Shamrock Cleaners Changes Hands in Wasco Tie
Shamrock Cleaners in Shafter is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Vurl Williams of Wasco. The couple bring sixteen years of dry cleaning experience and focus on knitted wear and fragile garments. Staff include Ronald Pierce as driver and Claude Crawford as spotting and pressing specialist, with Mary Perry on alterations. The Williamses plan to live in Shafter and run the town’s sole dry cleaning plant with trained personnel and modern machinery.
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Shamrock Cleaners
Mrs
Vurl Williams
Wasco
Shafter
Vurl
Mary Williams
Mr. Williams
California
Ronald Pierce
Claude Crawford
Mary Perry
Williams
Kingberg
Mary Sisk
Brenda
William's
Shafters Only
Community National Bank stock sale over subscribed at Kern County bank
Community National Bank reported an over subscribed sale of 500 shares with a waiting list for future issues. President George Parker noted assets rose 60 fold in eight years and 2.09 million in 1959, with a projected gain over 1 million in 1960, making it the largest independent bank in Kern County.
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Community National Bank
Oo Bank
George Parker
Ier
Independent Bank
Parker
Kern County
Five file for seats on city council
Five candidates filed papers for three city council vacancies. Incumbents Mayor Ben Grundy Ralph Beel Marvin Lane seek re election with Lane the only incumbent likely to return. New entrants include Herbert Neuman Elmer Anderson Cass Garratz and Robert H Godbey. Election set for April 12 polls 7 am to 7 pm with officials named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Grundy
Ralph Beel
Dick, Larson
Roberto Petes
Marvin Lane
Herbert Neuman
Elmer Anderson
Cass Garratz
Robert H. Godbey
Albert J. Zimmerman
Anna Raney
Ollie Nusz
Marlene Perry
Job's Daughters tour Kern County Hospital gathers
Daughters Bethel 138 members led by Mrs. Eleanor Berendsen visit Kern County General Hospital on Feb 20. Admin Doubenmier explains hospital wards and elder care needs as part of a term project. Afterward, girls deliver magazines to juvenile hall, aiding community service.
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Vonn Doubenmier
Kern County
Job
Nora Barker
Carol Berendsen
Jill Bradey
Chris Coe
Pamela Evans
Kathy Hulse
Barbara Ladrigan
Mardo Ohlsson
Jennifer Peters
Jill Peters
Penny Peters
Annette Smith
Cynthia Witcher
Janet McCallum
Mary Waldrum
Guardians
Eleanor Berendsen
Blake Witcher
Ike Peters
Dryer Campaign Tops Expectations in Southern California
A few weeks remain in the drive to boost sales as Southern Salteen dealers report record gas dryer and washer dryer purchases aided by free normal installation. The campaign ends March 19 and features 10 top brands amid normal winter weather influencing indoor drying convenience for homemakers.
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Ea Southern Salteen
Otto Becker F.SF Appointed Sales Representative
Otto W. Becker of 254 Walnut Street is named sales representative for distribution of Financial Industrial Fund an open end mutual fund allowing ownership in over 100 companies across 23 industries in the United States The appointment was announced by Division Manager Gordon A Wilson Becker a native of Fairview Oklahoma has lived in Shafter 40 years and is a former P G E Wasco District employee He and his wife Betker have four children and ten grandchildren.
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Otto W. Becker
Walnut Street
United States
Becker
Gordon A. Wilson
Oer Heoalane Inc
Fairview
Oklahoma
Shafter Area
Sacramento
Vranes Company
Goshen
India
P. G. & E. Wasco
North Kern Golf Club
C. B. M. C. International
Legionaires Attend District Meeting in Visalia
Members of the American Legion and the Auxiliary attended the 50th District meeting in Visalia on Sunday February 21. Shafter participants included Mr and Mrs Leon Morgan Mr and Mrs R F Heinlein Mr and Mrs Earl Wipf Grace Cox Jack Janzen and Commander Red Everetts.
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American Legion and the Auxiliary
Visalia
Shafter
Leon Morgan
R. F. Heinlein
Earl Wipf
Grace Cox
Jack Janzen
Red Everetts
Art Johnson Elected Proxy of District Council
Principal Arthur H. Johnson of Shafter High School was elected president of District Council No. 16 of the California Association of Secondary School Administrators for 1960 61. He will succeed T. L. McCuen, Kern County Union High School and Junior College District superintendent, who served two terms. Dr. Bert C. Corona, Delano Joint Union High School District superintendent and principal, was elected secretary and serves as program chairman.
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Arthur H. Johnson
Shafter High School
California Association of Secondary School
Presen
Maricopa High School
T. L. McCuen
Kern County Union High School
Bert C. Corona
Delano Joint Union
Corona
Administrators’ Association
Delano High School
Johnson
McFarland High School
Kern County Union
Scheels
Trict
California Association of Secondary School Administrators
Maple Scouts Snow Trip to Mount Able
Maple Cub Scouts and families enjoyed a snow outing at Mount Able on Saturday February 20. The trip featured sledding and tub trains, with homespun lunches before returning home in the early afternoon.
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Maple Cub
Mount Able
Alex Dobrenen
David
Michael
Susan
Jonas Nickel
Ronald
Phil
Adolph Buhler
Linden
Waldo Unruh
Paul
Tommy
Clyde Johnston
Dean
Donna
Kathy
Willis Reimer
Douglas
Carolyn
Virgil
Steven
Elaine
Johnny Penner
Victor
Don Klingenberg
Janet
Bobby
Lorn Bryant
Bruce
Jeff
Billy
Valarie Reimer
Dwight
Peter
Peter, Mrs. Dillard Askew
Rodney
Ernest Siemens
Mark
Brian
Louis Epp
Family
Ted Fries Opens Local Bakery In Shafter
Ted Fries and his wife take over Taylor's Bakeries in Shafter now named Ted's Bakery. Nellie Lasiter remains as employee, serving from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and handling special requests.
Eagle Scout Awards To Be Presented At Court Of Honor
Three local boys will receive Eagle Scout ranks at a Court of Honor Monday February 29 at 7 30 pm in the High School Auditorium. Stanley Loewen and John Enns of Maple Troop No 977 and Gary Witcher of Richland PTA will be honored for their achievements.
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Stanley Loewen
John Enns
Maple Troop No
Gary Witcher
Richland Pta
Special Agent Trains Police Officers In Weeklong Class
Police officers from Wasco McFarland and Shafter completed a week long Defensive Tactics training course at the police station. Special Agent Clifford E. Puckett of the Los Angeles FBI led two daily classes instructing counters comes along holds baton use and firearms. Officers include Robert Wilson David Russell Bryan White Wade.
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Roy Johnson
Tommy Green
Wasco
Dave Russell
Glen Holt
Shafter Police Department
Wade Hamilton
Bob Ware
Shafter
McFarland
Hanley Witcher
FBI
W. W. Burke
Los Angeles
Clifford E. Puckett
Robert Wilson
David Russell
Bryan White
Wade
Heart Fund drive chair named in Shafter
The Shafter Heart Association selects Merton Wiedman of Shafter Drug Store as chair man of the 1960 Heart Fund drive to begin February and end on Heart Sunday February 28. H. W. Pat Kelly announced the appointment as the first step in the annual campaign spanning across many communities.
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Shafter Heart Association
Merton Wiedman
Shafter Drug Store
H. W
Pat” Kelly
Kern County
Jane
Bere
Mnoon
Bexan
Heart
Heart Association
Wiedman
Adverting Hat Replaces Press Burden Amid Flu and Change
The writer recounts a bout with a flu outbreak delaying work at the Press and notes staffers Doug Allen Blane Perry and Jim Jim Junior falling to illness. He reflects on taking on advertising duties, plans a vacation in April, and mentions new ownerships in Shafter with a tone of newsroom resilience.
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Jim
Jim Junior
Junior
Doug Allen
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