Maple School Opens Tuesday September 6
Maple School in the Maple district will begin the new fall term Tuesday morning September 6 with full classes. Registration is urged for new elementary students and any kindergarten students who missed spring registration. The office at the school on Fresno Road west of Wasco Avenue will be open Wednesday and Thursday for registrations.
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Maple
Clyde Johnston
Fresno Road
Wasco Avenue
Carolyn Buxman
Opal Ratzlaff
Sheila Ramey
Janet Peterson
Teachers Luncheon For New Shafter Area Educators
The Shafter Kiwanis and Shafter Chamber of Commerce plan a Wednesday August 31 luncheon for new teachers from Shafter Maple Lerdo and Rio Bravo schools. Teachers will return September 1 for final preparations. kindergartners’ mothers should attend the first day for about an hour to help with starting the year. Bus routes remain as last year’s schedule unless changes are announced. Lunches cost 25 cents per pupil and may be prepaid.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter
Maple
Lerdo
Rio Bravo
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Johnston
Open House Planned for Shafter Play Center
The Shafter Play Center schedules an Open House on Wednesday Sept 7 from 9 to 11 am to meet instructor Mrs Marilyn Sain don. An orientation for mothers and attending nursery school children is set for 8 pm the same day to review the program. Regular classes begin Monday Sept 12 at 9 am with some preschool openings. Mothers may call Mrs Evans at 746 4685 or Beverly Davis at 746 6562.
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Shafter Play Center
Marilyn Saindon
Sally Evans
Evans
Beverly Davis
Shafter Nursery School
Margaret Southwick
Pat Criswell
Schaal
Exclusion Of Shafter From State Water Benefit Zone
A hearing on the zones of benefit for the State Water Project will be held Wednesday evening September 7 at 7 p.m. at Kern County Water Agency Bakersfield office to review the engineer’s report on factors for establishing a zone of benefit. Shafter remains excluded from State Water benefits due to its own water supply.
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Kern County Water Agency
Henry C. Garrett
18Th Street
Bakersfield
Shafter
Nh P
Shafter-Wasco
Richland District Still Short of Teachers Says Crawford
Richland District remains short three teachers for first, fourth, and fifth grades, per Supt. Bruce Crawford. A Fisher Act relief request allows hiring up to October 1 for applicants with credentials prior to the act as district officials expect applicants this week.
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Richland
Bruce Crawford
State Board of Education
Wahlen Completes Special Camp Training at Santa Cruz
Mike K. Wahlen of Shafter graduates from an eight day rugged basic training camp near Santa Cruz. The program ends with a 3 p.m. ceremony August 31 after a 124 hour course begun August 24. He and other Seventh-day Adventist draftees train in military and medical aid for noncombatant service.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Mike K. Wahlen
Poplar Avenue
Shafter
Wahlen
Red Cross
Medical Cadet Corps
Registration for Richland District New Students Tuesday
New students in intermediate and upper grades must register Tuesday September 6 from 8 a.m. at the building office. Students who attended Richland last year need not register. Room numbers will be posted on classroom doors and bulletin boards. Polio immunization proof is required for all students from kindergarten through eighth grade. For questions call Primary School 746-4937 or Upper/Intermediate Grades 746-4924.
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Richland
Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Speaker on Highway Department at Shafter Rotary
Hal Larson announces a Fresno California State Highway Department speaker will address the Shafter Rotary Club on September 6. The topic is the Highway Department and proposed freeway routes through Shafter with information and discussion.
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Shafter
Local residents to open Smith's Drug Store in Peterville
Announcement by Mert Wiedmann and LeRoy Rohrbach says the new Smith's Drug Store will be located beside Smith's Market in the Howard Smith Supermarket at 69 West Willow Street. Rohrbach named managing partner. opening planned around October 15.
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Mert Wiedmann
LeRoy Rohrbach
Peterville
Smith's Drug Store
Smith's
Howard Smith
West Willow Street
Rohrbach
Cal Patrol announces filing deadline for traffic officer test
Bakersfield area captain announces closing date for applications for the California Highway Patrol traffic officer civil service exam. Deadline is September 16 for written test on October 15, with an oral exam for those who pass. Age 21 to 31, high school graduate, state resident, and health criteria apply.
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California Highway Patrol
Civil Service
R. H. Barrett
Bakersfield
Patrol
Barrett
Pfc Walker Sent to Vietnam Area
Pfc Dee A. Walker Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Dee A Walker Sr of 314 East Marion, has been sent to Vietnam with Company A 39th Engineers Battalion from Ft Carson Colorado. He entered service in November 1965 and has served two months in Vietnam after graduating Shafter High School in 1963 and one year at Bakersfield College.
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Dee A. Walker Jr
Dee A. Walker
East Maron- 40
Ft. Carson
Colo
Viet Nam
Co. A 39Th Engineers
Vietnam
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Teaching Assignments Almost Filled in Union High School
Kern County Joint Union High School District trustees filled most certificated teaching posts for 1966-67. About 170 new teachers will serve districtwide due to growth and turnover, with three mental retardation teaching positions still unfilled.
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Union High School
Kern Country Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees
John W. Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Arvin High School
Pencie L. Culiver
Jo Ann Musick
Bakersfield
Virginia Church
Katherine Ann Gibbons
Patricia A. McHale
Evelyn Smith
Barbara Tener Strong
Crandallyn A. Murray
Norman Lee
High School To Start Sept 6
Shafter High School opens its 39th year on Tuesday September 6 1966 with an 8 20 a m assembly in the auditorium followed by a full day schedule dismissal at 3 10 p m and buses at 3 30 p m new students report to the auditorium for the opening event.
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Shafter High Schrook
Shafter High School
Harold Corrie
Shaftr High School
Principe Corrie
Charles Gates
Building Permit Totals Led by Mennonite Church Remodel
August permits in Shafter announced by C H Pope show a $30,800 Church School Rooms permit for the Mennonite Brethren Church under construction. A $3,000 parsonage remodel at 462 Manuel was filed for the Congregationr. Other housing permits include G W Edwards $200 at 329 Elm Earl Wipt for H C Mettler $400 at 290 Golden West and Merlin Hanson $200 at 314 Atlantic. Total permits amount to $34,600.
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Shafter
C. H. Pope
Mennonite Brethren Church
E Congregationr
Manuel
G. W. Edwards
Elm
Earl Wipt
H. C. Mettler
Golden West
Merlin Hanson
Atlantic
Shafter Weather Moderates With Warm Week
Shafter weather moderated this past week with a low of 85 on Friday August 26 and a high of 98 reached on August 23. The week featured persistent heat with no cool fronts altering the pattern.
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Shafter
Look Out For Bicycle Riders Warns Shafter Chief
Police Chief Hanley G. Witcher warns Labor Day weekend will see more bicyclists on roads. He urges cyclists and motorists to follow traffic rules and signals to ensure a safe and pleasant holiday in Shafter. He notes adults cycling for fitness, following Dr. Paul Dudley White’s guidance, and reminds riders to stay right with traffic and obey all signals.
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Labor Day
Hanley G. Witcher
Athletic Institute
Chicago
Shafter
Witcher
Paul Dudley White
Cheif Witcher
High praise for Kern youth program and district actions
The Neighborhood Youth Corps Program received strong endorsement from Project Director Allen Cannon who noted 471 youths at eight week jobs across Kern County during the summer. Bakersfield area districts approved site rights and bids for school facilities while summer school attendance reached 5 399 students across ten high schools.
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West High School
Bakersfield High School
State Department of Education
Marilyn Bell
Dianne L. Dalzell
Janet M. Kelner
Patricia McHale
Camp Owen
Kern Valley High School
Jack Taylor
Matthew U. Jack Taylor
Matthew U. Weightman
Yvonne W. Milliken
Foothill High School
Cecil D. Briscoe
South High School
Kern County
Kern County Joint Union High School
Allen Cannon
Cannon
Harry J. Ward
Kern Valley
Fall Gridiron Preview Of Generals Under Bowser
Coach Carl Bowser outlines his Generals football squad with limited returning quarterbacks Phil Powell and Dennis Foreman and a mix of backfield and line candidates. Key names include Ed Gaede transferring to North High, Jerry Nixon Randy Ellis and Dennis Linn among backs, and guards/ends like Mike Cooke J D Ratcliff Jeff Cutherell and tackles such as Jerry Engle Phil Robnett and Dennis Kroeker.
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Carl Bowser
Generals
Phil Powell
Dennis Foreman
Dennis
Wes
Shafter
Jerry Nixon
Randy Ellis
Sopomore
Dean Kimbler
Steve Bryant
James Linn
Dennis Linn
Jerry Engle
Phil Robnett
Dave Mee Am
Dennis Kroeker
Ken Whittenberg
Bill Camp
Richard Miller
Dave Quistad
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Maple School
Esc
Richland Still
Supt. Crawford
Pfc. Walker
Pfc
Mark
City of
Delano Joint Union High School
Wasco Union High School
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