Chamber drives local progress through small deeds
The Shafter Chamber urges public support to boost the town through minor improvements. Volunteers note the Veterans Memorial Hall repaint and Santa Fe depot touchups have brightened the area. The chamber also collaborates with Midway Bowl to pressure for safer parking entrances and exits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Chamber
Gripers
Veterans Memorial Hall
The
Santa Fe
Countty
Spring Has Sprung in Shafter Amid Blossoms and Verse
A brief notice notes the arrival of spring with garden imagery and quotes from Solomon's Song and Nashe. It then playfully contrasts poetic spring with modern tunes before returning to Shafter where blossoms and blooms mark the season.
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Solomon
Thomas Nashe
Nashe
Shafter
Ownership and access to federal lands sparks power debate
A reader argues that federal land ownership should not grant the government power to regulate private utilities. The piece contends interior controls are custodianship not ownership and urges reassertion of the people’s rights over public property and power resources.
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Interior Department
Cneaanens
Arrests Linked to Menacing Travel on Central Valley Highway
Gale, 19, and Paul James, 20, both of Shafter, were arrested after traveling to menace on Central Valley Highway and Highway 466. Shaf was released on bail set at $1458.50 and was associated with Woody, near Craig.
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Gale
Shaf
Central Valley
Woody
Raig
Paul_ James
Shafter
Vignolo and Mrs Crosby Named Shafter Cancer Drive Chairs
C J Vignolo named business and farm chairman and Mrs Collins Crosby named residential chairman of the Shafter Cancer Crusade. Bakersfield official notes April as Cancer Control Month and drive aims to educate every Shafter resident and solicit donations for cancer research including leukemia studies.
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Vignolo
Mrs. Crosby
Shafter Cancer Drive
C. J. Vignolo
Collins Crosby
Shafter Junior Woman's Club
Shafter Cancer Crusade
Charles Webster
Bakersfield
Kern County Cancer Crusade Committee
Congress
Shafter
The
Cancer Society
Crosby and
Cancer Crusade
Crosby
Shafter Declares April Clean-Up Month And Chamber Drive
The City Council and Chamber of Commerce announce April as Clean-Up Month in Shafter. Mayor Harvey Gaede and Chamber president Pat Kelly urge residents to place yard trash in alleys for city pickup, with Jack Harris urging careful placement to avoid water valves. The program aims to improve the town's appearance ahead of a May Golden Anniversary celebration.
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City Council
Chamber of Commerce Board
Shafter
Harvey Gaede
Pat Kelly
Chamber
Jack Harris
Public Works
Jack Thomson Speaks at 20 30 Meeting on Water Agency
Jack Thomson speaks at a Kern County Water Agency progress meeting about Feather River Project negotiations. The Shafter group plans future programs and community services and invites members to attend the next meeting at the Shafter Motel on April 3 at 7 30 p.m.
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Jack Thomson
Thoemison
Kern County Water Agency
Feather River
Shafter
Operatic Workshops Highlight Local Theatre Scene
Shafter press notes operatic workshops and amateur troupes producing about 4500 musical plays. The piece mentions Ivan as a focal figure in the local theatre activity on March 27, 1963.
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Shafter Press
Ivan
Councilmen Grundy and Mortimore Set Visit Visalia Meeting
Councilman Ben Grundy and City Attorney Al Mortimore plan to attend a meeting of the South San Joaquin Division of the League of California Cities on March 29 in Visalia.
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Ben Grundy
al Mortimore
South San Joaquin
League of California Cities
Visalia
Local Orchestras Run On Small Budgets Across the Nation
A survey finds about 900 community orchestras in the United States operate yearly budgets of 100000 dollars or less. Nearly one third have wages concentrated in local areas and ten percent are in towns with populations under 10000.
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United States
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