Voters Back Shafter District Bond and Richland Tax Plan
In Kern County, Shafter district voters approve the 5 to 1 bond for Shafter High School while Richland trustees push a $1.50 per hundred tax, matching Wasco and Osdale and exceeding Bakersfield. They argue oil-based funds will decline in ten years, making early expansion prudent for elementary facilities.
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Shafter
Kern County Union High School
Shafter High School
Richland
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Osdale
Bakersfield
Daughter of Shafter Pioneer Passes Away in San Francisco
Mrs. Gertrude Chatburn daughter of Shafter pioneers, Carrie Sanderson Kolbenstetter, died Thursday morning in San Francisco. Funeral services were held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. She leaves daughter Mrs. Jean Metz and two grandchildren in Kansas, plus uncle Ralph Sanderson of Shafter and her step-father Kolbenstetter of Shafter.
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Gertrude Chatburn
Carrie Sanderson Kolbenstetter
San Francisco
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Glendale
Chatbarn
Jean Metz
Kansas
Ralph Sanderson
Shafter
Kolbenstetter
Shafter Students Nominate Officers and Spud n Cotton Festival Backed
A campaign assembly at Shafter High School named candidates for next year’s student body offices with voting set for May 13. The Shafter Chamber of Commerce voiced strong support for the fall Spud n Cotton Festival, planning tents, concessions, and displays to celebrate the area’s farming industry this year in September or October.
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Shafter High School
Bob Peters
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Legion Post
Legion
J. H. Revell
Shafter
California Avenue
Chamber
Revell
Kern Academy Music Students Recital at Women's Club
The Kern Academy Department of Music presented a spring recital at the Women’s Club building directed by Mrs. John Baerg. Performers included Illona Weishaar Allyne Anderson Janice Wykoff Darrell Oblander Beverly Adamson Jerry Smith Bobby Neufeld Dorothy Wallace Melvin Ruth Arlis Biloff Virginia Voth Marilyn Barling Carol Lorenz Nancy Isaac Bobby Thompson Claude Hull Elsie Eyrand Leona Langley Catherine Lorenz Wilma Gurtz Jay W. Pitts Shirley Werner Barbara Schwartz Marjorie Voth Shirley Cramer Darlene Neufeld Donna Mae Wedel Darlene Fenderson Martha Jane Johnson Eleanor Tisch Darlene Johnson Elsie Schneider Mary Ann Powell Jacqueline Horst Kenneth Zimmerman Betty Buller.
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Woman’s Club
Kern Academy Department of Music
John Baerg
Illona Weishaar
Allene Anderson
Janice Wykoff
Darrell Oblander
Beverly Adamson
Jerry Smith
Bobby Neufeld
Dorothy Wallace
Melvin Ruth
Arlis Biloff
Virginia Voth
Marilyn Barling
Carol Lorenz
Nancy Isaac
Bobby Thompson
Claude Hull
Elsie Eyrand
Leona Langley
Catherine Lorenz
Wilma Gurtz
Jay W. Pitts
Shirley Werner
Barbara Schwartz
Marjorie Voth
Shirley Cramer
Darlene Neufeld
Donna Mae Wedel
Darlene Fenderson
Martha Jane Johnson
Eleanor Tisch
Darlene Johnson
Elsie Schneider
Mary Ann Powell
Jacqueline Horst
Kenneth Zimmerman
Betty Buller
Furlong Dinner Guests Include Mr and Mrs Arnold
Mr and Mrs P L Arnold were the dinner guests of Mr and Mrs R J Furlong Tuesday evening.
Shafter High Future Homemakers Elect Officers
The Shafter High School Future Homemakers of America elected officers for the next year. Bobbie Nichols became president, Velma Bradshaw is vice president and social chairman, Elsie Kastner secretary, Elizabeth Westbrook treasurer, and Faye Jordan publicity chair. The club, formed this year, plans a late-month picnic as its final activity.
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Shafter High School
Future Homemakers of America Club
Bobbie Nichols
Velma Bradshaw
Elsie Kastner
Elizabeth Westbrook
Faye Jordan
Shafter 1947 Spud Harvest Gains Momentum
Shafter's potato season grows as nine of twenty one local sheds run and daily shipments near 100 cars, with forecasts to three hundred cars per day by next week. Eastern market prices hover around 2.40 per hundred for US ones, above the 2.35 government support price.
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Shafter
Edison
Central Avenue
Spud Purchasing Under Price Support Program to Start Soon
Kern County ACA Committee says 1947 potato price support purchases will begin soon. Purchases from producers with a Certificate of Eligibility, limited to eligible growers under contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prices include May market, US No. 1, and U.S. size B, with possible deductions for charges and inspection fees. Application for eligibility must be filed within 10 days after county committee confirmation of measured acres.
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Kern County
ACA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. No. 1
U.S
Wasco marks 40th anniversary with largest weekend yet
Wasco celebrated its 40th anniversary with a record parade drawing about 15 000 spectators. The Wasco Exchange Club won the most original division and the 20 30 Grand sweepstakes prize. Shafter American Legion post placed second in most original, while the Wasco Farm Labor Center took top humor.
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Wasco
Shafter American Legion Post
Wasco Exchange Club
Wasco Farm Labor Center
Shafter Legion Post
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
15 Week-end Arrests In Shafter
Shafter police and local constabulary reported a busy weekend with fifteen arrests, four of them juveniles. Cases before Judge Frank Shaw included Merle R. Gaines fined for drunk driving, Clyde Moran for vagrancy, Leroy Stafford for drunkenness and resisting arrest, and Ray Thompson for drunkenness with a small fine and suspended sentence. Juveniles face charges of car clouting. parents cited for court on Wednesday.
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Shafter
Local Constabulary
Frank Shaw
Merle R. Gaines
Clyde Moran
Leroy Stafford
Ray Thompson
Blake Witcher
Court of Justice of the Peace
E. K. Grant
Lloyd Upton
Thomas Upton
Modesto
Henry P. Pinaud
T. J. Badgwell
Jim Morrow
Julian Prender
W. J. Copenhaver
Shafter 20-30 Float draws crowd in parade
In the parade, the Shafter 20-30 float wins attention with a tandem bike, a motor scooter, an auto full of members, and a toy wagon rider. Bill Clements and Harvey Neuman pilot the tandem in gay nineties garb while Paul Ingraham circles on a scooter with signs. The farce ends with Greg Malory in a toy wagon shouting This is it toward cheering spectators.
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Shafter
Greg Malory
Wasco Parade Features Giant Dragon Float
The Wasco Exchange club presented a 60 foot dragon float guided by a simulated ape man. Judges included Roy Woollames Arch Beckes Fred Pitschke and others. Local businesses donated floats supplies and work by several volunteers. A Saturday night street dance and carnival followed.
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Wasco Exchange Club
Wasco
Roy Woollames
Arch Beckes
Fred Pitschke
Cecil Honen
Billie Rogers
Jack Archer
Allan Ross
Wallace E. Shafer
Shafter Legion
L. A. Camp Company
Ingraham Lumber Co
The
King Lumber Co
Loewen Plumbing and Electric
Jim Camp
Dalke Brothers
al Finkbeiner
Leon H. Reich
Elmer Evans
John J. Gaede
Legion
W. H. Hitchcock
Laura Hare
Dorothy Kirkham
Helen Holmes
Delphine Martin
Beulah Bartlett
Beverly Voth
Jeanne Gorsching
Donna Hare
Wasco High Tennis Courts
Richland Schools Hit 1716 Enrollment Amid Crowding
Richland School District reports 1716 pupils this year up from 1488 last year, causing crowded classrooms in three buildings. Principal figures show 35 to 49 students per room, prompting plans for a new 12 classroom building to relieve congestion next fall. The district seeks a 60 cent per hundred dollar tax for three years, raising the rate from 90 cents to $1.50, with an election set for Tuesday May 27.
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Richland
Santa Fe
Kern County
O. T. Olson
Birthday wishes list for local residents this week
A public birthday notice lists residents with May dates including Les Hobson May 18 and Harry S. Truman May 8. Other names are Nellie Lassiter May 18, Frederic Mettler May 15, Lois Askew May 18, and Sam L. Becker May 6 among others.
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Les Hobson
R. C. Sturges
Nellie Lassiter
Frederic Mettler
Emil Kirschenmann
Lois Askew
Claremore Fenderson, Jr
Karen Mae Adamson
Wanda Ashmore
Harry S. Truman
Sam L. Becker
Bud Obele
Shafter C S F Members Attend District Meet
Seven members of the Shafter High School California Scholarship Federation traveled to Visalia for the district conclave. Accompanied by sponsor Mrs. Amelia Cornell, the delegates Barrie Burns Patricia Kelly Lloyd Handel Robert Merz Betty Wilcoxon Frizzell and Dixie Mathis joined in discussions and social activities planned for the event.
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Shafter High School
The
California Scholarship, Federation
Visalia
Shafter
Amelia Cornell
Barrie Burns
Patricia Kelly
Lloyd Handel
Robert Merz
Betty Wilcoxon
Frizzell
Dixie Mathis
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Paul Newell
Campaign Assembly
Donald Long
Wayne Hill
Minor Rootes
Bessie Thomas
Long
Eugene Neufeld
Donna Baughman
Rootes
Bonnie Williams
Bud Anderson
Hill
Bob Teeters
Keet
Duke
Leland Kroeker
Pat Kelly
Donna Dalke
Mary Montgomery Ford
Kroeker
Franklin Glenn
Frances Rose
Opal Evans
Glyn Scales
Marilyn Stewart
Myrle Royal
Helen Klassen
John Kelly
Bonnie Wiliams
George Cooper
Lowell Bergman
Edna Rodgers
Joyce
Kern Academy Music
High School
Future Homemakers Club
Shafter Spud
Malory and Son
Lachenmaier Brothers
D. W. Ferguson
Bryant, and Hitchcock
R. A. Jacobsen
Brown and Bryant
Sill Properties
Robert Neuman and Sons
Jack Hare
Santa Fe Railway
J. A. Gustas
Garrish
San
E. Sloat
Stockton
W. E. Casey
Chicago
Floyd Raney
Spud
Kiwanis-Rofiy
Fame
Wasco Parade
Rotary
Kiwanis
Sue Bae
Shafter Fire
Shafter Police
Treasuries
Johnny Loustalot
Roy Farrell
C.S.F
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