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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1961
Page
1
A reader column revival is announced after protests from fans who miss the PS feature. The piece pivots to light items on banking novelty the National Stamp Bank trading stamps and a turfgrass training program at UC. A joke telegram from Florida closes the column with a wry smile.
The third adult evening class in Individual and Family Survival at Shafter High School starts Thursday November 9. Organized by the California State Department of Education and Bakersfield Evening High School, the program teaches disaster self protection. Paul P. Pressing leads sessions from 7 to 10 p.m. in the school study hall. Each four week session covers 12 hours with a new class every four weeks. Enrollment is at the first session.
Urgent appeal issued for clothing bedding and household items as the Lucas family of five children escapes a fully destroyed home on Burbank Road. Father Johnnie Lucas Sr. says fire started on the service porch near the children's room and that neighbors and donors can help via the Central Valley Highway office.
Governor Brown named Dr Hugo Melvin Kulstad 61 of Bakersfield to the tenth seat on the Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Protection Advisory Council. Kulstad, a former head of Dental Health in California's Public Health Department, is a Marquette graduate with USC and UC Berkeley post graduate work. He teaches part time at Loma Linda College of Medical Evangelists and led the American Society of Dentistry for Children. He is a Democrat, previously chaired welfare and education advisory groups, and is married with four children.
Bank of America announces 1961 Christmas Club checks totaling 27 587 dollars will be mailed this week to Shafter area depositors. Branch manager Paul Hoffmann notes the distribution is part of 71 500 000 dollars being sent nationwide for the holiday season.
Daily maximum and minimum temperatures and humidity levels reported by the Shafter-Wasco Experimental Station. Data reflect readings taken at the station with standard meteorological methods for the period.
Four Wasco High School girls were riding to a party when Joyce Moss of 308 Broadway was struck at Highway 466 and Palm Avenue by a Fresno truck. Moss died at Kern General Hospital. Nancy Hawkins Carolyn Teasley Roxie Laughlin injured with varying severity. driver Nunes detained then released as police investigated.
Veterans Day observances on November 11 emphasize world peace. President Kennedy proclaims the day, will speak at Arlington National Cemetery, and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Veterans Affairs Administrator John S. Gleason Jr. notes 22 million veterans as a national resource and calls for prayer and thanksgiving to promote peace.
Congressman Harlan Hagen announced that applications are now being received for Edwards Postmaster by the Civil Service Commission. Applicants must file by November 21 in Washington DC. The exam location and time will be announced later. The post pays 6870 dollars annually and is currently held by Acting Postmaster Robert J Hazard.
Notices go to all Shafter-Wasco district property owners with Kern County lists. Delinquency dates are December 20, 1961 for first payment and June 20, 1962 for second. District cites need to fund first full payment for the district.
Linda Wilson 17, daughter of James V. and Mrs. Wilson of 30740 Orange Shafter, is the school's 1961 DAR Good Citizen candidate. A senior, she served as sophomore treasurer and junior class social chair, belongs to CSF and plays girls tennis, is secretary of student body, active in church, and plans Biola College Los Angeles to study education.
James Moquist was selected Christmas Seal chairman for Shafter by Sheriff LeRoy Galven as the 1961 drive opens November 13. He urged expanding TB control, education in schools and public groups, more funding for medical research, and continuing local Valley Fever research.
Buttonwillow native Gordon Swetzer substation foreman for Pacific Gas and Electric will be honored in Fresno for 25 years of service. He started with PG&E in North Fork and has worked in Buttonwillow the past two decades. An engraved Elgin watch will be presented at the Elks Club meeting marking his entry into the Quarter Century Club. Previously honored at Stockdale Country Club dinner.
George Vales, CD coordinator for Kernity Schools, will speak at the Lerdo School PTA meeting tomorrow at 7:30 PM. The public is invited to attend as he discusses civil defense in relation to the county school system.
Captain C E Harless named 1961 Kern County campaign chairman for Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. Dougherty announced Harless will head the Kern County March for MD victims in Delano Shafter Wasco and other areas. Volunteers urged to contact the Bakersfield campaign office FA 4 3588.
The Shafter Post Office will be closed next Saturday November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. No city or rural deliveries will be made though mail will be received collected and dispatched per holiday schedules. Special delivery mail will be delivered promptly.
Civic and business leaders plan a formal ceremony Friday noon to dedicate the Chester Avenue underpass south of Truxtun. The project eases street congestion by allowing pedestrians and vehicles to cross the Santa Fe mainline. public access will follow the ceremony with officials riding in new 1962 cars for a showcase.
The Mennonite Brethren Home for the Aged on Tulare Street will host Open House and Gift Day on Tuesday November 14. Ernest Siemens, spokesman for the administrative committee, says citizens may view the home’s first year progress and guest residents anticipate entertaining many visitors.
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