Prizes And Low Prices Mark Food Banks Birthday Sale
Food Banks in Shafter celebrate 12th anniversary with weekly prizes of 20 merchandise vouchers for 24 weeks, plus a Packard Bell television set, a portable set, a Brownie camera, Chicago S.F. game tickets, and GE mixers. A “Checker of the Year” contest selects top clerks from 23 stores to Fresno for final honors worth 100 and a trophy. Channel 12 to announce winners June 19.
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Johnny Arnold
Raymond Long
Jackie Arnold
Buster Oxford
Fay Tudor
Jim Banks
Earl Armstrong
Butch Durbin
Archie West
Food Banks
Shafter
Food Banks, Inc
Packard Bell
Chicago S.F
Channel 12
Fresno
SWID Tax Delinquent Notice for 1959-60 Assessments
The Shafter Wasco Irrigation District announces delinquency of the 1959-60 tax assessments at 5 p m on Monday June 20. After that date a 5 percent penalty applies. New property owners should verify whether assessments were paid by previous owners by calling PI 64918 or visiting the office at Central Valley Highway and Kimberlina Road.
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Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Central Valley Highway
Kimberlina Road
Jim Engel Receives BA at Upland College
May 28 in Upland Jim Engel earned a bachelor of arts degree from Upland College in the college chapel. Attending were his wife his sister Nancy and parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Engel. The couple plans to move to Bakersfield where he will teach sixth grade at a local school.
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Elmer Engel
Upland
Jim
Upland College
College
Nancy
Bakersfield
Johnsons Land Firewomen Prevent Disaster at Store
A fire sparked by electrical wiring caused several thousand dollars in damage to Johnson Neuman’s Department Store in Johnson’s Land last Sunday at 7 55 p m Two volunteer fire companies Shafter and Kern County firemen responded quickly and prevented the blaze from spreading through the building While glazing shattered and displays were damaged no one was hurt and owners Earl and Mrs Johnson praised the firefighters for stopping a potential disaster
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Johnson- Neuman
K Cougety
Shafter
Ed Bender
Shafter Volunteer Fire Department
Earl Johnson
Post Office in Shafter Renews Lease for 10 Years
The Post Office Department renews the lease for the Shafter office at 222 State Street for ten years, effective after building improvements including air conditioning are completed. Lessor is Adolf Kirschenmann with Mrs. Leona Collins of 289 Cross Street Shafter.
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Thomas H. Kucher
Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office Department
Shafter Post Office
State Street
Adolf Kirschenmann
Leona Collins
Cross St
Shafter
Progress to replace Kern Academy with new cement block building
A 34 year old Shafter landmark Kern Academy is being demolished near Riverside and Poplar Avenues to make way for a modern two story block building. The project will house four grade levels, include a chapel music room typing room and two classrooms, with construction led by architect Cliff Marding of Bakersfield. J D Drury will be principal for the fall 1960 term. demolition and rebuilding involve local volunteers and church support from the Seventh Day Adventist conference.
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Kern Academy
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside
Poplar Avenues
Shafter
Uater
Wasco
Seventh Day Adventist Church Conference
Cliff Marding
Bakersfield
P. J. Buller
C.C. Duerksen
Duerksen
Ayrwen Wagner
Kenneth Pitts
Eugene Johnson
Claremore Fenderson, Jr
Elmer Biloff
R. Walters
Glenn Hallock
J.D. Drury
Modesto
Kern Parks Plans Fourth Annual Junior Golf Tournament
Kern Parks and Recreation plans a 18-hole junior golf tournament at Buena Vista Golf Course in Taft. The event is set for Tuesday June 21, 1960, with signups due by Monday June 13 through Recreation Director Roy Farrell. Age groups cover 11 and under, 13 and under, 15 and under, and 18 and under.
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Kern Parks and Recreation
Buena Vista
Taft
Shafter Area
Roy Farrell
Rose Holt Run Off For Constable In Shafter District
Semi official returns show Ray Rose leading Glenn Holt for the Shafter Judicial District constable post, triggering a fall run off after no candidate reached 51 percent. Totals include precincts 16 with Rose 652 to Holt 574, plus candidate tallies for Buster Long and others.
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C. Kelley
Long
Rose
Kern County
Ray Rose
Glenn Holt
Shafter Judicial District
Holt
Roy Woollames
Ken Smith
Ridgecrest
Hamilton
Dyar
Malone
Woollames
Smith
Bender
Shafter
Exchange Club Potato Drive Supports Youth Programs
The Shafter Exchange Club led a potato drive to fund youth activities including Scout groups Blue Birds football and scholarships. Potatoes were sold by broker H A Anderson in Los Angeles. funds aid high school graduates and various local clubs. Volunteers collected hauled and loaded the truck with help from Leon Reich Jack Thompson and others. refrigerated truck provided by Jack Thompson.
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Shafter Exchange Club
Les Ange'es
H.A. Anderson
3Ov Scouts
Blue Birds
Vaquet
Exchange Club
Leon Reich
Jack Thompson
Jack Cutherell
Sandy Sanderson
John Sill
Harvey Neuman
Bill Hildebrand
Stan Cook
Los Angeles
Fern County Land Company
Cheres Sill
F.W. Handel
Welton Wilson
R.A. Jacobsen
Greg Ma Ory
H. Miller
C. H. Reisner
Idart Bros
Jack Utherell
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C. M. Pope
Santa Fe
Lady Checker
Connor “Tor
R. Robert Evans
Seneenie
Jim Engel
Johnson-Neuman
Chris Johnson
Earl's
Ac Ial
Johnson's Land
Local Firemen
Charles van Blair
Shafter High School
Tom Richards
Neal Janzen
Judy Forschck
Maple
B. Kelley
Mettler
Shafer
Shafter South
Lerdo South
Buster Long
Carl Kelley
Bob Kelley
Vera Gibson
Si Nuber
Richland
Spearheads
Potato Drive
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