Gaede Resigns From Board of Trustees in Budget Cut
Leonard Gaede, longtime Richland board member since 1951, resigns at Monday's meeting to allow a year for a successor. Board cuts 31,824 from the budget with a 7 cent tax-rate reduction and plans to sell Santa Fe land for capital improvements. Bruce Crawford notes enrollment dip and early recruitment efforts for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Gaede
Richland Board of Trustees
Crawford
Santa Fe
Richland School
Supt. Crawford
Richland
Trial Postponed In Bakersfield Court
Judge Blake Witcher’s trial in Bakersfield Municipal Court with Judge Walter Osborn was postponed for 60 days. The clerk said Witcher is in the hospital and announced reconciliation with his wife.
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Blake Witcher
Bakersfield
Walter Osborn
Osborn
Judge Witcher
Injured Men Return Home From Hospitals
Attorney Al Mortimore, injured in an auto accident, has returned home from Mercy Hospital and expects to be out of his office this week. Tom Kelly, son of Pat and Mrs. Kelly, also returned home to Bakersfield after auto crash treatment at Memorial Hospital. The two accidents occurred within half an hour on Friday September 4, and the Kellys canceled a Hawaii vacation to support Tom's convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Mortimore
Mercy Hospital
Tom Kelly
Pat Kelly
Bakersfield
Memorial Hospital
Hawaii
Tom
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District to set tax rate
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District board planned to approve its budget and set the tax rate at a Tuesday meeting on September 15.
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Shafter-Wasc) Irrigation District Board
Stringham Park Dedication in Shafter Memorializes Doc Stringham
Shafter observes a 2 p m dedication ceremony for E B Doc Stringham Memorial Park. H W Kelly delivers remarks, Mayor Tony Brown announces the name change, with Pastor Henry Dick and Rev John Heal giving prayers. Chamber president Frank Wisner presides. Paul Hoffmann chairs planning with Tony Brown and Irvin Fike.
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Shafter
E. B. Stringham Park
H. W. Pat Kelly
Doc” Stringham
Tony Brown
E. B
Doc
Mennonite Brethren Church
John Heal
Union Congregational Church
Frank Wisner
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Hoffmann
Irvin Fike
Kern County Fair Opens Sept 28 for 250000 Visitors
The Kern County Fair runs September 28 to October 4 with an estimated 250000 holiday visitors expected. Cy Allen says the event is a family fair with attractions from sporting goods to furniture and home décor in two main exhibit halls. Kids Days are Sept 29 and Oct 1 with free tickets for Kern County students, and the John Strong one ring circus will perform offering ponies dogs clowns and a baby elephant. Grand parade features about 30 riding groups with dignitaries and a Kern County Young Farmer of the Year as grand marshal. RCA Championship Rodeo stock supplied by Cotton Rosser's Flying U follows the parade.
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Albert S. Goode
Bakersfield
Harry Blair
Kern County
John Strong
Africa
Big John
Mother Goose Lane
Stanley Newman
California
D. Shannon Harris
Arvin
RCA Championship Rodeo
Cotton Rosser
Flying U
Shafter Lions Plan Light Bulb Sale Tonight
The Shafter Lions Club will host a light bulb sale tonight to raise funds for charity projects. Residents are urged to support the event and expect local volunteers to ring doorbells to promote donations.
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Lions
Shafter
Headquarters Opening This Wednesday in District
Headquarters will be on Wednesday near Highway and Central Avenue for the district opening.
Resigns From Police Force On Sept 28
Announcement made of Patrolman Joe 1 resigning from the Shafter police department effective September 28. Replacement to be chosen. Chief Hanley Witcher noted he applied and will be on civil service with benefits and a new pay scale. He plans to teach at Alameda County Law Enforcement Academy in Santa Rita.
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Joe 1
Shafter
Dick Zenk
Hanley Witcher
Algh Witcher
Livermore
Alameda County Law Eament Academy
Santa Rita
Force
June Hearn
Gloria T
Gary Ay
Kiwanis Breakfast Aids Football Season Fund Drive
The Kiwanis Club hosts a pancake breakfast with eggs bacon coffee or milk to fund youth programs. Adult tickets are 1.00 and children under 12 pay 0.50. Local stores donate supplies while Kiwanis and Shafter High Key Club members provide labor.
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Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Shafter High School
Two Women Killed In Auto Accident At Canelo Interchange
Two women died Saturday morning after a car traveling west on Lerdo Highway failed to clear an eastbound Wasco Concrete truck at the Canelo interchange. Kristine Hansen Wilson, 74, of San Bernardino, and Lillian Hansen Evans, 65, of Rancho Cordova, were pronounced or transported to local funeral homes. Andy E. Wilson, 74, husband of Kristine, was hospitalized but not in serious condition. Frank D. Evans is listed as Mrs. Evans’ husband. The truck collided with the right side of the Wilson car as it attempted a left onto Highway 99. No charges were reported by the Highway Patrol.
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Canelo
Kristine Hansen Wilson
San’ Bernardino
Agee
Highway Patrol
Lillian Hansen Evans
Rancho Cordova
Shafter
Andy E. Wilson
Wilson
Bakersfield
Hagen Calls for Applications to Service Academies
Congressman Harlan Hagen urged candidates from Kern Kings and Tulare counties to apply for nomination to U S service academies for 1965. Interested youths should contact him at Room 1717 House Office Building Washington D C.
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Harlan Hagen
United States Service Academies
Hagen
Kern, Kings
Tulare County
Washington
D. C
Gift Day For Home Set In Shafter September 22
The Mennonite Brethren Home for the Aged in Shafter invites the public to Gift Day on September 22. An open house to inspect facilities runs all day with a barbecue supper at the local church from 5 to 7 30 PM. Proceeds help the Shafter and Reedley Homes run programs and meals. Tickets available by phoning the church or at the barbecue.
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Mennonite Brethren Home For the
East Tulare Shafter
Mennonite Brethren
Shafter
Ernest Siemens
Reedley
Mennonite Brethren In
Pacific District Conference
Pacific District Women’s Missionary Service
P. E. Enns
Dinuba
WMS
Pacific District
Home For
Leonard de
John Enns
Chester Jost
J. J. Bose
Bakersfield
Shafter Faces Early Injuries in Football Season
Frank Wisner notes Shafter’s setback as three quarterbacks go down with injuries Mark Larson Belton Banks and Jerry Higbee join Costello with a broken arm. Coach Bob Mears is expected to field a team doing its best despite the rough start.
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Shafter
Mark Larson
Belton Banks
Jerry Higbee
Costello
Bob Mears
Water Agency Weighs Policy as Critics Push for Change
Kern County Water Agency faced two days of testimony on Feather River water pricing and distribution policies. Critics formed the Fair Water Policy Coordinating Committee and hired Stanford Research Institute to study Kern water use, while attorney George Brown urged full payment by agriculture with no subsidy.
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Kern Couny Water Agency
Feather River
Fair Water Policy Coordinating Committee
Stanford Research Institute
Kern County
Stanford Research
Neil
Houston
George Brown
Council
Brown
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Eh Bruce Crawford
Stringham Park
Kern County Fair
Cy Allen
Loese
Carolyn Nelson
Sharon McCafferty
Jo Elen Lake
Patricia Johnson
Kern County Princess of Cotton
Helen Bates
Kerneth Anderson
Burl George
Clyde Johnston
Ben Grundy
Art Johnson
George Jones
Ray Heaton
Key Club
Ralph Gribble
Mel
Parrett
Bob Bann
Jack Janzen
Sam Becker
Ted Kinman
Wilsons
Cawelo
Andy Wilson
San Bernardino
N County Free Library
Elo, California
Siemens
Bernard Reichert
H. E
Ickener
George Wiens
Water Agency
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