Richland Primary Appoints New Principal
Miss Francis is named principal of Richland Primary School replacing the outgoing leader. A Minnesota native and veteran educator, she has served as coordinator consultant for Kern County and taught in Minnesota and Michigan schools. She holds a master’s from Wayne University and studied at Colorado State.
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Minnesota
Teacher's College
Minneapolis
Beltrami County
Michigan
Oakland County
Kern County
Miss Francis
St. Claud
Boy Injured When Bike Falls Apart Near Wasco
Bobby Joe Emberson ten suffered throat injury when his bicycle fell apart after crossing Santa Fe tracks near Central Ohey Behe Lerdo highways. He was taken by ambulance to Wasco Community Hospital. He lives with Mr and Mrs Homer Emberson at Central Valley Trailer court.
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Bobby Joe Emberson
Shafter
Wasco
Claude Mitchell
Central \Ohey
Behe Highway
Lerdo Highway
Mitchell
Homer Emberson
Central Valley
New Chairman of Ministerial Assn
Rev Wesley T Williams pastor of the Pentecostal church of God was elected chairman of the Shafter Ministerial association on Wednesday. He succeeds Rev Partain of the Nazarene church who moved to Artesia California. Rev Melvin Krug pastor of the First Baptist church was named vice chairman.
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Wesley T. Williams
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ministerial Association
Rev Partain
The
Nazarene Church
Artesia
Calif
Melvin Krug
First Baptist Church
200 Boys Ready to Play Summer Ball At Shafter
About 200 boys aged up to 15 prepare for summer baseball at Shafter with May 20 practice start. A girls softball league may form if enough sign up. Contacts: Hal Williams at Shafter High.
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Roy Farrell
Farrell
Hal Williams
Shafter High School
Gaye Pare
Ticket Deadline For S W Concerts Set for Friday
Subscriptions to the Shafter Wasco community concert association are due Friday. President Theo G Heinrichs states the board will meet Saturday with top sellers to select the 1957 58 program. Possible headliners include the Gaelic Singers of County Derry or the Longine Symphonette. Adult memberships cost 6 and student cards 3, granting at least three local concerts and reciprocal access to other member cities.
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Shafter-Wasco
Theo. G. Heinrichs
Gaelic Singers
County Derry
Ireland
Longine Symphonette
Heinrichs
Shafter
Dorothy Grossman
Sam Becker
Wasco
Delano
McFarland
Buttonwillow
Edmund Karlsrud
Maria Svetlova
Robert Joffrey Ballet
Porterville
Leontyne Priese
Albert Godberg
Ernest Mauney
SHS Students Hear Talk on Epilepsy at SHS
Shafter High School juniors and seniors heard a lecture on epilepsy from Mrs. Georgia Johnson of the Kern County Epileptic Society. She explained epilepsy results from accidents or illness, not a disease, and that convulsions are a form of epilepsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Don Murfin
Georgia Johnson
Kern County Epileptic Society
Bradford Hurdles Record in Doubt After Sanctions Review
The national low hurdles mark set by Bradford in the Shafter area is under review as officials assess wind, timing, and course length. Officials will submit the 18.4 second time to the National Federation while state and divisional records remain safe. Bradford faces two more meets this season at Fresno State and the Sequoia divisional meet in Shafter.
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Kern County
Chamber of Commerce
Jane
Jeri Jones
Raymond B. Jones
Walnut Street
Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield
Shafter-Buttonwillow
Exchange Club
Bermuda
Jeri
Bradford
Jesse
Johnson
National Federation of State High Schools Athletic Association
Chicago
Bakersfield College
Shafter
Tha Shafter
Fresno State
National Association
Five Shafter High Students Win Scholarships
Five Shafter High School students were awarded scholarships. Phyllis Waters received the $200 Shafter High School PTA scholarship, Pat Cornell earned the $200 20-30 scholarship, and another student won the $250 Rotary scholarship. Awards were based on citizenship, need and scholastic standing.
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Shafter High School
Rotary
Phyllis Waters
Pat Cornell
Two Presentations of Harvey by SHS Pupils Successful
Two performances of Harvey by Shafter High School students were staged May 4 and May 8 in the new $600,000 auditorium. It was the first student body play in years using two sets and featured Larry Mullins and Louise Fuller in leading roles with a full cast including Roy Ryan Norma Graves Stuart Magnuson Charlotte Ellison Tommy Richards Gary Wilson Pat Cornell Rex Tudor Etta Lee and Barbara Robinson. Nadine Bellows directed and Kay Stieber managed the stage.
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Harvey
Shafter High School
Janet Chapman
Larry Mullins
Louise Fuller
Roy Ryan
Norma Graves
Stuart Magnuson
Charlotte Ellison
Tommy Richards
Gary Wilson
Pat Cornell
Rex Tudor
Etta Lee
Barbara Robinson
Nadine Bellows
Kay Stieber
Final Rites for Aron F. Harder Observed in Shafter
Funeral services for Aron F. Harder aged 82 were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Mennonite Brethren church with Rev. Walde Wiebe officiating. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery. Harder, born December 28, 1875 in Butler County Kansas, had lived in Shafter the past three years after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and is survived by siblings Peter F Harder Gustav Harder and Mrs Men of Shafter. Pallbearers were nieces.
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Mennonité Brethren
Aron F. Harder
Sunset Street
Walde
Wiebe
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter
Armstrong Mortuary
Harder
Butler County
Kansas
She Peeers
Peter
Gustav Harderersfield
Men
Fol Tie
Blue and Gold Day Brings Shafter Students Into Local Businesses
Shafter High students will spend Saturday May 1 working in town shops for Blue and Gold Day. Sixty seven applicants were interviewed May 3 by Bakersfield College students to place youths at local firms. Participants include Hicks Al’s Associated, Garratz Motor Co, Firtins and Lovey, Johnson Neuman, Jerry Garner, Food Banks Inc. and others.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Shafter High
Hal Williams
Bakersfield College
Katherine Knight
Geraldine Cobb
William Wheeler
Robert Nichols
Paul Neri
Alan Turner
William McClure
Cary Jones
Hicks, Al’s Associated
Th Garratz Motor. Co
Ally. Firtins and Lovey George
Johnson-Neuman
Jerry Garner
Food Banks, Inc
Bonnie Jones
Reg Hammond Installed as Kern School Administrators President
H. R. Hammond, principal of Richland Intermediate in Shafter, was installed Wednesday noon as president of the Kern County Elementary School Administrators. The group, with about 80 members, guides Kern's public schools. Hammond succeeds Robert El in leading the county's educators.
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H. R. Hammond
Richland
Shafter
Kern County
Kern
Hammond
Robert el
Kindergarten Registration Set for May Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Richland School schedules kindergarten registrations for May 14 and 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Primary School on Wall Street. Eligible children must be five by December 2, 1957, or six by that date for first grade, with early enrollment aiding age placement. First graders not yet in kindergarten may also register.
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Richland
Wall Street
Richland P.T.A. Music Scholarships Awarded
Marcia Craig and Dale Nickel win Richland P.T.A. Music Scholarships of 75 dollars each after tryouts at Richland Primary cafetorium last Saturday. Honorable mentions go to Dwight Walhoad and Carolyn Smith. numerous other contestants performed piano, violin, flute, cornet solos and duets with various accompanists. Mrs. Leonard Gaede chaired the scholarships. Robert Snively assisted.
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Marcia Craig
Dale Nickel
Richland P.T.A
Richland
Edward Grieg
Heinrich Lichner
General Burgoyne
Isador Freed
Stephen Heller
Franz Schubert
Dwight Walhoad
Holy City
Stephen Adams
Genevieve Vaughn
Carolyn Smith
Bach Gounod
Janice Others
Linda Wilson
Janice Sehardt
Scherzino
Andersen
Moses
Kathy Berman
Reginald de Koven
Leonard Gaede
P.T.A
Robert Snively
Woman Injured in Auto Crash Near Euclid Street
Mrs. Christine Juanita Banks of 295 East Euclid Street reportedly suffered a dislocated shoulder when the brakes of her automobile failed Monday. She was treated at the scene and transported for further care.
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Christine Juanita Banks
E. Euclid Street
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Calbopon
Richland Primary
Shafter Erie
Jesse Bradford
Eve Dunigan
Bill Schacht
Ee Teachers’ College
Minmethe
Pi Lambda Theta, Delta Kappa Gamma
Association For Childhood Education
California Teachers ~ Association
National Education Association
Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
California School Supervisors Association
Nina Francis
Ministerial Assn
Jones
Sears Oes
Cardinals
Navy Service Station
Bill King
Reds
Pepsi Cola Company
Bob Russell
Indians
Shafter Sisters
SHS
Gaede
Dennis Gaede
Barbara Webb
Philip Anderson
Shafter Area
Jim Saunders
Glenn Wesley
Raymond Howe
Charles Tidwell
Lowell Todd
Reg Hammond
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