Shafter High Teams Take Cattle Judging Honors
Shafter High School agriculture teams won first in showmanship and placed fourth in cattle judging at Hacienda del Reys near Selma. Team members Leland Kroeker Marvin Kirschenmann and Dewayne Neufeld earned 677.6 points, with Kroeker finishing tenth individually. State finals are planned for San Luis Obispo in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
McFarland
Leland Kroeker
Marvin Kirschenmann
Dewayne Neufeld
Selma
Tranquility
Caruthers
Shafter
Reedley
Hanford
East Bakersfield
Madera
McFar
Dinner guests and bridge party at Vignolos home
Tuesday evening guests Harold Greene Rolf Jacobsen and Henry Neufeld joined Mr and Mrs C J Vig and spouses for dinner and a bridge game. The social gathering centered on a friendly bridge session after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Vignolos
Messers and Mesdames
Harold Greene
Rolf Jacobsen
Henry Neufeld
Kernville Judge Ardis Walker enters First District supervisor race
Ardis M. Walker of Kernville announces candidacy for Supervisor in the First District. A Kern County family member with engineering training and early education in local schools, he studied at Fresno State, UCLA, and USC, worked at Bell Labs, and has served as Justice of the Peace for a decade. He has held roles with the Kern County Chamber of Commerce and the Fifteenth District Agricultural Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis M. Walker
Kernville
Hiss
Walker
Kern ‘County
Kern County
Fresno State College
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
College of Engineering
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York City
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Association
Visitors Day Displays Previewed in Shafter Windows
A preview of displays from Shafter High School will be shown this week in the Shafter Mercantile Store window. Cooperation with Art Hemingson showcases metal and wood shop projects by students under Mr Wesley Linda and Mr Ed Schacht, including tools, breadboards and shelves from beginning classes and more from advanced wood shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Shafter Mercantile
Shafter
Art Hemingson
Wesley Linda
Ed Schacht
Westward Drift and Local Weddings Highlight Shafter News
An April 1938 Shafter column ponders the westward drift of humanity toward Southern California and the need for water. It also reports a May 1938 wedding in North Shafter as Linda Unruh and Abraham Neufeld wed in a Mennonite Brethren ceremony with 500 guests and a large reception.
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Bering Straits
North America
Europe
Pacific Coast
California
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Asia
Pacific Islands
Kern County
Shafter
Linda Unruh
H.E. Unruh
Abraham H. Neufeld
A. E. Neufeld
Mennonite Brethren Church
Wm. J. Bestwater
Miss Unruh
Justesen’s
Grace Weyand
Evelyn
Rosie Unruh
Jesus
Ernest Unruh
Lowell Thiessen
D. W. Nikkel
T. Nickel
Earlimart
Vivian Bartel
Bernadine Neufeld
Rose Unruh
Frank Neufeld
Homecoming Note From Claremore Student in Los Angeles
Claremore native Fenderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fenderson, returned home for the weekend from mortician school in Los Angeles where he enrolled several weeks ago. Mrs. Betty Taves visited Ezra Schneider's home Saturday with Miss Lydia Fast still ill there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremore Fenderson
C. E. Fenderson
Los Angeles
Betty Taves
Ezra Schneider
Lydia Fast
Schneider
California PTA Shows Record Growth in 1947 48
The California Congress of Parents and Teachers reports a final 1947-48 membership of 690 321, an increase of 81 567 over the prior year. The rise includes more men joining and reflects stronger home school ties. The group backs school welfare legislation, student loans, scholarships, and youth programs statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Congress ‘of Parents and Teachers
Marvin Owen
North Hollywood
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
California Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shafter Press
Beng
High School Ag
Vignolo
Wheeler
Central Ave
Shafter Progress Files
Shafter Progress
Paul C. Newell
Florence J. Newell
Walter C. Nelson
Central Avenue
State of California
Jim’s
Diesel
General Auto Repairing
Lerdo
Hofman
Central Hardware Co
State P.T. A. Group
the King Lumber Co
Sumner and
UNION
Bakersfield
Arvin Buttonwillow
Corcoran Delano
McFarland Shafter Taft
Wasco
Mopdad
CPS
N. Union St. Bakersfield
Calif
Robert Bob” McClain
CITY
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