Shafter city history spans census woes and summer notices
Fifty years back the city feared census undercount losses of five dollars per resident. Clerk Shaw mailed penny post cards to find missed homes while Downtown workers read during lunch. Other notes cite library hours, Wasco merchants, beauty pageant plans, graduation totals, and local fiscal changes over decades.
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Shafter
F.G. Shaw
Thomas Wedge Shafter
Wasco
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Bakersfield
Kiwanis honors Terrific Kid at Richland Junior High
Stockton, eighth grade student nominated by band teacher Ken Gross, received the Terrific Kid award for academic excellence and helpful, cheerful conduct. Shafter Kiwanis speaker Alicia Gonzales outlined Kern Adult Literacy Council goals. urging volunteers as 17 tutors wait.
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Ji" Stockton
Kiwanis
Ken Gross
Richland
Kiwanis Club
Jill
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Alicia Gonzales
Kern Adult Literacy Council
Alicia
Department of Labor
California
Kern
United Way of
Kern County
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By Marlene Stewart
Bakersfield College
Albert Sage
Darlieen Strauss
JoAnn Smith
Charles Wiggs
a_ park
Richland School Board of Trustees
Mercury Tube
Fresno State College
Brenda Banks
Cynthia Gong
Susan Laverty
Shafter Fire Dept
Associated Rose Growers
Planning Commission
Steve Richardson
Alan Neuman
Med Garcia
Elmer Unruh
California State Museum of Science and Industry
Shafter Airport
Seventh Standard Road
Frank Franceschi
Don Toretta
Gary Wilson
Minter Field Airport District
MFAD
Kirk Nelson
Literacy Council
Kiwanis Honors
By Rod Becker
Kiwan
Bill Cummings
Terrific Kid
Jill Stockton
Kern County Literacy Council
Jon Johnston
KSFCA
Ksfcu.org
Pacific Bell Pcs
Pacific Bell Wireless
Pacific Wireless
Wireless
Central Avenue Shafter
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