Budget shows 1966 67 for Kern County Union High School
Trustees approve a 14 067 731 budget for 1966 67 based on 1 52 tax rate per 100 and 33 cent bond rate. Hearing set August 4 for final adoption. Pay raises given to transportation and maintenance staff. new teachers hired at Arvin Bakersfield Burroughs Foothill Kern Valley McFarland North Shafter South Highs. one resignation and sale of Kern Valley residence. Summer enrollment 5858 across ten districts. ADA 18714 for 1965 66.
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Kern County Joint ‘Union High
24Th Street
Bakersfield
Board of Supervisors
County of
Kern
Transportation Department
Arvin High School
James L. Parks Jr
Billy L. Smith
Ersfield High School
Mike R. Meek
Burroughs High School
Russell J. Christiansen
Gary D. Thigpen
E. Zack Zanganeh
Foothill High School
Dennis E. Tangéman
Kern Valley High School
Thomas A. Moeller
McFarland High School
Donald G. Hatten
North High School
Ann C. Westwater
Mary Ann McFarlin
Shafter High School
Virginia A. Bell
Dee Anne Johnson
Carl Frederick
John Acosta
South High School
B. Diane Murray
Ann S. Williams
Bakersfield High School
West High School
Julia S. Day
Patricia J. Tommaney
Lester Carpenter
Denene Kay Boyden
Kern Valley
Thomas P. Allen
Allen
Harry J. Ward, Jr
LeRoy Jackson to Speak at Kiwanis Club Meeting
Jackson, first district supervisor, will be the speaker. The talk is slated for Thursday at noon at the Shafter Kiwanis Club.
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LeRoy Jackson
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Football season tickets available at Shatter High School
Public sale of 1965 season football tickets starts September 9 at Shatter High School. All previous season ticket holders have been mailed information. Unclaimed tickets will be sold at the high school office beginning September 9 until supply runs out.
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Shatter
Suspects Nabbed in Shafter Sunday Safe Burglary
Shafter police held two local men as suspects in a Saturday night safe burglary at the Douglas Service Station on East Lerdo. Police were alerted at 8:58 a.m. Sunday by station attendant John Mayo. They recovered the top of the safe and $890 in checks, with $250 still missing. One suspect was being transported from San Jose and another remained in Shafter custody.
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Shafter
Douglas
East Lerdo
John Mayo
San Jose
Frankly Speaking: Shafter items end with local notes
Last week's Frankly Speaking column resumes with details from the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church Easter cantata and local marriages. It notes Murray Arnold’s resignation as police chief, Shafter Generals 21 Wasco 0, and a forthcoming game with Wasco. The piece discusses local recreation districts in Wasco and Taft and invites readers to contribute memories and notes for next week.
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Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Menno Siemens
Margaret Funk
Rhonda Funk
Glenn Berthold
Arnold Bergen
H. W. Berg
Murray Arnold
Shafter Generals
McFarland Cougars
Generals
Wasco
Shafter
Taft
Bakersfield
Shafter Rotarians Hold Annual Club Assembly
The Shafter Rotary Club met Tuesday evening at the Shafter Motel for its annual club assembly led by District Governor Jim Huber of Bakersfield and President Steve Furman. Committee chairmen presented written outlines of upcoming programs replacing the usual noon meeting.
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Shafter
Ground Breaking For New School At Shafter Church
Ground was broken Sunday at the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church for building additional church school rooms as part of a broader expansion plan that began with the church front reconstruction and interior cleaning and recarpeting.
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Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
County Budget Faces Reductions Urged by Supervisor Jackson
LeRoy Jackson First District supervisor in Kern County calls for significant budget cuts. Public hearings closed but written comments welcome through mid August. Local groups including Kern County Taxpayer and Bakersfield Chamber press for tax relief while noting a rise in property taxes and planned county construction funding.
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LeRoy Jackson
Jackson
Shafter Press
Kern County Taxpayer Association
Kern Count Property Owners Association
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Bakersfield Chamber of Commrce
Shafter Weather Affects County Tax Discussion
Areas last week saw heat rise to the high range per Shafter Cotton Research Station data. Jackson urges tax reductions and budget controls, noting past boards did not use legal provisions to lower the plan after hearings before the tax rate is set. He calls for a tax rate no higher than last year and consideration of further reductions.
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Shafter
Shafter Cotton Research Station
Jackson
Ordinance Introduced on Curbs Walks and Gutters
Shafter City Council met for 30 minutes to discuss a proposed ordinance requiring curbs walks and gutters under certain conditions. The measure covers improvements on vacant lots and permits, plus a resolution approving prevailing wages on a gasoline tax project No 38 East Lerdo street. The council also approved engineering fees for the firemen training tower and bought a $48 chair for the firehouse. Public Works Manager Lewis Carroll was authorized to rent a leader until September 25 with a September decision on purchase.
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A. G. Mortimore
Planning Commission
East Lerdo Street
Hanley Witcher
Bill Hildebrand
East Lerdo
Central Valley Highway
Santa Fe
Lerdo
Lewis Carroll
Central Hardware wins Low Pee Wee thriller for season trophy
Central Hardware beat D and BR 5 to 4 in a nine inning game at Manne Park to claim the season trophy with a 13 and 2 record. D and R finished 11 and 4 and won the sportsmanship trophy. Coaches were Lannis Cates and Bob Bergman with assistants.
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Central Hardware
D & BR
Manne! Park
Dan and
Roger Franta
Ray Wiley
Lannis Cates
Bud Bannstine
Woody Wilson
Bob Bergman
L. C. Kendig
Gerald Brown
Funeral Services Pending for Vietnam Helicopter Victim
Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Kinkeade killed in action in Vietnam. Survived by wife Delores Midgat and 5 year old son Bradley. Kinkeade served since 1955, in Vietnam since 1965, last in Bien Mon near Saigon. Funeral arrangements handled by Agee Funeral Home.
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Ronald Kinkeade
Vietnam
Kinkeade
Delores Midgat
Midgat
Shafter
Abe Guenther
Tehachapi
Bien Mon
Saigon
Bradley
Kin
Templeton Returns to Veterans Hospital in Fresno
Brooks says Templeton is back at the Veterans Hospital in Fresno and can receive visitors. He asks friends in Shafter to send letters and stop by when possible.
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Templeton In Veterans Hospital
Brooks
Templeton
Veterans Hospital
Fresno
Shafter
Mrs. Doyle Cole Becomes Richland PTA President
Mrs. Doyle Cole is named new Richland PTA president after Mrs. Roy Farrell resigns. Cole, a Richland Elementary alumna, has served as Well-Baby Clinic co chair and Room Mother and attended the California Congress and state teachers convention in San Francisco. She is active in the Junior Women’s Club and teaches in Sunday and Bible schools. Her husband works for Sunbeam Bread. they have one son, Greg, entering first grade.
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Doyle Cole
Richland Pta
Roy Farrell
Cole
Richland Elementary
Shafter High School
PTA
Sancisco
Correction issued for Shafter Press errors
Last week's Shafter Press carried two errors in a single item. It reported 82 recipients of summer part-time checks, corrected to 28. It miscredited Clyde Johnson as chairman. he is secretary-treasurer, with Dr. Henry Voth as chairman. The paper cites computer error as cause.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Recreation
Clyde Johnson
Henry Voth
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