Rio Bravo School News and Community Notes
Rio Bravo Greeley School hosts a dinner and carnival on Oct 28 with Mexican food and booths. A newborn Shane Justin Floyd on Oct 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd of Shafter and relatives. trustees met Oct 13 with guests Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Wonderly. next meeting Nov 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo - Greeley School
Shane Justin
Net Floyd
Shafter
Cletus Floyd
San Luis Obispo
Shane
Cindi
Michelle
Rio Bravo - Greeley Board of Trustees
John Leonard
Don Wonderly
Weight Watchers Leader Honors Member for 304-Pound Loss
Selma Rifkin, founder of Weight Watchers of Los Angeles and Kern Counties, presents roses to Alden Milks of Paramount, California, for a 304 pound weight loss over 27 months. Milks is part of a group milestone as the organization reports one million pounds lost by members over four years amid a 5,000-strong crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Milks
Weight Watchers
Mrs. Milks
Selma Rifkin
Los Angeles
Kern
Antelope Valley
Paramount
California
Mrs. Milk
Book Borrowing Easy with Identification at Kern County Library
Under the Shafter Branch system borrowers need not carry library cards. They fill a slip with material and provide name and address, verified by ID such as a driver’s license or student body card. The policy is described as an economy measure in 1955 by Mrs. deRamus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County Library System
Joseph deRamus
Kern County
Lois. Magee
Bottorff Named to Water Agency Group Position
Allen Bottorff of Buttonwillow has been elected vice president of the Association of State Project Agencies formed with Kern County Water Agency and 15 other contractors. ASPA, based in San Jose, aims to publicize the State Water Project and promote early Peripheral Canal construction to move northern water to deficit areas at an estimated 200 million dollars. Donald Currlin, ASPA chair, says the group will counteract propaganda against the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Water Agency
California
Allen Bottorff
Buttonwillow
San Jose
ASPA
Sacramicento-San Joaquin Delta
Federal Central Valley Project
California State Water Project
Donald Currlin
Santa Clara County
E G Buerkle dies prominent Kern County farm leader
Funeral services were held in Bakersfield for Ernest G. Buerkle 94 a noted Kern County farm leader. He won the 1968 California Farm Bureau Federation Award for Distinguished and Meritorious Service to Agriculture. Survived by widow Leta and son Wesley with other sons daughters and stepchildren. Pallbearers included Wesley Bud Burkle of the Mirasol Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Ernest G. Buerkle
Kern County
California Farm Bureau Federation
Oaehie
Leta Buerkle
Wesley Buerkle
Mirasol
Buttonwillow
Farmers Cooperative Gin
Includi Les Wesley
Bud) A Y Burkle
Rasol Ranch
James E Gordon Retired Shafter Carpenter Buried
Services were held Friday October 15 at 2 p.m. in the Agee Family Funeral Home chapel in Shafter for James E Gordon 73 of 520 Sunset Ave Shafter who died Tuesday in a Shafter hospital. He was a longtime local carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agee
Shafter
James E. Gordon
Sunset Ave
Ter
Ralph L. Gardner
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Gordon
van Buren
Ark
Jeffie Jepsen
Oklahoma
Oregon
Stars of Welk Show Set for Bakersfield Auditorium
Myron Floren headlining the Stars of the Lawrence Welk Show appears for a single 3 p.m. Sunday performance on October 31 at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium. The show features Welk artists including Bob Burgess Cissy King Guy Ralna Charlotte Harris Dick Dale and 15 Welk performers total. A funeral notice and obituary details for Gordon are also included with survivor names and pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Floren
Lawrence Welk
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Myron
Welk
Bob Burgess
Cissy King
Guy & Ralna
Charlotte Harris
Dick Dale
Barrell Cates
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Scott Elrich
Elvin Elrich
San Joaquin Hospital
Scott
Clinton McCann
Albany
Ore
L. H. Bishop
McCann
Imperial Beach
John Leonard Home
Lawrence Leonard
Nellie Pitcher
Taft
Jim Glump
Elmer Clump
Madera
Julie Laurence
Reedley
Esther Newberry
Donna Hayes
Newberry
Fred Goodspeed
Aberdeen
S. D
Joe Huck
E. L. Goodspeed
Kern City
Shelly Leonard
Jake Leonard
Leonard
Jake
Donald Smith
Rio Bravo
Bottorff
Water Agency Group
E.G. Buerkle
Erma Lott
Ons and Friends Apointments Home
Central Avenue
Evans Maple
Roberts Lane
Oildale
Riehland
Richland Teacher's Association
Shafter Press
Stars of Welk
Auditorum
Carpenter’s Union
Jesfie
Carl Gordon
Earl Jepsen
The
Dalles
Marjorie Branch
Irma Noyes
Ventura
Floyd
Charlie Gordon
Hazel Peerson
Gertrude Wilson
Dean Singer
Berniece Stevenson
Yuba City
Butch Adams
Jim Dyer
Med Garcia
David Smith
Pete Hambaroff
Jay Siemens
Capris
Redtional
Broucht Tin
Santa Barbara
al Avenue
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