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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1959
Page
5
SHS invites all parents to a Tuesday October 20 Back-to-School Night. The event pairs a dinner with a PTA meeting and classroom visits to review subjects and activities for the year. J V Wilson serves as general chairman.
A Social Security representative will be in town on October 20 for a regular outreach visit, offering assistance with benefits, applications, and inquiries. Residents may drop by the designated office during hours to receive help and information.
Mr. Art Craig of Shafter celebrated his birthday with wife, daughter Marcia, and son Randy at a breakfast party on October 2. In the evening the family attended the Shafter Arvin football game.
Mr and Mrs D J Voth of Shafter spent the weekend visiting with Mr and Mrs Elmer Nightingale of Paso Robles. Mr Voth fished on a chartered boat in Moro Bay for a day and caught 14 dad along with a large halibut.
CBS Tele Network plans a broad 1959 season on KBAK Channel 29 with new comedy Western and drama series plus sports diversity. Ed Sullivan Dennis O Keefe George Gobel and Dobie Gillis join Jack Benny Hutton and Hen nessy led by existing top shows. Local news remains 6 to 6 30 pm O Clock Report with Ken Brown and Douglas Edwards.
Maple Boy Scouts spent Saturday October 3 at Sequoia observing nature and erosion effects. The trip featured Oregon junco blue jays squirrels deer and various trees. Scouts cooked two campfire meals with corn on the cob. leaders guided nature talks as the stream stayed unusually clear. Participants included Stan Ley Loewen Mark Siemens Rodney Williams Johnny Enns and others led by Clyde Johnston Kenneth Nicol John Enns Herb Loewen and Walter Nicol.
A dated roster lists attendees by day from Friday October 16 through Wednesday October 21. Individuals include Maxine Muir and Carol Smith on Friday plus several others across the week with multiple spellings and potential OCR errors.
A son, Jack Darrow, was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Bellows of Oildale at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield. He weighed seven pounds seven ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bellows of Shafter and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Darrow of Bakersfield.
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