Baccalaureate Services For Class Of 59
Shafter High School will hold baccalaureate services for the class of 1959 in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. Sunday May 31 Rev Jantz of the First Mennonite Church will deliver a sermon titled 20th Century Man in tigen Psalms 108. Diane Loepp will accompany Patricia and the girls trio and play the processional and recessional on the Harry D West Memorial Organ. The senior class invites the public to attend.
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Shafter High School
Dell
Jantz
First Mennonite Church
Diane Loepp
Patricia
Harry D. West
Rio Bravo Union School Graduation Thursday May 28
Rio Bravo Union School will hold its graduation on Thursday May 28. Diplomas will be presented by D. F. Skidmore, a school district trustee. A reception for graduates will follow in the cafeteria, served by the seventh grade parents and the school PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo Union School
Sue Holland
Gerald Howze
Donald Ray Johnson
Jerry Jones
Tom Jones
Wanda Rose Ledbetter
Noah Lee Eldon Mathis
Orrie John McClellan
Arvie Lee Riggs
David F. Skidmore
James Leon Smith
Yvonne Kathleen Smith
Roberta Ann Townsend
D. F. Skidmore
PTA
Community National Bank Announces Promotions and Transfers
A. G. C. Parker is named Assistant Vice President in charge of the Lamont office and will relocate after June 15. Jim Jacobs, recently hired in Shafter, is promoted to Assistant Cashier and will perform duties across the system before becoming cashier in Shafter. Parker has led the Kern River Valley Office since 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Parker
Community National
Rene
Lamont
Jim Jacobs
Shafter
Parker
Kern River Valley
Community National Bank
Memorial Day origins rooted in Civil War women and heroes
The piece traces Memorial Day’s beginnings with Southern women decorating graves in 1863 1865, led by Sue Landon Vaughn in Vicksburg, and General John A Logan’s 1868 order designating May 30 as a day to honor all who died for the country. It notes how the observance expanded through later wars to include all who served.
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South
U.S
Mason-Dixon Line
Columbus
Sue Landon Vaughn
John Adamis
Vicksburg
Mian
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Comrads
Maple School Commencement Set for May 28
Maple School will hold commencement exercises on Thursday May 28 in the school auditorium. Nine graduates including Nancy Karnley Caldwell Barbara Evans Ruth Evans Howard Funk Billy Goertzen Leola Kliewer Donald Nachtigall Mark Siemens Marilyn Schellenberg Barbara Wiebe and Gary Wiens will receive diplomas from Paul Wiebe. Music includes Sharon Giesbrecht piano pro cessional and recessional Janet Klingenberg flute Humoresque and a brass group Melo Reimer Billy Goertzen. Rev Menno Schellenberg will give the invocation and benediction.
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Marilyn
Schellenberg
Sharon Giesbrecht
Janet Klingenberg
Humoresque
Melo Reimer
Billy Goertzen
Nancy Bergman
Barbara Wiebe
Mark T
Paul Wiebe
Board of Trustees
Menno Schellenberg
Nancy Karnley Caldwell
Barbara Evans
Ruth Evans
Howard Funk
Leola Kliewer
Donald Nachtigall
Mark Siemens
Marilyn Schellenberg
Gary Wiens
Important Decisions At Meet
Meeting decisions include adopting the ing and approving payment of 50 percent of health insurance costs for all employees as part of benefits.
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Ing
Mrs Bender Celebrated on 90th Birthday in Shafter
Mrs Bender born in Russia came to the United States in 1920 and settled in Shafter where she farmed for nine years. Her husband Mr Bender died January 1957. She lives with daughter Lydia at 179 Golden West Avenue and is mother to 11 children with nine grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
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Larry
Dennis
Vickie
Louis Ragsdale
Ronnie
Aduel Mettler
Barbara
Rosella
Harlin Wilson
Stanley
al Bender
Clarence
Don
Carl Mettler
Lodi
Richland School Plans Eighth Grade Graduation Ceremony
Richland School will hold its eighth grade graduation Thursday at 7 00 pm in the school patio. Douglas Schultz will act as master of ceremonies and introduce Kathy Bergman Dale Nickel and Marcia Craig who will speak on The Future A Great American Challenge. Mrs Cosmo Thomas will present the diplomas to 198 graduates.
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Richland School
Bruce M. Crawford
Douglas Schultz
Kathy Bergman
Dale Nickel
Marcia Craig
Cosmo Thomas
Richland Band
Robert Snively
Richland Girls Glee Club
Martha Gloeckler
Annual Rotato Pick Up By Exchang Club
On Thursday May 28 the Shafter Exchange Club will conduct their annual potato pick-up. Members visit growers and sheds for donations to be sold through a broker with proceeds aiding youth welfare. The club has about 600 dollars in the bank for a future youth recreation center. Jack Thompson of Thompson Trucking Co donates the truck that hauls potatoes to Los Angeles. On Saturday June 6 the Exchange Club will hold their second annual Spud Spin event.
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Shafter Exchange Club
Exchange Club
Jack Thompson
Thompson Trucking Co
Los Angeles
Jmune
Frchange Club
Hte
Miss Shafter Beauty Contest Announced for 16 to 26 Year Olds
The Miss Shafter contest is sponsored by the Shafter Junior Women's Club and the Shafter Chamber of Commerce. Entries are urged from girls aged 16 to 26. The winner will represent Shafter in the Miss Kern County pageant on July 29 in Bakersfield. The Miss Kern winner will advance to the Maid of California in El Monte. Judges include Chamber President Roger Thuman Harvey Gaede and Doug Allen advertising manager of the Press. Allen comments that he can be bribed.
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Shafter
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Kern County
Bakersfield College
Maid of California
Elmer Mettler
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Thuman
Harvey Gaede
Doug Allen
Allen
Teacher To Be Honored After 35 Years At Richland
Miss Martha Gloeckler retired after 35 years at Richland Elementary School and will be honored at a 11 a m service on Sunday May 31 at Mennonite Brethren Church in Shafter She came from Saskatchewan Canada in 1925 and taught seven years in Canada before joining Richland
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Martha Gloeckler
Richland
Mennonitt
Brethren Church
Kern—St
Shafter
Gloeckler
Saskatchewan
Canada
Richland district trustees seek taxpayer input on future classrooms
About 60 Shafter residents questioned the Richland School District Board on plans for the 1961-62 year. They discussed costs for a new site in Bakersfield, enrollment trends, and whether expansion or a new building is best. The board urged public decision to shape education funding and facility plans.
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Richland
Shafter
Shafterites
Richland School District Board of Trustees
Dakersfield
Bakersfield
Crawford
Bond misprint prompts large correction in water project figure
A local note recalls a message from state officials correcting a water bond estimate from three-quarter to one and three-quarter billion dollars. The piece also mentions a letter from Richland School District with fifty-seven student signatures thanking Shafter Press for publicity and support.
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the of Te Eeernor
Richland
Evans
Richland School Orchestra Brn
Shafter Press
Rummage Sale For Shafter Play Center Planned
The Shafter Play Center holds a rummage sale on June 6 at The Tot inick's Drive Inn on James street. Chairwoman Mrs. George Cooper says sales start at 6:30 a.m. Proceeds fund the cooperative center for children ages 2 to 5. Donations invited at Pioneer 6-2863 or Pioneer 6-4055.
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Shafter Play Center
James Street
George Cooper
Pioneer
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Wayne Trammel
Bill Dixon
Marilyn Gaede
Kaye Sherrill
Homer
Exchang Club
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Uae
North-of-the-River
Oildale
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