Shafter Heart Fund Campaign Tops Goal With $1006
Shafter residents raised 1006.43 for the Heart Fund, aided by the Shafter Junior Women's Club and volunteers. Kern County Heart Association thanks the group for a successful Heart Sunday campaign funding research education and services. Mrs Ratzlaff urges year round support as Phono Cardio Scan heart screenings begin in Shafter for children’s heart sounds testing. Mr and Mrs S L Myrick returned from Sumter South Carolina visiting Joyce Greenwood and four sons including an Air Force member at Okinawa.
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Shafter
Heart Fund
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Kern County Heart Association
Shafter Heart Fund
Heart Association
S. L. Myrick
Riverside Drive
Sumter
S.C
Tom Colvard
Clifford Ratzlaff
Shafter Jr. Women’s Club
Bruce Joppins
Collins Crosby
Horizon Club plans May events and school activities
The Horizon Club details May plans at the 18 member school. Therapists assist students while older members feed lambs at Wasco High Agriculture farm and tend a playground garden. Members Kris Albright Barbara Duck Susan Goehring Debby Gorsching Connie Janzen Marian Sliter attend Orthopedic School.
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Cal
Fresno Zoo
Wasco High School
Horizon Club
Bakersfield
Grand Council
Kris Albright
Barbara Duck
Susan Goehring
Debby Gorsching
Connie Janzen
Marian Sliter
Janet Bongberg
Domino Beraud
Nancy Lawson
Susan Palmer
Suzanne Petrie
Carol Snively
Shafter Scouts Compete At 1970 Camporee Near Hot Springs
Scout troops 977 953 927 and 901 attended the April 17 18 19 Camporee at Oscar Klein ranch near California Hot Springs. Top patrols included Flaming Arrow 977 Pink Panther Wasco 908 and Panther 977. Competitive camping honors went to Wolf 933 with Rat 953 and Eagle 948 tied. Sponsoring groups include Shafter Rotary for 953 Maple PTA for 927 and Mennonite Brethren Church Men’s Fellowship for 901.
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David Barber
Mike Walters
Rusty Cooper
Ralph Goehring
Doug Kerber
Edwin Camp
Clark Goehring
Mike McMeans
Robert Diltz
Oscar Klein Ranch
Bob Bann
California Hot Springs
White River
Shafter-Wasco
Maple Area
Franklin Bergman
Curtis Bergman
John Enns
Gerald Brown
Doug Peters
Tom Janzen
Doug Garber
Jerry Bergman
Tom Almberg
Ken Handel
Edward Peters
Danny Ballard
Jerry Schmidt
Douglas Peters
John D. Enns
Wasco
Delano
Troop 953
Delano Troop
Panthers
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Bear Patrol
The
Shafter Rotary Club
Maple Pta
Men’s Fellowship of the Mennonite Brethren Church
Reader letter with payment for the Press bill
A reader encloses an $11 money order to pay a Press bill. Mrs. Franklin Hall praises the paper and mentions a photo and story about her second grade teacher retiring. She sends blessings and signs as Helen Sly, formerly Mrs. Franklin Hall.
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Franklin Hall
Helen Sly
Catholic Church Seeks Photo of Old Shafter Club House
St Therese’s Catholic Church requests a photo of Shafter’s first Women’s Club House used for church history and directory. Masses were held there before the church was built. Lend to committee chair Mrs Burley Dooley at 746 4521.
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St. Therese’s Catholic
Shafter’s
Oman’s
Check Presented By Kappa Nu for Scholarship Fund
Kappa Nu Chapter of Delta Theta Tau Sorority met at Mrs. C. J. Vignolo’s home for a program by Roger Fenderson and Rainbow Haven. Reports noted a Wasco Scholarship Association check and a future Shafter Scholastic Achievement Committee gift. May 13 gathering planned at Mrs. Chuck Gates’s McFarland home.
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Kappa Nu
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
C. J. Vignolo
Roger Fenderson
Rainbow Haven
Matt Hathersall
Wasco Scholarship Association
Shafter
California Epilepsy Society
Delta Theta Tau
Chuck Gates
6Th Street
McFarland
Kappa NU Chapter
Delta Tau Sorority
Wasco
Virgil Trandem
Dv le Scholerain Association
Pre Centennial Parade and school events noted in Bakersfield pages
The May 8 pre centennial parade in Bakersfield was led by marshal H W Pat Kelly. Richland students were finalists at Fresno oral interpretation night with Patt Cotton Carla Taffera Carol Snively Steve Garber Mary Miller and Chan Hitchcock earning ratings.
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Bakersfield
Marshall
H. W. Pat Kelly
Lady Lions Club
Richland
Fresno
Patt Cotton
Carla Taffera
Carol Snively
Steve Garber
Mary Miller
Chan Hitchcock
Southern California Gas bets on natural gas fleets
Southern California Gas Company launches a one year trial converting 23 communities fleet vehicles to natural gas. It will provide up to six conversion kits per city and convert over 1100 of its own vehicles, aiming to cut 90 percent of vehicle pollutants while expanding technical help and fuel supplies in Southern California.
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California
Los Angeles County
Southern California
West Coast fleets move to natural gas to curb smog
Los Angeles area officials report 23 counties and cities will convert more than 1,100 fleet vehicles to clean burning natural gas. The program, led by Pacific Lighting Corp, aims to cut vehicle emissions by up to 90 percent and showcase smog abatement and lower operating costs. Participating groups include Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino counties and Arcadia Brea Burbank Covina Glendale Huntington Beach La Habra La Palma Los Angeles Montebello Newport Beach Orange Palm Springs Riverside San Bernardino Santa Barbara Westminster Whittier. Federal state agencies and private fleets also test the system.
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Los Angeles
Casa
Pacific Lighting Corp
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Arcadia
Brea
Burbank
Covina
Glendale
Huntington Beach
la Habra
la Palma
Montebello
Newport Beach
Palm, Springs
Santa Barbara
West Covina
Westminster
Whittier
Pacific Lighting
Ashes
Rae
Ronald” An
California
Col Natural
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Phono
TM Fact Shafter
Tanta
Shafter Press
Philip Anderson
Bank of American
Liberal Arts
Vicea
R . Oates
East Bakersfield
Christine Mattson
Minter Field
Hanford
Thre Company
Oildale
O. G. Ohisson
Aerch
Jacobsen
Shatter
Gloria Guimara
Christine Unruh
Jean Waffle
Ed Brown
Dana Baughman
Hemingsons
Miami Kiwanis
Evelyn Warkentine
Southern California Gas Company
Pacific Lighti On Corporation
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