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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1966
Page
4
The program features four Dargatz members delivering remarks plus selected slides on agriculture class activities narrated by chapter member Randy Cummings. The evening ends with the presentation of special awards.
Richard Chase, American folklorist and storyteller, will be among guest authors at the Community Book Fair on March 24 and 25 in the Richsure Library, sponsored by the Shafter Woman's Club. The event highlights folktales and regional legends, drawing attention to Chase's work and craft.
Richard Chase, renowned storyteller, presents Appalachian Jack Tales and related works at the Shafter Book Fair on March 24 and 25. He narrates Jack Tales rooted in mountain speech, linking them to European legends and Beowulf era echoes. He performs on recorder and harmonica, drawing audiences from children to professors.
Sandra Hodge and Lewis Dickey revealed their engagement this week. The bride elect, a Bakersfield High School graduate and nurse at Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, hails from the Hodge family of Bakersfield. The groom, son of the Dickeys of Buttonwillow, is a Shafter High and Bakersfield College alumnus pursuing a teaching credential at San Jose State. The couple plans a July wedding.
The Wee Willow Winkles Auxiliary to Children’s Home Society will host the second annual Festa di Primavera dinner dance on April 16 at St Mary’s Hall. Mary Tobisch chairs the event with Italian theme menus including spaghetti and fried chicken. Door prizes will be awarded. invitations go out soon.
The Kern County Union High School District board announced the end of the McFarland High School summer program. Students may attend summer classes at West High School next season with transportation provided, and the move reportedly does not raise the budget. Enrollment at McFarland dropped sharply to 39 students last year.
Pastor Dexter C. Ogan, who represented California at the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board meeting in Kansas City, is expected to return home Wednesday after a two day trip by plane.
U S representative Harlan Hagen, representing Kings Kern and Tulare Counties,宣布他将争取第八个任期。 Hagen自1948年担任汉福城理事会成员，随后两次当选州立法委员会，并七次获选为众议员。他是农业委员会常务委员，隶属商船和渔业委员会，并担任38人加州众议院代表团农业委员会主席。
Mr Sid Mrs Henry Neufeld and Mr and Mrs Peter Channe son spent a few days at Morro Bay on the coast this week enjoying golf.
Staff Sgt. Charles Nye on 40 day leave from the air force was rushed to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital around 2 p.m. Sunday and reported seriously ill Monday. He was visiting his parents at 600 Central Avenue and is known in Shafter where he attended Shafter schools. He has a brother Argel Lee and sister Helen. Argel Lee works at Shafter Pump and Helen attends Shafter High School. Nye has 13 years in the air force and was due for another rank raise, having served in Vietnam before rotating home.
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