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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
5
Before the board of trustees of the Maple School District in Kern County California the notice outlines upcoming actions and required deadlines for district matters. The document records official board proceedings and applies to public notices and mandated hearings.
The Maple School District of Kern County resolves to sell a two room frame school building known as Wildwood School. The property lies in Section 36 and is described by metes and bounds. Bids will be open November 12 1946 at Maple School House with notice via three postings and Shafter Press. The board may reject any bids and requires purchaser to move the property within 90 days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hansen traveled to Shafter from their new Durham home to visit old friends. Jens attended the American Legion smoker at the Legion Hall on Monday evening.
More than fifty students rode an Orange Belt bus to the Fowler Shafter football clash in Fowler last Friday. They paid 1.70 dollars for round trip and were chaperoned by faculty members. Officials favor school transportation over car trips to promote safety and support team spirit.
The American Legion held a Monday meeting with a brief business session followed by a smoker. Refreshments and stories accompanied the social hour. A film on The Patrol Method was shown by Bob Svoboda, Kern County Boy Scout executive, who discussed the post potentially sponsoring a local scout troop.
A carload of structural steel for twelve new Richland school classrooms arrived from Oakland last week. Erection starts this week and the project should move rapidly once the steel is up. Delays were caused by an earlier shipboard fire and subsequent strikes delaying initial shipments.
Tiny baby James Evert Haskins died Saturday after a brief illness at his mother Minnie Haskins home in Shafter. Born August 8 in Bakersfield, he was laid to rest in Shafter cemetery after services at Janzen chapel led by Rev. C. F. Immel. He leaves his mother and grandparents Vad and Mrs Haskins of Shafter.
Mr and Mrs E W Kinnicutt return from a two weeks trip visiting relatives in Encino and Arlington. They spent a week with Mrs Martins sister of Mrs Kinnicutt and a week with Staff Sgt and Mrs David Freeland.
The Richland School Teachers Club held a gala evening on October 16 at the Haag ranch in Rio Bravo. They built a campfire and roasted weiners.
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