Shafter High Freshman Sends Torchbearer Scrapbook Abroad
Norma Craig, a Shafter High School freshman and Campfire Girls member, is sending a scrapbook of Shafter Press clippings and a Japan themed oriental exhibit to her pen pal in England. She aims for Torchbearer rank by completing requirements in citizenship including a California scrapbook, a fourth generation family tree, school supply donations to Turkey, and biographies of three famous women.
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Shafter
England
Norma Craig
Norma
Homer Craig
Shafter Press
Marlene Batterman
Radford
Coventry
Warwickshire
Chesk-Cha-May
Marlene
California
Turkey
Japan
Mary Margaret Revell
John Revell
Henry Moor
Honor Awards Committee
Don Christensen
Lerdo School Hosts Meet the Teacher Night
Lerdo parents will meet the teachers for the coming year in a 6 to 7 pm session arranged by the Lerdo PTA. A brief PTA meeting follows from 7 to 7 30 pm in the music room, then a spaghetti dinner at 7 30 pm in the cafeteria. Gerald E. Miller, district superintendent, says the event helps parents inspect classrooms and equipment and learn about Lerdo School’s environment.
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Lerdo
Gerald E. Miller
Parent-Teachers Association
Robert Rawlins
PTA
Miller
Lerdo School
Student Activity Starts at School
The first student body activities for the semester at Shafter High School began with the assembly led by Layton Lynch. New officers announced include Mickey Perry as vice president Roberta Liles as secretary Donna Weitz as social chairman and Dan Bledsoe as senior council adviser. Dr Grant W Jensen was introduced as the new principal and staff additions Miss Sara Jung Tom Quury and Harlan Bill were presented. A marimba solo by Mary Denzenco entertained the audience before officials announced Shafter's Boy's and Girl's State delegates Katherine Roberts Harley Martin and Layton Lynch.
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Layton Lynch
Lynch
Mickey Perry
Roberta Liles
Donna Weitz
Dan Bledsoe
Grant W. Jensen
Shafter High School
W. Jensen
Sara Jung
Tom Qury
Harlan Bill
Mary Dencenzo
Shafter
Sacramento
Katherine Roberts
Harley Martin
Cleaners Asked to Clear Eyesore Buildings in Shafter
Pioneer Alien Cleaners of Bakersfield will receive letters from the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and the city council directing them to move two vacant eyesore structures behind the new Safeway on Central Valley Highway. The firm reportedly plans a plant at the site.
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Pioneer-Alien Cleaners of
Bakersfield
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Safeway
Spreckels Gift of Palace of the Legion of Honor
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco was donated to the city in 1924 by Adolph B. Spreckels and his wife.
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California Palace
the Legion of Honor
San Francisco
Adolph B. Spreckels
Home Gardeners Plant Vegetables in Kern County
Kern county gardeners plant vegetables for fall and winter harvest. To speed growth, many use manure from poultry or rabbits, which adds nutrients and improves soil texture. Apply 15 to 20 pounds per 100 square feet for poultry or rabbit manure, heavier for other livestock. if unavailable, use commercial fertilizer. Pre-irrigate soil to 12 inches before spading, moisten soil, then apply fertilizer and turn soil. Meswick Dam and power plant sit on the Sacramento River nine miles downstream from Shasta Dam.
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Kern County
Meswick Dam
Sacramento River
Shasta Dam
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