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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1957

Page

6

B P W Meeting and MOD Campaign Reps Named

Virginia Merkel hosted a January 3 Business and Professional Women's club meeting at Veterans Memorial hall. A finance security quiz, by laws review, and MOD campaign representatives were announced with refreshments for members including Marjorie Smith and Virginia Senior. Notice of intention to sell alcoholic beverages was published for 18600 Chafter Ave Shafter Kern Co with On‑Sale Beer license申请 and protest rights.

Virginia Merkel Shatter Veterans Memorial Hall Annette Albright Clara Schnidt Irene Tilley Marjorie Smith Virginia Senior Valma Miller Anne Stoller Mary Kelley Mildred Patterson Jeanette Wheeler Lorraine Christensen Ruth McMillan Lorain Gaede Georgette Kadel Amelia Cornell Helen Hasty Chafter Ave Shafter, Kern Co Department of A Olic Beverage Control Alco Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Sacramento California Kenneth D Smith

Notice of Election for Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District

The notice announces an election on January 2, 1957 for five director seats and officers including assessor collector treasurer. Polling places listed across divisions with named inspectors judges and clerks. The district board secretary certifies dates published January 3 and 10, 1957.

Shafter - Wasco di Schoes Clerkeck Aocnats Deere Bi Rammar Ee Cee Lillian 'Pritschke Vernon E Best Lyle W F & 8Th Wasco Stella Britachke Mrs. Pollock Laders Mary Gaede Wise Union Congregational Nareh Tulare Ave Shafter Anna N. Raney Pearl Bellows Ollie M. Nusz T. R. Thompson Shafter-Wasco Irrigation Distrest

Science defeats superstition in California classrooms

Education Today explains how California schools use a state textbook to teach children to distinguish science from superstition. It highlights weather beliefs, moon rings, and rain dances, then shows how cloud seeding and experiments foster critical thinking.

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Le Doux Recovers At Sunyside After Thanksgiving Injury

Robert Le Doux former Shaf terite and son in law of Mr and Mrs Sidney Crawford is recuperating at his Sunyside Washington home. He suffered a serious leg injury the day before Thanksgiving when struck by a car while helping a friend change a tire. He was discharged from the hospital and now walks with a cast.

Robert le Doux Shafterite Sidney . Crawford Sunnyside Washington le Doux

Bakersfield Station Switches to CBS On Channel 29

Al Constant, general manager of KBAK TV Channel 29 Bakersfield, announced Channel 29 becomes exclusive CBS affiliate for Bakersfield as of Wednesday. CBS programs will move to Channel 29 after Tuesday, with many classics shown locally only on 29, while ABC shows remain part of the schedule.

al Constant Kbak-Tv Channel 29 Bakersfield Shafterites CBS Television Network CBS Kbaktv Constant Bob Cummings Phil Silvers Climax ABC

Candles a Cake Week of January 1957 Remembrance

A community candle event spans January 11 to January 17 1957 listing attendees by date. Names include Sharon Osborn George Wedel Robert Lamas John Laughlin Bobby Wilson Ronnie McDonald Jon Johnston Jackie Fast Gary Channeson Mrs Ed Brown Elsie Warren A R Duehren Ann Bender Fimet Biloff Ann Jacobus Lee Johnson Helen Woods Joan Goertzen Helen Jones Eddie Lopez Helen M Wilson Billy Pyle Alvina Bergman William Isaac Howard Wilson Alice Kliewer Allan Gaede Tommy Everett Ralph Anderson Lessie Hunt Mrs Ralph Lachenmaier Mrs Harry Thompson Norman Ebel Alice Neumann Leonard Johnson Barbara Catherell Leland Bell Kathleen Scott Marilyn Anderson.

Ed Brown Elsie Warren A. R. Duehren Ann Bender Fimet Biloff Ann Jacobus Glas Lee Johnson Helen Woods Joan Goertzen Alvina Bergman William Isaac Howard Wilson Alice Kliewer Allan Gaede Tommy Everett Ralph Anderson Lessie Hunt Ralph Lachenmaier Harry Thompson Norman Ebel Alice Neumann Leonard Johnson Barbara Catherell Leland Bell Kathleen Scott

Mrs Tena Weins Confined To Bed In Shafter

Friends report Mrs Tena Weins has been bedfast for weeks at Reedley Rest Home. Her daughter Lawrence Gleckler and family visited, and she thanks Shafter residents for get well cards and Christmas greetings. She expects to celebrate her 70th birthday on February 2 in Shafter.

Tena Weins Weins Reedley Rest Home Lawrence Gleckler Donna Ruthie

Morning Star film shown at Nature Club about 1547 sheep trek

Victorine Bair reports the Nature Club viewed Morning Star, a film following 1547 sheep from Phoenix Salt River Valley to Reno Pass and Tonto Basin, guided by Rosalie Lazaro and Pablo. The trek lasts 52 days with no losses, through desert, storms, and wildlife.

Nature Club Morning Star Salt River Valley Phoenix Arizona Rosalio Lazaro New Mexico Rosario Pablo Salt River Reno Pass Tonto Basin Tonto Creek Sierra Ancho White Mountains Rosalie Manner Park

Hungarian Teacher Speaks to Shafter High Seniors on Communism

Dr. Segesvary, former Hungarian army major and author now at Delano High, addressed Shafter High School seniors about communist oppression. He described loss of freedom under communism, past persecution in Hungary and elsewhere, and urged youth to value U S citizenship and defend democracy.

Shafter High School Lewis Arthur H. Johnson Segesvarry Delano High School Comar Germany Hungary Segesvary Siberia United States Hitler Minnesota California Seges

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MOD Education Today E. Ross Harrington Richland School District Weather Bureau John Cassavetes James Whitmore Dale Robertson Mara Corday David Brian Marsha Hunt CinemaScope Barbara Stanwyck MacDonald Carey Maverick Queen Monarch Music Center Margo Garrison Johnny Snively Irene Stockton Richland School Truxtun Sharon Osborn George Wedel Robert Lamas, and John Laughlin Bobby Wilson Ronnie McDonald Jon Johnston Jackie Fast Gary Channeson Helen Jones Eddie Lopez Helen M. Wilson Billy Pyle Marilyn Anderson Chrysler Eeeser Standarts Irvine Central Valley Hwy Fire Motor Port Shafter Phone Pioneer Nature Nook By Victorine Bair Bell & Howell Electric Revolutionary Bell & Howell Electric Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store Rexall C. C Douglass Tsed Oodce Et Pan Bareaseleld Harold C. Stellmacher Chester Ave E. Lerdo PI Frigidaire Whirlpool Wedgewood Sales & Service Emil G. Stoller P. G Pacific Gas I Vetric Company
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