Will Back Change in Law During March Budget Session
Assemblyman H W Pat Kelly of Shafter aims to modify a recent joint tenancy law. He suggests restoring optional probate by allowing survivors to file a petition in Superior Court. The change would reduce probate costs seen as a primary objection to the current law. Grace Kinsman and James Joseph McIneey wed on Thanksgiving in November.
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H.W
Pat) Kelly
Thern
Shafter
Kelly
Grace Kinsman
Buttonwillow
James Joseph McIneey
Third Grade Will Stage Yule Pageant
Third graders at Richland School will present A Pageant of the Christmas at 7 30 p m December 11 in Memorial Hall. Mrs Louise Neufeld leads the third grade with PTA backing as part of a three part program led by first and second graders. Intermediate and upper grades follow with performances on December 19 and the following evening.
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Richland
Memorial Hall
Louise Neufeld
Parent-Teacher Association
Alma Janko
Shirley McConnell
Dorothy Raney
PTA
Home Freezer Demonstration Near Shafter
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson leads a Shafter Home Department session at the Walter Nicol home five miles west of Shafter on Magnolia avenue. Committees will prepare and freeze foods for a luncheon at noon with dishes like chicken a la king in puff shells and lemon sponge cake. The 10 a.m. meeting will run to about 2 p.m. All interested women are invited.
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Dorothy Wilkinson
Shafter Home Department
Walter Nicol
Nicol
Shafter
Magnolia Avenue
Fresno Road
Lerdo Road
Magnolia
Buttonwillow Club Drives Clothing for Korea
Buttonwillow Soroptimist clubs launch "Clothing for Korea" drive starting Monday December 3. Residents urged to drop warm clothing at the Buttonwillow Fire Station for shipment overseas.
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Buttonwillow
Korea
Soroptomist
Kelly Joins Assembly Committee In Study of Education Problems
California assembly interim committee on education, led by H. W. Pat Kelly of Shafter, studied contracting rules in Los Angeles County and school board bids outside districts. They seek an attorney general opinion and may draft corrective legislation. They flagged funding shortages as 7800 applications approved vs 6500 funded, due to higher costs, and examined property tax equalization and district assessments. Kelly returned to Shafter with wife Eleanor.
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Mittee
Los Angeles County
Kelly
Shafter
Sacramento
Eleanor
Nightingale Home on 30 Day Furlough From Korea
Sgt Johnny E Nightingale 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs Dan Nightingale returns home on a 30 day furlough after 16 months in the Army medical corps in Korea. He has three years in service and is a Kern Academy graduate who attended Shaffer High School. His brother Loran serves in the Navy in Illinois and Elmer attends an x ray technician school in Glendale.
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Johnny E. Nightingale
Dan Nightingale
Army Medical Corps
Korea
Young Nightingale
Kern Academy
Shaffter High School
Loran
Navy
Illinois
Elmer
Glendale
Festival Heads Expected to Name Chairman
Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival seeks a new management shape with civic groups taking over as directors at a 7 30 p m meeting in the Shafter Press building Tuesday. The old board led by Bill Stoller will advise while new directors name a chairman for the May festival.
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Shafter
Ernie Hofman
Bill Stoller
Shafter Press
Merton Wiedmann
George Collins
O. D. Handel
Harry Thompson
Lions
Dorothy Neuman
Irvin Nickel
American Legion
Wesley Staudacher
Kiwanis Club
Albert Finkbeiner
Fire Department
Stoller
Paul Newell
Clarence Neuman
Jack Hare
Chamber of Commerce
Harlin Wilson
P. C. Clarkin
Mr and Mrs Leon Templeton Return from Santa Maria
Mr and Mrs Leon Templeton came home after a three week stay in Santa Maria where they contracted potatoes.
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Leon Templeton
Santa Maria
First London Coffee House Opens in 1652
The first London coffee house began serving patrons in 1652 marking a turning point in social and commercial life. It attracted merchants writers and travelers and laid groundwork for a vibrant coffeehouse culture in the city.
GAA Girls Meet in Fresno at Central Valley Meeting
Shafter High School will be represented at the Central Valley Section meeting of the Girls Athletics Association this Saturday in Fresno. Delegates include Donna Hare Norman Neuman Betty Grundy and Shirley Harris sponsor of the GAA at Shafter. Discussion will focus on how each organization differs in activity programs timing of points and awards and whether a play day is more constructive than an activity day.
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Shafter High School
Central Valley
Girls Athletics Association
Fresno
Donna Hare
Norman Neuman
Betty Grundy
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