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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
9
Buttonwillow opens with 625 pupils as C. L. Blomauist assumes office replacing Bruce Crawford. New staff include Mrs. J Perry Smith music supervisor, Mrs Martha Freyart, Mrs Elna Singleton and Mrs Grace Kinsman in supervisory roles. The long list of teachers and recent UC UC Los Angeles coursework mark the fall program.
Two Buttonwillow law enforcement officers and a fireman died in a highway crash near Monolith while a Las Vegas bound wedding party returning from Bakersfield was involved. Constable Gerald Barneke 26 Deputy Constable William Foster 21 Fireman Donald Archer 23 died after their car overturned struck a guard skimmed a ditch and landed on its top. Foster's fiancée Rose Marie Knapp 20 sustained serious injuries along with Archer. The wreck occurred near Cameron Canyon. bodies were taken to Mojave for services with further arrangements pending for Barneke Archer and Foster.
The California Highway Patrol warns motorists to slow down at sundown. Night driving is as dangerous as daytime motoring. drivers should regulate speed, avoid overreliance on headlights, and ensure they can stop within the distance they can see ahead.
Oregon Experiment Station reports more tooth decay in girls than boys in teen age schoolchildren and college students. The finding reflects earlier tooth development in girls and longer exposure to decay-causing conditions. Women show better dental care with fewer missing or extracted teeth.
Buttonwillow staff withdrawals last year sent teachers to various districts statewide. John Peterson, seventh grade, joined Bruce Crawford at Richland School in Shafter. Beth Greely now teaches in Santa Monica Malibu School District. Joan Lind will teach kindergarten at Orangedale School near Sacramento. David McClure relocated to Southern California.
Mrs. Hazel Goodspeed has been added to the Buttonwillow Post Office staff after passing the civil service examination for clerk. Announcement made today.
Eight Buttonwillow youths receive air force call to duty as Korea war begins. Three from Buttonwillow, Troy Holt Wesley Grimes and Richard Leibrock, sent to San Antonio for training. Three Army Reservists called to active duty Cpl Clarence Freeborn Cpl Edwin Riddle and Pfc Roden. Two others Dick Adams and Jack Taman also signed up.
Buttonwillow School trustees advance a 10 acre field west of the campus including leveling and fencing. They opened bids for a new sprinkling system and plan lawn shrub plantings while classrooms are renovated and repainted for fall opening.
Mrs. Dorothy Rhoads of Remore and her baby Larry visit her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Protzman at the Standard Oil pump station near Buttonwillow.
Mrs Jack Adens and family from Buttonwillow are on a two week vacation. Mr and Mrs T B Olsen travel in the south for a short vacation and business trip. Lena Antonovianen and children from Buttonwillow visit Bakersfield to see Vincent Pierucci. Dorothy Weston from Buttonwillow drives to Redlands for a two week vacation with her sister. Grace Brandt of Buttonwillow spends a week in Los Angeles visiting Stella Ward, who then returns home with Brandt for a three day visit.
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