Shafter Juniors Win Four Firsts and Three Seconds
Shafter Junior Women’s Club members collected four firsts and three seconds at the Sequoia District convention held at Ta us Ranch in Tulare. Carla Taffera won Miss Teen Age Citizen district title and Mrs. Collins Crosby was named Sequoia District Junior Citizen of the Year.
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CFWC
Sequoia
Taus Ranch
Tulare
Shafter
Mra Noor
Shafterunior Women’s Club
Oe Shafteree
Uniors
Carla Taffera
Carla
Carl Taffera
William Prout
Prout
BABC
Richland P.T.A
Handel
Ratzlaff
Jack Colvard
Tom Colvard
Jim Hamilton
Ronnie Billington
Collins Crosby
Charles Wright
N. R. Boggs
Reynald Benson
Darla Ross
Philana
V.P
Stephen McKnight
Fresno
Delroy Deniston
Wasco
Russel Reece
Porterville
Larry Fink
Norma Abonnel
Bakersfield
Services Held For Mrs Byrd Graddy In Shafter
Funeral services were held April 29 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of the Chimes Mish Funeral Home Shafter for Mrs Byrd Graddy 75 of 350 California Ave Shafter. Rev Edward M Rhoades officiated with burial in Shafter Memorial Park. She died April 27 in a Shafter hospital. She was born in Bee Branch Arkansas and moved to California and Shafter thirty years ago. Survivors include her husband Claud son James E Graddy of Shafter sister Mrs Ethel Height of Bald Knob Arkansas grandson James E Graddy Jr of San Jose. Pallbearers were Maurice Connell Kenneth Pierce Hardy Ramey Roy Kelley Les Williams H C Hight.
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Shafter
Byrd Graddy
California Ave
Edward M. Rhoades
First Baptist Church of
Shafter Memorial Park
Graddy
Bee Branch
Arkansas
Kern Schools Commended for Bus Contract Savings
A national pupil transport magazine features Kern County special education carriers in its current issue. It notes savings of more than 30000 dollars to taxpayers over the past year from a contract bus system adopted by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools and cites Board of Education files on the economies realized.
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Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
Kern County Board of Education
Witcher Cleared to Return to Full Duty as Police Chief
Shafter Police Chief Hanley Witcher, who had lung surgery in Bakersfield on January 30, is cleared to return to full time duty. He spent 16 days in hospital and has worked part time since February 24, attending his first city council meeting on April 27.
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Shafter
Hanley Witcher
Bakersfield
Witcher
Saince
Court verdicts and fines in Shafter Justice Court
Justice Court verdicts include Kenneth Woods not guilty on a vehicle code violation and guilty on failure to appear with a $25 fine. Anthony Nikkelson convicted for failure to stop at a railroad crossing. fined $14. Billy Colvard pleaded guilty to DUI and related charges. probation revoked and 100 days jail. Judge Gaede reports April receipts totaling $17,137.50 with motor vehicle fines at $10,186.50 and city share details.
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Kenneth J. Woods
Vallejo
Anthony Nikkelson
Arroyo Grande
Red Flashers
Billy Fred Colvard
Shafter Justice Court
Harvey Gaede
Shafter AFS Entertain Students in International Evening
Shafter AFS held a Sunday May 3 event at Manuel Park entertaining Kern County AFS students. Dr V Talhood outgoing president and Mrs Russel Kodet incoming resident spoke as officers and directors were introduced. Guests included Barbara Gillon Annette Schmitt Siegal and Domino Beraud with host Dr Robert Bongberg and families.
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Manuel Park
Phil Wilder
Bakersfield
AFL
Barbara Gillin
Australia
Robert M. Bongberg
Domino Beraud
France
Ed Cole
Taft
Annette Schmitt-Siegel
Germany
Shafter
American Field Service
AFS
Kern County
V. Talhood
Shafter High International Relations Club
Emil Frost
Shafter Afs
Russel Kodet
Odet
Milne Stearns
Robert Smith
Jim Moquist
Robert Bongberg
Bob Snively
Iforeign
Nette Schmitt - Siegal
Richland Shafter PTA to Install New Officers
The Richland and Shafter High School PTAs share a program on Tuesday May 12 at 7 30 PM featuring Scicon and the installation of Mrs Doyle Cole as Richland PTA president. Also being installed are Mrs Don Camp first vice president Mrs Bryan White second vice president Mrs Woodrow Wilkerson as third vice president under guidance of Mrs W B Camp Jr.
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den Mothers Workshop
Manuel Park
Mother Natures
Joe Maniact
Angus Hayer
Den
Sarah Alc&la
Mickey Duke
Don Harlander
Hank Wells
Carol Sabedra
William Prout
Weston Love
Richland School
Shafter High School
PTA
Doyle Cole
Richland Pta
Scicon
W. B. Camp, Jr
Cole
Don Camp
Vie
Bryan Hite
Woodrow Wil
Brandwein To Give Addresses in Bakersfield
Dr Paul F Brandwein noted scientist humanitarian and author will speak on ecology in Bakersfield May 12 at the Education Center 1300 Baker St starting 7 pm A no host lunch follows for district officials and teachers then he will address Kern Joint Union High School District staff at the board room 2000 24th St Topic Inquiry Methodology in Secondary Social Science The events are part of a series involving Richland Scicon and SCSCON programs with multiple teachers students and administrators listed as participants
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Paul F. Brandwein
Kern County
Bakersfield
Bakersfield City
Baker St
Brandwein
Springville
Tulare County
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Scicon
PTA
Richland
Patricia DeLittle
Richard Moon
Mary Miller
Holly Kliewer
Kathy Anderson
Janet Bongberg
Carla Taffera
Richard Robertson
Robert Schellenberg
Patricia Anderson
Loretta Phillips
Philip Fraley
Gene Robinson
David Ratzlaff
Dennis Marlatte
E. David Cooke
Shafter Avenue
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Josephine Seeman
First Southern
Ralph L. Gardner
Kem
Ces
Kern
Shafter Press
Justice Court
Shs-Richland Pta
D. Cole
Mcfarland, Calif
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