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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1966
Page
7
Akiko Nagakura 18 and Chiyo Inoue 20 arrived in Shafter after seven days of cycling from San Francisco. They are en route to the eastern seaboard then San Francisco to Japan, visiting Los Angeles and staying about three months.
Joe Hearon son of Mr and Mrs J B Hearon 350 Golden West graduated from Fresno State College June 8 with a Bachelor of Arts in the social sciences He is a 1962 Shafter High School alumnus and a member of Kappa Delta Pi Student California Teachers Association Democrats and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship He plans to return to Fresno State this fall for his master's degree and education credential and will student teach at Hoover High School
David Mason celebrated his fourteenth birthday on Wednesday June 1. He traveled with his mother Mrs Harriet Mason to Bakersfield by train and dined at the High Life restaurant with Mrs Mason's brother and family. The Halls of Bakersfield joined them and returned to Shafter for ice cream and cake at the Mason home. The Hall children are Lonnie Anita and Timmy.
Kern County taxpayers face a 70 cent tax rate hike under the 1966-67 preliminary budget. Public hearings begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday June 9 at the Kern County Courts and Administration Building with over 4 million in new expenses to consider and asks taxpayers to attend and speak.
Sixty five children gathered at the Shafter Branch Library for the first summer storyhour held with the Centennial Bonanza Reading Club. Mrs Mary Nifeld led preschool activities and Mrs Harrietson led the older group of forty two members. The next story hour will be at one pm Thursday.
Lt. Norman Goodwin of the Pacific Mine Force will speak at the Seventh-day Adventist church on Friday June 17 at 8 o clock. The program shows Vietnam through slides detailing Marines in Da Nang and local mountain people, plus Buddhist and Cao Dai beliefs and Christian impacts. It has been well received across the Los Angeles area and is coordinated by Naval Station Long Beach public affairs.
A brief note asserts freeways are much safer than cities and emphasizes limited access as a major factor in freeway safety.
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