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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1960
Page
1
Shafter High School's yearbook class selects staff positions and begins edits for the 1961 Laurion yearbook. The staff will compile sections, pages, and captions for the upcoming publication.
A yearbook editor and staff from a Kansas school publish a lighthearted column mentioning Kansas pride and a California travel remark. The piece links local identity to a driver’s license legend, cites class editors and staff, and ends with a teaser about a subscription contest and a safe driving writeup.
Executives of Food Bank Stores Inc announce the Shafter Press selection for weekly advertising. The firm drops monthly car cards and handbills, and will publish ads every Wednesday in the Fresno Bee with prices also available at the local store.
The Menonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern Street Shafter California invites the public to a Sunday service at 7 p.m. September 25 featuring Miss Anna Goertzen a returned missionary from the Congo. She recounts her experiences in the Belgian Congo where missionaries were forced to leave and how God guided their safe return to America.
St. Mark's Episcopal at 135 Shafter Ave lists morning services at 9 30 and 11 with lay reader H W Pat Kelly and no 8 a m service due to Rev Edward L Key's absence. Monday Sept 26 Women of St Mark's meet at 8 p m. Bible topics include Acts and Matthew verses. Church school restarts with Mrs Reg Hammond supervising. teaching teams listed. Episcopal Young Churchmen advisers noted.
The Shafter Kiwanis Club announces a pancake breakfast to be held Saturday morning, with tickets selling well. Co chairmen Les Williams and Vern Ross expect a larger crowd than ever and will assist with serving.
Wasco Motor Sales at 1001 Tth St Wasco along with more than 1000 dealers previewed the 1961 Dodge Polara Dart Trucks and the new compact Lancer in Oakland on Sept 14 1960 A companion pact aims to combine economy with best features of larger cars The public display of the new Dodge models will be at Wasco Motor Sales on Sept 29 1960.
Open house will be held September 30 from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Mennonite Brethren Home for the Aged, near Reedley, welcoming visitors to see facilities and meet organizers. Henry Froese and wife will lead tours. the project, the second such home in California, is led by a committee of Shafter Bakersfield Wasco and Reedley members.
Shafter High School conducted its third annual auto safety inspection with help from the California Highway Patrol and Shafter Police Department. Under auto shop instructor Kenneth D. Taylor senior students checked brakes lights indicators wipers mirrors horns glass tires steering and registration to ensure cars used on campus meet safety standards.
Kern County wins the sweepstakes at the California State Fair with a Space Age exhibit that drew 800000 visitors and earned a first sweepstakes trophy four feature trophies over 500 blue ribbons and a 1600 cash premium. Los Angeles County Fair opens in Pomona with Kern County Day on September 21 and related ceremonies at the race track.
Parents are invited by Richland Intermediate School teachers to group conferences in September 26 for the sixth grade on October 4 from 7 00 to 8 30 p m. The meetings are informal and aim to acquaint parents with teachers and the school program. Refreshments will be served in the P T A Room wake tani social hour follows the session, and child care is provided.
Local Shafter group of 72 attendees returned from a three day conclave at Paso Robles with a message that everlasting life depends on being taught by companionship. They plan to apply lessons at home. Attendees include W. Coleman family A Pruttis S Keplinger and Maurice Howze families.
The Bethel College registrar announces that a student from Shafter has enrolled for the 1960 term. This liberal arts college operated by the General Conference Mennonite Church confirms the new admission.
The El Charaf Shrine Club starts fall events with a dinner at Barnett's Steak House Wasco under Al Malaikah Temple. It has planned Ladies' Night in Delano and a large Ceremonial at Las Vegas in October and will join Shrine Potato Bowl Game activities on December 3 in Bakersfield.
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