New Shafter Home Furnishings to Open April 16
Shafter welcomes a new business, Shafter Home Furnishings, to Central Avenue opposite the Press office. Partners Ivan Meyer and Ed Gaede announce a 12,800 square foot showroom with carpeting and a full line of home furnishings and appliances. The article notes the store’s renovation and historical builders and operators of the space.
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Shafter
Shafter Home Furnishings
Shafter Press
Central Avenue
Ivan Meyer
Los Angeles Times
Ed Gaede
Cobery-West
Producers
Cotton Oil
Coberly-West
Emil Kirschenmann
Bill Stoller
Wheeler Furniture
Porterville
Delano
Followiny McMahons
Joe Bradshaw
City Furniture
Meyer
Mr. Gaede
Accountant Henry Wong Dies After 8th Floor Fall at Padre Hotel
Henry Y B Wong 46 an accountant with Speer Chavez Ruggenberg Wright fell from an 8th floor Padre Hotel window in Bakersfield while living in Shafter. He died at Kern General Hospital after being found missing by his wife Teresa and police. Funeral services set, rosary Wednesday and mass Thursday at St Therese. Survived by wife Teresa two sons Patrick Wayne a brother Fong Wong of Jersey City and a sister in Singapore. A Canton native born August 11 1922 he came to the U S in 1956 and became a U S citizen. He was Kiwanis treasurer and PTA auditor.
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Henry Y.B. Wong
Shafter
Speer Chavez, Ruggenberg
Wright
Padre Hotel
Bakersfield
Teressa
Patrick
Wayne
Wong
Kern General Hospital
Kern General
Ong
Dick Zenk
Shafterman
Agee Family Funeral Home
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Patrick D. Breslin
Shafter Memorial Park
Dick Tsang
Don Ruggenberg
Joe Kirk
Henry Tse
Will Gong
China
Minter Avenue
Henry
United States
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Richland Pta
Kiwanis Club
PTA
Fong. Wong
Jersey City
N. J
Singa
Canton
Shafter Drug Abuse Council Plans Third Education Meeting
A program of awareness and education on drug abuse is planned by the Shafter Drug Abuse Council led by President Phil Zachary. The third meeting, organized by Marvin Neuman with Mert Wiedmann and Kern County Pharmaceutical Association input, will feature a color film and displays on misuse and effects.
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Shafter Drug Abuse Council
Phil Zachary
Marvin Neuman
Mert Wiedmann
Shafter Drug Store
Kern County Pharmaceutical Association
Zachary
Drug Abuse Council
P. O. Box 555
Shafter
Youth Drowns as Tractor Falls into Canal Near Taft
Juan Gonzalez, 16, of Old River died when the tractor he piloted toppled into the Alejando Canal five miles south of Taft Highway. He was trapped beneath the machinery as it sank into the canal near Buena Vista Ranch. An inquest and autopsy were ordered to determine cause of death.
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Juan Gonzalez
Old River
Alejandro Canal
Taft Highway
J.G. Boswell
Buena Vista Ranch
Don Kustz
Buttonwillow
Teddy Olsen Dies in Buttonwillow Car Crash
Teddy Olsen, 18, of Buttonwillow died in a Sunday night automobile accident. Police report he was speeding south on Wasco Way when he lost control, his car broadsided, overturned, and landed upside down in the Arizona Canal. Buttonwillow firefighters assisted.
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Teddy Olsen
Barbara Scott
Ted Olsen
Buttonwillow
California Highway Patrol
Wasco Way
Arizona Canal
Two Teens Injured When Train Hits Car At Lerdo
Two Shafter youths, Colleen Diltz and Linda Hensley, were injured when a Santa Fe freight train traveling about 60 mph struck their car on Lerdo Highway crossing Saturday around 5 p.m. Diltz suffered serious injuries. Hensley’s were less severe. Diltz faces postponed marriage to Tommy Wehunt. she is Bob Diltz’s daughter, Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District manager. The train damaged fuel tank and delayed traffic about 30 minutes.
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Shafter
Santa Fe
Lerdo Highway Cross- Suariday
Linda Hensley
Faber Street
Colleen Diltz
Oak Street
Lerdo
Diltz
Mercy Hospital
Miss Hensley
Miss Diltz
Tommy Wehunt
Bob Diltz
Shafter-Wasco
Hensley
Lerdo Central Valley Highway
Wasco Man Given 140 Days on Two Charges
Frank Thodore San chez of Wasco pleaded guilty to driving a car under the influence of liquor or drugs and received 50 days in the Kern County Jail. He also pleaded guilty to malicious mischief for damaging a tractor and cotton planter on the Camp and Lachenmaier ranch, with an additional 90 days in county jail, totaling 140 days.
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Frank Thodore Sanchez
Wasco
Harvey Gaede
Shafter
Public invited to High School Book Fair at Shafter
The Shafter High School Future Teachers Club sponsors a student book fair from April 15 to 18. It runs 6 to 9 p.m. April 15 in Room 28 and during regular hours Wednesday to Friday. Proceeds fund a scholarship by the Future Teachers Association.
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Shafter High School Future Teachers Club
Hpigh School
PTA Smorags Board
Future Teachers Association
Future Teachers Club
Randy Cross
Jeanette Wheeler
Marjorie Stiern
Richland district to host parent meeting on April 10
Dr. David Cooke announced a meeting for parents and interested residents at 10 a.m. Thursday April 10 in the Richland District Office. The session will cover grading report cards and parent teacher conference procedures across elementary to upper grade schools as the fifth in a series.
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Richland
David Cooke
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Henry Wong
Speer
Chavez
Teddy George Olsen
T. B. Olsen
Accountant
Justice Court
Shafter Justice Court
Abo
Lerdo Highway
Shafter High School
Don Zachary
John Dalke
Jack Nikkel
Lloyd Robertson
B. Jack Thompson
O. L. Meeler
Albert Bush
Bob Nixon
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