Shafter Women Complete Head Start Training at Pasadena College
Three Shafter women Roberta Epps Nancy Bankston and Enedelia Vela completed a four week Head Start training course for teachers assistants and parents at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena. Bankston works at Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation while Epps and Vela hold positions in Richland School District Shafter with Vela as a teacher aide and Epps as a teacher.
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Shafter
Pasadena
Pacific Oaks College
Roberta Epps
Burbank Ave
Nancy Bankston
Terra Vista
Enedelia Vela
S. Wall St
Miss Vela
Miss Epps
Induction of New Bobcats in Cub Pack 913
Five boys were inducted into the Bobcat rank at the November Cub Pack 913 meeting. Led by ceremony chairman Leé Urie, new members include Chris Bonas Brent Wells Chuck Hanselman Tommy O’Brien and Johnny Sabedra. The group plans December activities and a Christmas party for December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leé Urie
Chris Bonas
Brent Wells
Chuck Hanselman
Tommy O’brien
Johnny Sabedra
Richland School
Richland Primary
Operation Greenhorn
Dick Garber
William Prout
Angel Alcala
Harold Lamas
Lewis Bonas
Shawnee Boles Named Shafter High DAR Good Citizen Candidate
Shawnee Boles is selected by a faculty committee as Shafter High’s candidate for the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen. She passed a history test and will submit it to the district board as part of the district contest.
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Shawnee Boles
Shafter High
Daughters of the American Revolution
Shawnee
SHS to View Shafter High Crest After Christmas
SHS students will view Shafter High School's new crest for the first time after Christmas. Director of activities Charles Van Blair says the framed full color picture may be hung in the administration office or the front hall.
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Shafter High School
Charles van Blair
Justice Court reports and sentences in November Shafter area
November filings at Shafter Justice Court include eighteen drunk driving cases and two hit and run cases. Paul Rosas pled guilty to minor in possession and malicious mischief, receiving 80 days in county jail. James Casteel pled guilty to DUI, sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $302 fine. Additional cases involve narcotics and traffic offenses with hearings shifted to Bakersfield Municipal Court. Judge Gaede notes November deposits and balances totaling over 15 thousand dollars with various fines and fees recorded. Plant stock outlook notes garden flowers for late winter display.
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Mildred Ludwig
Terre Tineal
Paul Rosas
Shafter
James Casteel
James Dyke, Jr
Kelvin Smith
Richard Nixon
Bakersfield
Harvey Gaede
Judges, Marshalls and Constables Association
Kernville
Howell
Kernville- Rand Judicial District
Leon Frances
Durrant
Gaede
State of California
Funeral Services for Seah Matt Britt Held in Shafter
Funeral services were held December 4 at 2 00 p.m. in Shafter for Seah Matt Britt 78 of 2601 Norman who died December 1 in Bakersfield field hospital Rev Kenneth Schubert officiated with interment in Shafter Cemetery He was a native of Childress Texas and had lived in the community 24 years Surviving widow Virgie daughters Artie Dunham and Jerry Britt sisters Birdie Wallace Ophelia West five grandchildren Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named in the obituary Also included is a Gardener s Checklist advising composting and soil enrichment tips.
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Homme
Shafter
Seah
Matt Britt
Norman
Bakersfield
Kenneth Schubert
Greenfield Nazarene Church
Britt
Childress
Texas
Sills, Inc
Virgie
Artie. Dunham
Jerry Britt
Birdie Wallace
Ophelia West
Wesley Bury
Lathan Forehand
Otto Young
Alvis Spencer
Ben Reynolds
Jim Lesson
Bill Nuttle
Cleaver Hutchings
Rolis Ragsdale
del Kern
Doyle Hamman
Virgil Taylor
District awarding federal funds for school improvements
The Richland School District receives 53 818 71 dollars from the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act to be spent in areas not currently served. Also noted are local notices of Thanksgiving visits, a 1960 Maple 4 H Club Christmas food drive, curb and gutter work on Central Valley Highway, and Marine Pfc Jerry D Hamlin serving with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Richland
Maple 4-H Club
Marine Pfc
Jerry D. Hamlin
H.L. Hamlin
Gibson Lane, Shafter
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Shafter to Participate in Art Festival
Entry blanks for Kern County Parks and Recreation Department's 23rd annual art festival are available at all county branch libraries. Frank Hornkohl, Bakersfield Rotarian and Rotary International Foundation chairman, was guest ch…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County Parks and Recreation Department
Frank Hornkohl
Bakersfield
Rotary International
Founeae
Parks Recreation
126Th St
Shafter Volunteers Boost Disaster Corps Enrollment
Twenty years ago on December 7 1950 six Shafter residents including a doctor joined the disaster corps to raise local volunteers to near capacity. Frank Stramler district director announced at FF Museum and Co Gallery with Frank G Shaw executive secretary. Eleven qualifying exhibits will be shown at Shafter Veterans Hall across March and April with paintings entered between 1970 and 1971 deadline March 1 1971.
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Shafter
Disaster Corps
Frank G. Shaw
Roy Lancaster 1902 Memorial Rites Held Dec 2
Roy Lancaster age 67 died Nov 30 at home in Shafter. Services were held Dec 2 at Mish Funeral Home with Rev. Edward Rhoades officiating and burial in Shafter Cemetery. A native of Arkansas he lived in the area 50 years last worked as a laborer for Jim Albright. Survivors include sons Donald Gale James and daughters Jamnita Faye Hersey Diane Lindell and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Roy Apancaniesee
Hicks Ane
Edward Rhoades
First Baptist Church
Lancaster
Arkansas
Jim Albright
Donald
San Bruno
Gale
Mecca
James
Pacifica
Jamnita Faye Hersey
Eloy
Arizona
Diane M. Lindell
Baltimore
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Shafter Area
Gemelia Herring
Angela Reyes
Florence Owens
Antonia Beltran
Sharon Thompson
Boles
LeRoy Conrad Kaump
John Lopez
Baltazar Lopez
Burbank
Abilene, Christian College
Lopez
SHS
Justice Court
Tary
Inuert Neuman
Mrs
Clarence Neuman
Poplar Avenue
Billy Mills
Tokyo
Sereiere
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Veterans Hall
Helena
Herbert Loewen
Central Valley Highway
Museum and Co Gallery
Frank Stramler
Apriline Shafter Veterans Hall
Baker
Servisoft
Bakers
Finance & Thrift CO
Seventh Street
Call
WASCO
California
Central Valley
Roy Lancaster
Shafter Press
Pg&e
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