Easter church services and events across the community
A detailed schedule of Holy Week and Easter observances at multiple churches. Rev Jack Heal will deliver a Easter sermon at Shafter churches. St Therese Saint Marks Congregational and others plan Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Week rites with masses, processions, adoration, and special chorale performances. Easter Sunday includes two services and Sunday School.
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St. Therese’s Church
Eas
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Congregational Church
John Heal
New Census To Be Taken May Total To 5500
Attorney Al Mortimore announced that the county commission approved the city's outline for the Potter tract along Tulare street facing the tract. The council stated there is no plan to force annexation. The council also discussed D T Walhoad's request to move a used building from Fresno avenue to Kern street for use as a tool shop.
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al Mortimore
County One Commission
Potter Tract
Tulare Street
D. T. Walhoad
Fresno Avenue
Kern Street
Gerald Lewis Named Shafter FFA Outstanding Member
At Shafter High School a ceremony honored Gerald Lewis as the outstanding FFA member. James Campbell of California Bankers Association presented the award, with Jim Gloeckler and Harold Corrie named honorary members.
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Gerald Lewis
Shafter
FFA
James Campbell
California Bankers Association
Campbell
Bank of America
California Future Farmers
Jim Gloeckler
Harold Corrie
Corrie
Shafter High School
Gloeckler
Superior Oil Company
Future Farmers Association
H. H. Burlingham
California State Polytechnic College
San Luis
Five Seek County Supervisor Seat in First District Race
Clifton Clemens of Wasco joined the county supervisor race from the first district. He has led Wasco Chamber of Commerce and Kern County Board of Trade, and now serves on the Wasco city council and the Public Utilities board. Other candidates include Trent Stockton Granite Station Lido Sandrini Delano Kenneth Smith Ridgecrest and LeRoy Jackson Ridgecrest. Pat Kelly Shafter withdraws from candidacy.
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Clifton Clemens
Wasco
Clemens
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Kern County Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Wasco Public Utilities Board
Roy Wellcomes
Trent Stockton
Granite Station
Display of Art Ready Next Week
The 16th Annual Art Festival sponsored by Kern County Park and Recreation Department will be at Shafter Veteran's Memorial Hall on April 3 and 4. Entrants come from Richland and Lerdo Elementary Schools, Shafter High School, Buttonwillow Elementary. four groups Elementary High School Adult Professional with abstract and realistic classifications. Winners move to County Festival May 2 at Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery Bakersfield. Committee includes Miss Burnis Morris and members Dottie Boyd Roy Farrell Lee Stover Virginia Heiser John Peterson John Hill Fred Mason.
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Kern County Park and Recreation Department
Shafter Veteran's Memorial Hall
Burnis Morris
Art Council
Richland
Shafter High School
Lerdo
Buttonwillow
Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery
Bakersfield
Dottie Boyd
Roy Farrell
Lee Stover
Virginia Heiser
John Peterson
John Hill
Fred Mason
Bakersfield Advertising Rivalry Highlighted in January
The Bakersfield Californian carried less Shafter advertising than the Shafter Press and more Bakersfield advertising than the rival paper. The Shafter Press sold more Shafter merchandise and readers, while the Los Angeles Times carried more classified ads in January.
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Bakersfield
Californian
Shafter Press
Shafter
Bakersfield Californian
Los Angeles Times
New Signs Placed At Strategic Spots In City
Signage installed by ACCANA chaired by B B Stringham marks new strategic spots including a turnoff at K lina Road toward the Shafter ton Experimental station.
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Klina Road
Shafterton
Nation's Best Youth CROP Grows Up In America
A Kern County juvenile court officer reports that most youths age out well. Taggert says only about one in 25 youths are truly bad and urges more responsibility for youths to aid growing up. He notes a shift from rural to urban living and cites job shortages and strict laws as challenges.
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America
Seis “Abachela
Legion and Auxiliary
Shafter
Taggert
Kern
Able
Date Set For Annual Student Achievement Banquet
The annual Student Achievement Banquet is scheduled for Thursday May 7, announced committee chairman Bruce Crawford. A committee meeting was convened to finalize details. the banquet is held at the Richland Cafeteria each year.
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Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Richland
New Board Elections Set in Kern Joint Junior College
A special election on April 21 will choose a new governing board for the Kern Joint Junior College District. In Shafter, voters use Precinct 46 at Rich District Intermediate Office, 331 Shafter Avenue, with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Incumbent Donald E. Ruggenberg seeks the new board along with M. Glenn Butman. other candidates include John E. Boydston Henry L. Fuller John W. Eastridge and George W. Granger.
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Kern Joint Junior, College
Shafter
Richland
Rich District Intermediate Office
Shafter Avenue
Donald E. Ruggenberg
Old Junior College
M. Glenn Butman
Albert
John E. Boydston
Henry L. Fuller
John W. Eastridge
George W. Granger
Moisture Totals at Shafter Cotton Station Rise
Rainfall at Shafter Cotton station for March 22 23 and 24 totaled .08 .02 and .06 inches respectively, lifting the season total from July 1 1963 to date to 3.74 inches. A heavy snow storm in the mountains over the weekend boosted prospects for more water.
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Shafter
Special Study Courses Start At Shafter High School
Enrichment clinics for Shafter High School English honors students run four weeks replacing regular classes. Students from all four grades join in interpretive speech Great Books of the Western World creative writing and language analysis. Grades earned will count toward English grades during the session.
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Shafter High
Jeanette Wheeler
Miss Wheeler
Shafter High School
Charles’ van Blair
William Decker
Robert Maxwell
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Tismal Font
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Shefter Chapter
James Camp
By Frank Wisner
B. Stringham
Accana
Shary
The
American Legion
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Ray Theuer
Harvey Gaede
Allen Zenk
Ben Grundy
Bill Johnston
Frank Wisner
Jack Janzen
Henry New
A. J
Jack) Zimmerman
Tip Henderson
Claude Camp
Matt
J. M
Bill) Banks
Henry C. Hight
Richard Scott
John T. Everett
Bill Frizell
Leon Morgan
Everett
Zimmerman
Earl Wipf
Carl Mathews
Terry
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Betneet
Clancy Keller
Merchants Association
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