Shafter Receives $17 449 Sales and Use Tax Payment
Kern County cities share $578 547 of an $83.6 million California allocation with Bakersfield at 693 404. Other Kern towns receive Delano 51 641 Ridgecrest 51 086 Taft 37 885 Arvin 18 271 Wasco 14 941 Tehachapi 8 064 McFarland 4 421 Calif City 2 377 Maricopa 1 410. Also noted is a sailor’s superstition about a ship’s cat meowing aboard signaling a hard voyage.
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Kern County
Shafter
State Board of Equalization
John W. Lynch
California
Kern
Bakersfield
Nixon urges vacation home security in Shafter
Shafter Police Chief Bob Nixon urges residents to secure homes before summer trips. He recommends contacting police for vacation house checks, enlisting a neighbor to watch the property, and stopping mail and newspaper delivery while a resident is away. He also suggests leaving a light on to deter burglars.
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Shafter
Bob Nixon
Nixon
Police charge youths with sniffing paint in Shafter area
Police arrested one 18 year old Bakersfield man and three Shafter youths for inhaling paint fumes in the 200 block of Pacific Sunday. Two more Bakersfield juveniles, age 12 and 16, were charged Wednesday with inhaling fumes and curfew violation.
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Shafter Police
John Russel McKenzie
Bakersfield
Shafter
Shafter Boy
Pacific Sunday
McKenzie
Shafter Justice Court
Tabor College Accepts Two Students From Shafter
Kelly Friesen and Greg Karber, sons of Norman and Mrs. Friesen and Jess and Mrs. Karber, were accepted for the fall semester at Tabor College Hillsboro Kansas. The four year Christian liberal arts school fosters a Christian lifestyle and commitment. Nearly half the students come from forty other denominations.
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Shafter
Tabor College
Hillsboro
Kansas
Kelly Friesen
Norman Friesen
Greg Karber
Jess Karber
Tabor
Mennonite Brethren Church
Feils attend Kiwanis International convention in Atlanta
Arly and Jan Feil of Shafter joined about 18 000 Kiwanis members from 47 countries at Kiwanis International’s 50th annual convention in Atlanta June 22 to 25. Delegates elected new officers and trustees and approved resolutions shaping the 1975 76 community service program while attending banquets workshops and youth events.
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Arly
Jan Feil
Maple Street
Kiwanis Club
Shafter
Kiwanis International
Atlanta
Georgia
Feil
Shafter Club
William S. Banowsky
Pepperdine University
Dean Rusk
The
University of Georgia
Roy W. Davis
Ann Landers
Andrew Raynauld
Economic Council of Canada
Chirériée Kelley
FBI
Elliot Rapaport
American Heart Association
Swim Lessons Planned at Shafter Pool
Swim lessons for all levels start at Shafter pool on Monday July 7. Participants must be tested Wednesday Thursday or Friday. Lessons cost 2 dollars with lifesaving instruction at 5 dollars. Class hours vary by level from 9 to 11 with a Mommy and Me program for under five.
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Shafter
Mommy & Me
Mommy and Me
Regional FFA training and Rocklin meeting notes
Cathy Martin of Shafter FFA attended the Regional Officer Training Conference in Rocklin at Sierra College June 15 18 with California FFA officers. Topics included proposed standards for Vocational Agriculture. San Joaquin program Model Parent-Member Banquet. Shafter FFA elected 1975 76 officers led by President Robert Smith and others.
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Cathy Martin
Shafter Ffa
FFA
California
Sierra College
Rocklin California
San Joaquin
Cathy
Robert Smith
Kellie Hayes
Tami’ Chapman
Karen Anderson
Julie Horn
Clay Apperton
John Sanford
Dennis Mar
Jack Groves Ace Qualifies For Rusty Nail Sweepstakes
Jack Groves of Shafter scored a hole-in-one at Stockdale Country Club earning a chance at a free trip to Scotland and $1 000. His ace qualifies him for the 15th annual Rusty Nail Hole-In-One sweepstakes, run by the Drambuie Company of Edinburgh. The winner is to be announced early next year.
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Jack Groves
Shafter
Scotland
Stockdale Country Club
Groves
Ace
Drambuie Company
Edinburgh
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