Shafter Tennis Team Defeats Taft Delano 4-1 in Non League Match
Shafter edged Taft Delano 4-1 on the Shafter courts as Simpson and Wilson won their singles. Duck topped 6-4 6-4 while Garde Bradshaw won 6-1 1-6 6-4 in the first doubles. Delano claimed the second doubles.
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Shafter
Delano
Leroy Simpson
Wes Hanbo
Gary Wilson
Leonard Duck
Dennis Garde
Duncan Bradshaw
Monte Griffan
Dick Martin
Generals Beat Garces Rams For Third Straight League Win
The Shafter Generals defeated the Garces Rams 5 to 8 in a South Sequoia League game at Garces Field. Benny West earned his third win of the season with three straight outs after loading bases. Charles Mitchell went 3 for 3 for Shafter, Curt Lawson added a double, while Bonas hit a triple for Garces. The Generals host the Exeter Monarchs at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Shafter Generals
Garces Rams
Garces
Benny West
Shafter
S.L
West
Gary Gladden
Rams
Charles Mitchell
Curt Lawson
Generals
Bonas
Colonels Rally Past Garces 10-9 in Sequoia League Game
Shafter Colonels defeat Garces Jayvees 10-9 after a five run first inning. Kermit Prickett pitched a complete game for the win as Garces rallies fall short in final inning. Shafter improves to 5-5. next up Exeter Jayvees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Colonels
Garces Jayvees
Garces
Colonels
Kermit Prickett
Henry Moroski
John Ross
Windhell Cates
Ken Gladden
Joe Partain
Shafter
Marcil
Couehram
Exeter Jayvees
RH E Shafter
Prickett and
Cates
Couehram and
Ollivier Gaona
McFarland
Shults
Bill Armstrong
Lopez
Rangel
R H E Shafter
Prickett
Webb
Brown
Sensanbough
PTA CUB SCOUTS MEETING AT RICHLAND SCHOOL
Cub scouts and parents of the P T A Cub Scout unit held their monthly pack meeting Monday evening in the Richland school cafeteria. Cubmaster Fred Schardt led the gathering with a theme titled Indians. Mrs John Dalke and Mrs Lew Woodard guided a skit and awards were given to several boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA Cub Scouts
Richland School
Fred Schardt
Shafter Freshmen Fall to North High 11-2
North High bats erupt for 14 hits as Jim Anderson four hits lead the visitors to an 11-2 win over Shafter Freshmen. Shafter collects 10 hits but leaves runners on base amid nine errors. Ronald Ackman homers and doubles for Shafter. Gary Villabois earns the win with 12 strikeouts. Bennie Steele takes the loss.
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Shafter Fresh High FreshBaws
North High
Jim Anderson
Shafter
Ronald Ackman
Mera Bhont Baseball Leagues Get Underway
Dorothy Grossman and Sum Rice are noted as part of the baseball feature with Roy Farrell announcing summer softball teams under Hal Williams. A meeting for team managers and coaches will be announced later this month. Plans include Pee Wee Low Pee Wee and Girls leagues while the junior league may be dropped since youths will play baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Grossman
Sum Rice
Roy Farrell
Hal Williams
Farrell
Bradford Stars in 3-Way Track Meet
North High dominates a three way meet at North High against Shafter and Arvin. Bradford stars with 180 yard low hurdles in 19.0 seconds and 10 feet 6 inch pole vault, while Floyd Moore wins 100 and 220 for class A. Shafter’s Jerry Lauderdale and Bill Schacht lead B winners with 100 and broad jump 20 feet.
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North High
Shafter
Arvin
North
Generals
Jesse
Bradford
Yan Anchor
Himself
C. L. Howell
Manuel Lopez
Paul Scott
Floyd Moore
Jerry Lauderdale
Let Books Make Vacations More Pleasant in 57
Shafter Branch librarian Mrs Effie Wedge says libraries aid vacation planning with guides and maps. She highlights Holiday Magazine with photos, Hammond's Pictorial Atlas, U S 40, New Mexico land of enchantment, Gulf Coast Country, and Sunset Discovery Trips for travelers. Mrs Wedge invites readers to use the library to maximize vacation time. Mrs Ross Harrington returns home after Los Angeles hospital surgery. The submarine as a warfare instrument dates to the Civil War era.
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Effie Wedge
Shafter
Eea Stout
Holiday' Magazine
Hammond
Carter
Sunset
California
Washington
Oregon
Wedge
Family details of Pete Bender Ann and relatives listed
The record lists Pete Bender Ann and his two children Glen and Mrs Bonnie Ryall, both of Bakersfield, plus four brothers E A Theodore Reinholdt of Bakersfield and Ervin of Clovis, and two sisters Adeline Frasch of Bakersfield and Selma Wilson of Downey California.
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Ann
Glen
Bonnie Ryall
Bakersfield
E. A
Theodore
Reinholdt
Ervin
Clovis
Adeline Frasch
Selma Wilson
Downey
Calif
Kern County Sets Pace In 1957 Potato Acreage Leaders
Agricultural Commissioner Seldon Mosley notes cautious acreage rise after 1956 peak returns. Wasco, Edison, and Arvin lead with about 10 9 hundred acres each, but most shipments will still go from Shafter. Logging begins April 10 with early harvest and strong quality expected for a nationwide supply of long whites.
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Kern County
Wasco
Edison
Arvin
Shafter
Pusateri
Seldon Mosley
Eighth Grade Trip to Giants Indians Exhibition Game
Eighth grade boys from First Baptist Sunday School visited Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to watch the New York Giants defeat the Cleveland Indians 9 to 3. Willy Mays hit two home runs as students toured the Museum of Science before the game.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Wrigley’Field
Los Angeles
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Museum of Sciences
Willy Mays
John Branner
Bruce Branner
Larry Meyer
Bobby Irwin
Jimmy Ebling
Dwight McMinn
Don Loveless
Branner
Hildebrand Named Salesman for Brown and Bryant
Bill Hildebrand of 266 Maine avenue is appointed as salesman for Brown and Bryant of Shafter replacing Wendel Tate. He will represent the firm in insecticides fumigants and fertilizers. Hildebrand has lived in the Shafter area 30 years with a farming background. He and his wife Helen have two daughters Debrah 9 and Sue.
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Bill Hildebrand
Maine Avenue
Saleman
Brown and Bryant
Shafter
Wendel Tate
Hildebrand
Helen
Debrah
Sue
Press Contest Returns and Final Balloting Details
The notice explains that contest entries cost 50 cents per subscription and votes will be locked in a ballot box until contest close. Judges employed by the Press will tally results, and their decision will be final.
Gas War Spreads in Shafter Pricing Battle
An observer notes a price cutting frenzy in Shafter with pumps undercutting by up to seven cents per gallon. He suspects rivals began the race and suggests oil companies offset losses to retain customers while matching Bakersfield prices. Duration of the war remains unknown.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Public School Bus Ridership and Meat Consumption Outlook
Ninety million children, about 30 percent of public school students, ride to school in 135 thousand buses. Most Americans are expected to eat more than their weight in meat in 1957, reflecting rising consumption trends.
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Derrald Johnson
Barbara Peterson
Shafter Tennismen
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Jim Russell
Joe Dodson
Floyd Grimes
Exeter Monarchs
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Rf Walker
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Shell NH Service
Empire
Phone Pioneer
Central Valley Hwy
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Ross Harrington
Pete Bender
Staarte
Jim Bny
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Cal B. DeMille Moouction
Charlton Yulanne Coward
G. Heston
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Baxter Robinson
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Judith Vincent Hardwicke
Scott Anderson Price
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Jussel Lasky, JR
Jack Gariss
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Jack Mahoney
Martha Hyer
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Ray Danton
Leigh Snowden
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George Nader
John Agar
Cleo Moore
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