Shafter Woman's Club Marks Fifty Years of Service
The Shafter Woman's Club celebrated fifty years as a federated club on February 5 at Veterans Memorial Hall. The event featured ViPaKaYa Camp Fire Girls presenting colors, songs, and a silver tray gift, with remarks by the club president and welcomed guests from related clubs. A history of the club was read, past presidents received mementos, and new members joined as attendees enjoyed cake and coffee.
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Shafter Woman’s Club
Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Estella Arthington
Jim Paul
America
Henry Neufeld
John Hanner
Sequoia District
Collins Crosby
Shafter
Tommy Colvard
Colvard
Hanner
Woman’s Club
Caroline Harris
Bakersfield Woman’s Club
Errol Knight
Panama
Bakersfield
William Pyatt
Woman’s Improvement Club
Taft
Frank Wisner
Doyle Cole
Helen Weill
Jack Thompson
T. V. Little
Lowell Todd
Tom Leigh
Ivan Mettler
J. C. Channeson
Clyde Zachary
Joe Frizzell
Art Brownell
Arnold Koehn
Elmer Richards
P. L. Arnold
O. E. Wiedmann
N. R. Boggs
Thomas Leigh
J. L. Hill
James King
Kern
Robert Gilbert
Ed Brown
Shafter _Woman’s Club
Leonard Duck
Gilbert
Brown
Har
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Weather Summary From Shafter Station February Readings
Weather report from Shafter Cotton Research Station lists daily temperatures from February 3 to February 9. Readings include highs and lows with a rainfall value of .20 on February 6 and .06 on February 8, along with several days displaying NR for precipitation.
California Potato Growers to Hold 25th Anniversary Convention
Duffy Sill announces the 25th Annual Potato Growers Association of California Convention Trade Show and Business Meeting to be held March 30 to April 1 at the Casa Royale Motor Inn Bakersfield About 750 delegates and wives expected with twelve officials from government agencies available for consultations The event features an outdoor trade show Greenwich Village Art Exhibit Welcome Room and a fashion show plus the release of the Anniversary Edition of the Potato Reference Yearbook.
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Duffy Sill
Shafter
Potato Growers Association of California
Allied
Casa Royale Motor Inn
Bakersfield
Sill
Greenwich Village
Casa Grande Room
California
Arnold Kirschenmann Jr
Bakersfield Country Club
Brock’s of
W. B. Camp Jr
Association
Potato Reference
Francis P. Pusateri
Shafter High 1959 Class Plans 10 Year Reunion
The 1959 Shafter High School graduates announce a forthcoming 10 year reunion. A meeting is set for Monday February 17 at the home of Mr and Mrs Tom Colvard 230 Father Street and all interested persons are urged to attend.
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Shafter High School
Tom Colvard
City Clerk Reports on Money Standing At Monday Meeting
City Clerk Bill Johnston presented a financial report to the City Council. Cash holdings totaled 29 500 96 with bank accounts at 74 488 68, leaving 61 194 11 free funds for general use after restricted funds and time deposits. The budget shows 396 371 income and 500 355 expenditures with 64 988 for a police building and 53 300 for streets. the Shafter Public Utility District budget was transferred in with 79 991 66 income and 125 345 97 expenditures, including a new ground level storage tank.
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Cit Council
Bill Johnston
Shafter Public Utility District
Corporation
Water Drainage Study Upheld By City Council
City Council debated methods to make water run uphill from Poso Street to Lerdo Highway citing Central Avenue grade. A study committee proposed options including larger pump and catch basin, hillside cut, or grading from Poso Street. The Maupins petitioned for relief. a solution is pending.
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Walker Street
Poso Street
Don Maupin
Ben Grundy
Dick Larson
Lewis Carroll
Central Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Maupins
Public Works Department
Carl Moyer
Moyer
Motorola
Shafter Rotary Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary Gala
Shafter Rotarians and Rotaryans marked the 30th anniversary with a Ladies Night gala at the Shafter Motel. J Thomas Crowe of Visalia delivered the anniversary address as district governor. Over 80 people attended alongside district leaders from Thousand Oaks, with three charter members still active and several past presidents honored.
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Shafter Rotarians
Rotaryanns
Shafter Motel
J. Thomas Crowe
Visalia
Shafter Club
Robert Howlett
Thousand Oaks
Howlett
California
Peter Channeson
Stockdale
Henry Neufeld
Merrill Thomas
Ivan Meyer renovates old City Furniture building for new store
Frank Wisner notes Ivan Meyer has bought the old City Furniture building in Shafter and is remodeling the interior with Ed Gaede to run a new furniture store, preventing idle vacancy. Wisner also recalls a Bakersfield churches meeting on the grape strike and critiques the Shafter Press style.
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Shafter
Ivan Meyer
City Furniture
Ed Gaede
Shafter Press
Bakersfield
Convalescent Hospital Announces Open House in Shafter
The Shafter Convalescent Hospital at 140 East Tulare Avenue invites the public to an open house on Sunday February 16 from 2 30 to 5 00 pm A 64 bed facility owned mainly by Marvin Janzen Reedley and Alfred Janzen Fresno anticipates growing to 99 beds within 60 days The hospital will offer extended long term care and medical services with 24 hour licensed staff and a head nurse Margaret Isaac.
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Shafter Convalescent Hospital
East Tulare Avenue
Waldo Unruh
Marvin Janzen
Reedley
Alfred Janzen
Fresno
Margaret Isaac
Dorothy Kroeker
Roy Kerber
Television Stolen From Shafter Home Reported
Mrs. Bessie Moran of 227 State told Shafter police a television set was taken from her home on February 8 and investigators are probing the burglary.
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Bessie Moran
Shafter
Kimberlina Sign Move Planned to Lerdo Highway
Shafter Chamber reports that the Kimberlina directional sign on Highway 99 will be removed and a new sign placed at Lerdo Highway. State highway officials say the new sign should be in place in about six months.
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Lerdo Highway
Ben Grundy
Shafter
Chamber
Roy Kerber
Pat Kelly
Millard la Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Wisner
Board of Supervisors
Friday Is Coffee Day For Heart Fund
Shafter residents can support the Heart Fund by drinking coffee Friday. Chairwoman Bessie Kenath announces the program with Fries Bakery Shafter Motel Sportsman’s Cafe Jerry’s Pancake House and Cousin’s Cafe joining. Other cafes are being asked to cooperate.
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Shafter
Heart Fund
Bessie Kennath
Fries Bakery
Shafter Motel
Sportsman’s Cafe
Jerry’s Pancake House
Cousin’s Cafe
Keinath
Richland Honor Roll for Upper Grades Released
The second quarter honor roll at Richland Upper Grades is released by principal John Peterson. The list includes seventh graders Martin Allen Kenneth Anderson Yvonne Bassett Vicki Bender Ronald Bergman Stephanie Branch Edwin.
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Richland
John Peterson
Martin Allen
Kenneth Anderson
Yvonne Bassett
Vicki Bender
Ronald Bergman
Stephanie Branch
Edwin
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Lyan Mettler
Shafter Womans Club
Community Improvement Council
Eleanor Kelly
Kelly
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Atkinson
The
Shafter Cotton Research Station
Sun
Potato Meeting
Attention Shafter High School
Mortimore
Larson
Grundy
Hildebrand
Shafter Rotary Club
By Frank Wisner
Convalescent Hospital
Shafter Airport
Kern County Airports System
Quinton Engineers
Kerber
David Cooke
Santa Fe Railroad
Lerdo
Central Valley Highway
Agee Funeral Home
Bill Dauphin
Merchants Committee
Jim Hamilton
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