Retired Kern County teacher Edythe Van Bever led child care change
Edythe Van Bever retires after 41 years in Kern County education starting at Pond School in 1937. She shaped preschool programs, grew services to 850 children with 140 staff, and led child development across 15 sites, earning recognition as a pioneer in early education and relying on strong county Board of Education support.
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Kern County
Edythe van Bever
Pond School
van Bever
Claude W. Richardson
Earlimart
Delano
Bakersfield
California State University
Fresno
Pond
Shafter
Richland
Ray van Bever
Richland Junior High
Jefferson School
Washington Junior High
van Bevers
Modesto
Kerny County
Superintendent of Schools
California Teachers Association
Beardsley
CTA
Kern
National Education Association
Association of
Quota Club
American Association of University Women
Legion auxiliary buys Tornado Slide at Stringham Park
The American Legion Auxiliary bought a Tornado Slide with last year's fireworks proceeds to use at Stringham Park. City workers set it up last week amid ongoing events and fundraising plans aim to add a second ride like a Billy Goat Gruff for Patriot Park later this year.
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Auxiliary
American Legion Post
Shafter
Louise Jones
Lew Carrol
Don Jones
Louise
Billy Goat Gruff
Patriot Park
Bakersfield
Mrs. Jones
Stringham Park
The
American Legion
Bill Sheldon
Elmer Unruh
Adjudicated Legal Newspaper Postage Notice
Notice shows Second Class matter at Shafter Post Office dated August 1 1935 under Act of Congress. Identifies order number 29926 and lists FRANK W. AND DONALDS REED as owners in Shafter California.
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Shafter
Congress
Shafter Clifornia
Shafter Family Reunion Honors Two Milestones
Mr and Mrs Curtis Elkins visited Shafter from Peebles Ohio for reunions with Marie Weitz Bud Johnson and John Peters family. Calvin Wallace and daughter joined as former Shafter residents. About 75 relatives gathered at Rio Bravo Tennis Club Bakersfield for champagne reception and dinner to mark 50th and 25th anniversaries and reminisce on Peters era in Shafter.
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Curtis Elkins
Shafter
Peebles
Ohio
Marie Weitz
Bud Johnson
John Peters
Calvin Wallace
Peters
Cambria
Wallaces
Newport
California
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Rio Bravo Tennis Club
Yellowstone National Park Created In 1872
The United States Congress established Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 1872, in the Montana and Wyoming territories. It became the first national park in the world, sparking a global movement toward protected parks. Today over 100 nations host about 1200 national parks or equivalents.
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Congress of the United
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Wyoming
Yellowstone
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Legion Auxiliary
Benjamin Franklin
Arismendés
Manuel Garcia
Joe Canales
Davey Jones
Steve Medina
Angie Canales
Albert Canales
Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Roger Trautmann
Menno Schellenberg
Ostaeeietniaieitietiense
Shafter Missionary Baptist Church
Golden West
Sun
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul, Alexander
Central Avenue Shafter
Frank W. and
Donalds
Reed
Merning
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Mennonite
Rice
KWSO
Pentecostal Church OF God
S. Shafter Ave
James McDowell
E. Tulare Ave. Shafter
Owen C. Onsum
Congregational Church
Ebenezer. Reformed Church
Sunset
James Maynard Koerner
God
So. Shafter
Jeanette Wheeler
Shafter United Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside & Poplar
Charles P. Hamby
Freewill Baptist Church
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
Pai Hig Ex
SON Shine
Now Christian
Mike McCutchan
Gary Huriey
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
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