PTA Carnival Nets 2076 For Welfare
The PTA carnival last week raised 2076.68 gross with 1214 net after expenses, surpassing last year. Proceeds fund welfare and student activities through school lunches clothing aid clinics scholarships and support for Scouts and Campfire groups. Local merchants donated prizes aiding the event.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Harold Greene
Greene
Lions
Nis
Caral
Weill
Lee's Drive Inn
V& C Cafe
Sharp's Studio
Wallace Department Store
Bill's Bottle Shop
Kirby's Shoe Store
Wheeler Furniture
Loewen Plumbing
Maytag Shop
Western Automotive and Radio
Cooper’s
Fike's
Safeway
Justesen's
Central Market
Food Town
Topper’s Bakery
Wood's Shoe Store
Koop
the Jewel ‘Box
Made-O-Day
Courtesy Market
Schneider and Off
Woodard Motor Com
Youth Completes Airmen's Course at Lackland AFB
Pvt. Earl E. Millard age 18 son of Mrs Estellene Millard Shafter has completed his Air Force basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base nicknamed the Gateway to the Air Force. Lackland near San Antonio is the worlds largest air force base and site of basic training for men and women.
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Earl E. Millard
Estellene Millard
Shafter
Hhas
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland
San Antonio
Leaders Gather at San Joaquin Valley Council Conference
About 250 leaders from business industry and agriculture met in Fresno to review regional issues and federal state trends affecting seven San Joaquin Valley counties. Lt Gov Knight addressed the luncheon as discussions urged measures for fruit export markets, industrial development, water projects, uniform school building codes, and wildlife recreation funding.
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Lil
San Joaquin Council
San Joaquin Valley
California State Chamber of Commerce
Goodwin J. Knight
Gilbert Jertberg
Fresno
State Chamber
Knight
San Joaquin Valley Council
State Chamber of Commerce
California
United States
Tackett
California ‘Congressional
Bureau of Budget
Fish and Game Commission
Prowler Stirs Shafter Residents Prompt Vigilante Drive
Police report a nocturnal prowler terrorizing Shafter causing husbands to cancel out of town plans. Constable Blake Witcher and deputy Bill Unruh join the effort as a vigilante committee plans action. Women fear home nights. locks and night latches fly off shelves while mosquitoes swarm amid the scare.
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Blake Witcher
Bill Unruh
Shafter
Chamber Probes Poor Shafter Roads and Repairs
The Shafter chamber of commerce discusses road conditions in the rural area. Key issues include Lerdo highway repairs between Shafter and the Southern Pacific tracks, planned cement abatements, and a white center strip from Shafter to Highway 99. The county must declare or deed streets to repair Mexican colony roads.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Lerdo
Southern Pacific
Chamber
Central Valley Highway
Garrison City
West Lerdo
Jack Harris
New Tax Ordinance to Be Read in Bakersfield
The ordinance, backed by the state supreme court in the Fox West Coast Theaters case, will undergo its first reading on October 22 in Bakersfield. The action aims to impose the new tax measure as part of the cited litigation.
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State Supreme Court
Fox West Coast
Bakersfield
Chamber seeks funds for Shafter hospital survey
The Shafter chamber of commerce urges donations to reach a 375 goal for a hospital survey. The fund is 95 dollars short with only a 3 dollar gift this week. Russell Stickler says the survey should finish by November 1 to decide on building an area hospital. August Koenig, the consultant, will perform the survey after recently finishing work on the Avenal hospital. Latest donor is Mrs. J. D. Glover.
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Shafter Reach
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Stickler
Shafter-Wasco. Hospital
August Koenig
Avenal Hospital
Koenig
Avenue
J. D. Glover
Calaveras County Named From El Rio de las Calaveras
The name Calaveras County derives from the phrase El Rio de las Calaveras meaning River of Skulls, reflecting local heritage and geographic naming.
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Calaveras County
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PTA Carnival
Feather River
Shafter Press
Albert Finkbeiner
Howard Neal
Johnson-Neuman
Finkbeiner
Shafter Auto Electric Shop
Joe Borjon
Wasco
Shafter Auto Electric
Lassiter Auto Parts
Central Avenue
Bakersfield College of Beauty
The
California Theater
Chester Ave
Shafter Maytag Shop
Maytag
E. Lerds
Keith
Wasco, Calif
Rexall
POST
Victoria
Ford
Helen Cornell
Bee
Presa
Medford
FBI
Theatrical Cold Creamier
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Am Petrofol
Rexillana
Iroquois
Savers
America
BGC SD Panowre
San Tee Rae
Teaco
Jane Winslow
Cologne
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
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