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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
10
A city ordinance titled Establishing Regulations and Standards for the Subdivision of Land is prepared for publication around May 27, with bill Johnson City Clerk noted for support. The ordinance cannot pass before the May 25 meeting, and formal printing will follow. The writer reflects on rising costs of living and jokes about tax statements.
City engineer Sage Hunt told Ki Club members last week that Lerdo School area will receive two new 400-watt phosphor coated street lights. Plans call for about 75 of the new lights citywide to improve night illumination and deter crime, costing around 750 dollars per set including labor.
Mrs. Ann O'Neil Kern County Curriculum Consultant wins one of seven scholarships to the University of Maryland Summer Institute for Child Study. She will study Human Growth and Development, leaving June 20 and returning in August to lead upcoming Tri-County and Administrators workshops. The Kern County program includes 14 groups and 140 teachers, with regular group meetings and quarterly consultant visits.
The Kern County Union High School and Junior College District reports May 11 trustees that average daily attendance rose 575.67 over last year. ADA totals 15 536.08 for day schools adult education and special programs. Bakersfield College ADA 14 886.93 up 533.43 from last year. Cotton linters noted as a cellulose source for plastics.
Kern County reported a record 98.753 million dollars in taxable retail sales in the fourth quarter of 1958, up 3.8 percent from 1957. Board of Trade president A. B. Newby cited the figure as a sign of strong local prosperity while the county's 1958 total retail transactions reached 353.247 million. Building and material stores led gains with 18 percent, drug stores 10 percent, eating and drinking places 8 percent, general merchandise 7 percent, and apparel and food stores each about 5 percent.
Regular hearing date arranged with the United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service. Vera K Gibson County Clerk administered the Oath of Allegiance. Among new citizens are ten from different countries including 2% year old Janice Marie Roskam born August 16 1956 in Rockenhausen Kusel Germany daughter of Arlo John Roskams 1509 Fourth Street Wasco. Appreciation to Marine Corps Reserve Kern County Bar Association Woman's Club interpreter Mrs Glenn Bultman Rev Milo Hogan and Reverend Ezekial Alvarado pastor Bethany Methodist Church. Shafter had three admitted Susie Ellen Gouldsmith Mary Ellen Perry Arlene Violet Peters all formerly from Canada.
Transportation is California agriculture's largest expense and farmers pay every dollar of it. J J Deuel of the California Farm Bureau Federation notes that even when buyers or dealers cover freight, transportation costs are folded into prices farmers receive and into the costs of goods they must buy.
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church missionary Rev. Richard B. Gaffin and his wife speak at Ebenezer Reformed Church Sunset and James Streets on Sunday May 24 at 11 a.m. He travels with lectures on Formosa and mainland China after the service, with an illustrated talk at Veterans Memorial Hall in Tappan that evening.
The Masons will lay the cornerstone for the new seven story County Civic Center on June 20 with Grand Master Myers presiding and 28 Grand Lodge officers assisting. The ceremony starts at 2 p.m. and leads into dedicatory services the next day Sunday June 21 at 2 p.m.
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