Back to School Night Draws 160 Parents and Teachers
More than 160 parents and teachers attended the annual Back to School Night at Shafter High School on Tuesday. Mrs. PL Bergen, president of the association and sponsor, welcomed attendees and guided them through the school. Parents toured rooms to see their children’s schedules and heard teachers outline expectations for students.
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Shafter High School
PL Bergen
Ne Association
Shafter Press
P. L. Arnold
P. L. Bergen
Parent-Teachers Association
John Devincenzo
Donna Young
Dea Reynolds
Geraldine
Arnold
Terra Vista Homes Opening Delayed
Officials say Terra Vista Homes in Kern County likely opens around October 1 after delays. The Shafter project, a $232000 low rent housing effort by MacComber Co. of Los Angeles, will house 35 low income families with veterans given priority.
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Terra Vista Homes
Shafter
Housing Authority
County of
Kern
MacComber Co
Los Angeles
Williams and Manweiler Visit Descanza Gardens in LA Camellias
Leslie R. Williams and Jack Manweiler with their wives traveled to Los Angeles on Sunday. They visited Descanza Gardens and observed camellias growing naturally beneath live oaks.
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Leslie R. Williams
Jack Manweiler
Los Angeles
Descanza Gardens
Enrollment figure at Rio Bravo Union School
Superintendent Frank O Neill reported Rio Bravo Union School enrollment at about 165 pupils this week. He said the figure matches the same period last year and expects a rise when the cotton season is in full swing.
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Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Union School
Frank O‘neill
O'Neill
Kelly Discovers Smaller Turnout at Eastern Fair
California Assemblyman W. H. Pat Kelly reports the Eastern State Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts, matches California fairs for youth emphasis and premiums. He notes state buildings display products, Maine features Kennebec potatoes, and admission prices vary with exhibit space funding. Kelly visits with twin son Tom and cadet John Kelly and attends two New York baseball games.
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Kelly
Springfield
Mass
W. H
Pat) Kelly
Kern County
Shafter
State Assembly
West
Maine
Tom
Stanford University
John Kelly
Lis Md
New York
Firemen Fight First Cotton Fire of Season
Shafter firemen battled a cotton trailer blaze at J. H. Fuller Ginning Co on South Shafter avenue. Loss pegged at about 150 dollars. officials suspect human cause as the cotton was hand picked.
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Shafter
J. H. Fuller Ginning Co
South Shafter Avenue
Jail Escapee Still Free as Hunt Continued
Jack Blackman an 18 year old Los Angeles burglary and car theft suspect remains at large after escaping Shafter and Wasco City Jails by sawing through a window frame with a hacksaw blade. Willis Calvin Akin 20 who aided in the crimes is jailed in multiple counties and by federal authorities for parole violations.
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Jack Blackman
Los Angeles
Shafter
Wasco City
John Reily
Blackman
Willis Calvin Akin
Akin
California
New Elder Takes Post In Shafter
Elder Stanley Hiten moved from Merced to Shafter this week to lead the local Seventh-day Adventist Church. He succeeds Elder A V Bentz, who for three years led the Shafter church and will pastor Modesto. Hiten and his wife have four children. Elder Hiten will speak at the Shafter church Saturday.
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Stanley Hiten
Shafter
Merced
Hiten
Merced Seventh-day Adventist Church
A. V. Bentz
Adventist Church
Modesto
Bentz
Huten
Freda
Edith
Enid
Fern
Monterey Bay Academy
Huen
Mrs. Vernon Isaac Moves to Town
Mrs. Vernon Isaac moves into a house at 621 Central Ave sharing with Miss Geraldine Becker. Her husband, with an Army medical unit, has arrived in Germany after a good crossing. She will work in the Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co. office.
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Maple
Vernon Isaac
Abe Isaac
Central Ave
Geraldine Becker
Ruben Beckers
Isaac
Germany
East Coast
Dalles
Ore
Henry Buhler
Pacific Bible Institute
Fresno
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Shafter-Wasco Hospital Plans Face Funding Hurdles
The Shafter-Wasco committee targets about 450000 in subscriptions for a 24 bed district hospital amid Bakersfield bed shortages and Kern General Hospital strain. Koenig urges at least 400000, notes Hill Burton relief options, and cites high construction costs as a major factor. A site committee will review location. Edwin Wilson named legal representative for incorporation.
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Thon
Xoenng
Shafter-Wasco
Koenig
Shafter-Wasco Committee
Bakersfield
Kern General Hospital
Shafter- Wasco Hospital
Franz
Shafer
Ray Sirman
Robert Jones
Wasco
J. C. Channeson
Fike
Earl Weil
Shafter
Edwin Wilson
Doc Townsend Aids Stork Delivery Of Baby Girl
Ambulance driver Bud Murray and obstetrician Doc Townsend raced along Highway 99 to Kern General Hospital as a mother from Wasco went into labor. Townsend assisted delivering a seven pound girl before arrival. mother and baby reported doing fine.
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Townsend
Stork
V. E
Bud) Murray
Shafter
J. Won
Wasco
Nega
Murray
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Bob Jones, Jr
Orange Ave
South Shafter
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Durwood Phillips
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B.T.U
Leonard Jordon
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Hwy
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Gia
Melvin N. Krug
Sacramento
Snow Gates
Snow Irrigation
24Th St
Calif
Mennonite Brethren Church
KWSO
Hunt
Town
Frank Hornkohl
Truatun
With Baptists
E. Lordo
Mel Krug
Fred Schardt
S.S
August W. Koenig
Shatter Wesco
Irvin Fike
Elbert Franz
Kelly & Somers
Your Shafter Insurance Agents
Bob Townsend
J. C. Atkinson
Control Service
18Th Street
Bryant Hitchcock
Walker St
P.O
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