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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1981
Page
4
A letter from Shafter notes over 400 society members contributing time and interest to a local history project. Readers praise community labor, museum exposure at Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village, and hope Shafter will someday gain its own museum.
Gifted and Talented Education offers many opportunities for qualifying students. Mike Nichols teaches algebra and chemistry and coordinates GATE, an aero program during first period. About 20 to 30 students will participate this year with plans for two more years of GATE at Shafter High.
Susan and John Christensen of San Ramon announce the birth of their daughter Sarah Marie on Sunday, August 9, 1961 at John Muir Memorial Hospital Walnut Creek. The newborn weighed seven pounds thirteen ounces and measured twenty one inches. She is the fifth native Californian through her mother’s Walker lineage.
On August 17, 1961 at 7:56 a.m. at Greater Bakersfield a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Hermen Osborn of Shafter. The child, a sister to Gonzales of Shafter, weighed inches at birth and is named Desir Porentr. The Serrano family, including Jesus and Maria Serrano, confirms the arrival on the late evening of August 23.
Fragmentary OCR mentions dates June 2 1981 and June 15 1900, assorted names such as Kare County, Conssaliior, Wu Putt tn, and references to auctions or price estimates. Reading is unclear with many garbled terms and incomplete phrases.
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