Attendance Up 903.47 Over Last Year in Kern Schools
Kern County school progress report shows average daily attendance rising to 17 051.61 in the first month of the current year. Trustees approved additions to Burroughs High School on the Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake campus. Contracts totaling 1 349.32 for mechanical arts supplies and 7 022.68 for office supplies were awarded. An escrow plan to acquire a Morning Drive site for a new high school was approved. Shafter High School teachers Fulcher and Johnson received extra compensation for coaching duties.
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Kern Coun
T. L. McCuen Yen
H. E. Woodworth
Burroughs High School
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
Jen A. Stramler
Attend the church of your choice this Sunday Shafter
A brief notice invites residents of Shafter to attend the church of their choice this Sunday, emphasizing community worship and inclusive participation. The message is concise and broadcast in a local non-denominational tone.
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Church OF Your Choice
Shafter Ia
Hanna Boys Center reports 600th boy welcomed as Shafter’s charity grows
The Shafter Press notes Hanna Boys Center in California’s Boys Town received its 600th resident, reflecting progress in the 1958 program. The center, funded by voluntary contributions, emphasizes pre delinquency prevention, expanding its academic, ranching, and trade school offerings to train neglected boys for productive citizenship. Bishop William L. O’Connor oversees the facility, praised for donor support and ongoing appeal efforts.
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Shafter Press and Progress
California
Shafter Area
Lovelionere
Nia
Dulit
Sonoma
Valley of the Moon
William L. O’connor
Hanna Center
Candles n Cake event list and traveler notes
Calendar style listing shows residents and guests for Candles n Cake across November days with names such as Lloyd Mayer Kenneth Zimmer goldie Mayer Pauline Handel Roberta Jiewer and many others. A note adds Mr H H Gaede of Golden West Ave returned from a monthlong trip visiting Kansas Texas and Oklahoma and reuniting with relatives.
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Lloyd Mayer
Kenneth Zimmerman
Goldie Mayer
Pauline Handel
Roberta Jiewer
Samuel Kliewer
Lydia E. Ross Harrington
Jerilynn Willis
Stan Cook
H. H. Gaede
Golden West Ave
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Gaede
Hulda
Dean
Decrease in Highway Users Tax Apportionments
State Controller Robert C. Kirkwood announced October apportioned highway users taxes totaling 27,688,865 for California counties cities and the State Highway Fund. Kern County received 157,399.14, with a month over month drop of 1.19 percent and year over year decline of 2.62 percent.
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Robert C. Kirkwood
California
State
Kern County
Kirkwood
Maritime Board official flags $4 billion for Florida modernization
A Maritime Board member says over the next 15 years more than 4 billion will be spent to modernize Florida infrastructure, about a billion more than prior estimates. The claim emphasizes increased investment in maritime facilities and related projects.
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The
Maritime Board
Delinquent Dates Advanced in I D Delinquent Dates
A new law for irrigation district assessments shifts delinquency dates. First bill becomes delinquent December 20, and a second if split payments on June 20. If these fall on weekends or holidays, penalties apply next business day. December 22 is the due date this year.
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Hanna Boys’ Center
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Elizabeth Strickland
John S. Crawford
Cynthia Farrell
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Esther Neuman
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Phil Hedeen
Daniel Contreras
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Pat Garratz
Emil Stoller
Floyd Cooper
Fred Rice
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Evelyn Wilder
Barbara Cox
Darrell Mettler
Delores Johnson
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