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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1968
Page
1
The fragment lists days from Tuesday February 26 to Sunday March 2 with numbers that resemble weather or temperature readings and notes for weekdays. It shows a brief sequence of dates and associated figures, typical of a small-town newspaper weather page.
An expanded summer school program was outlined to the Richland Board Monday evening by Evron Barber. It includes remedial classes not available previously, Head Start, and other activities for Mexican Colony, North Shafter, Labor Camp, and Shafter Primary School. About 30 to 35 staff and aides will participate. The board also granted an easement to Shafter Public Utility District to route a water line across land, increasing fire protection. Inservice day set for March 8 led by Dr. David Cooke, with Dr. Palomares returning March 19 for a program and meeting with Mexican American parents. Trustee Phil Zachary reported on recent Richland meetings.
Mrs Lila Little of the Kern County Housing Authority announced 100 temporary housing units will be built at the North Shafter Labor Camp. Construction may start after March 10 and finish before summer. 500 total units were authorized by the California Master Mi grant Plan advisory board with 100 allocated locally. Each family pays 30 dollars, and the units are planned for five years serving about 75 to 80 families.
City Furniture reported to police on February 27 that a door was broken open during the night. Investigators found two port table radios, two table radios, a transistor radio, a waffle iron and $25 missing.
Shafter will host a Red Cross fund drive from March 11 to 17 with the SOS Support Our Servicemen theme. March is Red Cross Month proclaimed by President Lyndon B Johnson. Local chairman Dr David Cooke says funds support local service and expanding national programs for armed forces and veterans.
A turnip displayed in the Shafter Press window was grown through a soda can ring. The piece notes a monthly average of 275,800 servicemen in center clubmobile recreation programs and ARC service expenditures in 1966-67.
Mrs H R Peters of 309 48 Los Angeles Avenue was operated on at San Joaquin Hospital Bakersfield after a 1 p m crash on 34th Street. She rear ended a vehicle while turning left, injuring knees chest and face. Knee cap removed, concussion diagnosed, two week hospital stay expected.
The high school spring season begins with baseball a 3 2 loss to West High, tennis a 6 0 defeat for boys, and girls tennis 5 1 at Shafter. Time trials set for swimming meets at North High Wednesday and Foothill Friday at Rio Bravo pool. Track shows strong early marks led by Enns Prado Stuebbe and Kroeker, with Shafter visiting Arvin Thursday at 3 30.
A Farm Bureau Monthly piece notes a pickle picking machine by Blackwelder Manufacturing with two used in 1967 and about twenty more planned for 1968. A Press report covers the upcoming Chamber of Commerce meeting in Buttonwillow with an expected attendance around six hundred.
Friday, March 8 marks the final day of a three session teacher education program for Richland School District staff. Morning observations will visit outstanding local teachers, while the afternoon features Dr. Uvaldo Palomares of San Diego State College sharing English language techniques. He returns March 19 for a 7 p.m. presentation to adult Mexican Americans and school personnel.
Kern County Housing Authority seeks council approval to build 59 low rent duplexes in Shafter for low income farm workers. Farmers Home Administration grants total 894,099 with 447,000 as a grant. Previous North Shafter Labor Camp project failed to gain support from council and supervisors.
About 40 people from Shafter civic groups gathered for a pot luck at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Sponsored by the Shafter Woman's Club, its Community Improvement Committee led by Eleanor Kelly proposed beautification ideas for the east highway approach, flower baskets on light poles, planter trees, litter removal, and repainting street receptacles.
Alfred Oscar Jones, 75, died Feb 18 at his home near Gentry Arkansas after living in Shafter for years. He and his wife Fannick observed their 50th wedding anniversary Feb 16 1968 at their daughter’s home in Gentry. Funeral Feb 22 at First Baptist Church Gentry with Rev Larry O Kelley. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Siloam Springs. Survived by wife, two daughters Lois Barton and Pansy French, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A new organization will form to promote Shafter area improvements including park receptacles and a planter box in the Santa Fe park ing lot. Plans call for landscaping on East Lerdo and Central Valley Highway with signs, under city sponsorship and a Chamber breakfast meeting scheduled for March 12 at the Shafter Motel.
Maple PTA backs Miller bill SBI rewrite of division 7 of the education code. It aims to keep a broad basic curriculum including physical education and graduation requirements while letting local boards and staff implement and tailor supplemental courses. The California State Congress of Parents and Teachers urges letters to Governor Reagan and Speaker Unruh naming the bill and reasons for support.
William J. Heffernan announced at Shafter High School that Shafter High School graduates Kenneth Bergman Michael Butler Russel Enns Gary Ingle Shirley Mansfield Sharon Pearson Ruth Smith Jean Stuebbe and Martha Turner earned Dean's List honors at Bakersfield College. Students must enroll in at least eleven units and maintain a 3.3 GPA.
Airman First Class Paul P. Martinez son of Mr and Mrs Paul H Martinez of 420 W Ash Shafter is on duty at Phu Cat AB Vietnam. He serves as a fuel specialist with a unit of the Pacific Air Forces prior to Southeast Asia he was with the 3646th Supply Squadron Laughlin AFB Texas. He graduated in 1964 from Shafter High School and attended Bakersfield Junior College. his wife Barbara is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Salvador Rivas of Bakersfield.
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