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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
3
About 400 girls and Camp Fire members plus fathers attended the Father Daughter Birthday Dinner at the Richland Cafeteria marking Camp Fire Guis birthday. Awards, decorations, and a box supper followed with multiple groups receiving $3, $5 and $20 recognitions for peanut sales and singing contest success.
Citizens Committee backs keeping current programs with a 19 cent override now and 11 cents later for salary increases. Board members warn tax rejection would force program cuts, while high stakes term limits and Clark County issues spark debate and strong letters from D Parks criticizing Senator Kennedy.
The Richland PTA will present "We Install" on Tuesday April 12 at 7:30 in the Richland Cafeteria as new officers are installed. Mrs Henry W Voth chairs the evening. The Richland orchestra conducted by Richard Southwick will perform. Mrs Mert Wiedmann is the other chair. First Grade Room Representatives serve as hostesses.
Phil Siemens, instructor at Oregon State University in Corvallis, spent the spring vacation to handle business matters and visit relatives. He stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs G D Bloom of Wasco and with Mr and Mrs Ruben Siemens of Maple.
Pfc Rodriguez reports from a Vietnam operation Bowie Knife twelve miles south east of his division area. Two brigades and multiple battalions airlifted March 12 into Happy Valley to clear VC with heavy helicopter support. Weather is hot with several heat stroke cases. contact with VC limited to sniper fire and a few captures. The operation may last 8 to 12 days as conditions dictate.
Anna Enns, longtime Mountain Lake to Shafter resident, marks her 100th birthday. Born to a farm family with Jacob Enns, she toiled in fields alongside men, ran threshing, owned a meat market and creamery, lived in Butterfield and Saint James, and raised seven children. Now in Shafter since 1922, she remains active, reads German and English, prays daily, and credits faith for a rewarding life.
Bakersfield music lovers will attend an eight o'clock Centennial Concert at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium featuring a 400 member chorus and 100 orchestra from nine Kern County high schools. Guest conductor Dr. Walter Ducloux of USC leads. participants include students from Arvin Bakersfield East Bakersfield Foothill North South Shafter Tehachapi and Taft High Schools. Admission is free as a prelude to Kern County's Centennial Celebration.
The Nassau tournament at North Kern drew 33 women players on Thursday morning. Winners included Marion Neufeld for the front nine and Helen Ruggenberg for the back nine, with several teammates earning nine hole honors and the low net. A Big and Little Sister tournament is set for March 31, and events continue through April with eclectic play and team matches planned at Buena Vista and Delano venues.
The Dental Wives of Kern County took a chartered bus trip to Los Angeles on Thursday. They toured the Los Angeles Music Center and had lunch in the Pavilion Room. Mrs. John White of Bakersfield presides, with guests accompanying Mrs. Robert Bongberg and others. the group made a stop in Sherman Oaks on the return.
Members of the Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet Thursday evening March 31 at 7 30 at Miss Irene Tilley’s home 736 California for a business session. Delegates and alternates will be elected for the Central District meeting in Bakersfield April 16 and 17.
Dr Thomas R Larwood M D, president of the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Kern County, will present slides and discuss emphysema asthma bronchitis and other chronic respiratory diseases at the Shafter Woman's Club luncheon at Veterans Memorial Hall on Wednesday April 6 at 12 noon. The luncheon committee includes Mrs Burley Dooley Mrs John Notely Mrs Bill Gladden Mrs John Hanner and Mrs Al McGee.
Shafter Cotton Research Station records show temperatures above 70 for seven days from March 22 to March 28. While the east and midwest battled snow drifts, Shafter residents enjoyed golf in shorts with highs ranging from 70 to 77 and a low around 76.
Howard K Dickson retired head of Kern County Union High School District agriculture education was named Crusade chairman for the April 1 campaign. Dr Warren Simon of the Kern County American Cancer Society stressed education to prevent cancer deaths and urged early detection and regular exams. Dickson works to recruit area chairmen and volunteers for the drive.
The Shafter Committee on FOCUS reviewed the Citizen's Committee's plan to ask voters for a 26 cent tax override raising the district rate from 1.25 to 1.51. It schedules the election with the June 7 1966 primary if a district unification issue is not on the ballot.
The Kern County Taxpayers Association invites members to a March 21 luncheon at Inn featuring Robert C. Brown of the California Taxpayers Association. Brown, new chief of Cal Tax legislative affairs since 1966, will discuss state level tax issues. Reservations are $2.50 per person by calling 322-2973.
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