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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1955
Page
9
The Buttonwillow Farm Bureau barbecue will be held at Button Willow Park on Sunday October 2. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 75e for children and may be obtained from any farm bureau member.
Three students Tlona Weishaar Gary Nighenvale and Norman Isaac complete Kern Academy program last June and begin junior year at Newberry Sev enth Day Adventist school. They are children of Mr and Mrs Weishaar Nightengale and Isaac.
Straw vote election in Buttonwillow at the County Building next Monday seeks volunteers to cover polls from 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM. Three candidates for judge John Jelletich Hardy Hair and B F Kosdon campaign actively while voters plan to cast ballots for the board of supervisors Tuesday morning Sept 20. Volunteers should contact Mrs Bob Hughett at 5382 by Friday evening.
Professional boxing returns to Bakersfield at the Sports arena next Friday night with a strong card. Main event features Kenny Davis defending against Marvin Smith in a ten round welterweight bout. Smith has defeated Chico Rosa and Davi ix and nears a title shot. Several four and six round bouts follow including Tommy Gizeli versus Al Garza.
The Bakersfield Sports Arena hosts a main event pairing Dangerous Danny McShain versus Cowboy Rocky Valentino with a two out of three falls time limit. Luthery meets Dutch Hefner in the semi main, while Gene DuBuque debuts as the gentleman. Ted Christy faces Skippy Jackson in the opener at 8 30 p.m. A winter drought in 1863 4 caused widespread cattle losses in California.
The Shafter High School orchestra grows to 13 members under director Evelyn Micheletti. Initially a string nucleus with one viola, cello, two basses and nine violins will be joined by brass woodwind and percussion later to form a complete ensemble. The group meets daily as a class and plans its first concert at Kern County Institute in November.
Buttonwillow officials from the sewer committee and Kern Mutual Water with Chamber of Commerce leaders met at the county building to plan a county water district. Attendees included J T Hanner Co and Lyons Co representatives and attorney Oran Palmer at the chamber president’s request. Boundaries were set for county board of supervisors review to secure financing for a proposed sewer system amid local soil and landfill conditions.
SHS principal Dr. Grant W. Jensen announced the hiring of Rayeigel as a veteran educator with over 15 years of experience. He previously taught in Standard Junior High Oildale and at Senior High Grand Rapids Minnesota, and Memorial High Ely Minnesota. He will instruct ninth grade mathematics and social studies.
Mr and Mrs Henry Gaede plan a two week visit to Kansas and Oklahoma where they were former residents Harold Gaede will enter Bethel College at Newton Kansas. His parents will be joined by a daughter and family in Wichita Kansas and by relatives in Oklahoma. Shafter High by Riegel. A Carleton college graduate Harold majored in history and minored in education and English.
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