New Members Seated Neuman Named President of School Board
Clarence Neuman and Harold Miller were installed as trustees on the Richland Elementary School board. Neuman named president and Harold Greene secretary after the ceremony. Miller fills a three year term. Neuman also to a three year term. Green takes over duties of Mrs. Cosmo Thomas.
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Neuman
Clarence Neuman
Harold Miller
Richland
Miller
Harold Greene
Leonard Gaede
Green
Cosmo Thomas
Ed Kirschenmann
Open council meeting to adopt 150 budget in Shafter
City Attorney Al Morti states the sixth class city budget of 150 dollars will be considered at a regular open council meeting Monday night and is open to the public. Kern county potato shipments show Shafter far ahead of Edison Wasco and others. Fire chief notes the Model T blaze at the high school display was staged to liven the show and praises the volunteer fire department for a safe fireworks event. SWID reports its new headquarters site at Central Valley Highway and Kim Delta school was previously owned by locals.
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al Mortimore
Kern County
Shafter
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Edison
Wasco
Cawelo
Lerdo
Shafter - Wasco Irrigation District
Central Valley Highway
Kim- Delta School
Bill Canessa
E. T. Spillman Dies After Long Illness
Edward Thomas Spillman of Shafter dies in a Bakersfield hospital after a lingering illness. Born February 22, 1869 he was a retired farm laborer. Survivors include son George Calvin of Texas. Funeral arrangements are pending at Armstrong Mortuary.
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Edward Thomas Spillman
Shafter
Bakersfied
Spillman
George Calvin
Texas
Armstrong Mortuary
Transient Worker Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Billy Ray Gates twenty one year old transient farm worker from Shafter was found dead in his car at a motel after a party of friends stayed the night. The car engine ran to warm the vehicle and exhaust reportedly seeped under the hood, causing fatal carbon monoxide poisoning per local police reports.
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Billy Ray Gates
Shafter
Gates
Aitora
Onirtio
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Seeks Bids for New Office
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District calls for bids to build a 26 by 66 foot concrete block office on a four acre site at Central Valley Highway and Kimberlina road. Bids open August 2 at 2 p.m. in Shafter. The project includes air conditioning and multiple offices plus a conference room and vault.
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Board of Directors
He Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Wasco
Wid
Shafer
Kimberlina Road
A'ford and Thomas
Bakersfield
Carter's Machine Shop
S. A. Camp Company
Central Machine and Pump Company
Dott of Shafer
Kansas City Woman Reunites With Family After 35 Years
Rethel Kelley of Kansas City Kansas learns her mother Rose McCaslin and four sisters live in Shafter California after a decades long search. A teacher in Prosperity Missouri provided a crucial clue leading to a telephone call and a three week reunion ending with a sense of belonging.
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Kansas City
Shafter
Rethel Kelsey
Kansas
Picher
Oklahoma
Rethel
Rose McCaslin
Topeka
California
the Faily
English farm youth visits Kern County to study local methods
Miss Bishop from England, a 24 year old from the Young Farmers Club of Hampshire, travels through Bakersfield and Kern County as part of the International Farm Youth Exchange. Hosted by the Nicol family in Wasco and later by Woody and Monterey County families, she will stay six months learning American farming and sharing English practices.
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Maple
Greatee
Young Farmers Club
Alton
Hampshire
Egland
British Isle
International Farm Youth Exchange
IFYE
Nicol
California
Farm and Home Advisor
Baxersfield
Norma Nicol
Walter
Madeline Nicol
Kern County
Wasco
Lois Lyman
Bakersfield
University of California
Berkeley
San Joaquin Valley
Miss Bishop
Nicols
Woody
Frances Woody
Ward
Robert
Woodys
Northwestern County
Monterey County
Wisconsin
Erates
New York
Was DL
Kern
Lyman
Bianco
Britain
United State
Miss Lyman
Mere
England
Ly 24 Sours
Thes Mae Aoaines
Les Bian
London
City and Guild of London
Young Farmers Club of
America
Division Swim Meet to Beat Shafter July 16
The 1955 North Kern swimming meet sponsored by the Kern County Department of Recreation occurs July 16 in Shafter with up to 100 swimmers from Shafter Delano McFarland and Wasco. Finalists advance to the county-wide tournament July 29 at Wasco or Lakeside depending on Wasco’s readiness. Four classifications exist in each boys and girls division. Shafter is a strong favorite after finishing second to Bakersfield in 1954.
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North Kern
Kern County Department of Recreation
Roy Farrell
Shafter
Delano
McFarland
Was‘o
Wasco
Lakeside
Enange
Herman W. Riese
Farrell
Bakersfield
Band Concerts Under the Stars Begin Tuesday in Shafter
Shafter launches weekly outdoor band concerts led by Benny Goossen in the county memorial park bandstand. Rehearsals are Monday at 8 in Richland school music room. open auditions welcome. Free admission, families invited, shoes off on the lawn as audiences hum along.
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Shafter
At & Pm
Roy Farrell
County Memorial Park
Benny Goossen
Richland School
Farrell
New Instructional Materials Center at Shafter
SHS Librarian Theodora Rickard writes for SLAC Magazine about Shafter High School’s new library addition. The feature covers facilities, staff photographs, and the center’s role in processing professional literature and audiovisual materials for teachers and students.
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Shafter
Kern ‘County Union
Rickard
Building Valuations Near New Record in Shafter
Building permits issued in the first half of the year total 714 084 dollars, per E K Grant city building inspector. This dwarfs the 31 31 figure for the same period last year and signals a possible annual peak well above the 1904 and 1995 records. Monthly totals for January through June show 55600 80500 106500 311294 79500 80990 respectively, with April the high month.
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Shafter
E. K. Grant
Finkbeiner Thanks City for July Fireworks Effort
Al Finkbeiner chief of the Shafter volunteer fire department expressed gratitude for the help of city organizations in the July 4 celebration. Fireworks costing 325 dollars were set off at Shafter High School stadium before a large crowd, with plans for an even bigger display next year. Sponsors included the city council chamber of commerce Shafter Woman’s Club Junior Women’s Club Kiwanis Rotary Lions 20 39s and the Business and Professional Women’s club.
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al Finkbeiner
S‘aftr
Iilpttre
Nkbeiner
Shaf 'Er
City Council
Chamber of Emmerce
Shafter W ‘S Club
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Bus'ness
Meyer elected new head of Shafter 20-30 club
Ivan Meyer was elected president of the Shafter 20-30 this week replacing James Paul. Other new officers include James Nel Rio first vice president Calvin Goehring and Herb Spitzer second vice president and sergeant at arms. Officers will serve 1955 56 year. installation is set for Wednesday July 13.
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Ivan Meyer
The
Shafter
James Paul
James Nel Rio
Calvin Goehring
Herb Spitzer
13 SHS Students Qualify for Life CSF Membership
Shafter High School reports 13 students earning life memberships in the CSF, the largest group to receive this honor. Thirty nine earned honors, including 23 girls and 16 boys, with a list of honorees across freshmen to seniors.
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SHS
Shafter High School
CSF
Y.d
Amelia Cornell
Shafter School
Aso
Trains Cleared After Collision Near Shafter
A freight train from Fresno to Bakersfield derailed near Shafter injuring none. Damages were estimated at about 25000 dollars by Sidney Rogers Fresno division superintendent. Wines grapes foods and several tractors aboard escaped damage. Clearing the wreckage took two cranes nearly 24 hours.
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Sidney Rogers
Fresno
Bakersfield
Rogers
Shafter
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Shafter Press
Oder
E. T. Spillman
SWID
Eugene V. Kelley
Prosperity
Hazel Bishop
W. E. Nicol
Slac Magazine
School Library Association of California
Theodora Richard
Finkbeiner
Ivan Meyer New
Eric Hanson
Barbara Hardwick
Joe Hicks
Lydaane — Muir
la Velle Onne Stoller
Joce Wille
Henry Badgett
Gerald Bender
Patricia Cornell
Marlene Eins
Royce Eslick
Claudette E Foreh
Margaret Freedman
Louise Jer
Robert Funk
Irene Palomo
Verna Peters
Nancy Pierce
Reba Sill
Santa FE
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