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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1953
Page
4
Parents urged to update their children's immunization records in March. The Kern County Health Department will not staff immunization visits this year, so families should contact their family doctor to complete the updates.
The article outlines how Richland School teaches writing from manuscript in early grades to cursive later, stresses legible handwriting, and uses district spellers to build a large vocabulary. It notes emphasis on English usage, speech, and daily practice over formal rule memorization.
Professor HM H Price of Pasadena College will speak at the Shafter Church of the Nazarene this Sunday announced by Rev J Austin McNaught. Price is a University of Michigan graduate and has taught at Pasadena College since 1940 in observance of the college’s 50th anniversary.
Captain John L. James Jr. earns the Bronze Star for meritorious service as commanding officer of the 51st motor vehicle squadron List air base group in Korea from May 18 1952 to January 8 1953. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John C James Sr of 512 Sunny Street Celeste Texas. His wife and daughter reside in Celeste. The citation credits his leadership with increasing his unit's effectiveness and developing the refueling section of the wing despite ongoing challenges.
Sunday dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Eichman 224 Marengo St included their niece and family Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pryor with Kathy of Hanford. Ray Proctor of Shafter Avenue has word his mother Mrs. P. C. Proctor 86 of Weleetka Oklahoma is hospitalized after a broken hip.
Flower arranging class members will meet at 9 30 a m March 17 in the home of Mrs E A Brown Manuel avenue under the auspices of the Wednesday Afternoon Club Mrs Charles Melton of Bakersfield instructor asks that members bring their bowls and materials
2nd Lt. Donald W. Nicol of Maple was wounded in Korea on March 5 during an attack on his position near Heartbreak Ridge. His parents received a telegram from the Army adjutant general with hospital directions and a last letter dated February 11 describing front line action and aiding two men buried by shellfire under continuous enemy fire.
Kern County wildflower show previews reveal bright color in scattered spots but expect smaller displays than last year. Cold weather and low rainfall slowed blooms. early highlights include poppies lupine and owl's clover near Rock Pile Street and throughout Bear Mountain Road Tehachapi foothills and Tejon Ranch areas. Deserts around Mojave and Red Rock Canyon show color as Joshua trees near Cameron are expected to bloom in April.
Funeral services for farmer and maple grower David L. Schellenberg were conducted Tuesday at the Mennonite Brethren Church in Dinuba with Rev. Waldo Wiebe assisting. He died Saturday morning after a period of ill health from a heart condition, survived by his wife Elizabeth and children Helen, Ernest, Menno, Edward, and Mrs. Frank Neufeld, with a life on a Dinuba ranch from 1923 to 1949 and active service on the Maple School board.
Mr and Mrs Roy Packard and Mrs Ray Proctor drove to Parks Air Base near Oakland to see Dale Proctor 20 who has served six weeks. Proctor is a Shafter High School graduate who had been hospitalized a week with acute illness but was released in time for the visit.
The major league bowling race tightens with Richfield led by Richfield 43 17 after a three game series. Ed Wagner posted 596 points three games and 225 singles while the Motel and Bowl teams contest the minor doubles. Grady Bartlett topped Motel with 528 points and Evelyn Tiberghien won the female award with 512 pins.
McCoy outlined a primary campus plan totaling 514242 for rooms and facilities including classrooms and a 700 seat multipurpose auditorium. The board plans careful study before action and considers future expansion east of the railroad tracks with a separate main campus project estimated at 207400.
The Civil War from 1861 to 1865 cost the Confederacy an estimated 2 009 768 707 dollars, reflecting the enormous financial burden of warfare on secessionist states.
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