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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment mentions local names and numbers with unclear context and partial phrases. It references a group or event titled At Fink and includes stray terms like Scrat velanen and Korn Coane with no coherent narrative.
A Shafter note highlights a 13th anniversary with a car and groceries giveaway by Buster Oxford, local manager, inviting patrons to participate. The column also mentions graduates, government workers, and seasonal flies, ending with a caution to read the front page, 3rd section.
The Rio Bravo School will hold a graduation program at 8 p.m. with the school band directed by Mrs. Charles Giese and led by Jean Pollock. Superintendent Frank H. ONeill Jr. will present the diplomas, with board member John P. Christie assisting. A reception follows in the cafeteria hosted by seventh grade mothers.
Insurance covers part of the project plus an additional 90 000 dollar bond will be put to a vote to complete funding for reconstructing a new school building.
The American Legion Post led a Memorial Day ceremony at Shafter Cemetery with public dignitaries in attendance. More than 150 veterans lie buried there as trumpeters Dwight Walhoad and Robert Gates produced an echo effect during the service.
After Pomona College graduate Marion Mettler an executive at Macy's San Francisco left May 12 for a week in New York and May 19 sailed from Hoboken on the Rotterdam bound for Europe arriving Southampton May 26. Her Washington friends accompany her as Mr and Mrs Alvin Mettler her parents join her in San Francisco for departure preparations.
Announcement by the Motor Vehicles Division says a permanent field office will be established for the Shafter Wasco area. Location to be decided, base may be Shafter or Wasco, but the office will serve both communities.
Principal David Cooke resigns from Richland Intermediate School after years of service. Staff and district officials acknowledge his leadership and cite ongoing transitions as the district names a successor on an upcoming page.
Food Banks Inc marks its 13th anniversary with a sale featuring cooker and fry prizes and social bargains. Winners and friends are invited. those unable to attend will receive prizes later. The event includes food stations, entertainment, and family activities led by organizers Buster and Ray seeking to make shoppers feel at home.
Vince Steinberg the Assessor-Collector-Treasurer of the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District announced that the second installment of district assessments becomes delinquent on June 20. A 5 percent penalty applies after that date. Residents are urged to check receipts and ensure any due payments are made to avoid embarrassment and further costs. Names of delinquents will be published in July.
The California Public Utilities Commission will hold a June 13 hearing in Shafter on Mabel P Roe doing business as Cherokee Water Co. The company serving about 42 customers seeks a monthly flat rate increase from 3.50 to 8.09 dollars due to claimed operating losses. Hearing before James F Haley at 10 am in the Veterans Memorial Hall.
Shafter High School announces the 1961 graduating class baccalaureate in the school auditorium on Sunday June 4 at 8 pm. Principal Arthur H. Johnson says the principal speaker will be Rev David D Block pastor of South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church with an address titled Abundant Life. Rev Melvin N Krug of First Baptist Church offers the invocation.
Wheeler plans to attend the national convention as announced, with details of participation and potential topics to be addressed at the event.
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