Gift Day Home in Shafter Serves Aged Guests
The Shafter Home for the Aged operates with 18 singles and two married units, offering private rooms and baths, a family style dining room, a living room with reading materials and a piano, and a TV room. The Balzers manage the home with a long staff, while Ladies Voluntary Service in Kern County assists with tasks and visits. Current residents include Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bushman, C. D. Reimer, and numerous others from Dinuba to Taft, with support from daily volunteer Pink Ladies.
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David Balzer
Balzers
Lloyd Kroeker
Nina Henry
Oliver Neufeld
Penner
Ben ‘Adies
Kern County
Ladies Voluntary Service
Shafter Home For the
Peter Bushman
C. D. Reimer
Dinuba
Martha Entz
Elizabeth Harms
Sarah Nikkel
H. E. Kliewer
Bernard Richert
Bakersfield
Elizabeth Epp
Sarah Ratzlaff
Susie Kliewer
Sarah Reimer
Mary Nikkel
Lena Austin
E. P.frantz
Eleanor Calhoun
Shafter
Thomas Kelly
San Jose
Mary Neufeld
Santa Cruz
Stephen McCulloch
Taft
Garden Club Opens Year With Home Meeting
Shafter Garden Club will hold its first session of the year at the home of Mrs. George Starrh 17428 Poplar Avenue at 7 p m on Tuesday September Members are invited by president Mrs. Fred Starrh to join the gardens minded community group for an educational year. Meetings occur on the fourth Tuesday each month in members homes. Anyone interested may call Mrs. Starrh for more information.
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Shafter Garden
George
Poplar Avenue
Fred Starrh
Tec
George Starrh
Council Hires Ray Wiley as Recreation Director in Shafter
Resigns from page one discuss city actions. Council member Robert Somers announced the recreation department hires Ray Wiley as recreation director for Shafter, with Wiley a Richland High teacher who assisted Far. Audit urged cash to be reduced and some funds moved to an interest bearing reserve. City cash balance about 50 000. building fund for the pot department holds 28 000. Audit accepted and placed on file. audit cost 730.
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Barber
Central
Robert Somers
Ray Wiley
Roy Farrell
Shafter
Wiley
Richland
Local Club Funds Support Community Projects
Breakfast duties, it was explained. Any funds gained by the Club in this time are used in local benefactions such as the Halloween parade, Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts, college warship and other projects.
Kern County Fair Opens with Wide Range of Events
The 1964 Kern County Fair schedule includes a bucking bronc show on Sept 28 and 30 at 8 p.m. and a Junior Livestock Auction Oct 2 and 3 limited to 4 H and Junior groups. Highlights cover livestock shows, horse show nights, Miss Kern County Fair, arts and flower exhibits, Mills Brothers stage show, parade fashion, and family friendly entertainment with various admission details.
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Howard K. Dickson
California
Kern County
Future Farmers
Kern County Fair
Walter Kane
Frank Jordano, Jr
Hollywood
Mills Brothers
AFS Student Loi Quadros Starts Senior Year At Shafter High
Brazilian exchange student Loi Quadros begun her senior year at Shafter High School joining the Wegis family of Buttonwillow. She speaks English well and enjoys folk music, guitar, and piano while adjusting to life in California with her host family and new school.
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AFS
Marlowe Quadros
Shafter High School
Brazil
Kenneth Wegises
Buttonwillow
South America
AFL
Kenneth Wegis
Patti
Ricky
Martove
Loi
Wegis
Farmers Rice Cooperative Board of Directors
Farmers Cooperative Gin Association
Salvador
Bahia
United States
Miss Hoffman Speaks at Ebenezer Church Society Meeting
Miss Emma Hoffman of Bakersfield was the featured speaker for the Ladies Society of the Ebenezer Reformed Church. She described her Iran trip, customs, religion, and economy, and displayed native handicrafts. The group announced 10 food boxes to Korea and six quilts to the leper colony. A bake sale is planned for November and the ladies work on bench paddings for pews.
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Emma ‘Hoffman
Bakersfield
Ladies’ Society
The
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Iran
Korea
Water plan faced with legal challenge over zones of benefit
Brown argues the proposed assessment and single benefit zone violate the Water Agency Act by requiring a benefits determination before zones exist. He warns exclusion of federal areas would create tax havens and harm nearby districts. Several officials and chamber leaders supported agency policy while noting tax implications and water pricing concerns.
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Water Agency Act
Delano
McFarland
Shafter
Wasco
Lamont
Arvin and
Edison
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Brown
Frank Wisner
Shafter Chamber
Bakersfield
Shafter-Wasco
Help Wanted for Bus to State Hospital by Men’s Club
The NSee men's Club seeks aid to acquire a bus for a trip to the State Hospital. Members note colors blue green or orange for the bus. If you wish to help call Mrs. James Janzen. The Junior Women's Club urges action with Do it now.
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Nsee
Appep
Iter Ae ‘Btate Hospital
James Janzen
Atomic power suggested to boost Feather River water
Murray Arnold of the Kern County Board of Trade suggests atomic power could be used to lift Feather River water over the Tehachapi Mountains. The idea reflects broad possibilities for energy driven water transport amid ongoing discussions and concerns about regional infrastructure and safety.
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Murray Arnold
Kern County Board of Trade
Feather River
Tehachapi Mountains
Feud Over Water Fees Sparks Political Talk
Experts in the water business warn about zone benefits and the need to keep envy from the discourse as politicians accuse opponents of deceiving the public. The remark underscores how financial notes and public perception influence policy here.
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Shafter
Heinleins Return From Colorado Trip
Mr and Mrs Floyd Heinlein and daughter Grace Cox return from a Colorado visit to another daughter and her husband and to cousins in Pueblo They stayed with an old family friend on a cattle ranch in La Junta and Trinidad Also visited Gallup New Mexico and Las Vegas Nevada Weather was beautiful and the trip was wonderful
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Floyd Heinlein
Grace Cox
Colorado
Pueblo
la Junta
Trinidad
Colo
Gallup
N. M
Las Vegas
Nev
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Rden Club
Irvin E. Fike, Inc
West Coast
Cartmont Hotel
Sae Francisco
States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Miss Hoffman
Suport
Robert L. Smith
Bureau
Samanet
Spienes Memorial Park
Sunda
Stringham
Helen McKinnsey
E. B. Stringham
Mert Wiedmann
Mert Wiedann
Tedie
Diana Wiedmann
Fairview
Walker ST
Pioneer
Shafter, Calif
Snow Gates & Valves
Snow Irrigation Supply Co
Castello
Caoverpass
Russia
Kern
Church OF Christ
Junior
Eura
Speer
Are of
Vega A As EE
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