Richland Junior High Citizens of the Month
Gail Anderson an eighth grader is president of the Richland Junior High School Student Body and enjoys horseback riding swimming reading and movies. Shelby Huston a seventh grader likes biking movies records and her dog Rocky with football as her favorite sport.
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Richland Junior High
Gail Anderson
Shelby Huston
Gail
Kerneth Anderson
Scott
Shelby
Merv Huston
Rocky
Football
Mr. Hardcastle
Richland Junior High School
Ten Volunteers Honored At Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Shafter briefed ten faithful volunteers by hospital staff at Monday noon lunch at Perry’s Salad Bowl Bakersfield. Certificates of appreciation were awarded to Lydia Mettler Lydia Bender Katherine Scaroni Evelyn Walker Mary Wood Edna Bender Ethel Isaac Lea Schnaidz Jerry Height Toni Van de Valk Ruth McMillan. Reverend Paul Alexander Odette King Wayne Smith and Janet Young attended.
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Shafter
Perry’s
Bakersfield
Lydia Mettler
Lydia Bender
Katherine Scaroni
Evelyn Walker
Mary Wood
Edna Bender
Ethel Isaac
Lea Schnaidz
Jerry Height
Toni van de Valk
Ruth McMillan
Paul Alexander
the Nazarene Church
Odette King
Wayne Smith
Janet Young
Local Birth Announcements Highlight Four Newborn Daughters
Daughters born to Moreno, Garza, and Wilson families reported from North Kern and Blythe hospitals. Moreno girl Liesenia notched October 7 at 3 44 pm weighing 8 pounds 0 ounces. Vanessa Marie Garza arrived October 12 at 2 27 am weighing 6 pounds 4 1/2 ounces. Crystal Dawn Wilson born October 5 at 3 05 pm weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces. Grandparents and great grandparents listed across California and Washington states.
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Liesenia Keyes. Moreno
Vincente Moreno
North Kern Hospital
Pedro Garza
Vanessa Marie
Crystal Dawn
Blythe
California
Book group studies lives of Salem women
The Shafter Library hosts a Shaf ters Woman's Club Book Study meeting led by Mrs. Robert Richard. They discuss THE PEABODY SISTERS OF SALEM focusing on Elizabeth Peabody Mary Peabody and Sophia Hawthorne and their impact on education, journalism, and literature. Next month they study Lone Woman by Wilson about Elizabeth Blackwell.
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Salem
the. Peabody
Sisters OF
Shafters
Woman's Club
Shafter Library
Robert Richard
Elizabeth Peabody
United States
Mary
Horace Mann
Sophia
Nathaniel Hawthorne
America
Wilson
Elizabeth Blackwell
Richard
Postage notice for Shafter California 1935 publication
Public notice indicates second class mailing at Shafter California with August 1 1935 entry under federal act and classification as legal newspaper.
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Shafter
Congress
Crner
Shafter California
Election of 1978 officers for La Rosa Chapter 146
La Rosa Chapter 146 of the Order of Eastern Star held its meeting on Monday October 10 presided by Nelie DeWitt and Herbert Kramer. Newly elected officers include Dottie Hebel Richard Burt Mary Dillard Fred Dillard Pat Farrell Cordelia Burt Irvin Barr and Winifred McCombs. Special escort Monette Garrison introduced and seated in the East. Past matrons and patrons were named. Lorna Ammons and Faye Barr were noted for long membership. Officers will report at Grand Chapter in Sacramento October 16 through 20 and next meeting is October 24 in Wasco Masonic Temple at 8:00 PM.
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la Rosa Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Nelie DeWitt
Herbert Kramer
Dottie Hebel
Richard Burt
Mary Dillard
Assoc
Fred Dillard
Pat Farrell
Cordelia Burt
Irvin Barr
Winifred McCombs
Monette Garrison
52Nd
Lorna Ammons
Order
Faye Barr
Jane Causey
Estelle Moreland
Linda Hammack
Sacramento
la Rosa
Wasco
Masonic Temple
Origin of the dollar sign linked to pesos spelling
A note suggests the dollar sign derives from the Spanish pesos word with P and S stacked. The saying A thief believes everybody steals is cited. The etymology claim about Vermont from vertmont is mentioned as a misreading of French green mountain.
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Vermont
Green Mountain
Vertmont
Shafter High School Sets A Minimum Day
Shafter High School schedules a minimum day on Thursday October 20 with students dismissed at 12 20 p m. The afternoon features an in service meeting led by assistant principal Evan Jones to discuss long range plans for Kern High School District and Shafter High School specifically.
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Shafter High School
AARP Bazaar Funds Total $611 at Fall Event
The American Association of Retired Persons 2809 of Shafter raised $611.80 at the Fall Bazaar held October 8 announced at a Veterans Hall meeting. Mrs Estelle Hood won a handmade quilt and the raffle added $290.00. Funds go to help others and tours are not funded.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Shafter
Veteran’s Hall
Estelle Hood
W.C. Walker
Sylvia Baughman
Knotts Berry Farm
Hollywood Wax Museum
Richland PTA Carnival Raises Funds for School Needs
Richland School held a Carnival and Barbecue last week raising funds for the Richland Parent Teacher Association. Chairman Mrs. Lowell Bergman reports 1633 barbecue dinners served and funds to support student assistance concerts assemblies microscopes for the library and a Zoomobile for primary grades.
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Richland Parent Teacher Association
Richland School
Lowell Bergman
Bergman
October Birthday Party at Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Residents celebrated October birthdays on Tuesday October 18 with a volunteers supplied party. Grace Adams 93 played piano and led singing of Happy Birthday as Ottis Waddley Hazel Luse Mary Padgett Myrtle Davis Ralph Morland Dorothy Neufeld Jack Rogus Ida Hobbs Juanitta Bobst Aganeta Wiebe James Williams Treba Zindiweg were honored. Philip Sliter of Shafter was named to California State University Fresno School of Engineering Dean's list for spring 1977 quarter.
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Grace Adams
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Shafter
Ottis Waddley
Hazel Luse
Mary Padgett
Myrtle Davis
Ralph Morland
Dorothy Neufeld
Jack Rogus
Ida Hobbs
Juanitta Bobst
Aganeta Wiebe
James Williams
Treba Zindiweg
Philip Sliter
California State University At
Fresno
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Richland Jr. High Citizens
Richland Intermediate School
Martha Novak
Kern County
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Bakersfield Ballet Theater
Péter and the Wolf
Nancy Leonard
Kim Wessel
Joe Canales
Hyer
Cochran
Shafter Briefs
Danny Wilson
Butler Valley
Arizona
Weldon Wilson
Freda Chase
Larry Murphy
San Jose
L. Dee Wilson
Ethel Kelly
Cayucos
G.C. Waldschmidt
Bellingham
Washington
Central Avenue
Frank W. and
Donald L. Reed
Ker County
E. W. Howe
Stan Perisich
Mgr
Leroy Whitson
AARP
Pasadena
George Starrh
Lydia Mayers
CC. Neufeld
Lottie Cummings
Annette Albright
Hattie Fitts
Viola Drennan
Jessie Parker
Lila Taylor
Elizabeth Peters
Ida Raleigh
Alitha Taylor
Willie Rohrbach
Sir Joseph Lockyer
Earth
PTA Carnival
Convalescent Hospital
Whirlpool
Colvard’s Home Furnishings
James Street
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