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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1966
Page
2
Readable names include Hed 8 Meyer 8s Parker 8S Davis Johnston 5S with scattered numbers and fragments indicating a team listing or event notation from a 1639 style score or roster, details obstructed by garbled text.
Shafter suffers two tight baseball defeats as West and Wasco rally late. West tops Shafter 7-4 with Tom Hunt earning the win while Wasco wins 4-? in 10th inning. Ken Torrigiani homers, Phil Powell adds hits, and Wasco era strong late offense.
Mail order sale only through Fresno Chamber of Commerce Ducati at five dollars per ticket valid for both nights in sections D to I and two dollars and fifty cents for the 14th only. Add fifty cents insurance handling. 3035 five dollar and 1375 two and one half dollar tickets listed for mail order at 2332 Fresno Street Fresno California. Competition in High School and College Classes held May 13 in Intercollegiate Junior College and Open Classes on May 14.
Shatter qualifiers proceed to Bakersfield College for the Junior Olympics in May. Results show various boys and girls events with top placers in sprints, jumps, and walks and noting entries by age groups.
Brown starting sixteenth in the 18-car field led the 30-lap PRA feature at Bakersfield, ahead of Bob Earnshaw who finished second and Bob Millington in third. Earlier Brown won the 4-lap Trophy Dash and the 8-lap Handicap Heat, with next week's 50-lap Spring Championship at Bakersfield Speedway offering a $1,000 purse and double points.
The Generals won two first place medals at the Delano Relay of Champions inviting only top valley tracksters. Coach Bill Silverberg guided eight Shafter athletes to top finishes including pole vaulter Larry Tuck tying the meet record at 13 ft 7 in after a 13 ft 11 in vault on Friday. Bobby Mansfield and Steve Bryant placed fourth and fifth in their events, while another hurler finished fourth at East Bakersfield and Sanger to boost team chances.
No program speaker had been announced according to the card mailed to club members. Vernon Ross was announced as chairman of the meeting.
Fragmentary text lists several young swimmers or runners with placements such as first and third. Mentions names like Broad Johny and Topter in a brief event context. No clear dates or organizations identified.
About 750 fourth through eighth graders from Richland competed in the annual interage track meet. David Mason set a long list of wins and records including the 50-yard dash in 5.9 seconds and a pair of firsts in the 880 and 100-yard dash. Loretta Phillips and Pat Teague posted multiple wins and records in 8th grade events, while Jim Brown topped the pole vault and shot put.
H. W. Pat Kelly was named judge for the Bakersfield zone in the annual Bank of America student achievement awards. Martha Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, will compete in the vocational arts division. Winners advance from the April 28 Bakersfield zone to Fresno on May 25 for final selection.
The Shafter Marketing Association provides basement storage for 670 people with a 14 day supply as stated by Councilman Bill Hildebrand. The high school basement was prepared for 83 people but not yet stocked, while the candy basement stores sanitation kits medical kits water drums and radiological instruments.
Wasco tops Shafter 4-1 as Lowe sustains a broken arm leaving the team short. Shafter travels to Arvin this Friday at 3 30 p.m. singles results include T def Ohannesen 6 3 and Voth def Schellenberg 6 1 6 1.
Taft High School golfers defeated Shafter in a league contest with a 4 1 score. Denesha 76 led Taft with a 83 one up over Hoggard while Becker 80 won 4 1. Hughes 82 beat Ople 2 0 as Holingsworth 84 edged Gaiangles 87 1 0.
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