California seeks multiple textbook lists for five basics
Assemblyman Victor Voysey and Senator Clair Burgener introduced a measure to allow the State Board of Education to approve multiple textbook lists for English arithmetic history geography reading and science. Local districts would select from three to five texts per subject, aiming to save taxpayer money and expand local choice.
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Allkigle
Peyatem
California
Assembly
Victor V.voysey
R Brawley
Senate
Clair W. Burgener
San Diego
Ketchum
State Curriculum Commission
State Board of Education
Boards of Education
Mid-Winter Wasco BPW Conference Led by Audrey Wisner
Wasco hosts a two day BPW mid winter conference with Central District and California Federation leaders in attendance. Delegates from Shafter Wasco Delano and other clubs heard panels on Mexico civic participation and county government with Velva Reagan and Mary Armstrong urging legislative contact.
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BPW
Wasco
Audrey Leigh Wisner
Grapevine
Central District Business and Professional Women
Sylvia Menees
Shafter Bpc
Velva Reagan
California Federation of Business and Professional Women
Veteran’s Hall
Wasco Club
Lucille Muir
Ada Hutson
Bessie Seism
Monte Bedwell
Bakersfield
Gladys Anne Sheerin
Visalia
Central District
Monte _ Bedwell
Eleanore Martin
Anna Mae Anderson
Eva Lewis
Audrey Waters Gray
Edith Hollister
Eleanor Martin
Merced
Louise Spears
Evelyn Martin
Golden Valley
Hanford
Frances Carpenter
Oildale
Tellers
Margaret Thomas
Ruth Stonebraker
Mexico
Mary Carey
Margaret Tesovnik
Jean Foth
Marie Murray
Delano
Bernice Roberson
David Fairbairn
LeRoy Jackson
Fairbairn
Air Polition
Dave Seefjahl
Dave Rosenau
Audrey Gray
Mary Armstrong
Jack Hammons Elected President of Kern Co Comets
Jack Hammons was installed as president of the Kern County Comets at a potluck dinner Sunday evening January 28 at the Hammons home. Mae Nix was named vice president and Dottie Hebel secretary treasurer, with Isaac Gunther officiating.
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Jack Hammons
Kern County Comets
Hammons
Elm
Order of the Eastern Star
Isaac Gunther
Jack
Mae Nix
Dottie Hebel
Gunnar Peterson
Ellis Robinson
Tommy Duffin
J. T. Herrod
Rufus . Tweedy
Bert Hebel
Eva Clark
Julia Wilson
Maude Mae Scott
Diane
Mary Kay
Girls State Rally honors 1967 delegates in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs Mert Wiedmann and Janet Wiedmann attended the Girls State Rally at the Sheraton West in Los Angeles. Governor Marty Jeffery from Castlemont and U S Senator Bealy Oswald were honored guests as California’s representatives. The 1968 Girls State session will be at UC Davis June 24 to July 2. Lynn Wiedmann, Janet's sister and a 1962 delegate, also joined the event.
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Mert Wiedmann
Janet
Shafter High School
Sheraton West Hotel
Los Angeles
Marty Jeffery
Castlemont High School
Oakland
U. S
Bealy Oswald
California
Girls Nation
Washington, D.C
Capitol
Lynn Wiedmann
University of Southern California
Lynn
Appreciation Letter From Kern County Farm Bureau
An official letter from Kern County Farm Bureau secretary manager Roger D. Miller thanks the News Editor for cooperation in publishing farm bureau news releases and activities during the past year. The note acknowledges attention and courtesies shown to agricultural information for public awareness.
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Kern County Farm Bureau
Roger D. Miller
Kern
County Farm Bureau
Kern County Camp Fire Girls Hold Annual Dinner Meeting
The Kern County Council of Camp Fire Girls held its annual dinner at Fred die's Top of the Hill in Bakersfield on a Friday evening in January. Bruce Bunker was awarded the Luther Halsey Gulick honor as council president, with district reports and a new board installation led by Mrs. W. A. Dennis.
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Bessie Seism
Ora Belle Hargis
Golden Valley Club
Hanford
Geneva Philpot
Visalia Club
Velva Reagan
Wasco Club
Wasco
Margaret Thomas
Olammia Solomon
Ben Hawes
Fresno
Reedley Club
Kern County Council of
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Freddie’s
Top of the Hill
Bakersfield
Blue Jay Blue Birds
E Ko le la Camp Fire Girls
I Yo Ki Jr. Hi Camp Fire Girls
Puff the Magic Dragon
Tankalela Jr
Bunker
Shafter
Don Christensen
Roy Farrell
Kenneth Handel
John Miller
Miller
Christensen
Horizon Club
Yenus Hante
Cam
Tc Svolgiel
Leaders Association
Neighbors Clash Over White Hat Motto Spat
Local dispute centers on the slogan you gotta be a bad guy good guys wear white hats as neighbors debate meaning and intention, sparking community discussions and tense agreeements in the street.
UCLA Men’s Glee Club Scheduled to Sing in Wasco
The Wasco Junior Women’s Club announces a community concert featuring the UCLA Men’s Glee Club at Wasco High School auditorium on Tuesday February 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets available from club members at the door or by contacting Mrs James Rowbottom Fine Arts Chairman 1317 Sycamore Drive Wasco telephone 758 6915.
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Wasco Junior Woman’s Club
UCLA
Wasco High School
Wasco
James Rowbottom
Justice Court Gets Larger Space After Remodeling
Work on the Shafter Justice Court remodeling is near completion this week. Judge Harvey Gaede says the additional space will provide more room for juries and improve jury trials. He notes he is relieved of his Delano assignment and will be in his own offices and court rooms from 8 to 3 Monday through Friday.
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Shafter Justice Court
Harvey Gaede
Gaede
Delano
Red Everett to Visit Son in Texas Hospital
John Red Everett of 30346 Riverside left Monday for Houston to be with his son Sgt John L Everett Jr at Brook General hospital Fort Sam Houston. The son is recovering from injuries suffered January 15 while serving with infantry heavy artillery in Vietnam.
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John
Red) Everett
Riverside
Houston
John L. Everett Jr
the Brook General Hospital
Ft. Sam Houston
Infantry Heavy Artillery
Vietnam
Everett
Joanne
Caribbean Carnival Fashionata by Kern Philharmonic Set
The Symphony Associates present Fashionata with a Caribbean Carnival theme on February 6 at the Womens Club House Bakersfield. Delta Airlines fashions and studios will showcase, with a drawing offering two round trip Delta tickets usable before December 1 1968. Tickets cost 1 dollar each, obtainable from Symphony Associate members or Mrs H J Bartell.
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Symphony Associates
Womens Club
Bakersfield
A. C. Adams
Delta Airlines
Motion Picture Studios
Delta Air Lines
Caribbean
Symphony
H. J. Bartell
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Henry Thoreau
Ethel Zander
Grace Cross
Gladys Ann Sherrin
Horace Grisso
Miriam
Shirley McConnell
Shafter Methodist Church
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Holy Worship
Elwood A. Greer
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Joan Johnston
Barbara Wiedmann
Richard Poplin
Dennis Wiedmann
Greg Davis
Manuel Melero
Philip Kennedy
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Kern Co‘ Comets
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Shafter Press
P. O. Bing
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North Pinestrait
Edward M. Rhoades
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