Do Nothing Club Aims For Lunch And Leisure Fun
Maxine Grimes joins Shafter Press staff in 1970 with a lunch only rule for her Do Nothing Club. The group of 13 women meets monthly to share meals and relax without volunteer duties while enjoying social outings and local happenings in Bakersfield and Buttonwillow.
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Maxine Grimes
Shafter Press
Maxine
Rosedale Highway
Buttonwillow
Bakersfield
Maricopa
PTA
Low bid lands for Buena Vista Lake dam project
Kern County board of supervisors received a low bid of 1 636 730 from Fulton Construction Company for the Buena Vista Recreation area dam and reservoir. Estimated total cost is 2 438 360 with 16 bids submitted. the highest bid reached 3 388 492. Supervisor Vance Webb praised the favorable bidding as the recreation lake 16 miles southeast of Buttonwillow moves forward.
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Fulton Construction Company
Buena Vista Recreation Area
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Fulton Company
Vance Webb
Buttonwillow
Narrow Row Cotton Study May Lower Farm Costs
Dr. Walhoad of the U S Cotton Research Station leads a test at Shafter High where narrow row cotton with 10 to 40 inch spacing is being harvested. The project aims to reduce production costs by using less water and simplified cultivation, while noting the need for herbicide preplanting and future variety development.
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Shafter High School
U. S. Cotton Research Station
James McGurk
W. T. Walhood
US Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Shafter High School Ag Dept
Burley Dooley
Jordon Kanikkeberg
Shafter High
W. T. Walhoad
Cotton Research Station
Walhood
Shafter City Council weighs appointive clerk and rail crossing plan
The Shafter council debated replacing the elected city clerk with an appointed position and agreed to back Santa Fe Railroad gate and light installations at Lerdo Highway crossing. They postponed banning gasoline storage in residential areas, formed committees on a sewer farm and possible acquisition of Minter Field, and asked survey of E Orange Avenue curb line.
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Shafter
Santa Fe Railroad
Lerdo Highway
Clifford Ratzlaff
Minter Field
Public Works Department
E. Orange Avenue
al Mortimore
Wie Mer Hildebrand
J. G. Fry
State Division of Highways
Santa Fe
East
Orange Avenue
Edna Janzen
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Shafter records coldest October readings in 49 years
A 23 degree low Friday at the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter marked a rare sub freezing October. The 23 and 25 two day dip set historic lows, with 28 on October 31, 1935 the only prior instance under 32 in October. Daytime highs over the weekend reached 58 to 74.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
School Trustees Change Meeting Times to Evening
Rio Bravo officials and community members met in the school library as the board voted to move regular meetings from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The next meeting is set for Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Frank H. O’Neill Jr. resigns as superintendent after 24 years. William Luttrell named acting superintendent and principal with new developmental programs for junior high students.
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Rio Bravo
Harry Blair
Kern County
Frank H. O'Neill
Rio Bravo- Greeley School
O’neill
William Luttrell
Goblins Parade Through Shafter Kiwanis Event in 29th Annual Run
The Shafter Kiwanis Halloween Parade drew several hundred spectators as ghosts and goblins filled the Maple Monacaparts mounted group and the Richland school marching band. The Maple Monacaparts won in the marching group, while the 20 girl twirlers of the Shafter Rhythmettes impressed judges Betty Bergman Hazel Frizzel Maudie Handel and Jesse Cole.
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Mike Abernathy
Tom E. Williams
Paul Welch
Shafter
Kiwanis
Joe Frizzell
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Richland School
Mike Hutch
Inson
the Shafter
Kay Millwee
Betty Bergman
Hazel Frizzel
Maudie Handel
Jesse Cole
Accident Claims Life of Maple Shafter Resident
Timothy LeRoy Nightingale aged 22 of 243 Cross Street Shafter died Friday after injuries from an auto accident east of Wasco. Services held November 2 at Shafter Seventh day Adventist Church officiated by Elder Owen P. Jones. Burial at Shafter Memorial Park. Nightingale born April 1 1949 in Oildale. He lived in Maple and later Shafter Wasco area, graduated Maple Elementary and Wasco Union High School class of 1967. He studied Bakersfield College for 2 1/2 years. He worked for the Gulf.
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Shafter Seventhday
Shafter
Maple
Wasco Union High School
Bakersfield College
The
Gulf
Booster Club Plans Benefit Steak Barbecue at Shafter High
Shafter High School Booster Club schedules a benefit steak barbecue on Tuesday November 16 in the high school cafeteria to raise funds for the newly formed group. Ticket sales capped at 250 with Richard Froehlich as barbecue chairman and Joe Frizzell as president.
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Shafter High School
Joe Frizzell
Richard Froehlich
Shafter
Wasco
Darrell Fletcher
Bill McMahon
Taft
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Emil
Jack) Frost
B.V. Lake
Max Min
Tim Nightingale
Booster Club
Robert Mejia
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