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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1954
Page
9
Richland School in Shafter runs two classes for mentally retarded children with IQs from 50 to 75. The program, recognized by California and subsidized to enable small classes, requires parental consent and uses qualified school psychometrists for testing.
Mrs J H Powell’s daughter Mrs Dottie Powell Boyd teaches 6th grade at Richland School after 26 years across Missouri and Colorado. Born in Cleveland Missouri she taught from 1916 to 1918 then 1929 to 1937 in Larimer County. Now in Shafter with husband Mr Boyd they have five children and nine grandchildren. Her paintings hang in class and she enjoys travel to the Canadian Rockies. She holds an AB from Colorado State College of Education and has studied at Colorado A&M and UC.
The third annual Ducks Unlimited Stag features Dick Powell and Phil Harris with Chil Wills as host. The event is on Tuesday October 12 at the Stockdale Country Club with a barbeque steak dinner at 6 p.m. Proceeds support improving Canadian duck breeding areas. tickets available in Arvin and nearby towns.
The Kern County Flag Football League for junior high boys begins practice this week under the Park and Recreation Department. Ages 15 by Sept 1, grades 6–8, with three classes ABC. Opening games Saturday Oct 9 at Beardsley and Standard feature Wasco, Garces Fairfax, Lerdo, Beardsley, and Standard in A and B classes. About 300 boys join pre high school play through Nov 6.
In the short month since classes began at Shafter High School, the ready grin of social science instructor Dennis Foreman has become well known. Though new at the high school, Foreman brings a warm presence and engaging teaching style that endears him to students and staff alike.
The article outlines Foreman as a long time instructor at Conta High School in Manhattan Seca and describes his education at Bakersfield High, Bakersfield College, Pepperdine, and Los Angeles State. It notes limited time for sports beyond tennis and mentions Foreman building a home near Shafter.
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