Librarian Theodora Richard to retire after 30 years at Shafter High
Theodora Richard will end a three-decade run as librarian at Shafter High School this year. A chance meeting over the back fence sparked her long career after teaching in Desoto Missouri and earning a masters in education at Missouri University.
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Shafter High School
Theodora Richard
Southeast Missouri Teacher’s College
Desoto
Mo.Rig
Richard
Missouri University At Columbia
California
Missouri
Shafter High
Jack Hill
Grant Jensen
Shafter
Senior Citizens Week Menus and Shafter High Library Memoir
May 12 18 week menus list meals for ECEOC seniors including Salisbury steak shepherds pie enchiladas and liver on onions. The attached narrative recalls Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Richard shaping Shafter High library services over a 30 year tenure.
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ECEOC
Health screening urged for county first graders
Health Officer Owen A. Kearns and Dr Leon Hebertson urge all parents of children entering first grade to obtain comprehensive screening before enrollment under AB 2068. The program covers health history, physical, vision, hearing, dental, development, tuberculin testing, labs, and immunizations, with a certificate required for school entry.
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Owen A. Kearns
Leon Hebertson
Hebertson
CHDPP
Health Department
Nye Anniversary Celebrated by Family in Shaf ter
Mr and Mrs Charles Nye observed their 50th wedding anniversary with a home dinner on Easter Sunday. The couple, married April 19 1926 at Poteau Okla, moved to Shafter in 1939. They have three children six granddaughters one grandson three great granddaughters and three great grandsons.
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Charles Nye
Charley Ney
Audie Helton
Poteau
Oklo
Shafter
Arvel
Charles
Helen
Grady’s Place
Nye
Darline Nasaroad
Kathy Baxter
Sharry Brown
Charline Davis
Connie Nye
Tami Claton
Shelli Baxter
Kristi Nasaroad
Leah Oxford
Mre
Birth announcements for Jason Edward Isaac and Ryan Matthew Findlay
Mr and Mrs Edward Isaac announce their son Jason Edward born April 26 weighing eight pounds one ounce joins sister Jennifer Lynn paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Isaac of Shafter. Isaac moved into a new home in Los Gatos last fall. Mr and Mrs Don Findlay announce their first born son Ryan Matthew born May 7 weighing seven pounds eight ounces and 201/2 inches long. Mrs Findlay is former Donna Lee Gleckler of Shafter. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gleckler of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Gordon Findlay of Acton Ontario Canada.
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Edward Isaac
Jason Edward
Jennifer Lynn
Shafter
Henry Isaac
Los Gatos
Don Findlay
Acton
Ontario
Canada
Ryan Matthew
Findlay
Donna Lee Gleckler
Lawrence Gleckler
Gordon Findlay
Final Folk Mass at St Therese May 16 11 A.M
The final Folk Mass of the school year will be at St Therese s Church on May 16 at 11 00 A M. Special music will be provided by high school students Margaret Mortimore Julie Bannantine Rory Van de Valk Shelly Pescatore and Susan Zachary. A church grounds picnic will follow for C C D classes with picnic chairman Jerry Cortez and assistants David Cortez Gene Benevides Rudy Palomo Gilbert Martinez and Al Sandrini.
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St. Therese’s Church
Margaret Mortimore
Julie Bannantine
Rory van de Valk
Shelly Pescatore
Susan Zachary
Jerry Cortez
David Cortez
Gene Benevides
Rudy Palomo
Gilbert Martinez
al Sandrini
Ford Couple Celebrated on 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ford honored at First Assembly of God Church after evening service for their 50th anniversary. They married March 1 1926 in Rolling Fork Mississippi and moved to Shafter in 1957 where Ford worked as a mechanic until retirement. They live at 220 Schmidt St and have two children Gerald and Clinton with spouses Stella Bruce Virginia Bruce and four grandchildren Tammy Jerry Pamela and Mike.
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First Assembly of God Church
Lawson
Lydia Mae Ford
Mrs. Ford
Rolling Fork
Miss
Shafter
L. A
Schnidt St
Clinton
Bruce
Tammy
Jerry
Pamela
Mike
Beware of Frauds speaker at Kern CRTA luncheon
Don Hopkins executive vice president of the Better Business Bureau of South Central California will address Kern CRTA on Beware of Frauds. The luncheon for Bakersfield educators at First Christian Church on May 25 at 11 30 features Hopkins related biographical notes and local civic roles.
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Donald S. Hopkins
Better” Business Bureau
South Central
California
Kern’ Division
Montana
Washington
Bakersfield
Better Business Bureau
Funeral rites mark Avie Lott's passing in Shafter
Avie Lott 62 died May 6 in a Bakersfield hospital. Services held 2 p.m. Monday at Agee Funeral Chapel Shafter with Rev H D Rutledge officiating. Interment in Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include three sons Roger and Grady Lott and Kenneth Lott a daughter Ruth Bidinger a brother Bob Rice and four grandchildren. A Marine Pvt Richard L Brown son of Mr and Mrs Billy R Brown of 451 Mark Ave Shafter graduated recruit training in San Diego and joined the Marines in December 1975.
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Avie Lott
Agee
Shafter
Bakersfield
H. D. Rutledge
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Lott
Copeland
Ark
Kenneth
Westminister
Roger
Fresno
Grady
Corona
Ruth Bidinger
Coalinga
Bob Rice
Roger Lott
Ken Lott
Richard Brown
Richard L. Brown
Billy R. Brown
Mark Ave
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Marine Recruit Training
Marine Corps
Shafter High School
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Pomona
Shepherd’s Pie
United Methodist
I Love
You
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside & Poplar
North Pine Street
Edward M. Ricades
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Zaccheus’ Son
Wasco Mby
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
Bible Fellowship Congregational
Tulare Ave
Owen C. Onsum
A.M. Kwso
Shafter Drug
Nyes
MR. and
Don Hopkins
Kern Crta
Harold Wadman
BBB
Hopkins
Consumer Credit Counselors
Kern County
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Washington, D. C
Avery Allen
Hazel Haag
Eloise Nelson
Agnes Hindman
George Globe
Union Dental
Liberal Credit
Habla Espanol
19Th Street
Woolworth
Union Congregational Church
Giddings
Gracia Wedel
Shannon Afflick
Stringham
Molly Killfoil
Helen Brown
Pat Wiedmann
Diana Wiedmann
Marty Slezak
Shafter Potato & Cotton Festival
Parade
Ag-Water, Inc
Shafter-Wasco Area
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