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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1964
Page
5
Junior Chamber of Commerce project in progress aims to identify Kern County’s youngest farmer. Jack Curtis, president, notes the effort as a community outreach to spotlight young agricultural talent in Bakersfield.
Richard Leask will serve as chairman and Jack Hale as co chairmen of Kern County Heart Campaign. Tease notes aim to highlight farmers problems to attract youth to farming as a lifetime career. The county’s outstanding young farmer will compete for a California award on February 1 in Modesto. nominations are to be phoned to Tom Smith.
An informal Q A segment remarks on tax cut caveats and 1964 crop forecasts. The exchange references Shafter forecasts and notes youth enthusiasm and responsibility comments. Potatoes seen at four dollars a sack and cotton at ten bales per acre.
The annual countywide Heart Fund drive starts with Heart Month in February and runs through February 29. Leask urges participation in this national health crusade focused on heart disease, the leading health problem of the era. Volunteers will peak on Heart Sunday, February 16, distributing information and collecting contributions.
Lifelong scout leader William H. Spurgeon III will lead a seminar for explorers at a dinner meeting. The event is set for January 7 at 6 30 p m in the Woolgrowers Cafe, 623 Summer, with invitees including explorer adults and fathers of high school age boys who are business and professional men.
Jimmy Ditard won the sweepstakes award in the anniversary poster contest. Bruce Branner entered the Baptist Seminary at Portland Oregon. John Lachenmaier and Rolf Ja- (text truncated)
Jack Stasks resigned from the Public Utilities District board after about three years. Carroll, a Shafter resident since 1951, worked at Bakerfield offices and served in the Air Force. He led the Shafter Lions Club and the local Chamber of Commerce and has long aided Boy Scouts. The Carrols have one son in Shafter High. a public dinner and meeting are planned at 7:30 with no reservations, breakfast at the Caravan Inn also at 7:30.
Reports from Shafter record weekly features from April through June 1963. Winners, weddings, club leaders, school board members, and anniversary events appear alongside new store openings and local civic recognitions. Notable items include Miss Kern County contestant Carole Anderson, Pioneer Queen Julia Potter, and Mt Everest conqueror William Unsoeld.
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