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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1971
Page
3
Richland district closes for Christmas vacation and ends Thursday with a minimum day schedule. 1,800 students will finish class at 11:45 a.m. for morning kindergarten and 1:45 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. for other grades. Classes resume Monday January 3 1972.
Ken Wittenberg was named two way player on the South Sequoia League teams and received MVP honors for the Shafter Generals football season at the annual banquet. The event followed a wrestling turnout with 39 Shafter boys competing as teams traveled to Morro Bay and South High.
Eight helpers will join the Shafter Post Office this Saturday to handle the annual Christmas mailing rush. Shafter merchants will stay open evenings next week to aid last minute shoppers. Richard Larson, newly elected president of the Shafter 20 30 Club, will chair the fifth Potato'n Cotton Festival planned for mid May, secretary Ernie Hofman announced.
A Living Nativity will be staged on the Trinity Lutheran Church lawn in Wasco from December 20 to 23, nightly 7 to 9. High school youth will portray Mary Joseph and three shepherds with live animals borrowed from Wasco High and local owners. Christmas music will accompany the scene as a community viewing invitation is extended to Wasco and Shafter residents.
Bertha Etrich 72 of Rosedale died December 7 in Bakersfield hospital. Services were December 11 at Rosedale Mennonite Brethren Church with Rev. Henry Schmidt officiating. Burial followed at Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include Peter P. Elrich and 20 relatives.
In keeping with the Shafter Press policy classified ads must be paid in advance unless the advertiser has an established account. The deadline for classified ads in the current week is 10 a.m. on Tuesday before publication.
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District warns a ten percent penalty will be added after December 20 1971 for the first installment unpaid. Collector Velma Thompson says payments may be mailed and must be postmarked by midnight December 20 to avoid the penalty. She urges new property buyers to verify the assessment was paid. State law requires penalties for nonpayment even if no notice was received. Delinquent payments are running higher than last year.
James Thompson serves as interim pastor at First Southern Baptist Church in Shafter while Ralph Gardner takes a job in Sacramento. From December 18 to 28 Cub Pack 913 runs an almond sale contest with three dens selling canned almonds and prizes for top salesmen. Mickey Duke is cubmaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Patrick welcome a baby daughter born December 8 at North Kern Hospital Wasco weighing 7 pounds 10 3/4 ounces named Carl Leanne Paternal grandparents Parnell Patrick Maternal grandparents FE Patterson and Mrs. Addie Moore listed with extended family in Wasco Shafter Texarkana Ark.
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