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Shafter community notes span 1972 79 local events
Seventy s notes record rainfall at USDA station, police and city matters, school district talks, Camp Fire signups, festival planning, and business changes. Notable items include warding a pedestrian safety plaque to Shafter in August 1972, Camp Fire leader training in September, and Safeway store opening with local construction funding in December 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Shafter
Hanley Witcher
Bakerfield
American Automobile Association
Luis Maldonado
San Jose
Community United For Progress Council
John Delaney
St. Joseph Church
Los Banos
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Francis Pointek
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Bishop
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ben Grundy
Kern County Council of
John Revell
Shafter High School
Kern County Union High School