Wednesday Club Opens Fall Season with New Look Message
Miss Monroe urged shedding old prejudices and embracing tolerance and international understanding in the Wednesday Afternoon Club's fall season kickoff. She is director of curriculum at Beardsley Elementary in Shafter after leaving a soil technology post at UC Berkeley. Guests included Mesdames Jacobus, Wilson, Crandall, Thompson, Neessen, Panero, Sturm, Green, Hamrick, Clarke, Schacht and Miss Blythe Monroe. California Bartlett pear orchards average about 7.5 tons per acre.
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Miss Monroe
Shafter
Beardsley Elementary
University of California At Berkeley
20-30 Club Fr iars Noted Educator
The 20-30 Club meeting at Cawelo featured Dr. John Eggart director of curriculum and guidance head of Kern County Union High School district as guest speaker. He shared slides from a 24 day Kern River region hike and Mt Whitney ascent. A Halloween party is planned for October 27 and a PTA Barbecue at Manne Park will precede a business meeting.
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Cawelo
John Eggart
Kern County Union High School
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Progress Report on Shafter Vet Memorial Building
At the October 4 meeting of Leslie Robinson Post No 213 American Legion Shafter the building committee reported Kern County Board of Supervisors approved plans for a new veterans memorial building. Final state approval awaited in about a week to ten days before construction, named Shafter Veterans War Memorial Building. Membership drive pits Harry Sturm’s painters against Tip Henderson’s barbers, with a November finish expected.
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Leslie Robinson
American Legion of
Shafter
Legion Hall
Lee Thomas
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Veterans’ Memorial
Legion Auxiliary Plans Food Sale and Rummage Sale
The American Legion Auxiliary met in the Legion hall with Jane Hahn presiding. They scheduled a food sale for October 16 led by Mildred Guenther and a rummage sale on November 6. Edna Camp was named membership chairman replacing Wilma Guenther and will lead a membership drive with two captains. The group voted to cap special donations at $2 for tuberculosis seals cancer shrine and related funds.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Jane Hahn
Mildred Guenther
Edna Camp
Wilma Guenther
Hahn
Velma Guenther
Alvina Enns
Vera Moor
Nelly Lassiter
Apricot Crop Valued Near 12,000 Tons in Hemet Valley
The Hemet Valley in Riverside County reports an apricot harvest nearing 12,000 tons. Local growers anticipate strong fruit quality and favorable market demand this season.
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Hemet Valley
Riverside County
Campfire Girls Elect Officers at Mahkahwee Meeting
The Mahkahwee campfire girls met September 23 at the Dan Weitz home on Faber Street and elected Dixie Sturges president, Donna Nixon vice president, Donna Weitz secretary, Elaine Stoller treasurer, and Donna Hare scribe. Refreshments followed. A September 27 meeting wrapped Christmas gifts for overseas boys and girls, with doughnuts served.
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Dan Weitz
Faber Street
Dixie Sturges
Donna Nixon
Donna Weitz
Elaine Stoller
Donna Hare
Sharps to Open Photograph Shop in Shafter
Mr and Mrs Dan Sharp longtime photographers in Delano and Wasco return to open Sharps Studio and Camera Shop in the Schirmer Building at 533 James Street. The business will offer portraiture, equipment sales, film supplies and a 24 hour developing and finishing service for local amateurs.
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Shafter
Dan Sharp
Delano
Wasco
S ’S
Schirmer
James Street
Sharp
Following Too Close Causes Accidents Says CHP
The California Highway Patrol explains that driving too close means less than one car length for every 10 miles per hour of speed. It notes tailgating leads to higher crash risk and urges safe following distances.
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The
California Highway Patrol
Plum Shipments From Arvin District Light in Kern County
The Arvin district in Kern County reports its plum shipments are the lightest in years signaling a lull in fruit export activity. Local growers note reduced harvests and slower market demand impacting regional commerce.
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Arvin
Kern County
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