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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1959
Page
3
The Christian Business Association CBM ness Men IMC will hold a meeting to appoint a speaker. The event details are limited in the fragment provided.
School staff pursue diverse summer plans from travel and vacations to professional workshops. Attending summer sessions are Wesley Anderson, Yvonne Milliken, Don Murfin, Edward Corrie, and others. Bakersfield High instructors Dan Bledsoe Marlys Andrist Amelia Cornell Dawe teach in chemistry and English while Shafter High offers typing and reading classes. Agricultural leaders Burley Dooley and Carl Wells attend a conference while continuing project supervision. Navy instructor Cecil Briscoe teaches at San Diego NTC. Wheeler and Johnson attend Stanford workshops in July.
The Shafter High School faculty undergoes a broad transfer with teachers moving to larger schools and pursuing further study. Harlan Hill shifts to South High School as a history instructor, while Jack Fisk heads to New York University for summer and graduate study. Other staff pursue degrees at Morehead State College and work in new roles across California. The city council will meet July 13 to act as Board of Equalization and complete tax assessments.
Army Pvt. Jessie P. Harris 18 wife Martha and parents living in Buttonwillow California, assigned to the 4th Armored Division in Furth Germany as a combat construction specialist in Company A of the 24th Engineer Battalion. Harris entered the Army in November 1958 and trained at Fort Hood Texas. He arrived in Europe in May. Harris attended Shafter High School.
Members of the Maple 4-H Club gathered last Friday at Mrs. W. E. Nicol to work their record books. In the presence of vice president Leola Kliewer a short business meeting was held. It was voted to pay the expenses of delegate Sharon Crigger to the state convention beginning August 31.
Jerry Morrison led the flag salute and Janice Schultz led the 4 Pledge. Sally Franz led a song. A food preservation workshop will be held in Wasco on July 15 for interested 4-Hers and their mothers. A make it yourself with wool contest is open to 4-H members who can work with wool. Present included Leola Kilewer, Sharon Crigger, Janet Klingenberg, Sally Franz, Sharon Gies.
Churches in Shafter invite families and individuals to attend services this Sunday. County-wide attendance plans, with varied worship styles, are highlighted by local congregations seeking community outreach and fellowship opportunities.
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