Little Merchant Donald Deckert Photography Hobbyist
Donald Deckert an eighth grader at Richland School serves as a paper boy for the Shafter Press on Route 2 delivering 125 papers weekly. He plans carpentry as a career and pursues photography as a hobby while awaiting the Little Merchant program enabling carrier cash collection and account keeping.
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Donald Deckert
Richland School
Donald
Shafter Press
Shafter
William J Deckert
Euclid St
Shafter Considers Stricter Dog Ordinance To Curb Strays
City council plans to tighten dog control after stray and garbage-dumping incidents. A. G. Mortimore to study ordinances and draft one with penalties for owners whose dogs run free beyond city limits. The move follows Monday night discussions about canine nuisance and licensing.
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A. G.mortimore
Shafter
Mortimore
Great Discovery Rally Film Shafter Youth Program
The Great Discovery featuring Colleen Townsend will be shown at a Saturday night rally by Shafter Youth for Christ. Menno H. Schellenberg, director, announced the program to start at 7 30 p m in the Women’s Club house. The plot centers on life at Westmont College in Montecito.
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Colleen. Townsend
Shafter
Youth For Christ
Menno H. Schellenberg
Cale
Westmont
Montecito
Shafter Community Chest Drive Aims to Benefit Youth
The Shafter Community Chest plans a rapid drive led by Ernie Panero to raise funds for local youth programs. Goals include 1600 for general use and 500 for the Recreation Commission plus 350 for the YMCA to support Hi Y and summer activities. Over 85 residents will participate October 23 in a broad community effort.
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Shafter
Maple
Recreation Commission
YMCA
Shafter High School
Community Chest Board of Directors
Ernie Panero
Campaign kickoff plans for Shafter canvass drive
Chest Monday Oct 23 kickoff breakfast will assemble 85 workers as the advanced gifts committee reports initial fundraising, followed by a full Shafter area canvass. The method for splitting teams and individuals has not yet been finalized as organizers credit early work to the campaign structure.
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Advanced Gifts Committee
Shafter
Organiz
What the CVP Means to Me
The Shafter Press hosts a question and answer forum on the Central Valley Project. Questions are directed to managing editor Jack Fleming and two will be answered weekly.
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Shafter Press
Central Valley Project
Jack Fleming
Friant-Kern
Shafter- Wasco
Shafter- Wasco Irrigation District? _ Answer—The district board of directors
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Northern California Olive Growers Form District Association
About 60 growers in the Corning Tehama district have organized as the Northern California Olive Growers Association to promote olive production and shared interests.
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Corning
Tehama
County
Northern
California
Olive Growers Association
Juvenile Delinquency Talk Sparks Maple PTA Meeting
Maple PTA heard Chester Ashford Kern county supervisor of child welfare discuss causes of delinquency. He cited lack of parental care finances and bad environment as factors while noting aspirations and dreams may lead some youths to crime. The program included Boy Scouts, a spiritual thought, a skit for the PTA magazine and discussions on propositions 1 and 6. Mrs Walter Haag was elected parliamentarian to fill a vacancy.
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MAPLE
Chester Ashford
Maple Parent-Teacher’s Association
Ashford
Kern County
Boys Scouts
Chris Ummel
PTA
Walter Haag
R. C. Sturges
Mesdames Ben Giesbreecht
C. R
Men's Fellowship Hears Otto Knudsen
Members of the Union Congregational Church Men's Fellowship heard Otto Knudsen, president of the Congregational Laymen's Fellowship of Southern California and the Southwest, speak on laymen's responsibility in the church. He was a guest of the Ohannsons in Shafter.
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Men’s Fellowship
Otto Knudsen
Union Congregational Church
Congregational Laymen's Fellowship
Southern
California
Southwest
Shafter
Peter Ohannesons
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Little Merchant
Donald Decker
Council
Rover
Bo Pee
Frank Hornkohl
Truxtun
Bakersfield
Aim
Howard Harper
Chest
H. W. Kelly
H.W. Kelly
John E. Loustalot
Sheriff's Auxiliary
Glenn O. Nay
Sparks Maple
Ruben Siemens
Bill Siemens
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Burnquist
W. B. (Burns
Raley
Los Angeles Ave
Safeway
Dole
Libby
del Monte
Ham
Armour Star
Swift Premium
Cudahy Puritan
Wilson Certified
U. S
Oregon
Cheddar
Busy Baker
Fresh
Excellen
U.S
BIG Buys IN
Safeway Produce
Kraft
Central Ave
Jonathans
Kentucky Wonders
Utah
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