City budget outlines street projects and land plot rental
Budgets cover a 0 by 500 foot plot for a garbage pit at a yearly rent with a 15 percent term. The Telephone Company seeks city permission to move from State Street to Kern Street via alley. Engineering stakes will prepare curb and gutter work on Maple Street near Blake, funded by the city with property owners paying subsequent costs. Mayor reports city funds totaling 250,593.72 at year end.
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Lewis
Manet
Ermor
State Anne
State Street
Jecnea’ Aik
Kern Street
Maple Street
Blake
Georgia Meet Highlights Farming Topics and Innovations
Officials from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Agriculture discussed progress in forage preservation and harvesting aids for tree fruits. The session covered new cotton cultural practices and the concept “Remaking the Surface of the Earth to Fit Man's Needs.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tafe Mi. of Agriculture
Shafter University of Georgia
Frankly Speaking Crown
Frankly Speaking quotes a pensioner reflecting on memory and duty as taxes loom and personal history intersects with public obligation in a fragmentary note. The piece hints at tax pressures and self-reflection from an elderly voice.
Billy Graham Film Scheduled July 9 in Shafter
The Shafter Ministerial Association sponsors the Billy Graham film Worlds Fair Encounter for Friday July 9 at Stringham Memorial Park. The event is highly recommended by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringham Memorial Park
Shafter Ministerial Association
Billy Graham
Obituaries and Funeral Rites for William Lacy and James Hopkins
Funeral services were held for William Guy Lacy 76 of Wakita Oklahoma who died June 26 after a short illness. Lacy was a longtime farmer and community member with Masonic and Eastern Star ties. Also noted are services for James Isom Hopkins 83 of Wasco California with interment at Wasco Memorial Cemetery. survivors include children and grandchildren.
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Shafter
William Guy Lacy
Wakita
Okla
Bakersfield
John C. Heal
Union Congregational Church
Witliams
Thomas
Edithen Clerhdns
Lacy
Lake City
Wakita Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Wakita F. & A.M
Eastern Star Wakita Chapter 74
Wakita IL. O. Aid
Fairview Grange
Selective Service
Grant County
Mabel D. Lacy
Robert C
Norman W
R. W. Mattson
Wichita
Kan
L. D. Lacy
Oklahoma City
Glenn B
Indianapolis
Ind
Floyd R
Fred Carter
Lyle Tharp
Winfield
E. Lawrence Wheeler
James J. Wright
James Isom Hopkins
James Isam Hopkins
Third Street
Wasco
Robert L. Jones
Kenneth Young
Christ of
Delano
Ear Land
Ato
Elsie
Ma Elwood
Sylvia Barker
Hanford
Ben Hopkins
Portland
Oregon
Melvina Reynolds
Zora Thompson
Oklahoma
Wasco Memorial Cemetery
Police Department Receives State Plaque for Training Program
The Shafter police department was commended with a plaque by the State Department of Justice for its peace officer training. Sgt. Bob Nixon Senior Patrolman Earl O'Brien and Patrolman Dexter Ogan attended a class at Bakersfield College and now hold credentials to instruct in the program under Chief Hanley Witcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
State Department of Justice
Bob Nixon
Earl O’brien
Dexter Ogan
Bakersfield College
Hanley Witcher
Mrs Charles Burns Recuperating After Surgery
Mrs. Charles Burns is in Mercy Hospital recovering from a recent surgery.
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Charles Burns
Mercy Hospital
Legislators To Report Here July 10 Dinner Event
Kern legislators will report to the people at a July 10 dinner at Veterans Memorial Hall Norris Road. TheGovernor may attend for a special hour before the meal. Reservations deadline July 8. call 325-4121 to reserve tables or tickets.
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Kern
Veterans ‘Memorial Hall
Norris Road
Con
Veterans Hall
Two Shafter Graduates Earn High Honors at Bakersfield College
Shafter High School graduates Stanley Dale Wilson and Patricia Lee Pyle were named life members of Alpha Gamma Sigma and received gold seals on their diplomas for academic achievement. Pyle will study biology at San Fernando State, while Wilson will pursue ag business at Fresno State.
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Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Stanley Dale Wilson
Harlin Wilson
Patricia Lee Pyle
John Pyle
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Miss Pyle
San Fernando State
Wilson
Fresno State
Mrs Merrill Thomas Sets Out on Six Weeks World Trip
Mrs Merrill Thomas departed last Wednesday for a six weeks journey around the world. She plans to visit multiple continents and return with stories and photographs for family and friends.
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Merrill Thomas
Pierce Completes Marine Combat Training Course
Marine Private Pat E. Pierce completed 20 days of individual combat training at Camp Pendleton California. The program covered more than 200 hours of small unit tactics night combat and firing weapons under simulated conditions with the 2nd Infantry Training Regiment.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pat E. Pierce
2Nd Infantry Training Regiment
Marine
Fahsbenders Visit Sudermans Ahead of College Moves
Mr and Mrs Ken Fahsbender and family visited the Ezra Suderman household over the weekend. They are attending Stanford University and will be at Bakersfield College for the fall semester.
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Ken Fahsbender
Ezra Suderman
Stanford University
Mer
Bakersfield College
Burch Plow Works CEO to marked 50 years with firm
A. V. Burch Sr. president of Burch Plow Works, Evansville, will celebrate 50 years with the company July 1. A surprise May 15 dinner honored him, the first event at the new Evansville factory. Nikkel Iron Works in Shafter serves as local dealer, celebrating its 42nd anniversary this month.
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Evansville
Ind
A. V. Burch
Burch Plow Works, Inc
New
Burch
Acory
Blout Plow Works
Burch Plow Works
Nikkel Iron Works
Central Avenue
Shafter
Pocahontas Adopts Memory at Memorial Hall Ceremony
The Trail Blazer committee of The Degree of Pocahontas held a class adoption at Veterans Memorial Hall on June 18 in memory of Norine Ruperto, Junior Past Great Pocahontas of California. Attendees included delegates from Neepawa Council 100 Santa Maria and Pohaute Council 245 Visalia, with support from the San Joaquin Valley Escort team.
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Trail Blazer
Degree of Pocahontas
Veterans Memorial Hall
Norine Ruperto
California
Ruperto
Neepawa Council No
Santa Maria
Pohaute Council
Visalia
San Joaquin Valley
Palma Black
Pocahontas
Ivan Mettler
Lauretta Wilson
Konoka
Shafter
Cletha Lucas
Cherokee Council
McKittrick
Gladys Bisson
Tejon Council
Bakersfield
Stork Loft Welcomes Bradley Joseph Banks
Bradley Joseph Banks was born June 22 weighing 10 pounds 13 ounces and 21 inches long. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Banks of 248 Cross and welcomed home by his sister Joleen. Grand relatives include Mr. and Mrs. Fern Morgan of Shafter and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Banks of Shafter, with great grandparents and great great grandparents listed from Shafter Fresno and Mount Mount.
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Bradley Joseph Banks
Joe Banks
Cross
Joleen
Ern Morgan
Shafter
Bill Banks
Nettie Banks
J. L. Henson
Paramount
Johnnie Wilburn
Bell Morgan
Fresno
Pettit Elected Trade Head in Kern County
E Alan County appoints Pettit as trade head succeeding C Marshall. Pettit has long served Kern County, including 19 years as former mayor and 27 years directing Conley District transportation. He led Taft Chamber of Commerce and chaired the district's administration. The dinner on 14 is set to honor Marshall's service in 1965.
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Taltioenia Geles
Ident
Kern County
Conley
Taft Chamber of Commerce
Marshall
Local Sailor Returns After Pacific Duty
William C. Hare USN son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Harris of Cherry returns to the United States aboard the USS Princeton with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. He was stationed in the South Bay Beach Okinawa and the Crown Colony of Hong.
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USS
Princeton
Deveen
USN
Floyd Harris
Cherry
U.S
Western Pacific
Aeeenees Ee i
Bay Beach
Okinawa
Hong
Agent of the States Report Upheld in Review
A brief clerical notice states the agent of the states carries a 57 percent rate in a recent review. No further context or dates are provided in the fragment.
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Georgia
Fairview
Pioneer
Tmers
Nikeleon
Sevee
H. J. Wiesheaar
Fred Sifie
Nikkel
H. H. Ratzlaff
William
Guy Lacy
Church Memorial Fund
Mish Funeral Home
Everest
Shafter Drug Store
Central Valley Highway
Drinkhouse Agency
Chester
Bakersfield, Calif
Fred Drinkhouse
Ron Nualist
Pierce
Marine Corps
Paul E. Pierce
Memorial Hall
Stork Loft
Pettit
Trade
E. Alan
C. Marshall
Aft
E. Lerdo
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