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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
1
The Kern County Historical Society hosts the sixth annual California Historical Societies conference in June. Local attendees are urged to reserve seats soon. Richard Baily, director of the Kern County Museum, will deliver the keynote address.
The third annual Community Scholastic Achievement Awards Banquet drew attendees and featured tours of the Museum and Pioneer Village plus a color film Kern County. Forty four students from Rio Bravo Lerdo Maple Richland and Shafter High Schools were honored for scholastic achievement. The report notes potato harvest and cotton planting in Shafter with hopes for a bumper fall crop, and mentions upcoming baseball practice and thanks to readers.
Shafter resident B Wim Costello accepts invitation to join the 1960 Judges Conference May 26 28 at Freseeno State College. About 250 livestock and dairy cattle judges are expected. The event is sponsored by the Fairs and Expositions Division Fresno State College and Western Fairs Association with a master panel of experts. Meat animals will be butchered for cass carcass evaluations and a May 27 clinic on Carcass Improvement accompanies the theme More Food On The Table.
The 1950 Shafter High School graduating class plans a reunion at Veteran's Memorial Hall on Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. An informal Luau with Hawaiian music will set the mood while Jerry Johns and Glyn Scales co host. A decade since graduation inspired the social gathering and a small booklet of graduates’ information is being prepared. James H. Stone, SHS teacher, shares a science project on bacteria thriving on tobacco products with ongoing Saturday research to enrich teaching.
The San Joaquin Division of the League of California Cities will meet in Shafter for the first time in the city’s history on June 10. Senator Walter Stiern will speak on the event’s importance to the San Joaquin Valley, with Mayor George Grundy noting the honor. The dinner follows at 8:00 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Hall after a 6:30 p.m. program and refreshments.
Wasco Motor Sales offers a May Safety Check campaign with a short vehicle inspection. Don Klingenberg cites last year’s result showing 1 in 5 cars needed service. Participants receive a Circle of Safety windshield sticker and a Travel Guide.
California retail trade rose 15.6 percent in 1959 versus 1958 based on taxable transactions in 350 cities. Eden W. Lynch, chairman of the State Board of Equalization, cited population up 3.6 percent and personal income near 40 billion dollars as drivers, with over 100 cities recording gains above 20 percent.
Dale Siemens of Boy Scout troop presided as Eagle Awards were presented along with first and second class honors at Maple School Auditorium. Don Loewen spoke on the Experience of a Scout and received his Eagle Award in 1950. Merits were awarded, Leonard Johnson earned a ten year service pin, and a scout film highlighted summer activities. Senator Walter Stiern led the ceremony with local leaders and Rotary involvement noted.
A committee of El Charaf Shrine Club members is formed to arrange a truckload of potatoes and onions for the children’s hospital in Los Angeles. Chairman Hank Adams leads with Rolf Jacobsen Marvin Neuman A Anderson J B Camp and McFarland among others.
Twenty eight Kern county employees will receive service awards in June for 295 cumulative years of county service. Foreman Henry Cadwallader of the Maintenance Shop and Assistant Fire Chief W. Boardman and Mrs Beatrice M Phillips of the Sheriff's Department are recognized, along with eleven others for ten and five years of service.
Claude L. Gilbert former Bakersfield High and Bakersfield College athlete will be head football coach and freshman baseball mentor at Shafter High School for the next school year. He graduated from San Jose State College with a physical education degree and has two children.
Shafter businessman Al Finkbeiner plans a personal campaign to keep the town’s free Fourth of July fireworks alive. The United Cigar Store owner will seek contributions from local businesses and service clubs with Chamber backing to cover funding and safety measures supplied by Shafter volunteers.
Kern District Manager R A Sirman announces programs from Pacific Gas and Electric for service clubs. Topics include energy kitchen facilities lighting heat pumps dairy equipment and poultry power equipment with farming uses of power. Contact district offices for illustrated talks and details.
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