Graduation Rites Set For Local Youngsters
Graduation time arrives in Shafter with 169 eighth graders at Richaard School and 79 seniors at Shafter High School. Five senior speakers include Kay Raney Jimmie Faye Witcher Barbara Becker Bert Fuller and John Kelly. Richland School speakers are Deloris Potts Harold Gladden Edna Crane and Mary Gates. Jackie Brown chairs the program as seniors inaugurate a new diploma delivery procedure. If weather turns, ceremonies shift to the high school auditorium.
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Shafter
Richaard School
Shafter High School
Kay Raney
Parent- Teachers Association
Jimmie Faye Witcher
Barbara Becker
Bert Fuller
John Kelly
University of California At Berkeley
John Bartel
First Mennonite Church
Hill
Emil Bender
Board of Trustees
Hedge Trouble Sparks Council Noisy Debate in Maine Park
Local officials in Maine clash over hedge damage at a city park as custodian P J Gorsching decries vandalism by youths and littering. Council members propose barbed wire, targeting youths, and parental accountability to curb recurring damage and mischief.
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Maine
P. J. Gorsching
Jack Harris
Chief Finkbeiner Undergoes Spine Surgery
Fire Chief Albert Finkbeiner underwent an operation for a serious spinal infection. He was taken to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara for evaluation and treatment.
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Finkbeiner
Shafter
Albert Fink-einer
Santa Barbara
Tuishland
Santa Fe to Replace Drainage Pipe for Water Flow
Santa Fe Railway agreed to lay a drainage pipe to fix poor drainage on Lerdo road under the elevated tracks. The council had asked the railroad to repair the system after a $861 claim by Ingraham Lumber was denied, citing faulty embankment drainage. The director planned to modify the culvert grate at Ingraham corner to improve flow, while an unsigned letter asked about pools from leaking coolers.
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Lerdo
Santa Fe Railway
A. G. Mortimore
Ingraham Lumber Company
Santa Fe
City Public Works
Jack Harris
Ingraham
Favorable Price Outlook Offset Lag in Kern County Potatoes
Don Maupin of the Kern County Potato Growers Association says output will not be as dramatic as last year but a better price outlook may offset the lag. Shipments total 6065 cars this season, well below 11802 a year ago, due to a 42 percent drop in acreage from 57,865 to 33,674. The one day peak shipment may not exceed 700 cars. New York market price for Kern long whites sits at 4.75 to 4.85 dollars per hundred.
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Kern County
Don Maupin
Maupin
Kern
Summer recreation program kicks off in Shafter
Shafter gears up for its summer recreation schedule with swimming, crafts, and softball activities. Roy Farrell, recreation director, predicts turnout will exceed 1950 levels as hundreds of children enroll in programs at the Richland Aquatic Center and School, with life saving instruction starting immediately.
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Shafter
King
Roy Farrell
Richland Aquat«& Center
Richland Music Building
Richland School
North Shafter
Rio
Veterans memorial ceremony honors war dead in Shafter
Shafter veterans and post auxiliaries paid tribute to victims of three world conflicts with Memorial Day services in Veterans Memorial Hall. Rev. Glen Puder of Bakersfield delivered the address as bands, choirs, and colors ceremonies marked the observance.
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Shafter
Mr. Puder
Orval Seago
Patrick Breslin
Baptismal Service at Ed Thiessen Ranch Sunday
A Mennonite Brethren Church baptismal service will be conducted by Rev. Waldo Wiebe at the Ed Thiessen ranch held 24 miles west of Shafter on Tulare avenue this Sunday.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Ed Thiessen
Shafter
Tulare Avenue
Waldo Wiebe
Buttonwillow School to Graduate 41 Students
Buttonwillow Union Elementary plans a graduation for 41 eighth graders next Thursday night at 8 p.m. on the Buttonwillow School campus. Speakers include Clay Taylor and Glenda Rey, with Roger Lewis as master of ceremonies. The ceremony centers on the motto Education Is The Key to Success and notes one graduate from Wildwood among the class.
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Buttonwillow
Clay Taylor
Glenda Rey
Wildwood
Buttonwillow Union
Buttonwillow School
C. Leonard Blomquist
Roger Lewis
Chamber Seeks Traffic Controls at CVH Shafter Crossings
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce asks the city council and county officials to adopt measures to ease dangerous traffic at two CVH intersections with Shafter Avenue and Lerdo Road. The diagonal railway track and elevated crossing create sharp approaches that raise collision risk for motorists and truckers.
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Shafter
CVH
Shafter Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Lerdo Road
Rosedale
Chicken Battle. Ally Seeks Aid For Hen Keeper
Shafter City Council discussed chickens in a dispute led by Ruth Duke who defends Clarence Brock against nuisance claims. A letter urged removal of birds though council offered no action after citing an emergency wartime ordinance allowing 12 chickens if kept sanitary.
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Shafter
Clarence Brock
Best Eden
Ruth Duke
Repo
Allen Zenk
Frank Annis
Eyron Hanson
F. G. Shaw
Brock
Reily
Powell seeks street extension by abandoning Thompson in Shafter
Mrs. Walter Powell proposes to abandon Thompson street on the west side to extend South James to Ash Street, creating a straight, better laid out tract. The plan requires notifying west side property owners to close the road, noting traffic and drainage hazards. She also offered to circulate a petition for sidewalks curbs and gutters where missing.
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Walter Powell
Shafter
South James Street
Powell
Thompson Street
West’ Side
Powell Tract
James Street
Euclid
South James
Ash Street
Thom Street
Housing Authority Faces $3 Water Rate for Kern County Project
Kern County Housing Authority will be asked to pay a $3 monthly flat rate per unit to receive water from Shafter Public Utility District wells for the Duehren tract low rent project. The board also set a basic rate for water service and discussed write offs on pipeline installation as part of the project financing.
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Housing Authority
Kern County
Shafter
Utility District Board of Directors
Duehren
Federal Housing Authority
Glenn O. Nay
Adolf Kirschenmann
Delano
Nay
Latvian Girl to Speak on Why I Love America
Miss Lilija Dzirkals 18 born in Riga Latvia will present Why I Love America to Shafter and Wasco Rotary clubs June 18 in Veterans Memorial Hall. She and her family endured Soviet and Nazi occupations and she is a senior at Bakersfield High School with high scholastic average speaking under Rotary sponsorship.
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Lilija Dzirkals
Latvia
America
Shafter
Wasco
Veterans Memorial Hall
Riga
Dzirkals
Bakersfield High School
Rotary Clubs
Final Rites Held In Death By Own Action Case
Funeral services for Fred Thom as, 49, of Porterville, held at 1 p.m., followed by burial in Shafter Cemetery. Coroner reports Thomas died by self infliction using exhaust gas in his pickup, body found by C. J. Hyatts Brooks Ranch. Survivors include his wife in Oregon. Elder E. A. Bentz officiated.
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Fred Thomas
Porterville
Armstrong Mortuary
Thomas
C. J. Hyattt
Brooks Ranch
Oregon
Shafter Cemetery
E. A. Bentz
American Legion Auxiliary Plans June Business Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary schedules a June business meeting in coordination with the Legion. Details on date, time, and location are to be announced.
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American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion
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