Generals Win Third Place in Wasco Baseball Tourney
Shafter Generals finish 2-2 to claim third in the inaugural Wasco Invitational. Taft Wildcats win the title with Wasco Tigers in second. Avenal Buccaneers Garces Rams Bur roughs Burros and West Vikings also competed.
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Scott Larson
Shafter Generals
Pat Wennihan
Diamond
Taft Wildcats
Wasco Tigers
Avenal Buccaneers
Garces Rams
Burroughs Burros
West Vikings
Generals
West High
Vikings
Shafter
Chester Hacker
Hacker
Larry Antongiovanni
Rod Rutledge
Don Nikkel
Rhe Shafter
West
McFarland
Ken Carrasco
Dennis Palla
David Torigiani
Fred Herkimer
Chester Hacker Ona
Tim Powell
Shaf
Wasco
Tigers
California group honors Gil Bishop with service award
Former Bakersfield College coach and athletic director Gilbert Bishop received the Service Award from the California Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation at the CAHPER State Conference in Sacramento on March 31. Bishop, promoted in 1968, serves as assistant to the Kern Joint Union High District superintendent and led the department for seven years while coaching basketball and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield College
Gilbert Bishop
California Association For Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Paul Hillar
Bishop
Cahper State Conference
Sacramento
Kern Joint Junior College
Shafter to Elect Three Council Members in 1964 Race
Front page notice reports Shafter polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for county elections. Five men contest for an important council post as Gov. Brown visits the county on April 7.
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Shafter
Gov. Brown
City Council Candidates Set for April Election
April 1 election will fill three city council seats. Ballot names include Allen Dick Zenk Anthony B Tony Brown Burley Dooley Albert Finkbeiner and Henry C Hight. Mrs Russell Paul named president of Shafter Woman's Club succeeding Elmer Richards. Bill Hildebrand hands Oscar Bergman a $25 groceries prize certificate at Shafter Recap grand opening. Laura Crane wins $10 and Sherrill Lacy wins $5 certificates.
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Felows
Allen
Dick’’ Zenk
Anthony B
Tony) Brown
Burley Dooley
Albert Finkbeiner
Henry C. Hight
Russell Paul
Shafter Woman’s Club
Elmer Richards
Bill Hildebrand
Oscar Bergman
Shafter Recap
Laura Crane
Sherrill Lacy
Shafter High Students Earn Science Fair Honors
Shafter High School sophomore Jim Woodard received one of three $100 awards at the Bakersfield College Science Fair for his project Accelerated Germination of Seeds by Means of Electron Bombardment. The spring concert by the Shafter Womens Club featured The Bloomer Girls amid blooming flowers.
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Shafter High School
Organized Taxpayers Association
Shafter
Bakersfield College
Jim Woodard
Young Woodard
Shafter Womens Club
The
Bloomer Girls
Shafter High plays cast for production We Shook the Family Tree
Twenty years ago the Shafter High School Student Body gathered for a group photo before the three act comedy We Shook the Family Tree. Cast includes Beverly Duke Evelyn Rikard Jerry Johns Bertram Fuller Goldie Gipson Mary Channeson John Kelly Dewayne Neufeld Betty Taylor Sybie Nelms Kay Raney Mariann Devlin. Shafter area leads county potato acreage in 1949 with Shafter Lordo Canelo 15245 Edison 12407 Arvin 7977 Wasco 7240. Four Shafter cowgirls helped erect a Potato Festival sign on highway 99 Irene Kroeker Paula Schirmer Betty Lou Husley Vivian Crandall.
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Shafter High School
Beverly Duke
Evelyn Rikard
Jerry Johns
Bertram Fuller
Goldie Gipson
Mary Channeson
John Kelly
Dewayne Neufeld
Betty Taylor
Sybie Nelms
Kay Raney
Mariann Devlin
Shafter
Shafter - Lordo - Canelo
Edison
Arvin
Wasco
Highway 99
Irene Kroeker
Paula Schirmer
Betty Lou Hulsey
Vivian Crandall
Spaghetti Dinner Sought For Shafter Senior Class
The 1969 Shafter High School senior class will host a spaghetti dinner on Saturday April 12 at Veterans Memorial Hall. Proceeds fund expenses for the annual senior trip with servings from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Donations are 1.50 for adults and .75 for children under 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Hi School
Veterans Memorial Hall
Shafter-Buttonwillow
Kern County Boats Count Beats Nearby Counties
Kern County has 7,253 boats on inland waters or at rest, slightly fewer than San Francisco's 7,801. Of Kern's boats, 6,981 are private, 255 rental, and 17 dealer or manufacturer owned. The study shows Kern surpasses Marin Monterey Santa Barbara Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties in boat numbers.
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Kern
San Francisco
Board of Trade
California State Department of Harbors and Watercraft
Kern County
Marin
Monterey
Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
Joe Miller
Miller
Lake Isabella
Lake Ming
Lake Woollomes
Hart Park Lake
Los Angeles
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Gil Bishop
Talk of
the Town
Henry
United States
China
Hong Kong
U. S. Navy
U. S. Army
Teressa Oi-Ching
Wongs
America
Don Ruggenberg
Ruggenberg
Chafter
Speer, Chavez
Ruggenberg and Wright
Bakersfield
Acapa Kiwai
Ric Pta
St. Therese’s 8 Catholic Church
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Richland Pta
Wong
PTA
Judy
Sandra Millard
Cleo Evans
Doyle Amos
Grady Bartlett
Judy Harvey
George Jones
Vern Kern
Katherine Searles
Jack Jantzen
Leon Thomas
Jack Nikkel
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Church of the Naz
Erene
Daniel Say Vern Kern
Sam Page
Johnnie Manning
Garland Armstrong
Robert Love
Pastor Lindley
Shafter Ministerial Association
Mrs. Milton Whisler
Ebenezer Reformed Church
James St
Calvin Stuebbe
Foothill
Billy Wherry
Keith Kruger
Alvin Bryant
Robert Figures
John Neufeld
Larry Adair
John Putnam
Jesse Pino
Richard Gaeda
Gilbert Flores
Corcoran
Bull Kroeker
Augie Beltrn
Tom Hallman
Jim Brown
Mike Bender
Juan Villareal
Kuno Tschumo
Robbie Smith
Billy Charbeneau
Shafter Press
Teddy Olsen
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Teddy
Elk Hills
Bakersfield North High
Shafter High
Bob
Leland Scott
Greenlawn Cemetery
Olsen
Community National Bank
Community Baptist Church
John Parsons
Golden Gate
Kern County Board of Trade
First Sc. Baptist Church
Kern Street
Ralph L. Gardner
Horace Womack
Pastor
First Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Edward M. Rhoades
Morning Worship Training Union
Evening Gospel Hour
Family Bible Hour
KWSO
Sr. High & Jr. High
Pilgrim Fellowship
Bible Fellowship
Congregational Church
E. Tulare Avenue
Owen C. C
Onsum
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