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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
8
Shafter completes its seventh annual festival highlighting a celebrated parade with improved floats bands and mounted groups. Corcoran wins top community and comic entries while Rio Bravo 4-H takes top junior float and sweepstakes. The event honors Ag Man of the Year W. B. Camp and boosts local pride, not material wealth.
The editorial urges Republican voters to back Al Blaine in the June 8 primary, presenting him as the sole registered Republican candidate for Congress in the 1st district. It criticizes incumbent Harlan Hagen for lack of achievement and argues Blaine would provide real representation and a tougher, commonsense government for the district. It claims Blaine would appeal to both Democrats and Republicans in the 14th district.
Richland Elementary School District employs full time nurse Agnes Theuer for the first time. A World War II Army Nurse Corps veteran, she serves at primary and upper grade sites with infirmaries for first aid and observation. She conducts vision tests and makes home visits for illness or absences. she must defer medical diagnosis to licensed physicians.
Thirty four Lerdo elementary graduates spent two days on Catalina Island with all expenses paid by their eighth grade fundraisers. The trip included boat travel and resort setting experiences previously unfamiliar to most students from impoverished homes. Principal Gerald E. Miller and teacher Waite organized the excursion.
The article highlights Mrs Theuer as a key figure in Richland school health efforts. She supervised vision screening with 314 Snellen tests, advising 132 for further eye exams, and coordinated immunizations for 734 diphtheria tetanus and 421 smallpox vaccines. She also organized a winter clothing drive delivering 2.5 pieces per child and supports teachers with health talks.
Mrs Harold Fe Miller of 674 Acacia Street flew to Rochester Minnesota to be with her father who is ill en route she left her children Robert and Mary with relatives in Nebraska.
Week end guests of Mr and Mrs John Rosales at 168 Eden were Kenneth and Gina Perry from Bakersfield joining the Potato n Cat event.
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