Rosemary
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Oliver H. Krater
Shafter
Harvey Mills Family Plans Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Harvey Mills with Billy and Phyllis of Manuel Avenue will spend this weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J C Sanders.
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Harvey Mills
Billy
Phyllis
Manuel Avenue
J. C. Sanders
Police Nab Escapee of County Farm
Billy M. Jackson, 24, of Shafter, escaped from Kern County Industrial Farm after nine days of freedom and was captured at a friend’s house in Shafter. Police also sought Billy Adams, 18, of Earlimart, who helped plan the escape. Jackson faces four holds and must finish his term, with Adams still at large.
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Billy M. Jackson
Shafterite
Kern County
Shafter
John Reily
Jackson
Billy Adams
Earlimart
Adams
E. K. Grant
Reily
Kern Poultry Fans to Show Birds at Annual Exhibition
The Kern County Fair Poultry Division invites nationwide participation for the week of September 28 to October 4. Chairman Bryan Dole promises the largest display yet with improved pens and new features. Eggs become property of the fair and the show runs with cash premiums, judged divisions, and an egg laying contest throughout the fair period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Poultry
Kern County
Bryan Dole
Alice Oe Eéckertl
Leave for Fort Lewis Ends Home Visit for Bert Fuller
Bert Fuller son of Mr and Mrs J H Fuller 575 East Tulare Ave left today for Fort Lewis Washington after a two week leave at home He recently completed boat training at Camp Roberts and will join the 44th Infantry Division in Washington The Fuller family including Bert and Suzette returned Tuesday from a week in La Jolla and Balboa Island.
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Bert Fuller
J. H. Fuller
East
Tulare Ave
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fuller
Camp Roberts
44Th Infantry Division
Washington
Mr and Mrs Marvin Lane Attend Dallas Convention
Mr and Mrs Marvin Lane of 654 Acacia Street attend the 2030 Club convention in Dallas, Texas. They previously inspected cotton crops in Tennessee.
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Marvin Lane
Acacia St
Dallas
Tex
Tennessee
State Cash Balance Tops 86 Million in California Fund
State Controller Robert C. Kirkwood announced an $86,412,891 cash balance in California's General Fund as of July 31, 1953. The balance shows a rise of $23,89 over June 30, 1953, but remains $13,047,337 below July 31, 1952. He cautioned the figure reflects only cash and bonds on hand and not unpaid obligations or year end budget needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kirkwood
California
Kirkwood
Coaching changes reshape Shafter athletics for coming year
Henry Moroski will coach the varsity basketball team and baseball. Pare will lead the Colonels basketball and varsity baseball while McCauley assists with track. Murfin Ottman Gates take new roles in basketball freshman baseball and tennis. Ernie Graf moves from High to North High band and choral groups as Hanchett and Fahsbender join the music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Moroski
Bledsoe
Pare
Colonels
McCauley
Lowell Todd
Murfin
Sid Ottman
Bob Gates
Gates
Shafter
Ernie Graf
North High
Merlin Hanchett
Kenneth Fahsbender
Shafter Youths Plan School Enrollment at Monterey Bay
Youths from the Shafter Seventh Day Adventist Church head to Watsonville to enroll in a Monterey Bay school. Named travelers include Nancy Isaac Marjory Voth Shirley Neuman Kathy Lorenz Melvin Ruth Arliss Biloff Dean Bowlie Buster Rusk Lionel Nightengale Larry Schneider and Billy Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Watsonville
Monterey Bay
Nancy Isaac
Marjory Voth
Shirley Neuman
Voth
Kathy Lorenz
Melvin Ruth
Arliss Biloff
Dean Bowlie
Buster Rusk
Lionel Nightengalee
Larry
Billy Schneider
Poultrymen Get New Arsenosobenzene Drug Application
A new drug arsenosobenzene will be offered to poultry raisers this year to prevent coccidiosis. It will be fed in mash at less than one ounce per ton of feed, according to a leading livestock and poultry drug company.
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Thomas Kings Help Boys’ Farm
Mahoney
Serroro
Chester
Dres
Kings Department Store
Central Ave
By Robert Osborn
M.M
Rexall
Bellmont
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
301 Central
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