Athletes Receive Letters and Special Wrestling Awards
Sophomore Ron received letters along with Chris Haag Steve Penner for team honors. Don Nikkel earned best defensive and most valuable player and made the All South Sequoia League First team. Wrestling letter recipients include seniors Don Lundgren Bob Gloeckler Joe Salazar Pete Flores and other juniors sophomores and freshmen with several certificate awards. Special wrestling honors named Janzen Most Improved Lundgren Best Wrestler Kodet Most Scholarly Salazer Team Captain Wittenberg Most Inspirational and Lundgren Little Pig Award for weight variance 118 to 145 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Don Lundgren
Bob Gloeckler
Joe Salazar
Pete Flores
Jerry Janzen
Alan del Rio
Jim Engle
Robert Miller
Danny Harris
Ken Wittenberg
Rick Bradford
Roy Pierucci
Frank Reccamini
Tim Robnett
Dennis Foreman
Jerry Engle
Rick Wegis
Juan Villarreal
Oscar Lundgren
Paul Kodet
Tom Garber
Mike Steen
Robbie Smith
Harold Heller
Bill McKinley
Dennis Atkinson
Jim Lovell
Joe Salazer
Little Pig
Lundgren
Groves Captures Net Honors In Valley Church Golf Tourney
Dr. Jack Groves leads Shafter and Mennonite Brethren teams as low gross winner with 70, while Ernie Bartel of Wasco takes low net at 94 24 70. Frank Russell Harvey Gaede and Elmer Unruh also figure among top finishers as 80 plus players attend a Prime Rib banquet and hear Olympic reflections from East High coach Charles Weinmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Wasco
Clovis
Pacific Shafter College
Jack Groves
Ernie Bartel
Frank Russell
Harvey Gaede
Enmaier
Elmer Unruh
Pacific College Eee
Jack Bess
Barney Beeson
Richard Dowell
Harry Cee
Andy Rurussell
Darrell Unruh
Don Nikkel
Steve Penner
Danny Harder
Bryce Carroll
Delbert Janzen
Jeff Catherell
Mark Franz
Chuck Berg
BFB Farms of
Rose
Dale
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter
Groves
Russell
Gaede
Unruh
Pacific College
Sylvia Baughman
Wasco News
Norm Berg
East High
Charles Weinmann
Tokyo
Japan
Weinmann
Harold Steward
Dan Frantz
Joe Kroeker
Rosedale
Doris Unruh
Zoe Ann Groves
Palm Desert Visit Recalls Local Couples
Mr and Mrs Alf Finkbeiner return from a week in Palm Desert where they visited friends. The note mentions Mr and Mrs Chet Cottell among those seen during the vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Finkbeiner
Palm Desert
Chet Cottell
Air Medal Awarded to Viet Nam Helicopter Pilot Kin keade
CWO Ronald J. Kinkeade, a helicopter pilot with the 68th Aviation Company, receives the Air Medal for outstanding aerial support in combat in Viet Nam. His wife De Lores Migdat Kin keade and their son Brad reside in Tehachapi after serving in Europe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Kinkeade of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Migdat
CWO
Ronald J. Kinkeade
Viet Nam
68Th Aviation Company
Kinkeade
de Lores Migdat
de Lores
Bradley
Tehachapi
Abe Guenther
France
Cwo Kinkeade
Oscar G. Kinkeade
St. Louis
Missouri
New Congregational Minister Here Continues Page One
Rev. Robert L. Cleeth will lead morning services at the Congregational church on Sunday. A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo faculty member and former UC Santa Barbara philosophy instructor, he will later join Christianity Today in Washington DC. The service featured a choir of over 50 voices and included the St Francis Hymn. Rev. Fred M. Sevier, guest minister, is now pursuing graduate psychology at Pepperdine College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Church
Fred M. Sevier
Pepperdine College
St. Francis
Cleeth
Robert L. Cleeth
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo
Congregational Church
University of California In
Santa Barbara
Washington, D. C
Rosss Attend North Fork Anniversary of Cun ninghams
Mr and Mrs Vernon Ross traveled to North Fork on Sunday to attend the 30th wedding anniversary of Mrs Ross sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Alfred Cunningham Family members included Mr and Mrs Tom Cunningham and son of North Fork Mr and Mrs J E Cunningham of Clovis and Mr and Mrs Davis Whitley of Fresno Grandchildren Carol Lynn Kem Kelley and Lorna Williamson of Clovis spent the week with them before returning home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Ross
North Fork
Ross
Alfred Cunningham
Tom Cunningham
J. E. Cunningham
Clovis
Davis Whitley
Fresno
Carol Lynn
Kem
Kelley
Lorna Williamson
Pfc Rodriguez reports battle on Cambodian border
Pfc Rodriguez writes from OPERATION LINCOLN southwest of Plieku near La Drang Valley recalling fierce fighting with Viet Cong along the Cambodian border. He notes intense air and artillery support, losses of helicopters, high Viet Cong casualties, and ongoing prisoner transport missions as the unit steadies for a lengthy engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc. Rodriguez
Republic of Vietnam
Plieku
la Drang Valley
Lincoln
Cav. Div
1St Cav. Div
Charlie
Pablo Suniga
Suniga
Vietnam
Sticks
Sincerly
Rodriquez
Crosby elected president of Shafter Women’s Club for 1966 67
Mrs. Collins Crosby was elected president for 1966 67 at the Shafter Women’s Club meeting on April 5 held at Mrs. John Dobbs home. Other officers include Delroy Deniston first VP Jack Brown second VP Gene Stark third VP Gene Tillman recording secretary Dennis Handel corresponding secretary John Dobbs treasurer and Clifford Ratzlaff auditor. The nominating committee led by Mrs. James presented the slate and Mrs. Robert Merz will install the new officers at a May dinner assisted by Mrs. James Janzen and Mrs. Ron Kloppel. Health chairman Mrs. Dobbs said Juniors will assist with the Blood Bank April 13. typing helpers are Mrs. Henry Rice Gene Tillman Mrs. Bill Prout and Mrs. Tommy Colvard. Cancer envelopes start circulating April 1 to be returned by April 18. Shafter Juniors voted a $15 donation to the Annual Achievement Award Banquet. Guests included Mrs. Joe Kirk Mrs. Clarence Evans Mrs. Doyle White Mrs. Mike Gilmer and Mrs. Glen Handel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Crosby
Shafter Women's Club
John Dobbs
Collins
Delroy Deniston
Jack Brown
Gene Stark
Gene Tillman
Dennis Handel
Clifford Ratzlaff
James
Robert Merz
James Janzen
Ron Kloppel
Henry Rice
Bill Prout
Tommy Colvard
North Kern Women's Golf Announces Winners and Schedule
Jessie Brown won the Odd Holes tournament at North Kern Women’s Golf on April 7. Fran Garland new member from Fresno, and other winners included Ginger Somers Esther Mallard Margo Sundberg Avis Dumler Joyce Hale Ruth Keyser. An invitation to Fresno and Buena Vista events were noted along with upcoming North Kern play and championship signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Brown
North Kern
Ruth Hoffman
Oie
Somers
Louella Low
Fresno
Airways Club
Buena Vista Women’s Golf Association
Taft
Buena Vista
Kern River
Lindley Nidever to address Shafter businessmen on Mexico home
CBMC speaker Lindley Nidever will speak at a noon Thursday luncheon of the Shafter Christian Business Men's Committee. His topic focuses on a Christian Children's Home in Mexico and related outreach efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindley Nidever
Shafter Christian Business Men's Committee
Mexico
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Southern Baptist Church
Buel Mouser
Dexter C. Ogan
Training Union
Horace Womack
J. C. Wells
Pres. Brotherhood
George Globe
O.A.S
Liberal Credit
Chester Avenue
Leeds
Fairview
LA Espanol
18Th & K
Jacobsen
Ieft
Kappa Nu Aotter
Delta Theta Tau
Ed Brown
Manuel
C. Vignolo
Weitz
Rere
Mrs. Crosby
Woman’s Club
Ai N. Kern
Fran Garland
Earl Garland
Bank of America
Garland
Belmont Course
CBMC
Poso
Robert €. Sendick
Women’ Peetonery Council
Assembly OF God Church
West Tulare Shafter
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