Richland board seeks 39 cent tax hike with June 7 election
The Richland Board of Trustees agreed at a special meeting to seek a 39 cent increase in the basic tax rate, raising it from 2.30 to 2.69, with an election planned for June 7. The move aims to fund school operations amid rising costs, while noting some services may face reductions. Trustee Camp was absent and the next meeting falls during Easter vacation.
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Richland Board
Richland Board of Trustees
Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Richland
W. B. Camp Jr
Kern High School District to Hold 26-Cent Override Vote
Kern County Union High School District voters will decide June 7 on a 26-cent tax override. Trustees endorsed the measure citing rising enrollment and educational needs, backing a report by the FOCUS citizens group as unbiased and sound.
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Kern County Union High School
Donald E. Ruggenberg
Citizens’ Committee
Ruggenberg
Fastfinding
Citizens For Unbiased Study
FOCUS
George A. Brown
Senior Class Leads List Of Outstanding Students Here
Three Shafter High School students led the honor roll for the first six weeks of the spring term. William Nations, Donald Nikkel, and Brenda Smith had all A grades, with 143 others on the honor roll. A senior class led with 43 honorees, followed by juniors and sophomores with 36 each, and freshmen with 31.
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Shafter High School
William Nations
Donald Nikkel
Brenda Smith
Gloeckler Named Outstanding FFA Member at Shafter High
Shafter High School honors Bob Gloeckler as the outstanding Future Farmers of America member. He receives a certificate from Paul Hoffmann as chapter president also notes honorary members Futrell and Avery Allen. The program features talks on agriculture, local FFA activities, and a slide display from the annual farm machinery show.
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Jim Gloeckler
Shafter
Paul Hoffmann
Te Bank of America
Gloeckler
FFA
Weston Futrell
Avery Allen
Futrell
Community National Bank
David Brown
David Kattenhorn
Larry Leonard
Burley Dooley
High School Ag
Randy Cummings
Wayne Rohrbach
Joe Agee
South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Ken Torrigiani
Zachary
Marvin Kirschenmann
LeRoy Kirschenmann
Gordon Kirschenmann
H. W. Pat Kelly
Jack Nikkel
E. Gordon Smith
Emil Kirschenmann
Bruce Crawford
Dino Romanini
Donald Zachary
Bernard Costello
Harold Corvie
Tb Gleschler
Evnk of America
Future Farmers
Allan Grant To Speak At Farm Bureau Luncheon
Allan Grant state president of the Farm Bureau will speak at a noon luncheon Tuesday at the Shafter Motel. Weston Futrell of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce announced the event on farm problems in California. Reservations can be made by calling Mrs. Evelyn Agee at 746-6314.
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Allan Grant
Farm Bureau
Shafter Motel
Weston Futrell
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Grant
California
Chamber
Evelyn Agee
Futrell
Spaghetti Dinner Reservations Open for Youth Fundraiser
The Youth Group of Free Will Baptist Church hosts a spaghetti dinner at Shafter Memorial Hall on April 2 from 5 to 8 30 pm. Call Mrs Johnnie Saulsbury at 746 2294 to reserve. Tickets cost 50 cents for children and $1 for adults to fund summer youth camp.
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Free Will Baptist Church
Johnnie Saulsbury
Shafter Memorial Hall
Shafter City Council Postpones Fire Rating Inspection
The fire rating inspection for Shafter is delayed to September 1 or October 1 as announced by Mayor Dick Zenk after Monday’s council meeting. Plans to improve fire insurance rates include a training tower and new fire plugs, pending budget. The council discussed cooperation with Santa Fe railroad for curbs gutters and water mains.
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Shafter
Dick Zenk
Santa Fe Railroad
East Lerdo
Santa Fe
Grape Strike Called a Snow Job by Delano Grower
Delano grower Martin Zaninovich told the California Grape and Tree Fruit League meeting that the so called grape strike is a myth created by outside agitators. He urged clergy to test claims by holding an election to prove workers’ rejection of union organizers.
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San Francisco
Delano
California Grape and Tree Fruit League
Fairmont Hotel
Martin Zaninovich
Delano Grape
United States
Zanivoch
El Charaf Sets Date For Visit And Shrine Events
Charles Dodge speaker at El Charaf Shrine Club meeting in Buttonwillow on Friday. Dodge, Bakersfield police assistant chief on leave, discussed new laws and legal thinking. May 6 golf tournament planned at Northern Golf Course with dinner and prizes. March 19 Santa Monica Club visit noted. traveling trophy presented to El Charaf by Kern County Shrine Club. trophy to move within 30 days.
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Charles Dodge
el Charaf Shrine Club
Dino’s
Buttonwillow
Dodge
Bakersfield
Wasco
Thomas Tucker
John Camp
al Finkbeiner
el Charaf
Hoyett Smothers
Harold Southwick
Harvey Neuman
Santa Monica
Potentate
Santa Anita
School tax elections trend as districts seek small boosts
Frankly Speaking notes board trustees deserve courage as local school districts push modest tax increases. Richland seeks 39 cents with no recent election, Wasco Union High votes 20 cents after 1949, and Wasco rate has peaked at 2.01 dollars. Focus group findings call for trimming administrative costs and resisting further budget growth.
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Richland
Wasco Union High School
Wasco
Kern County
Utility Board Weighs City Merger Possibility
Shafter Public Utility District discusses unification with the city under a new law. The board reviews blended boundaries and who governs the district if merged. Engineers present repair plans for the disposal plant and insurance valuation at twelve thousand two hundred dollars.
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Richard Larson
Shafter Public Utility District Board
Hance Returns To States After Vietnam Service
Fireman Apprentice Wayne W. Hance USN son of Mr and Mrs Charles F Hance of Shafter has returned to Long Beach California aboard the USS Hornet after more than seven months in the South China Sea with the Seventh Fleet. Hornet provided antisubmarine defense and search and rescue services and Hance earned the Vietnam Service Medal. En route the carrier visited Iwo Jima and Sydney Australia.
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Hornet
Wayne W. Hance
USN
Charles F. Hance
Stone Street
Shafter
Long Beach
Calif
South China Sea
Vietnam
Seventh Fleet
Iwo Jima
Sydney
Australia
Local Woman to Observe 100th Birthday April 3
Anna Sukau Enns, a Shafter resident, born April 3, 1866 in Alexander Kron South Russia, sails for America in 1878 with family. She recalls German schooling, a long voyage from Bremen to New York, and settling in the United States as a child of four living siblings and relatives.
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Lordo of
Shafter
Anna Sukau ‘Enns
Aaron and
Margaretha
Dilles, Ky
Sukau
Alexander Kron
South Russia
Black Sea
Anna
America
Eere
Brémen
Germany
New York
Sukan
Sere
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