Thompson Installed as Shafter Exchange Club President
Jack Thompson was installed president of the Shafter Exchange Club at the noon meeting on Thursday January 14 in the Shafter Motel coffee shop. Other officers named include Marvin Lane Sandy Sanderson Jack Catherell Harvey Neuman John Hill and John Atchison. Stan Cook administered the installation and urged duties for 1960. Thompson highlighted the club's role in the National Crime Prevention Program for February with guests Ed Leslie and East Bakersfield Exchange Club members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thompson
Shafter Exchange Club
Shafter
Marvin Lane
Sandy Sanderson
Jack Catherell
Harvey Neuman
John Hill
John Atchison
Stan Cook
Thompson
Naenete Club
East Bakersfield Exchange Club
Ed Leslie
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Dinner and Installations Spark Social Evening
A group including Mesdames Jack Thompson Jr and Phil Zachary along with several gentlemen attended a dinner event. After the meal and installation ceremonies, numerous couples remained for a bowling social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Jack Thompson Jr
Phil Zachary
Dave Anderson
al Sucket
George Haworth Jr
Rolf Jacobsen Jr
Calvin Goehring
Wayne Wood
Ivan Meyer
Jim del Rio
John Notley
C. L. Howell
Baker Named Director of 15th District Agricultural Board
Edmund G. Brown appointed Baker to the board of directors of the 15th District Agricultural Association. Baker sworn in January 19 and will direct Kern County Fair activities with nine other directors. He farms on Poplar Avenue for 18 years with wife Ruey and daughters Mary and Darlene. son Sam attends Fresno State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prem Edmund G. Brown
15Th District Agricultural Association
Baker
Op Gin
Rancers Cotton Oil Mill
Fresno
Kern County
Poplar Avenue
Ruey
Mary
Darlene
Sam Baker
Fresno State College
Special speaker announced for BPW meeting
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A Fleek, Provost Marshal at the Air Force Flight Test Center, will be the guest speaker at the Business and Professional Women's Club meeting on January 21. He will supplement his talk with a .6 mm film and is noted for service in Okinawa Japan and the Philippines and a prior posting at Los Alamos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A.sek
Air Force Flight Test Center
Wau
California
Business d
Fleek
Abraska
Okinw’a
Japan
Philippines
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos Proving Grounds
New Mexico
Fleck
Armed Forces Staff College
Texas Tech College
University of the Philippines
Hilda Tucker
Sheila
Diana
Thomas A. Jr
Mary Kel
Scout Leaders Plan Camporee and Jamboree Schedule
Scout leaders outline events for Kern County Scouts including a April Camporee at Cleese Ranch near Bakersfield with 300 acres and campus facilities. The Court of Honor will award rank advancements and merit badges. July training campout starts in Jastro Park with a July 15 international event in Colorado Springs. The Kern troop plans tours through Seattle Victoria Glacier National Park and Grand Canyon with a $75 down payment and 39 scouts signed up including three from Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shasa
Kern Scouts
Bill Siemens
Jastro Park
Colorado Springs
Aviation Academy
Kern
Seattle
Victoria
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon
Siemens
Shafter
Holidays Set By Merchants In Shafter
Six regular holidays plus Sundays and the Monday after Yvarisumas and New Year were declared closing days by Shafter merchants. Wayne Wood announced the action at the January 12 meeting of the Merchants Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Merchants
Wayne Wood
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Ray Randolph
Buster Long
Shafter
Leon Pitts
Bob Godbey
Central Avenue
James Street
Kiwanians Plan Two Ladies Nights in Shafter
The Shafter Kiwanis Club announces two Ladies Nights this year at Veteran's Memorial Hall. Gribble urged members to consider their personal contributions and time given to club activities as weekly meetings shift to 12:05 PM to 4:15 PM each Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanis Club
New Press
Shafter Club
Gribble
Veteran's Memorial Hall
Kiwanis
Primary Grades Visit Safeway Store
Mrs Opal Reatzlaffs second and third graders from Maple School toured Burl Sarge Shafter Safeway Store one morning last week. They explored storage rooms with dairy meats and produce and learned how milk is marked for freshness and how meat is weighed so customers pay for only the product. A child viewed the store from the meat counter office windows, and each pupil received an apple at the end. The trip supported recent marketing class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Wal- Reimer
Ratzlaff
Jake Kliewer
Citizens for School Bonds Form in Kern County
A citizens committee led by Louis R. Deadrich forms to publicize facts about the Kern County Union High School and College District 5870 bond election set for February 9. The group includes local leaders from Shafter and Bakersfield and will provide polling data via County Clerk Very Gibson as plans advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Nikkel
Ernest Panero
Shafter
Kern County Union High School and College
Citizens For School Bonds
Louis R. Deadrich
Deadrich
Mark Raney
Deadrick
A. Goertz
Butler
Breusing
Browne
Goertz
Earl G. Love
China Lake
Rex E. Shacklett
William Kissack
Lake Isabella
Don Miller
Citizens’ Committee
Monroe Browne
Very Gibson
Dr Duck Heads Mineral Society Elects Leader and Sets Meeting Plans
Dr Leonard Duck, Shafter dentist, becomes president of the Kern County Mineral Society after the annual election. Jim Turner is vice president, Mrs Rosmond secretary, Mrs Genevieve Hand treasurer. The group will meet the fourth Monday at the Veterans Memorial Building in East Bakersfield starting next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duck
Shafter
Kern County Mineral Society
Jim Turner
Rosmond
Genevieve Hand
William Pruitt
Veterans Memorial Building
Mount Vernon
East Bakersfield
Cunningham Art Gallery
Oregon
Blaine Miller
Merle Nicks
Yellowstone Park
Les Darlings
Rock Hounds Seek Minerals Across Shafter Region
Shafter area rockhounds chase specimens as rains wash rocks down hills and beaches. Taft yields sulfur and tar pits hold fossils at Mc Kittrick. Bakersfield’s Shark Tooth Mountain and Kern Canyon offer gold, quartz, gypsum, garnet. Mohave Boron area promises calcite, carontite, bauxite, halite. Local miners T. V. Little W. H. Nichol and the Duck family are noted. The hobby unites families and outdoor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Taft
McKittrick
Bakersfield
Kern Canyon
Ing Hills
Mohave
Boron
T. V. Little
W. H. Nichol
Leonard Duck
Maple Students Visit Norris School
Elmer Engel and Maple School seventh and eighth graders visit Norris School this Wednesday to learn about a speech club that has won two county championships in the past two years. Sponsored by Kern County Toastmasters, the program teaches public speaking and oral reading through 18 county clubs with an annual contest. Norris students have repeatedly taken top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Engel
Maple School
Norris
Toastmasters Clubs
Kern County
Annual Chamber Banquet Tickets On Sale In Shafter
Directors announce the 1960 Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Installation Banquet set for February 8 at the Richland Cafeteria. Tickets cost 2.50 and are sold by board members or at the chamber office. doors open with the Men of Note entertaining and the Man of the Year award to be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Guenther
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Harold Greene
C. of C
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter Chamber
Richland Caeteria
New. C. of C
Charlies Jones
Bakersfield High School
Chamber of Commerce Ces
Harold
Art Hemingson
Wayne, Wood
Tony Brown
Everett Bar
Rain Delays and Farmers Hope Despite Taxes In Hawaii
The excerpt notes continuing rain aiding farmers by raising the water table while urging careful timing for planting. It mentions a Marine Sergeant returning to civilian life after 20 years in service and hints at Hawaii Statehood discussions and taxation concerns. The fragment ends with a continuation note for Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
George Collins Installed As Kern County Optometrists President
Dr George Collins of Shafter was installed Wednesday January 13 as president of the Kern County optometrists group after a dinner at the Chicken House Wives attended the event Vice President R W Heckman led the meeting in the absence of ill outgoing president Kenneth Morris Installing officer was Dr O Righellis Joining may include Dr R W Heckman Dr Robert Tremaine Dr Fred Shorr and Dr John Regan New member Dr Jack Chinn recently from San Francisco opened an Bakersfield office at 1217 California Street Collins longtime local resident and former Shafter Rotary Club president maintains office at 426 James Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Collins
Shafter
Kern County Optometrists Group
Chicken House
R. W. Heckman
Kenneth Morris
O. Righellis
Collins
Robert Tremaine
Fred Shorr
John Regan
Jack Chinn
San Francisco
California Street
Bakersfield
Col Ken Kirkpatrick On Okinawa Post
Marine Cpl Kenneth D Kirkpatrick is serving with the Third Marine Division on Okinawa. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H Kirkpatrick of 149 Richland Ave Shafter California. The Third Marine Division is the Seventh Fleet force in readiness in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth D. Kirkpatrick
H. Kirkpatrick
Richland Ave
Shafter
Calif
Third Marine Division
Okinawa
Seventh Fleet
Far East
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Hildebrand
Gregrey Malory
Dish
Wes Anderson
Exchange Club
Agricultural Assn
Eek
BPW
Scout Leaders
Shatter Pres
Frank Roselle
Tha Press
Press Phote
Kiwanians
Safeway Store
Dr. Duck Heads Mineral Society
Maple
Norris School
Farmer
Deter
Ingly
Corps
James Northrup
MSGT
Geo. Collins Prexy
Optometrist
Ken Kirkpatrick
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