Shafter High Mixed Choir Performs for Kiwanis Club
The 24 voice Shafter High School chorus sang at the Kiwanis meeting at Cawelo Motel. Directed by Ernest Graf with program chair Art Hemingson, the event was presided over by Hanley Witcher. Visiting Kiwanis guests included Bert Green Art Hufford Ellis Frederick and Ovid Larson attended.
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Shafter High Schools
Shafter: Kiwanis Club
Cawelo Motel
Ernest Graf
Art Hemingson
Hanley Witcher
Bert Green
Art Hufford
Bakersfield
Ellis Frederick
Kern Club
Ovid Larson
Wasco
Hi School Adds Four to Faculty
Four new teachers will join the Shafter high school faculty for the Fall semester along with 150 new students from local grammar schools. Gerald Heddin from Stanford will advise the student body executive board and teach social science.
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Shafter High School
Gerald Heddin
Stanford ‘S
Holger Hansen
Agriculture Department
Arvin High School
Tom Kelly
Mary Strench
Santa Barbara College
Rosamond Myer
Jean Schumaker
Margaret Smithberg
South America
Joe,Galante
Merle Hilbert
Farm Labor Demand Grows Across California
Farm placement chief reports a 25 percent rise in seasonal employment through May 14. Immediate openings exist for experienced orange lemon and sugar beet workers in Los Angeles Ventura San Jose and surrounding counties. Applicants should contact the nearest state employment office for current details before traveling to job sites.
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Edward F. Hayes
State Department of Employment
Hayes
Los Angeles
Orange
Ventura
Ventura County
Sonoma
Mendocino
Santa Cruz
Clara
Anda
Sacramento-Yolo-Solano
Stanislaus County
Marysville
Department of Employment
New High School Teacher Employed at Shafter High
Miss Jeanette Schumacher has been employed to teach English speech and dramatics at Shafter high school. The appointment was approved at the Kern County Union High School District Board meeting. The new teacher will commence in the fall.
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Jeanette Schumacher
Shafter High School
Kern County Union High School
Fike Service Team Honored by Chrysler-Plymouth Plan
Irvin E. Fike Motor Port in Shafter received Chrysler-Plymouth recognition for advancing dealership maintenance knowledge. A plaque cites four service staff completing a year in the Master Technicians' Service plan with the dealership running a factory designed school. Named: Wilbur Stocker, L. E. Church, John W. Kennedy, Dewey L. Northam.
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Irvin E. Fiké Motor Port
Chrysler - Plymouth
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Chrysler Corporation
Irvin E. Fike
Chrysler-Plymouth
Service Department
Wilbur Stocker
L. E. Church
Bakersfield
John W. Kennedy
Dewey L. Northam
Ceramics Awards Honor Shafter Women at Bakersfield Show
In the Normandy Room of the Bakersfield Inn an exhibition of about 150 ceramic pieces from Mrs. Trella Gallon’s class recognized two Shafter residents. Mrs. Robert Neuman won a hand painted scarf for originality, while Mrs. Ruth Handel received a special award and a second place.
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Shafter
Normandy
Bakersfield Inn
Trella Gallon
Robert Neuman
Ruth Handel
Iron Age of Man Defines Iron Use
California’s 1948 rice crop totals 6,691,000 bags or 14,868,000 bushels, reflecting agricultural output in the period.
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California
Miss Kern County Contest Opens To Crown Beauty Queen
Entries open for the Miss Kern County Beauty Contest to be held Friday June 3 in Bakersfield. The winner earns an expense paid trip to Santa Cruz for Miss California and the chance to compete for Miss America scholarships.
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Kerth County
Kern County
Bakersfield Inn
Greater
Bakersfield
Santa Cruz
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Fairgrounds
New Boy Scout Troop Formed in Shafter
A new Boy Scout Troop No. 59 was organized in Shafter sponsored by the Kiwanis club. Gene Guenther named Scoutmaster. Founding members include James Cook Wayne Brown Wes Hayworth Dan Remirez Walt Simonson Gene Adams Arisa I¢ais Bobby Meyers Hugh Mouser Lonnie Ramay and Chuck Wright. Tenderfoots held a swimming party at Richland Aquatic Center. Roy Farrell and Jack Harris donated services to prepare the new Scout quarters with benches shelves and lumber donated by Al Ingraham.
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Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Gene Guenther
James Cook
Wayne Brown
Wes Hayworth
Dan Remirez
Walt Simonson
Gene Adams
Arisa I¢ais
Bobby Meyers
Richland Aquatic Center
Roy Farrell
Jack. Harris
al Ingraham
Oregon Guests Visit Arthur Heming Home
Mrs Hemingson and her cousin hosted two days last week. Mr and Mrs Donald Bodine and their son and daughter of Portland Oregon were visiting at the Arthur Heming residence.
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Arthur Hemingson
Dust problems in valley prompt debate on local spend
Jacobsen argues the entire sum could be used locally in the valley to keep more than five men busy probing the best solution to the dust problems, stressing the stand as a practical investment for regional gains.
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Jacobsen
Army Nurse and Judge Grant’s Daughter Returns on Leave
Capt Gladys Mandaville of the Army Nurse Corps, daughter of Judge E K Grant, is due home on leave after two years in an Army hospital in Tokyo. She has a six year Army career, with two years in the U S, two in Europe, and two in Tokyo, and will be stationed near Philadelphia before a two year Alaska assignment.
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Judge Grant
Gladys Mandaville
U.S
Army Nurse Corps
San Francisco
Mandaville
California
Tokyo
United States
Europe
Philadelphia
Alaska
Shafter
Richland
Wasco High School
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
Drs
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NEW High School
Fike
Chrysler
Ceramics Awards
Tulare
Lewis A. Burtch
Tulare County
Rose Creek
Claude Williams
The
Soil Conservation Service
Orange Belt Highway
Oildale
Ducor
Williams
Porterville
Jasmine - Ducor - Terrabella
Kern
Kings
Fresno
Soil Conservation Committee
Assembly
San Joaquin Valley
E. P. Jacobsen
Delano Chamber of Commerce
Howard Cramer
Soil Conservation Interim Group
Motor Company
Oregon
Onsolette
Rat Saniey
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