Buttonwillow Chamber Dinner Promotes Local Unity
The writer praises Buttonwillow’s annual Chamber of Commerce dinner and mayoral campaign as a notable local event on par with major celebrations. He notes attending as guest of Publisher Jack Frost and commends those who contributed to the 1971 program, urging readers to recognize the town’s civic pride.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minnesota
Paul Bunyan
Custer
S.D
Lead
Deadwood
Black Hills
Tunis
North Africa
Chamber of Commerce
Buttonwillow
Jack Frost
Richland Pupils Lead Richland Honors In Kern Festival
Twenty seven pupils from Richland Elementary School are among 400 young musicians from 32 schools in Kern County rehearsing for the 24th All County Elementary and Junior High Honor Musical Festival at Bakersfield March 5 and 6. The festival, led by music consultant Charles W. Jones, will feature a first time concert at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on March 6 free to the public. Richland benefits with two staff members serving as chorus chairmen Donald Wilkinson chairs the boys chorus and Mrs Berniece Berkebile chairs the girls chorus.
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Richland
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Denis Herbst
Panama
Donald Wilkinson
Berniece Berkebile
Kern County
Bakersfield
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Charles W. Jones
Richland Elementary School
Shafter urged to back POWs and MIA effort
Steve Frank, Vietnam veteran and national director of VIVA, urged Shafter residents to support humane treatment for 1600 American POWs and MIAs in Southeast Asia. A proposed letter to North Vietnam was printed, and Frank described brutal conditions, including a POW kept in a ground hole with shackled legs.
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Shafter
Southeast Asia
Steve Frank
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Frank
Lemoore Naval Air Base
Jackson
Navy
VIVA
Shafter Rotary Club
Wasco ‘Rotarians
Shafter Lions and
Kiwanis Club
Shafter Press
Four Way Race Forms For Richland School Board
Dr. John Revell joins three Tiigidans candidates in a four way contest for two Richland Elementary School District board seats in the April 20 election. Incumbent Dr. Richard Garber seeks reelection as Fred Starrh resigns March 1, board to be four members until July 1. Revell, a Stanford engineering AB, USC DDS, is noted orthodontics lecturer and dentists’ researcher.
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Richland Elementary School District Board of Trustees
John Revell
Shafter
Revell
Tiigidanss
Richard Garber
Thomas L. Almberg
Bill Eslick
Richland Board
Stanford
McGill Medical School
University of Southern California
USC
Richland Project Backed and Questioned at Board Meeting
Richland trustees debated a proposed Richland Elementary aquatic center project and heard questions from two Richland teachers during a Big 9 meeting Monday. A resolution endorsing the pool plan was read from the Shafter Recreation Association, signed by Richard Larson, urging community support. The project, by the Shafter Swim Club, includes 300 covered portable bleachers, gated fencing and spectator-oriented upgrades.
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Richland
Richland Board of Trustees
Shafter Recreation Association
Richland Board
Richard Larson
Shafter Recreation Commission
Shafter Swim Club
Dr Revell Enters Kern High School District Race
Dr John H Revell a Shafter dentist and district candidate for Richland Elementary also joined the Kern High School District board race the field of eight for two seats. Incumbent M Glenn Bultman did not file on the final date Feb 25 leaving D Ruggenberg joining rivals including Richard Fiem Cicero Goda Joe C Craig Jenkins Timothy Lemacchi and Jim R Tillett.
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John H . Revell
Shafter
Richland
Kern
Revell
Kern High School
M. Glenn Bultman
Bonnie Giovanetti Wins Buttonwillow Honorary Mayor Promise
Bonnie Giovanetti captured 42 273 votes at the Chamber of Commerce election finale earning her the honorary mayor title, the third woman elected in 20 years. She led Gladys Delfino by about double as five finalists tallied votes in Buttonwillow.
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Buttonwillow
Chamber of Commerce
Bonnie Giovanetti
Gladys Delfino
Shafter Sees Windy Cool Spell After Dense Fog
Shafter residents escaped a dense fog but endured sub freezing nights and dusty winds. Temperatures dropped to 21 degrees on Friday night February 26 while the week's high reached 65 on February 24. Winds hindered travel and daily lows ranged from 44 to 50 degrees at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
International humanitarian standards and duties cited
A formal appeal asserts the nation’s obligation under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as adopted in 1957 to uphold minimum humanitarian standards for all people. The letter emphasizes global responsibility and moral duty in complying with international law.
Two Shafter Men Jailed After Bank Theft
Two men from Shafter, Ronald W. Edwards and Willard J. King, are jailed in Kern County awaiting a federal preliminary hearing on charges connected to the February 19 Bank of America robbery in Oildale. Apprehended on Lerdo Highway east of Shafter at 2 15 p.m. February 25, Edwards bail is set at 10000. Edwards, a San Quentin parolee released January 18, is listed as a native of Los Angeles. The men appeared before U.S. Commissioner William Hulsy with arraignment last Friday and the hearing is scheduled for March.
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Shafter
Kern County
Bakersfield
Bank of America
Oildale
FBI
Lerdo Highway
Ronald W. Edwards
Willard J. King
Bothy
Edwards
Los Angeles
U. S
William Hulsy
San Quentin
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Voices In Vital America
Service Club
Veterans Memorial Hall
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John H. Revell
Richland Project
Bonnie
Giovannetti
Delfino
Martha Novak
Robert Romanini
Lou Wolfe
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Sun
Democratic Republic OF Vietnam
Hanoi, North Vietnam
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