Beard and Whisker Event Promises Festival Prizes
Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival officials report progress on a whiskering theme as two programs organized by a promotions committee led by adviser H C Tip Henderson plan prizes for men women and children. Chairman A G Whitson says awards will likely be handed at the festival barbecue during kiddie costumes.
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The
Shafter
S al Spendant
H. C
Tip) Henderson
A. G. Whitson
Parade
Kyle Austin
Five Youths Earn Life Scout Badges In Maple Delano
Five Maple boys were awarded Life Scout badges at a Court of Honor in Delano last Tuesday evening. Their mothers received Life Scout pins. Recipients: Donald Isaac Bob Strauss Bill Siemens Jimmie Mogely Philip Williams. Also two merit badges and eleven second class badges were awarded amid a large turnout of Scouts and parents. a Maple Scout band performed and the event was overseen by Elmer Engel.
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Delano
Donald Isaac
Abe. Isaac
Bob Strauss
Dave Strauss
Bill Siemens
William Siemens
Jimmie Mogely
Elmer Kengel
Philip Williams
Sarah Johnson
Leroy Balzer
Donald W. Neufeld
Curtis Bergman
Allen Gaede
Donald
Peter Neufeld
James Jones
Roger Buller
Wayne Siemens
Larry Hamilton
Raymond Whitfield
Willard Neufeld
Douglas Heinrichs
Jimmie Neufeld
Maple
Shafter-Wasco Concerts Promote Membership Drive
The Shafter-Wasco Community Concerts Association announces its membership drive after Igor Gorin's March 9 Wasco High School concert. A $6 yearly membership adds admission to all concerts in any city, with at least three performances guaranteed each season. Other officers include Bob Bann as president and Dorothy Trew as former president, along with listed local directors.
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Shafter
Wasco
Shafter-Wasco Community Concerts Association
Igor Gorin
Gorin
Wasco High School
Bob Bann
Association
Dorothy Trew
Walter Nicol
Maple Area
Violet, Hemmingson
Grant
Jensen
Bruce Crawtford
Shatter
Margaret Peters
Elizabeth Peters
Fayen
Maple
Caldwell Family Visit With Sister Here
Mr and Mrs Dewitt Caldwell and two sons Bruce and Benny of Santa Cruz spent last weekend with his sister and family Mr and Mrs Elmer Isaac of Orange Avenue They also spent Sunday morning with Mr and Mrs W A Connell and family Caldwell and Mrs Connell are cousins
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Dewitt Caldwell
Bruce
Benny
Santa Cruz
Elmer Isaac
Orange Avenue
W. A. Connell
Caldwell
Mrs. Connell
Rain Floods Temporary Unit at Shafter High School
Heavy rain inundated a temporary classroom at Shafter High School early Monday flooding most of the floor with about a half inch of water and soaking half the seats. Repairs were finished by Tuesday as part of a spring improvement program including outdoor re-striping, a new tennis backboard, water line to the baseball diamond, and a new storage shed. Minor interior repairs and painting completed with a sidewalk replacement to curb future flooding.
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Shafter High School
Arithmetic as a Social Tool for Richland Children
Richland students learn number sense from kindergarten through sixth grade under a Kern County course plan. Emphasis rests on meaning of operations, concrete materials, and real world problems to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, decimals, and percentage.
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Richland
Kern County
Snowflakes Postpone Kern Camellia Show to March
The Kern County Camellia Society postponed its annual weekend display due to snow. Mrs. Robert Johnson announced the event would move to March 7 and 8, held at the San Joaquin Tractor Co. display room on California Avenue and Highway 99 in Bakersfield, with only minor crop damage reported.
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Kern County
Robert Johnson
Kern County Camellia Society
San Joaquin Tractor Co
California Avenue
Highway 99
Bakersfield
Birthday Party Set by Legion at Veterans Memorial Hall
The American Legion plans a March 14 birthday party in Veterans Memorial Hall with auxiliary service. The auxiliary met Tuesday night with Mrs. J. P. McCoy presiding. Donations go to the AmericAnism Scholarship Fund and Friends of the American Indian Fund. Mrs. Earl Wipf reported on Taft district convention. Mrs. Pete Buller was the jackpot winner.
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Veterans Memorial Hall
American Legion
Memorial Hall
J. P. McCoy
Americanism Scholarship Fund
Friends of the American, Indian Fund
Earl Wipf
Taft
Pete Buller
Wipf
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