Used Car Team Slips to Third In Major Loop
The Richfield Oil Co led with 2606 pins as the Used Car team finished third in the Major league at Sportsman Bowling Alley. Bennett's claimed second place while Sportsman suffered a 2 to 1 defeat. Ben nett's earned one-game honors with 905 pins. John Dalke topped the field overall at 596 and 213 for the singleton. Other 500 Club bowlers included Trent, Manis, Unruh, Wag ner, Wagner, Brittrick, Barling, Zeilman, and Bennett. Shafter bowlers edged Bakersfield in the weekend series, scoring 2525 to 2484, then 2550 to 2425, and finally 2555 to 2462 in the handicap match led by William Brown. Barnett's Used Cars also featured in the results.
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Sportsman's
Leses
Richfield Oil Co
Bennett's
Case
Sportsman
Bennett’s
John Dalke
Singleton
Floyd Trent
Dick Manis
Glenn Unruh
Jim Wagner
Ed Wagner
Jim Brittrick
Sam Barling
Zesse Zeilman
Gordon Bennett
Shafter
Bakersfield
William Brown
Barnett
Easter Services At Union Congregational Church
Easter services will be held at Union Congregational Church to accommodate worshippers. An 9 30 a.m. service will precede Sunday School. nursery care and a Children's Choir will perform Breaks the Joyful Easter-Dawn. The choir and organ will accompany two anthems and Reverend Baker will deliver Light from the East.
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Union Congregational Church
Gordon J. Baker
Baker
C. G. Hayscock
Harold Greene
Glen Putman
Sunday Dinner At Ben Browns Draws Wide Family
Families gathered at 444 Klassen Dr for Sunday dinner. Guests included Miss Elsie Brown and her friends Mary Helen Wiebe and Esther, Mr and Mrs Jake Ichert of Hooker Okla, the Shultz family of Wasco, the Browns and Nikkel families from Bakersfield and Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Brown
Klassen
Elsie Brown
Mary Helen Wiebe
Esther
Mrs. Brown
Jake Ichert
Hooker
Okla
Johnny Shultz
Wasco
Fred Brown
Bakersfield
Alvin Nikkel
Shafter
Farewell Luncheon For Missionary Couple
A farewell luncheon was held for Rev. Mrs. Eldo Epp who departed Tucs y for the Belgian Congo after church services at the Mennonite Brethren Church. Guest speaker was Rev. William Rose of British Columbia, son-in-law of Shafter’s H. D. Peters, in the absence of Pastor Rev. Waldo Wiebe.
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Eldo Epp
Tucsy
Belgian Congo
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo Wiebe
William Rose
British Columbia
Shafter
H. D. Peters
Patrick Family Heads to Los Angeles for Easter Visit
Mr and Mrs Richard Patrick and daughter Debra of Buttonwillow travel to Los Angeles for an Easter vacation and to visit both sets of grandparents.
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Richard Patrick
Debrah of
Buttonwillow
Los Angeles
Birdmen Face Pressure as Loop Pushes Improve Standings
Wittenberg's Poultry holds the lead in the minor bowling league while Shafter Firemen Mocker's Dodge and Shafter Press close the gap. American Legion and other cellar dwellers slip as Press wins three from Agriform. Mocker's tops three-game series with 2424 pins. Poultry 871. Ralph Hadlock leads three-game score with 566 pins. other 500s include Pelosi Unruh Brown Pace Zeilman among several players.
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Wittenberg
Shafter Firemen
Mocker
American Legion
Firemen
Shafter Press
Agriform
Mocker’s
Poultrymen
Ralph Hadlock
Frank Migdat
Louie. Pelosi
Glen Unruh
William Brown
Roy Pace
Elmer .Zeilman
Kyle Hill Enlists in Paratrooper Training Program
Kyle Ansel Hill 18, son of Mrs. J. L. Hill of Manuel Avenue, left for Fort Ord last week to begin paratrooper training. A 1952 Shafter High School graduate, he starred in football and track, setting speed and hurdle records. He attended UC Davis for one semester, then Bakersfield College to study animal husbandry, and will later receive basic training in Kentucky before paratrooper training on the East Coast.
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Kyle Ansel Hill
J. L. Hill
Manuel Avenue
Fort Ord
Hill
Shafter High School
University of California At Davis
Bakersfield College
Kentucky
Revival by Mr and Mrs Jack Carter at Shafter Church
Evangelists and singers Mr and Mrs Jack Carter will lead a revival program at the Shafter Church of the Nazarene from April 1 to 12. The nightly services begin at 7 30 p m and are open to all, pastor J Austin McNaught reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Carter
Shafter Church of the Nazarene
J. Austin McNaught
Personal Notices and Local Moves Reported in Town
Local residents share moves visits and events including Cliff Adkins and W E Murray taking over Jack Ranch resort above Glennville The Srelovics visit Los Angeles Mrs Jacobus drives East Coast Mrs Zachary Fuller Hill Watkins Liles St Therese altar society meets Er nest Trammell clan returns Buttonwillow Parker buys Packard in Detroit Lake Mead fishing party Kern Academy recital under Norman Nelson Saturday night inviting all
Funeral Services Set For Merwin Hunt
Funeral services for Merwin Hunt 55 who died March 29 at Kern General Hospital will be held Friday in the Pentecostal Church of God. Rev T W Hall will officiate. Armstrong Mortuary is in charge with burial in Shafter Cemetery. Survived by two sons Buford Reynolds Taft and Wallace Hunt Inglewood and three daughters Ruth Smith Riverside Estelene Sloan Shafter and Margaret Whicker Hawthorne.
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Merwin Hunt
Kern. General Hospital
Pentecostal Church of God
T. W. Hall
Armstrong Mortuary
Shafter Cemetery
Buford Reynolds
Taft
Wallace Hunt
Inglewood
Ruth Smith
Riverside
Estelene Sloan
Shafter
Margaret Whicker
Hawthorne
Birthday Party Held for Robbins Family and Guests
A Sunday birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L S Robbins on Beech Avenue. Honored guests included L S Robbins, his father H L Robbins of San Diego, and Karen Dragon of Fullerton with relatives H L Dragon and others from San Diego and Fullerton.
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L.S. Robbins
Beech Avenue
L. S. Robbins
H. L. Robbins
San Diego
Karen Dragon
Fullerton
Robbins
H. L.dragon
Karen
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Pyrenees Cafe
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J. H. Fuller
Diana Watkins
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Tony Wayhe
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Gainesville
Tex
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Detroit
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Frank Russell
William Lachenmaier
Harvey Gaede
Norman Nelson
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