AMTRAK RAIL SERVICE PLANS DRAW LOCAL SUPPORT
AMTRAK plans to restore rail passenger service in the San Joaquin Valley between Bakersfield and Oakland with routes via Delano Fresno or Shafter Wasco Hanford Fresno. If 80 mph operation holds, trip time would be about four hours, faster than driving, and the Santa Fe route may connect to Port Chicago before SP transit to Oakland. The Kern Union High School District study committee endorses air conditioning for all district schools including Shafter High School and urges bond support for a district wide program.
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Amtrak
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Delano
Fresno
Santa Fe
Shafter
Wasco
Hanford
Washington
Port Chicago
Kern Union High School
Shafter High School
Chilly Week Ends With Scattered Drizzle Report
Shafter saw limited sun as the week ended Monday. Highs ranged 50 to 63 and lows 31 to 45. Rain threat produced only .04 inch over three days, lifting season total to 1.58 inches at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Will Name New President 4 Directors Elected for Shafter Chamber
Shafter Chamber of Commerce elected John Leonard Ben Grundy Clarence Peters and Wayne Sexton to its board. President Kenneth Anderson announced. mail ballots counted at the semi monthly meeting. New directors take their seats at a Wednesday reorganizational session.
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John Leonard
Ben Grundy
Clarence Peters
Wayne Sexton
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Kerneth Anderson
Bill Allen
Daryl Moyer
Clara Schnidt
Bill Banks
Bob Bann
Jack Frost
Herbert Howell
Leonard
Grundy
Peters
Sexton
Shafter
Agee Family
Bruce Joppins
Mr. Sexton
Wasco
Truck and Fork Lift Damaged in Two Shafter Fires
Two fires struck Shafter in a week as Kern County Fire Station crews responded to a truck and trailer load of baled cotton on Central Valley Highway near Seventh Standard Road at 5 48 p m Friday. About 500 dollars of cotton burned and 100 dollars damage was caused to truck floor boards while 3400 dollars in cotton was saved along with a 3000 dollar truck. The second blaze, at 4 14 p m Saturday, involved a forklift near Shafter Avenue and Kimberlina Road.
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Kern County
Shafter
Central Valley Highway
Seventh Standard Road
Underwriters
Bakersfield
Shafter Avenue
Kimberlina Road
Board Rejects $20 Compensation Offer
The Richland Board of Trustees on Monday night refused to use a new bill that would pay board members 20 dollars per meeting with a 120 dollar monthly cap. Trustees view their role as public servants and declined payment while considering EMR class placement procedures amid a pending federal suit. A bicultural inservice program organized by Al Sandrini, teachers, and parents was adopted.
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Richland Board of Trustees
Assembly
Richland
Trustes
Evron Barber
Ralph Jordan
EMR
Barber
al Sandrini
Air Condition Push Drives Kern High School District Studies
A Citizens Committee on Long-Range Planning urges air conditioning as the top priority for Kern High School District high schools. The 111 page report, presented after six months and involving about sixty residents, also discusses a proposed vocational education center and campus changes for Bakersfield High School.
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Kern
Bakersfield High School
New Minister Assumes Post in Shafter
The Rev. J Paul Alexander becomes pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Shafter after 22 years in California. A Spokane native with degrees from WSA and Northwest Nazarene College, he favors youth work and has moved to Shafter with his wife Virginia. Christmas programs are planned for December 23 with a 9 45 Sunday School program and 7 p m youth musical and film.
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Shatter
J. Paul Alexander
First
Church of the Nazarene
Alexander
California
Santa Cruz
Hanford
Fresno
Shafter
Spokane
Wash
W.S.A
Northwest Nazarene College
Nampa
Idaho
Virginia
Tom
San Diego
Marilyn
Pasadena
Churc the Nazarene
Venth-Day Adventist Church
Ray Wolcott
Tom Everett
Assembly OF God
W. Tulare
Dewey Maynard
Helen Rogers
Lori Lewis
Edie Lewis
Debra Brown
Tony Rogers
Danny Rogers
Billy Mise
Lisha Lewis
Kevin Burns
Sue Maynard
J. W. Collins
God
Shafter Police Investigate Two Local Thefts
Police report two thefts last week totaling over 400 dollars. Timothy Dawe on East Tulare Avenue reported 12:28 p.m. burglary with an am fm stereo television set and hunting bow valued at 250 dollars. Dar lene Judge on West Orange Street reported a mini bike stolen at 3:49 p.m. from her trailer home valued at 160 dollars. Both cases remain under investigation.
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Shafter
Timothy Dawe
East Tulare Avenue
Shafter Churches Plan Christmas Celebrations and Cantatas
Shafter churches announce holiday programs including cantatas plays and specials. Mennonite Brethren hosts open house and youth music. Pentecostal Church of God features a Christmas play A Light in Darkness. Adventist and Free Will Baptist share programs. Assembly of God presents a child centered skit. Ebenezer Reform Church hosts a children's program with music Christmas Eve.
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Shafter
Mennonite Brethren Church
Henry Harder
Alan Whaley
Lowell Bergman
Kenneth McWhorter
Sheryl McGinty
Art Watson
Jeanette McWhorter
Imogene Boney
Free Will Baptist
Richland
Free Will Baptist Church
Maurice Cotton
Jesus Christ
Ebenezer Reformed Sunset & James
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Shafter Press Schedules Early Holiday Editions
To fit the holiday schedule the Shafter Press will print early on December 24 and January 31. Advertising and news copy deadlines move to Saturday at 9 a.m. for those weeks. Copies distribute Monday afternoon at newsstands and via mail to post offices and subscribers.
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Shafter Press
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By Emil
Jack) Frost
Robert Nunez
Ray Wiley
Shafter Chamber
Jeff Eveland
Community National Bank
Veterans Memorial Hall
Mennonite Brethren Church of
U.S. District Court
Pastor Alexander
Shafter Police
Mennonite Brethren
Kern Street
Whaley
Harder
Pentecostal Church OF God
Sandra Mizell
Nancy Bankston
Tom Hunt
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