A O Wa Ki Ya Senior Horizon Club elects leadership
At the first Sept meeting in Joan Rohrbach's home Marlys Arnold was named president for the A O Wa Ki Ya Senior Horizon Club. Janice Webb, past president, presided as elections were held with Marvis Arnold as vice president, Joan Rohrbach secretary, Janie Channeson treasurer, and Cindy Witcher publicity and historian.
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Marlys Arnold
A O-Wa-Ki- Ya
Joan Rohrbach
Janice Webb
Marvis Arnold
Janie Channeson
Cindy Witcher
PTA Membership Drive at Richland School
W B Camp Jr the Richland PTA membership chairman urges parents and friends to join. Membership dues are 50 cents per person and can be sent with any Richland student. At press time 244 parents have joined and first grade leads.
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Ers
W. B. Camp, Jr
Richland Pta
Richland
PTA
First Aid Course Set at Richland Primary
Red Cross certified instructors will lead a six session First Aid course starting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Richland Primary Cafetorium. The program covers immediate and temporary care for injured poisoned or ill persons with options for beginners and advanced training. Parents urged to attend as home is a common site of accidents.
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Red Cross
Richland
Horizon Club plans activities in Bakersfield area
The AO Wa Ki Ya Horizon Club held its first meeting at Robert Bongberg’s home. Fall plans include a cotton candy booth at the Richland PTA barbecue on Oct 3 and a Philharmonic Concert on Oct 14 in Bakersfield. Members discuss a money making idea to attend a spring conference in San Diego and a beach weekend.
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Horizon Club
Robert Bongberg
Richland Pta
Philharmonic
Bakersfield
San Diego
Barbara Duck
Kris Albrigh
Horizon Cabinet
Frontier Village
Valley Plaza Cinema
Janet Bongberg
Debby Gorsching
Connie Janzen
Nancy Lawson
Fresh Water Celebration in Coalinga as Third Faucet Arrives
Residents gathered in Coalinga's city park on Saturday afternoon September 28 to celebrate progress by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation toward a canal supplying adequate drinking and municipal water. The event recalled the town's early days from oil shale discovery to water wagons, the 1922 pipe delivery, and the 1931 third faucet.
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Coalinga
Armona
Ionics Inc
Former Shafter Resident Elected Lompoc Recreation Head
Alvin Walker, a former Shafter resident, was elected chairman of the Lompoc Parks and Recreation Commission. The department runs the Lompoc Valley Recreation programs and eight city parks for about 45,000 to 50,000 residents and plans a 300 acre Green Belt river park with trails camping and an 18 hole municipal golf course. Walker is a Shafter High School and Bakersfield College graduate and is in his second term on the commission.
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Alvin Walker
Shafter
Parks and Recreation Commission
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Green Belt River
Walker
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
W. C. Walker
Thomas Lane
Alvin
Salvador Gonzales Assigned 25th Infantry
Army Private First Class Salvador D. G. Gonzales Jr., 21, son of Mr and Mrs Salvador G. Gonzales of Shafter, was assigned September 7 to the 25th Infantry Division near Dau Tieng, Vietnam as an infantryman.
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Dau Tieng
Vietnam
AHTNC
Salvador D. G. Gonzales Jr
Salvador G. Gonzales, Shafter
25Th Infantry Division
Tax Rate Set For District
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District completed its equalization session on September 17 and set the 1969 assessment at 1.80 per hundred dollars of land value, the same rate as last year. The 1969 budget totals 537,650 with a slight rise, noting 213,900 for the distribution system payment and a remaining U S government loan balance of 6,951,750. Land values rose 1.5 percent to 10,716,920 due to valuation adjustments and transfer of some lands from public to private owners. Revenue comes from standby charges, water sales, and interest with about 40 percent used for district operations.
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Shafter-Wasco
Bob Diltz
U. S
St Therese Altar Society outlines year plans and events
St Therese Altar Society president Mrs Daniel Escalante announced a full year of activities at a recent meeting attended by 30 members. Plans include a Prime Rib Smorgasbord on October 27, a Christmas dinner dance on December 8, monthly coffee and rolls after Sunday Mass, a October 16 dinner for Bishop Manning, a November 16 tamale sale, and a February 14 Valentines Card Party. Next year features a March 16 St Patrick Mexican dinner and an April Day of Recollection.
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Daniel Escalante
St. Therese’s Altar Society
Burley Dooley
Bruce Joppins
Escalante
Jack Stepp
Bud Bannantine
Steve Rodriguez
Sylvia Baughmann
Carl Taffera
Clarence Evans
Pablo Banuelos
Don James
Don Grimes
Timothy Manning
Clude
John Butler
St. Patricks
Renegades Open Metro Season at BC Stadium
The Bakersfield College Renegades host Los Angeles Pierce College at BC Stadium to start the Metropolitan Conference season. The game kicks off Saturday night as the opener for both teams.
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Renegades
Bakersfield College Renegades
Los Angeles Pierce
BC Stadium
Shafter Racers Norris King Wins Semi Main at Bakersfield Speedway
Norm King of Shafter dominated the semi main event at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night. The program was halted after Bill Cargill and Charlie Montgomery from Shafter escaped injury when Cargill's car failed to avoid Montgomery's stalled vehicle and flipped twice landing on its top.
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Norm King
Shafter
Bakersfield Speedway
Bill Cargill
Charlie
Montgomery
Cargill
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