Shafter Memories and Local Plans Highlight February Notes
Historical notes trace six decades of Shafter events from 1951 to 1954 including a Lerdo Highway landscaping plan, parking and pedestrian markers, earth barrier study for San Francisco Bay, high school baseball season opener, Richland School Architect’s campus drawings, and a successful March of Dimes drive totaling $136.17 as Shafter’s population hits 14,700.
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Ee Te Seaires Senet
Shafter
H. W
Pat) Kelly
San Francisco Bay
East Bacrsfield
Richland
Ernie McCoy
Shafter High School
Kern County
Third Branch Opened For Community National Bank Of Buttonwillow
G C Parker president announced the Kern River Valley Office of Community National Bank in Kernville opened for business on February 9 1959. The fourth Kern County office serves Kernville area with rustic western design and full services. A permanent building is planned with completion in about three months and no grand opening was set due to limited funds.
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G. C. Parker
Kern River Valley
Community National Bank
Kernville
California
Tobias
Kern County
Buttonwillow
Lamont and Shafter
Parker
Murray Knight
Home Decorating Guides Highlight 1950s Trends
The librarian praises several decorating books as practical guides. Better Homes and Gardens offers Home Furnishing Ideas for 1959 with color schemes and room layouts, while The Book of Modern Kitchens and The Book of Modern Bathrooms provide step by step remodeling help. Other titles include Guide to Easier Living, How to Colortune Your Home, and Small Apartment.
Kern Potato Growers head resigns March first
Don Maupin secretary manager of the Kern Potato Growers Association for four years will resign March 1. He plans to build a new home in Shafter. Founders banquet awards life memberships to Mrs Harold Green and Mrs Lee Thomas. A new cafetorium opens this week at Richland school Lerdo plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cording
Kern County Board of Trade
Don Maupin
Kern Potato Growers Association
Shafter
Harold Green
Lee Thomas
Richland Welcomes New Speech Therapist Betty Mulheval
Mrs Betty Mulheval appointed by Kern County Schools serves Richland teaching speech therapy to about 156 students weekly at the district clinic. Born in Kemmerer Wyoming she studied at the University of Wyoming and Brigham Young University prior to her move with husband James a basketball coach to Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mulveval
Richland
Kern County
Mulveval
Cheyenne
Era
Children’s Clinic Speech and Hearing Center
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Brigham Young University
University of Wyoming
Betty Mulheval
Mulheval
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shafter Press
Lerdo Highway
Lou
Central Ave
First Southern Baptist Church
Vaan
Sunset Rev
Sam Wilcoxon
Jack Graves
B.T.U
Doyle Hamman
Pastor Prayer Service
Lois Barton
al Wedel
Community National Bank of
Flying Saucer
Children's Valentines
Sprouse - Reitz,co
Barnett, Ager
Teicher
The
Best
Llene
James Street
Swift
CVI
Cele
del Haven
Bob Tatum
Central Valley Highway
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