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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
7
Education Today analyzes remedial reading programs for fourth graders in Richland. Some students improve with daily sessions while others progress slowly or not at all due to emotional blocking. Psychotherapy may be needed to remove negative feelings before learning can continue.
The first offices of Edison Electric Company were on the second floor of the Bishop Mansion in New York City. It stood as the building with early queen wired electrical systems in the city.
The Pupil Drama Club at North High School joins the National Thespian Society with charter members from Shafter High Troupe 1727. Officials including sponsor Don Solberg and student officers address the ceremony. Members plan a Los Angeles theatre trip to view Romeo and Juliet and The Wayward Way, with several students earning trip eligibility.
Herb Loken of Bakersfield College showcased gymnastics apparatus and spectator appeal during a May 17 assembly in Shafter High School auditorium. He and PE instructor Tom Bushey aimed to promote physical education. three Shafter students Leon Hill Bob Enterline and Reba Sill also performed basic parallel bars and trampoline maneuvers.
Mrs F Skidmare reelected as president announces committee chairs for 1957 58 at the May 16 meeting in the Little Gym. The roster includes B Bayer program A Smith membership J Walker FE Newberry publicity N Boggs room rep Susan Giese music A Nancy health A Araujo magazine J Walker character education FE Hill sunshine P Enns budget and finance D Moore teaching T Devlin welfare F H ONeill Jr legislation chair. Budget for the coming year presented and accepted. 4 H pledge led by Linda Donnellson and Cynthia Bayer. May pole dance by fourth and fifth grades and a student musical program directed by Mrs Giese. Hostesses were Mrs J Addington and Mrs F Skidmore.
Shafter high school seniors from more than 12 local schools toured Bakersfield College on May 9 as part of Bakersfield College Day. Don Murfin led the event with speeches by Dr. Ralph Prater and Tony Sullivan. The day included campus tours, a luncheon in Memorial Stadium, and a student guide program with 22 special interest groups and a college choir performance.
Patricia Curry valedictorian of Kern Junior Academy earns The Reader's Digest Association Annual Award for students showing promise in leadership. Principal Harry C. Reile announced she will get a one year honorary subscription and an engraved certificate from the Editor in recognition of past effort and future achievement.
The notice profiles Lee Hickman, Fresno native turned Kern County resident since 1941, now with the Delen Business Office. Judy, a Cecil Avenue School graduate of 1950, won the American Legion Award and later graduated in 1954 from Warren Hill High School in Warren Arkansas before returning to Delano in 1956.
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