Farm Homes project brings low cost housing to Shafter
The Kern County Housing Authority completes a $1.2 million FHA funded Farm Homes project southwest of Shafter. W.D. Foote Company built 100 modern dwellings for migrant workers with future day care facilities and landscaping. An open house will be held after occupancy. Shafter plans Fourth of July sparkler approval lifting the fire ban, with caution advised for child supervision.
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Shafter
Ronnie Wells
W.D. Foote Company
San Gabriel
Kern County Housing Authority
Sam
Lila Little
Bakersfield
Advics
Dedication of Smith Garden by Shafter residents
Shafter residents will attend a Sunday ceremony May 16 to dedicate a rose garden planted by the late Gordon Smith near Tulare and Shafter Ave. The event, sponsored by the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Improvement Council, will include a permanent plaque and guest of honor Mrs. Smith. The program begins at 2:30 p.m. and the public is invited.
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Shafter
Gordon Smith
Tulare
Shafter Ave
City Corporation
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Improvement Council
Smith
Two Shafter Men Are Honored by Educators
Kern County school trustees meeting at Bakersfield High School cafeteria honored four newsmen for outstanding reporting on education. Jack Frost of the Shafter Press received a trophy along with William Gharrity, Mike Foley, Paul Bierman, and H. W. Pat Kelly praised for years of public education support. Elected officers and vetoed four state education measures dominated by trustees with calls for local control retained.
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Kern County School Boards Association
Harry E. Blair
William Gharrity
Bakersfield Californian
Blair
Mike Foley
Kbak-Tv
Jack Frost
Shafter Press
Paul Bierman
KPMC
KCSBA
Kern County
California
Bakersfield High School
Buttonwillow Times
Association For
PMC
Supt. of
Harry Blair
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Swatter
Yee EeemaneeMilliam M. Keechum
Hubbard Stevens
Kern County Schools Board Association
John
Doc) Hatcher
Standard School
Loren Voth
Kern Community College
Steven Barker
Tehachapi Unified School
Mary Costa
General Shafter
C. B. Childers
Bakersfield City
Nixon Ride To Address Kern County Farm Bureau
Kenneth Frick head of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will speak at the Kern County Farm Bureau 57th annual meeting in Bakersfield Civic Auditorium next Thursday May 13. About 500 members are expected to attend the steak dinner and address by Frick who was named to the Agriculture post in 1969 by Secretary Clifford Hardin.
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Nixon
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kenneth Frick
Kern County
Kern County Farm Bureau
Bakersfield
Frick
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
New Postage Rates Take Effect May 16
Postmaster Gene Guenther announces new postage rates effective May 16. First class mail rises to eight cents per ounce, air mail to 11 cents per ounce, air mail cards to nine cents, and regular postal cards to six cents.
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Gene Guenther
Air Mail
Wiedmann to Emcee Richland Honors Banquet
Mert Wiedmann will MC the Achievement Banquet at Richland School on Thursday May 20 at 7 p.m. The 14th annual event honors seventh and eighth graders from Buttonwillow Lerdo Maple Rio Bravo and Richland plus California Scholarship Federation students from Shafter High School.
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Mert Wiedmann
Richland
Buttonwillow
Lerdo
Maple
Rio Bravo
California Scholarship Federation
Shafter High School
Mert
Shafter High
Richland Primary
Ralph Gribble
Shafter to Host South Sequoia League Track Meet
Shafter High School hosts the South Sequoia League field and track meet Friday May 14 with field events at 3 30 p m and running events at 5 p m Coach Jim Rush says the late start helps working townspeople see the action Wasco and Shafter are favored for the Varsity title with Highland Wasco and Taft strong in Class B and Taft also a top contender.
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Shafter High School
Jim Rush
Wasco
Shafter
Highland
Taft
Blair Criticizes Proposals as Flanagan Named to Post
Dr. Harry E. Blair argues that reform measures under the label of reform could harm California public education. He spoke before the Kern Chapter of the California Elementary School Administration Association, warning that district governance transfers to city councils, vouchers, and regionalization threaten taxpayers and standards.
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California
Harry E. Blair
Kern
California Elementary School Administration Association
Kern County
Boards of Supervisors
Stanislaus County
Tejon Ranch
Governor’s Commission of Educational Reform
A. Allan Post
State Department of Finance
Cullen
Los Angeles
Assembly Committee On Local Government
Blair
Six Boy Scouts Advance to Eagle at Court of Honor
Six Scouts from Troops 953 and 977 earned the Eagle rank at a Court of Honor in the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening May 4 with H W Pat Kelly presenting. Other advancements and merit badges went to members of the three Shafter troops. Eagles were Edwin Camp Joe Voth and Ralph Goehring from 953 and Keith Brown Philip Brown Rodney Isaac from 977. Visiting speakers included Wes Love and Dr George Paulsen. Richland Studio Band provided music. Scoutmasters were Tom Amberg Doug S Peters and Ed Peters. Additional merit badges earned by Keith Brown included life saving camping canoeing citizenship and conservation. Voth earned aviation woodwork cooking rowing safety and metal work. Goehring earned farm mechanics and arrangement. Isaac earned citizenship in the home and horsemanship. Rank advancements in 977 included Ricky Maness Randall Sharp and Bill Neu. Continued on page 7.
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Calvin Goehring
Ralph
Don Camp
Edwin
Henry Voth
Lee
Gerald Brown
Keith
Philip
Vernon Isaac
Rodney
H.W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Edwin Camp
Joe Voth
Ralph Goehring
Keith Brown
Philip Brown
Rodney Isaac
Wes Love
North Kern District
George Paulsen
Southern Sierra Council
Bob Bann
Court of Honor
Bob Diltz
Richland Studio
Donald Wilkinson
Tom Almberg
Douglas S. Peters
Ed Peters
Isaac
Ricky Maness
Randall Sharp
Bill Neu
Shafter High Graduation Dates Set Across Kern District
Kern High School District schedules graduation and baccalaureate events across its high schools. Shafter, Foot Hill, Kern Valley, Mc Farland, South, Burroughs, East and North Highs list ceremonies June 6 8 or 8 30 p m with Vista and others on June 9 10 11. Adult schools hold June 6 7 p m. Board authorizes a student farm animal pen site on Stine Road with half-sold 100 acre farm. Proceeds fund district construction including a new lecture center.
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Kern High
Board of Trustees
Vista High Schools
Foothill
Kern Valley
McFarland
Shafter
South
Burroughs High
Arvin and
West High
Bakersfield High School
East Bakersfield High
North High
Bakersfield Adult
Arvin--Lamont
Vista High
Bakersfield
Stine Road
Harry Ward
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The
Bill Plummer
Farm Bureau
Flanagan
Boy Scouts
Shafter H.S
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