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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1960
Page
1
A groundbreaking ceremony for St. Mark's Church is set for Saturday July 30 at the Beech and State Streets site. The Very Reverend Harry Lee of St. James Cathedral Fresno will speak. Construction is expected to start in August with bids in mid July and services hoped for in early fall.
A bonus honor will be bestowed upon the top 10 finalists in the 1960 Miss Kern County beauty contest to be held July 28. The event continues on page eight.
A Shafter Press reflection praises A Finkbeiner for financial help with a local display and thanks the Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture and Fire Department. The piece highlights the Hight family’s success, a Las Vegas anecdote, and Sharon Evans visiting from Portland with a dramatic airline pilot tale.
Trustees of the Kern County Union High School and Junior College District approve a tentative budget of 12 358 882 for 1960 61, 1.6 percent lower than 1959 60. The general tax rate may drop about five cents per 100 dollars, to about 1.62, with total district taxes 7 099 397 and current assets plus receipts totaling 12 358 882. The budget is filed with Kern County Superintendent Jesse D Stockton for legal steps and will be reviewed in July and August.
Potatoes on 46 410 acres in Kern County are about 80 percent harvested with Edison District completion by late May and ongoing digging in Arvin Shafter Wasco and Famoso. Acreage rose 20 percent from last year yet most harvest ended by June with some July shipments. Weather this season aided development and yields exceed average, promising higher shipments than last year.
The Miss Shafter 1960 contest lists six new entrants including Elaine Cherry Pat and Sherry Helms along with Sonya Emerald and Gaye Long. Linda, a Shafter High School senior, is 17, five seven, blue eyes, fair hair, homemaking and journalism graduate aiming for interior decoration. Chom, a Sanger native now in Shafter, is five seven and hopes to be a nurse. Continued on Page 8.
Kern County adopts a 42,298,912 budget for 1960 61 with a five cent general tax rate increase and an eight cent rise in the fire protection tax. Property taxes estimated at 35 percent of revenue, with assessed values pending state Board of Equalization figures. County supervisors set tax rate deadlines for September 1 and anticipate further valuations in mid August.
The Shafter Post Office announces a 15 percent fiscal year increase from 1959 to 1960 with receipts rising from 76 729.58 to 88 243.40. Six months of 1960 show 45 072.22 versus 36 112.71 in 1959, a 25 percent year over year gain within city limits. Average 1000 post office boxes are rented year round and 540 patrons use Rural Route service.
Governor Helen Nelson recalls Californians may redeem trading stamps for cash or merchandise under a new law that took effect July 1. Stamp redemptions in cash must equal at least $1. Merchants discontinuing stamps must give 90 days written notice to issuing merchants, and violators face up to a $1000 fine.
Summer work at Richland School includes refinishing desks, painting thirteen classrooms plus upper grade rooms, and complete cleaning district wide. Bus drivers renew licenses after testing by Bakersfield officers with 100-question exams, physicals, and first aid certification.
Acting Assessor Herbert Roberts reported Kern County's total assessed value of taxable property at 612 673 120 for 1959 60, up from 595 858 300. Utility and railroad property values will be added after mid August state rolls.
Miss Marjorie Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Wilson has been elected next year’s president of Hepsilon the Bakersfield College home economics group June Aoki will preside as vice president Other officers will be chosen in the fall to give freshmen a chance to serve Hepsilon plans include participation in the homecoming parade sponsorship of a fall and spring activities and a spring fashion show
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