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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
7
Shafter Troop 913 is in camp this week as the Camping Committee hosts Troop 141 of Edwards, continuing a summer program for local scouts. The event highlights youth outdoor training and community support for Scouting activities.
USS Valley Forge conducts sea exercises with Badgett aboard, listing a crew of 1200 and 75 officers. Camp updates note openings for Scouts or range recruits, a nature lodge under construction, and a dining facility being built with flooring installed this week. Camp Kern is on Huntington Lake in the Sequoias. Jim England heads Waterfront, Ed Greenman coordinates program.
Coast Guardsman Gervis Robey at Grays Harbor Lifeboat Station prepares for about eight miles of long distance swimming on July 4. Sponsored by Orville Engle, a Westport restaurant operator, Robey's first long swim aims for 10 to 12 hours with a two man support boat. He swam in Kern County AAAs and graduated Shafter High in 1957 and holds numerous high school swimming honors.
Bonnie Jones Bell earns a degree in education and a business field at Sacramento State. Active in Kappa Gamma sorority, she is married to Robert Bell, a Sacramento State graduate and Travelers Insurance field supervisor. They reside at 6012 Madison Ave in Carmichael.
A report notes educators attending a weeklong meeting at the California Polytechnic State College campus in San Luis Obispo during Teachers Week.
Safety council warns drowning is a year round risk claiming about 6400 lives annually. Many victims are not children and four fifths are male. learning to swim is urged even during Fourth of July festivities to reduce drownings.
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