Bloodmobile Visit Sets 75 Pint Shafter Quota
The Houchin Bloodmobile from Bakersfield will visit Shafter on February 16 at Memorial Hall from 2 to 6 p.m. About 75 pints are needed to reach the current quota. Refreshments provided by the American Legion. Boy Scouts distribute the cards under Scoutmasters Irvin Toews, Vernon Isaac, Tony Vazquez, Leonard Johnson, and Fred Mason.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Memorial Hall
Johnson
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Irvin Toews
Vernon Isaac
Tony Vasquez
Leonard Johnson
Fred Mason
Kern County
C. E. Houchin
Community Chest Board Members Elected Recently
Nominations were made for the Community Chest Board at a meeting of representatives from several civic organizations. The past year’s board included Dr. Grant W. Jensen as chairman, Margaret Greene as secretary, Margaret Smith, and Jack Stepp. The group noted rising youth group needs due to enrollment and activity growth and urged continued annual campaigns with supplementary contributions from participating organizations. Appreciation was given to retiring members for their service.
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Community Chest
Snar
Grant W. Jensen
Margaret Greene
Margaret Smith
Jack Stepp
Shafter Community Chest
Rotary hears of Paraguay trip by John Nickel
Shafter Rotary member John Nickel outlined his planned trip to the Chaco region of Paraguay. He noted his two year Army entomological work at Walter Reed Hospital and his March 9 departure by air through Miami Lima and Rio to Asuncion. Nickel will aid the Maple Leaf Foundation with 7000 Mennonite German speaking DP volunteers amid wet brushy terrain and limited roads.
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John Nickel
Shafter Rotary Club
Chaco
Paraguay
John
United States Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Miami
Lima
Peru
Rio
Sao Paulo
Asuncion
Maple Leaf Foundation
Noni
Pre Leaf Enterprises
D. P
Russia
Mennonite Church
Movie Program Now Carried by Shafter Press
The Shafter Press will publish this week the appearance of the week-by-week State Theater program. Bill Duerksen, theater manager, says two persons may see the movie for $1 on Friday and Saturday. Clips of the theater advertisement are requested at the window.
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State Theater
Shafter Press
Bill Duerksen
Scrap metal drive planned by Shafter club Sunday morning
The Shafter 20-30 Club will hold a scrap metal drive Sunday morning. Co chairmen Ivan Meyer and Jim Del Rio said trucks will pick up scrap metal donated by residents. Proceeds go to the 20 30's Rheumatic Fever fund. Call 897 or 4585 for pickup.
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Shafter 20-30
Ivan Meyer
Jim del Rio
Coroner rules Ronnie Turner death accidental
County Coroner Stanley Newman declares 13 year old Ronnie Turner’s death accidental after Tommy Harrison, also 13, confessed he held the rifle and fired. The Sunday night shooting in the Turner home on Tulare Street occurred as the boys played in a bedroom. Harrison altered his story after an earlier police interview, with no gunpowder on Turner's face supporting the accidental verdict.
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Ronnie Dee Turner
Stanley Newman
Tommy Harrison
Turner
Tulare Street
Hanley Witcher
Ronnie Turner
Tommy
Ronnie
Witcher
Tomes
Hason
Armstrong Mortuary
Turner Boy
Annual Banquet Set for Thursday by Shafter High Club
Gange, past president of the Nevada-Hawaii area, headlines the annual banquet to honor local teachers. The event, aimed at uniting elementary and secondary educators, highlights rural community service with Gange noted for war bond drives, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, YMCA work, and Crusade for Freedom.
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Story Gange
Wew
Nevada-Hawaii
Oro
Shafter High Te Club
Gange
Tulare
Crusade For Freedom
Chambers of Commerce
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Six Shafter Students Named to Kern County Honor Band
Six Richland School students from Shafter will join 110 participants from 27schools in the Kern County Honor Band concert February 12 at 7 30 p m Harvey Auditorium. Margaret Osborne Carol Hooks Dave Isaac Ted New Noel Wilson and Buddy Engel are the players with Osborne Isaac Wilson and Engel first chair. Lloyd Wells of Delano is general chairman and Mr Howland of Fresno State College conducts.
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Richland School
Kern County
Margaret Osborne
Carol Hooks
Dave Isaac
Ted New
Noel Wilson
Buddy Engel
Harvey Auditorium
Finlayson
Olivadoll
Gunnison
Erickson
Sierras
Bennett
Grandman
Lloyd Wells
Delano
Mr. Howland
Fresno State College
Margaret Osborn
Teddy New
David Isaacs
Richland PTA Honors Two Life Members and Nine Past Presidents
Two prominent Shafter women received life memberships at the Richland Parent-Teachers Association banquet. The event honored nine former PTA presidents, including Julia Potter, founder of the local elementary school PTA, with music by student ensembles and soloists. Rev. Clarence Franz urged education as a drawing out of inner potential.
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Richland Pta
Julia Potter
J. P. Harris
Neva Warren
Made
Shafter
Richland Parent-Teachers Association
Seen Teed Harold
PTA
Clarence Franz
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Bakersfield
Franz
Potter
Richland
Margaret ‘Warkentine
Martyn Thomas
Dolly Bagley
Sandra Stover
Mendelsohn
Sandra ‘Stover
Mozart
Tschaikowsky
Reg Hammond
Ronny Schmidt
Rodney Wiens
David Isaak
John Dooley
Scarmolin
Carol Froese
Editor Novelist To Be Featured On Ed Program
Dr. T. W. Smith founder of University of Chicago Round Table will lecture on Will the 20th Century Bring a Peaceful World at Shafter High School gym Monday February 14 at 8 p.m. The talk is third in the adult evening school series presented by Shafter High School and Recreation Commission. Smith has 30 years of teaching experience including 25 at the University of Chicago. He edited Ethics and State.
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University of Chicago
Round Table
T. W. Smith
Shafter High Adult
Shafter Recreation Commission
Three-Year-Old Casey Swank Found After Barley Field Search
Casey Lee Swank, 3, who wandered in a barley field about two miles from home with his two dogs, was found after a 30 hour disappearance. A 40 person search party and neighbors, led by Constable Blake Witcher, scoured reservoirs and brush until C. C. Reiner located him frightened but unharmed. Swank’s mother Mrs. Jack Swank thanks volunteers. the family is staying with his grandparents R. H. Killen while Swank works in Los Angeles.
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Casey Lee Swank
Wasco Pond
Blake
Witcher
Kern
Casey Lee
C. C. Reiner
Casey
Jack Swank
Mrs. Swank
R. H. Killen
Swank
Los Angeles
Social Security Outreach Set for Shafter February 15
A Bakersfield Social Security rep will be at the County Building in Shafter at 9 30 am Tuesday February 15 to answer questions about new survivor benefits for deceased wage earners from 1939 to 1950 and assist dependents in collecting benefits.
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Social Security Authority
Social Security Office
Shafter-Wasco
Bakersfield
The
Social Security Administration
Shafter
Sign Permit Sought For Neon Display At Shatter Billiard
Building Inspector E. K. Grant reports a $500 sign permit is being sought to install a neon illuminated sign in front of Shatter Billiard Parlor. The proposed sign cost also stands at $500.
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E. K. Grant
Merchants Launch Nine Week Below Cost Promotion in Shafter
Dea Knowles, new chamber secretary manager, announced the chamber’s new phone number and the location of headquarters. Twenty three local business houses join a massive Double Dollar Value Days sale, running Fridays and Saturdays for nine weeks with items cut to cost or below. The push aims to draw in-town and out-of-town shoppers, aided by blue stickers and $2 bills. The Shafter Press will print additional copies to boost circulation to 3800.
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Dea Knowles
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Kirschenmann
bJathes Street
Knowles
Shafter Press
Chater Press
New Cafetorium Opens This Week At Local School
A new 270-seat cafetorium at the Lerdo Avenue plant of the Richland School District is touted as Kern County’s most modern. Benches fold into walls to switch from lunchroom to auditorium quickly, with a stainless steel kitchen, air conditioning and forced air heating, a stage, and extensive cafe area equipment. Hobart supplied many items, with some details incomplete.
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Lerdo Avenue
Richland
Kern County
Hobart Company
Lerdo Street
Bruce’ Crawford
Max Sliter
Charles Starbuck
In- Dal Kim
Crawford
Shafter High PTA to Honor Founders' Day Leaders
Shafter High PTA names past presidents for Founders' Day at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with theme Service to Youth. A lifetime PTA membership will be awarded. Guest speaker Dr. David Hewes discusses the Weill Child Guidance clinic. nurse Violet Cowan and president Aduel Mettler will address attendees.
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Shafter High School
PTA
David Hewes
Weill Child Guidance Clinic
Violet Cowan
Aduel Mettler
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Sylvia Baughman
Annabeth Thompson
Elma Wilson
Cosmo Thomas
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Dr. Smith
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C.C
Shafter High Pta
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