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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1959
Page
3
Twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Emil Stoller visit their parents at home arriving last weekend September 5. Mr and Mrs Vernie Walker stayed the night with Mr and Mrs Arthur Gaylord and their pony in Belridge near Los
The text discusses tailoring advertising to a town’s characteristics. It covers four influence factors: physical, economic, national ties, and social facts. Knowing local people helps decide how to advertise, from luxury emphasis to free parking and specials for outsiders.
A local notice touts Shafter High offering a Reserved Seat Special for all home games. The piece blends 1950s booster tone with car market chatter, urging readers to buy now before 1960 models arrive and noting possible name proposals for new local public works by Kern County Supervisors.
Memory Lane notes show Richland School reaching 1619 pupils, 142 more than last year with many classes overtaxed. Back-to-School Night Tuesday will offer a 6:30 dinner in the cafeteria and a gym program followed by a brief class visitation for parents to meet high school teachers.
Kern County Civil Defense officials released figures showing surplus property purchased by the federal government at about 500000 was acquired by Kern County and five incorporated cities for under 30000. The dataset includes radios generators vehicles and supplies to bolster civil defense with an airplane added two months ago. Local costs totaled 27096.66 with city expenditures listed as Bakersfield 623.05 Maricopa 9 Taft 303.85 Shafter 789.07 Tehachapi 427.15. Federal matching funds for the county and cities totaled 17745.73.
The notice lists participants for an event spanning Thursday September 10 through Wednesday September 16, naming individuals such as T. P. Rootes Pearl McClain Claudia Tate Bruce Enns Lori Neuman Bill Schacht Nickalosa Carrasco Johnnie Davis Beverly Lane Gordon Taylor Stanley Askew Emil Bender Vivian Grendlin Mary Voth David L. Thompson Opal Freedman Patty Charves Debra Weidenbech Virginia Hitchcock Les Gillaspie Ginger Gillaspie Bill Carter Helen Ahos Ernest Hofman Shirley Wood Sonny Baehr Ronnie Lesler Vivian Neuman John Keller David Ruth Tony Brown Beulah Barling Pamela McCoy Gertrude Oliver Virginia Heisery Willet Hemingson Susan Laverty Alma Fuller Dorothy Hale Blanche Watkins Wayne Smith Roy Paslay George Gaede Ernest Hughes Lynn Ann Weidmann Dolores Contreras Charlie Hanks Mary B. Waldrum Joe Hein Walter Bergen W B Hawthorne Ricky Brown Biddie Bell John Butler Bobby Ratzlaff Joe R Haworth Jr Alyn M Graybill.
The Kern County ASC Committee chair announces the deadline of September 10 for farmers to request a basic annual rate per acre for cropland offered under the Soil Bank 1960 Conservation Reserve program. Requests may be filed August 24 through September 10 with no acceptance after the 10th.
The California Water Council fall meeting will be held in Bakersfield at 1 30 p m on September 24 at the Bakersfield Inn. Milton L Kidd of Modesto will preside. The session previews Bakersfield convention facilities for the 1960 National Reclamation Association parley and invites all interested in water development to attend.
Dottie Powell Boyd of Shafter California was awarded a Master of Arts in Elementary Education at Colorado State College Greeley during its summer commencement. The 669 graduates formed the largest class in the college’s history, as the summer session enrolled 3,800 students. Boyd also earned an A. B. from Colorado State College.
James C. Jones seaman first class USN and son of Mr and Mrs Albert Jones of Route 1 returned to Long Beach aboard the destroyer USS Rupertus on July 31 after a six month Western Pacific tour with the Seventh Fleet. The Rupertus visited Hawaii Japan Hong Kong and the Philippines and took part in exercises with the aircraft carrier USS Ranger.
City of Shafter invites sealed proposals for a project in Shafter California with plans and form of proposal available at Bakersfield engineers. Bids due September 14 1959 at 4 30 p m opened 7 p m. Licensure required Prevailing wage rates apply. The city may reject any or all bids and adjust work quantities.
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