George Guenther Retires From Shafter Post Office After 21 Years
George E. Guenther retires after twenty one years as Shafter Postmaster and clerk service from 1939 to 1956. A dinner at the Rice Bowl in Bakersfield honored him with a fishing rod and tackle box. His son Eugene Guenther succeeds him. Guenther helped establish City Carrier service and the first Parcel Post truck for Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guenther
George E. Guenther
Rice Bowl
Bakersfield
Shafter Postoffice
Guenther
Shafter
Max Pierce
Highway Post Office
Veteran's Hospital
Fresno
Los Angeles Avenue
Eugene Guenther
Braille Center Open for All Ages in Kern County
Blind or partially blind men and women of all ages may attend the Kern County Braille Center each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Bakersfield on Mt. Vernon Street north of Kern General Hospital. Members travel from Shafter and others may call Mrs. Elizabeth Voth at PI 64151 for details. The gathering includes a morning program, Braille study, lunch, and a weekly social highlight for participants.
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Kern County Braille Center
Bakersfield
Mt. Vernon Street
Kern General Hospital
Shafter
Elizabeth Voth
Swid District Sets 1960 Water Order Totals
On Monday February 29 the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District ordered 50 000 acre feet of Class 1 water and 25 000 acre feet of Class 2 water. The increase over last year reflects bigger user demands while snow pack signals a water shortage this year. A 75 percent cut in Class 2 water is expected, but the district order remains large enough to meet user orders.
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Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Robert Diltz
Potato Year Book Now Ready for Distribution
The 16th edition of the Potato Growers Association of California and Arizona yearbook will be distributed to registrants of the Bakersfield three day convention starting March 13. A 188 page volume covers production marketing economics nutrition research and utilization with color insert charts graphs and maps noted as among the best in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potato Growers Association of
California
Arizona
Bakersfield
Calforna
Trade Association
Kern County 4-H Honors in 1958 59 Year
Kern County reports 34 clubs and 1 026 active 4-H members and leaders for 1958 59. Training emphasized leadership in agriculture and home economics with demonstrations earning gold medals regionally nationally and state honors. Nancy Ashford and Keith Axtell named top county All Stars for active service in 4 H programs.
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Kern County
Jeaders
Lester Allen
Steve Bartok
University of California Farm Advisors
Merna Barror
University of California
Tyro
Marilyn Nobles
Panama Home
Chicago
Nancy Ashford
McFarland Club
Keith Axtell
Rosedale
Shafter Adds 25 Street Lights Brighter Than Bakersfield
Shafter Public Works chief Jack Harris says 25 new lights along Lerdo and James Street double the light level compared with older bulbs. He boasts Shafter is becoming the best lighted small city in the state, with downtown merchants and out of town visitors praising the glow. Funds for the remaining poles await city council approval, possibly starting in October or November.
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Shafter
Lerdo
James
Harris
National 4-H Club Week Celebrated Across California
California 4 H clubs number 1 035 and 34 236 4 H ers join in community service projects. They raise funds clean rural schools and libraries and promote learning by doing during National 4 H Club Week from March 5 to 12.
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California
Richland School Launches All-Out Safety Program
The Richland Elementary District launches a district wide safety program led by Roy Farrell and supported by administrators teachers the Richland PTA and the Automobile Club of Southern California. Weekly classroom safety lessons cover routes traffic walking bus riding and bicycle safety. The aim is to reduce accidents as students grow from pedestrians to motorists with parent communication planned.
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Richland
Roy Farrell
Richland P.T.A
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Bank Awards Maple Students
Two Maple School graduates from Wasco High School received Bank of America awards last week. Phillip Siemens earned the social science award and Karin Nickel won for music. Steven Janzen, a science award winner, is grandson of Maple area residents Frank Wiebe and family.
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Maple School
Wasco High School
Bank of America
Phillip Siemens
Ruben Siemens
Karin Nickel
Jonas Nickel
Steven Janzen
Frank Wiebe
Maple Area
Maple PTA Adopts Standing Rules and Plans March Meeting
Maple PTA executive board read the standing rules and discussed explaining them to members at the April meeting. Treasurer’s report shows finances in good shape with funds for upcoming activities. Nomination committee report noted and a library display for March was requested. Taft district meeting is set for March 18 with coffee at 9 30 and the meeting starting at 10. Members present included Jonas Nickel and others.
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Maple Pta
Ernest Siemens
Veir
Arge
Jonas Nickel
Dillard Assen
Taft
John Peterson
Dillard Askew
John L. Penner
Clyde Johnston
Alex Dobrenen
Lowell Bergman
William
Blood Bank Drive Set for March 9 at Veterans Memorial Hall
Today Wednesday March 9 the Houchin Community Blood Bank invites donors to give at Veterans Memorial Hall from 4 p m to 7 p m. Donors should not eat for three hours beforehand and the goal is 100 pints with more welcomed.
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Houchin Community Blood Bank
Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Wasco High Band Concert at Maple School
Wasco High School band gave a morning concert at Maple School to students and many parents. The program featured a brass ensemble, a flute trio, percussion numbers, and a tuba solo. Former Maple students in the group pleased younger attendees.
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Wasco High School
Maple School
Carol Berendsen
Barbara Wiebe
Sharon Giddings
Marilyn Bauer
Manfred
Maple
Karen Bartel
Billy Goertzen
Ted Heinrichs
John Janzen
Leela Kliewer
Stanley Loewen
Karen Nickel
Dale Siemens
Dick Unruh
Robert Manning
Henderson Named Honorary Chairman
George L. Henderson former vice and chief en chairman of the 1960 National Reclamation Association convention is named honorary chairman. The national reclamation parley will take place in Bakersfield November 16 18. Henderson recently retired after 32 years with the Kern County Land Co.
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George L. Henderson
National Reclamation Association
Joseph M. Gannon
Kern County Board of Trade
Bakersfield
Henderson
Kern County Land Co
Crosswalk Installed at Lerdo Highway Church Corner
R L Adams moves into an intersection post as crosswalk concrete is set at Lerdo Highway and Poplar Avenue. Seventh Day Adventist Church members, with Carl Kelley and county officials, celebrate a pedestrian sign and slower traffic aimed at reducing crashes and safeguarding churchgoers.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Lerdo
Polsr
Mitchell Few
Raymond Howe
Ezra Heinze
Aaron Wagner
R. L. Adams
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lerco Highway
Poplar Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Carl Kelley
Woollomes Guest of Kiwanis Club in Shafter
Kern County Supervisor Roy Woollomes spoke at the Shafter Kiwanis about county government. He noted nearly 20 million spent on the county building program and details of allocations for Admin, Sheriff, Hospital, and Library. He discussed federal and state funding gaps and the need to fund road projects.
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Roy Woollomes
Kern
Shafter
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Woollomes
Kiwanians
Kern General Hospital
Kern County
California
Rumors and Repeal Talk Across Shafter Front Page
A local note questions a ballot next November to repeal cigarette taxes and weighs the odds of repeal. The piece notes Santa Fe Chief crash coverage by larger papers, criticizes local delays, and warns against spreading rumors about a tire plant in Minter Field and a new Shafter newspaper venture.
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Minter, Field
Coen
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Robert Boughtry
Shafter Woman's Club
James Moquist
W. T. Walhoed
Arthur Johnson
Wesley Anderson
Happy
Hers
Richland School
Bank
Wasco High
Local Bank
Wovllames
Woollames
Ben. Grunday
Kiwanis
R. L
Dick) Adams
Buttonwillow
Community National Bank
George Parker
Communy National Bank
Adams
Ins
National Bank
Lamont
Community National Banks
Kernville
Farmers Co-Op
Woodville
Calif
Oklahoma
Santa Barbara State Teachers College
Leota
Seaside Oil Co
Santa Barbara
Porterville Weakly
Delano
Farmers Exchange
Sincs
Buttonwil
Carrot “Top
Robert Evans
Santa Fe
Los—Angeles
Friesa
Ctk
Kenneth Handel
John Notley Jr
Wayne Payne
Robert Merz
Veteran's Memorial Hall
Corcoran
Visalia
Wasco
Porterville
Tulare
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