Retirement tale of Emil Frost and the Shafter Press sale
The piece recalls Emil Frost's second retirement plans as final papers prepare the sale of the Shafter Press and Buttonwillow Times to Wally Reed and son Don. It chronicles Frost's earlier California ventures, Moorpark Enterprise management, partial ownership hopes, and the 1962 acquisition path into Ventura County newspapers.
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Shafter Press
Buttonwillow Times
Wally Reed
Don
California
Ojai
Meiners Oaks
Laura
Jim Samples
Oregon
Willits
Redwood
Seattle
Wash
Moorpark
Ventura County
Thero
Shafter High Patrons Plan Smorgasbord Charity Dinner
Phil and Bobbie Zachary have been named chairmen for Shafter High School Patrons annual smorgasbord on Tuesday April 6 in the high school cafeteria from 5 to 7 30 p m. Tickets are 250 for adults 150 for children 12 and under. Menu includes roast beef and ham. Evan Jones urges volunteers to contact the school.
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Phil
Bobbie Zachary
Shafter High School
Shafter High
Evan Jones
Shafter Bicentennial Coloring Contest Opens
A coloring book contest for grades 1 through 8 starts March 23 in Shafter. Joe deRamos and Kal Matis created an eight page set on Heritage 76 with eight drawings and scene explanations. Books available at the Shafter Library 236 James Street this week.
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Joe deRamos
Shafter
Kern County Library System
Kal Matis
Shafter High
Nina Leigh
United States
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Richland
al Sandrini
Richland School
James Street
Shafter Bicentennial Committee
Matis
de Ramus
Drawis
Abraham Lincoln
Circus to perform in Shafter on Saturday
The Big John Strong International Circus comes to Shafter for two shows at 3 and 5 p.m. at Hudson Parkette sponsored by the Wasco Association for the development of the mentally disabled. The Bicentennial edition features Big John Strong and Baby Neena the elephant with a cast including the Wendangse acrobats from Hanover West Germany and acts from Ringling Brothers lineage.
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Big John Strong
Shafter
Wasco Association For the Development
Hudson’ Parkette
Baby Neena
Chris Dewayne
Wendangse
Hanover
Unreasonable Wall Hurdle for Shafter Housing Project
Wasco realtor Don Wingate criticized city for imposing costly conditions on 16 Farmers Home Administration houses planned for land bounded by Walker State Kern and Jackson. Planning commission recommended a 6 foot block wall landscaping irrigation paving State Street costing about 10000, making project economically unfeasible. City officials stressed intent to protect buyers while advancing approvals and new council committees were announced.
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Wasco
Don Wingate
Walker
State, Kern
Jackson
Wingate
Earl Leach
Louie Petrini
Planning Commission
State Street
Bill Sheldon
Shafter Planning Commission weighs church and housing proposals
A crowded Shafter City Hall heard plans for a conditional use permit for the Shafter United Methodist Church on Acacia Street near Redwood Drive and a zone change for condominiums, with a related 16 home project near Walker Street. The Land Use Element revision was tabled to April 20.
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Vince
Sheldon
Planning Commission
Elmer Unruh
Bill Cummings
Wee
Unruh
Cummings
Shafter United Methodist Church
Shafter Planning Commission
City Hall
Walker Street
Commission
Acacia Street
Redwood Drive
Oleander
Earl Lynch
Carl Taffern
Fred Starrh
Shafter
Leonard Schroeder
Heat Wave Brings 83 Degree High At Shafter
A mild heat spell hit Shafter Tuesday and Wednesday with highs reaching 83 both days, the first 80+ reading since last November. Two days later the high fell to 61, while overnight lows ranged from 37 to 56. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station summarize the week ending Monday.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
STAC Finalizes Plans for Tuesday Community Forum
STAC plans a Tuesday 7 30 p m community forum at the Richland music building to address local problems in drug abuse alcoholism venereal disease abortion and school discipline. Sponsors include Shafter High School Patrons and STAC with speakers from Kern County Health Department Kaleidoscope counseling program Kern County Council on Alcoholism Child Guidance Clinic and ECEOC health clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Technical Advisory Committee
STAC
Richland Music Building
Shafter High School
Dick Moon
Sonny Lee
Kern County Health Department
Marv Southard
Kaleidoscope
Gaylee Troxel
Kern County Council On Alcoholism
Dick Froehlich
Hew Oxford
Susan Davies
ECEOC
Moon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emil
Jack) Frost
Simi Valley
Ze Joorpark Moury Clada
Simi
Santa Susana
Kim Smith
Judy Lopez
Tom Fulier
Booker T. Washington
Mission of
San Carlos
Kings
Bob Millwee
Jack Colvard
Colvard
Millwee
Loyd Link
Link
Carl Moyer
David Mizener
Sempre
Mizener
Mortimore
Mercury
Don Zachary
Shafter Police
Bob Nixon
Zachary
Riley Ashby
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