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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1960

Page

6

Kern County awards 30 year service honors in April

Two 30 year service awards will be presented to Kern County Fire Chief Jimo Freear and Mrs Vida Leoncarrett of Kern General Hospital. In all, 28 Kern employees will receive certificates and pins totaling 390 cumulative years of county service, with awards given monthly after five years of employment.

Kern County Kern Enpoyees Jimo Freear Vida Leoncarrett Kern General Hospital

Siemens Drive To Tucson

Mr and Mrs William Siemens drove to Tucson Arizona to attend the Southwest Regional Conference of Christian Business Men's Committees Sessions were at the Pioneer Hotel They met many old friends Richard Wolke who spoke at the Shafter CBMC Ladies Night recently gave an address The trip was described as very beautiful with blooming cacti and green saguaros in bloom across the desert

William Siemens Tucson Arizona Christian Business Men's Committees Pioneer Hotel Richard Wolke Shafter Cbmc Siemens

Kern Agricultural Chemistry Scholarship Offered

The Kern Agricultural Chemical Association will award a $250 annual scholarship for two years to encourage study in agriculture and agricultural chemistry. Applications are available at Kern County high schools and Bakersfield College. Ken King chairs the committee.

Kern Agricultural Chemical Association Kern County Bakersfield College Ken King Association

Torch bearer leads nation in leadership award

Margaret Revell, daughter of Dr and Mrs John Revell, is the only girl in the United States to receive the Torch bearer Leadership award. She earned it through a year of school and community activities during an open air Campfire on SHS football grounds.

Margaret Revell John Revell United States SHS Don Christensen Dave Markel Business and Professional Women’s Club George Vine Helen Holmes Lottie Liles A.G. Whitson George Collins Shafter School Ken Fahsbender Grant Jensen Jeanette Wheeler Auburn Geraldine Becker

Wage Rate For Beet Sugar Growers In 1960

Loren Echols of Kern ASC County Office informs beet sugar producers that the 1960 minimum hourly wage for time based work is 80 cents for thinning hoeing weeding pulling topping loading or gleaning, except 75 cents in the Imperial Area. Piecework rates are not set and must meet or exceed the hourly minimum. Producers must report beet acreage to be abandoned before destruction and report any anticipated deficiency to the county office prior to harvest.

Loren Echols Kern Asc Imperial Echols

Maple School Bell Dedicated For Fiftieth Anniversary Homecoming

T R Nickel, former Maple principal, lauds the bell’s message of beauty and duty during the dedication on the Fiftieth Anniversary Homecoming. Anthony Portnoff rang the bell on behalf of the student body. the clapper will be stilled and a dedicatory plaque added.

T. R. Nickel Maple Maple School Anthony Portnoff Anthony

All trout Are Carnivorous Hunters

All trout are carnivorous and feed on the flesh of other fishes or animals, indicating their predatory feeding behavior in aquatic ecosystems.

Sergeant Wooldridge Graduates From Keesler Repair Course

James E. Wooldridge, son of H B Mills of Shafter, a Technical Sergeant in the USAF, completed the Flight Facilities Equipment Repairman Course at Keesler Air Force Base. He will join Laughlin AFB Texas to support the expanding aerospace force of manned aircraft and missiles. At Keesler, one of 26 Air Training Command bases, about 25 000 airmen train yearly in missile systems and electronics.

James E. Wooldridge H.B. Mills Aacacia Street Shafter Usaf Aerospace Force Keesler Air Force Base Wooldridge Laughlin Air Force Base Texas America Keesler Air Training Command

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