Shafter News Bits and Community Events Across Years
A compact history snippet covers Shafter area items from 1958 to 1956 and earlier, noting ambulance service alerts, school staff changes, scout awards, PTA barbecues and carnivals, local club activities, and storefront openings. Names include Peggy Whicker, Sharon Crigger, and Reverend Waldo Wiebe among others, with mentions of Grover City visitors and the Richland PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enns
Grover City
Ramay
Frank Russell
Kirschenmanns
Weiner
Sharon Crigger
Shafter
Smith
Rhea Babbitt
Paul Babbitt
Rivera
Alsaka
Peggy Whicker
Dick Fulcher
Susan Vignolo
Buddy Engel
Kenneth Johnson
Shafter Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Waldo Wiebe
Richland
PTA
California Becomes 1960 Presidential Battleground
Political observers say California will decide the 1960 race as Nixon campaigners tour Northern and Southern California. Rockefeller Goldwater Hatfield Lodge join Nixon bid with a 46 county rally plan and major appearances. Kennedy and Johnson prepare to visit. Brown predicts a Kennedy landslide. Californians will assess both tickets over the next two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
California
Chicago
Southland
Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Kentucky
Thurston Morton
Henry Cabot Lodge
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Los Angeles
GOP
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Edmund G. Brown
Kennedy
Brown
Tax Foundation figures on income levels cited by Richland PTA
The Tax Foundation reports about nine of ten filers earn under ten thousand dollars annually. It argues that even if the government taxed all taxable income at one hundred percent the ten thousand dollar level would not cover the interest on the national debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Foundation
Bigger and Better Poultry Show at Kern County Fair 1960
Ray Wallin, president of the Kern Chapter of the Western Poultry Breeders Club, says the Kern County Fair will host a larger poultry show with about 225000 attendees. He predicts strong Cornish Game displays and full poultry breed classes. Fair manager Bob King notes a new poultry rabbit building and qualified judges for the event opening September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Ray Wallin
Kern
The
Western Poultry Breeders Club
Wallin
Bob King
Shafter Churches Welcome You This Sunday
Local churches in Shafter invite residents to attend worship services this Sunday with community greetings and ongoing programs announced by multiple congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Churches
Circus Free Attraction Heads Kern County Fair
The John Strong one ring circus billed as Kelly's Super Circus will perform at the 1960 Kern County Fair from September 26 to October 2. The one hour show features trained ponies dogs monkeys and a clown and offers humor for both children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strong
Kern County Fair
Kelly’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell
McMahan
Raetee
Sal Joaquin Valley
George
W. Ferry
Earl Wipf
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Memorial Hall
Vada Westbrook
Franklin Koldon
Commandater
Shafter High School
Charles Tyner
Angus
FFA
Leroy Kirschenmann
Sacramento
Kiwanis Club
Nicol
Bowling League
Menno Schmidts
Irene Tilley
BPW
Star
Michael Schmidt
Beaver
Shafter Merchants Association
Tony Brown
Central
Dee Walker
Stretich
Yugoslavia
Tito
Wiebes
Shell NH
Central Valley
Pioneer
Clem Whitaker, JR
Golden State
Richland Pta
Reg Hammond
Nerate
Ve Nsls Agi
Fenderson
Bigger & Better Poultry Show
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern and
Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Jack Graves
Harlton West
Ww. M. A
Jesse Mouser
Brotherhood
Bologna
U. S
del Haven
White House
John
U.S. No
U.S
Morrell
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