Best Ever Cotton Show Declared by Festival Directors
Festival officials hailed last weekend as the best Cotton Show yet with record crowds despite a small turnout at the Junior Show. Heat during the after noon and a large parade drew spectators from Kern County towns including Bakersfield Oildale Taft Wasco McFarland Maricopa Delano and East Bakersfield. A notable float by the Vasco Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture featured three units representing soil water and agricultural results led by Rita Frye of Wasco and won top praise from judges.
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Shafter Pototo 'N Cotton
Festival Head
Kern County
Bakersfield
Oildale
Taft
Wasco
McFarland
Maricopa
Delano
East Bakersfield
Vasco Chamber of Ice and Agriculture
Rita Frye
Wasco Chamber
Pri
Vignolo Wins in First Annual Youth Horse Show
Robert Vignolo takes top honors in English three gaited and five gaited classes and Carmena McDonald rides to success in Palentino pleasure. Mimi Kearney earns two firsts in English pleasure and five gaited English, with Mimi joined by Betty Jo Lupien and Louise Lindsey among top scorers as officials announce winners.
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Ster. Promisole
Shafter Ai
Iegeneala
Robart Yi
Gia Edge ‘Towne King
Carmena McDonald
Mimi Kearney
Bakersfield
Robert Mettler
Betty Jo Lupien
Louise Lindsey
Kuehn
Joanne Becker
Marilyn Coker
Tommie Stanton
Jean+Gerve
Patsy Linsey
John W. Heard III
Robert Vignolo
Gay Buckley
Judy Kuehn
Lynn Hoffmann
Stanley Koelzer
Western Pleasure Horses
Vicky Worthington
Darlene Hodges
Tommy Tribolet
Joanne Graham
Lynn Jacobsen
Jimmy Watson
Glen Fowler
Tommy Stanton
Rickie Paslay
Pole Kending
Barbara Jeanne Adams
Sue Aubrey
Marilyn
Kyle Hill to Compete in State Hurdles
Kyle Hill 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J L Hill of Mannel, will be the first Shafter boy in over a decade to run hurdles at the state track meet in Los Angeles this Saturday. He placed second in the low hurdles at Visalia’s All-Valley Meet with a 20.0 time, closest to the 1942/44 records. Sixteen boys from the region contest eight Kern entrants in each event.
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Shafter
Los Angeles
Kyle Hill
Mannel “Pai
Visalia
Kyle
Rton Wiedmann
Gene Harless
Kern County
Potatoes Lead Shafter Farm Shift As Delayed Harvest Begins
Hundreds of migratory workers arrive as the 1952 early potato harvest starts in Shafter. Eight of 25 sheds are processing local spuds, with Neuman and Sons already active from Arvin-Edison stock. Harvest is behind schedule due to poor weather, aiming for full operation by mid July as growers consider double cropping and cotton planting. Representatives press Kern County on potato price ceilings in Washington.
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Shafter
Robert Neuman and Sons
Arvin-Edison
Ned Smith
Neuman
R. A. Jacobsen
D. W. Ferguson
Otto
Chris Handel
Central Valley Packing
Bryant and Hitchcock
W. B. Camp
Department of Agriculture
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Shafter Area
Washington
Tragic Kern River drowning of Luther Beam Jr four teens
A 16 year old boy Luther Eugene Beam Jr drowned while swimming the Kern River with six companions near Ennos Lane. Two boys Bobby Ray and Ben Prender narrowly escaped by grabbing a branch as debris swept Beam downstream toward a sandbar. Coroner’s inquest heard seven boys drove to the site and floated from oil pipes toward a suspension bridge amid swift current.
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Kern River
Luther Eugene Beam, Jr
Shafter High School
Oklahoma
Luther
Bobby Ray
Ben Prender
Beam
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
James Cook
Junior Terry
Henry Estaville
Ennos Lane
Baccalaureate Services Planned For 64 H S Graduates
Sixty four Shafter High School seniors will be honored at a baccalaureate service at 8 p m June 1 in the Mennonite Brethren Church. Shafter ministers will participate in the program with processions and choirs accompanying the service.
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H. S
Shafter High School
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter Ministerial Association
Sir Edward Elger
Charlene Kroeker
Beethoven
Mennonite Brethren Choir
Congregation Staading
E. Earnest Schroeder
First Mennonite
Sixth Graders First To Occupy New Classrooms
Sixth graders occupy the old cafeteria on Richland School campus and will be the first to use new classrooms. All remaining classes move in next Monday along with the administrative staff. Dedication occurred during California Public Schools Week.
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Richland School
Bruce Crawford
California Public Schools Week
Max Tudor Elected Student Body President at Shafter High
Max Tudor will serve as president of the Shafter High School student body next fall. He was elected this week, defeating Morty Brown, and will be installed at the awards assembly tomorrow. He succeeds spring semester president Harley Martin. other new officers include John Elaine Stoller secretary Donna Hare social chairman and Joyce Bartel head yell leader.
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Max Tudor
Shafter High School
Harley Martin
Tudor
Bis Week
Morty Brown
John Elaine
Stoller
Secrtary
Donna Hare
Joyce Bartel
Terra Vista Homes Begin To Take Shape
Terra Vista Homes in Shafter are taking shape as Macomber Co of Los Angeles, the low bidder on the housing project, moves ahead. The $232000 project aims for mid August completion with early units covered in paper and plaster and later ones still in skeleton form. Schneider and Wikoff, bidding sewer work, begin trenching from Shafter avenue as wiring and curbs progress. A F Bud Gidney notes the last row is in initial construction. inner sewer lines and curbs are advancing. Upon approval, the project will be handed to the Kern County Housing Authority with landscaping.
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Terra Vista Homes
Shafter
Macomber Co
Los Angeles
Schneider and Wikoff
Shafter Avenue
A. F
Bud) Gidney
Housing Authority
County of Kern
Merchants Win First Loop Game in Bakersfield
The Shafter Merchants defeated the Superior Cubs of Buttonwillow 8 to 4 behind Bill Boyd on the mound. Boyd added a double and triple, while Scales had 3 hits in 5 at bats and Gladden went 2 for 2. Next league game is against Kramer on May 31 at Sam Lynn Park in Bakersfield.
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Bill Boyd
Shafter Merchants
Superior Cubs
Buttonwillow
Scales
Gladden
Kramer
Sam Lynn Park
Bakersfield
Trailer House Burns In Blaze In North Shafter
A trailer home owned by Rev. J. P. Hamilton in North Shafter was destroyed Monday morning when curtains allegedly caught fire from a cook stove. Fire damage totaled about 400 dollars to the structure and 350 dollars to personal property.
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J. P. Hamilton
North Shafter
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Shafter Mayor
Mayor Adolf Kirschenmann proclaims May 23 and 24 as Poppy Day in Shafter urging all citizens to wear memorial poppies to honor those who gave their lives in wars and conflicts, including World War I II and the Korean conflict.
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Kathy Ann Richards
Prasad
Sihu
Adolf Kirsthen
Shafter
Adolf Kirschenmann
Kirschenmann
America
Nine Pupils To Graduate At Academy
Closing exercises for the Seventh-Day Adventist parochial school will be held at 8 15 tonight in Kern Academy Assembly. Nine will receive graduation certificates. Andrew Dahl will deliver the commencement address. LaVerne Wolcott will present diplomas and certificates. Graduates are Kerry Adamson Wanda Curry Janice Dirksen Laura Gittenger Carol Lorenz Larry Schneider Jerry Smith Janice Wikoff Elro Cramer.
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Kern Academy Assembly
Andrew Dahl
Coalinga
Richland School to Graduate About 170 Eighth Graders
Principal Fred Hasty announced that roughly 170 eighth graders will graduate June 5 at Richland School. The ceremony begins at 7 30 p.m. on the lawn behind the main building and features student speeches chosen by competition. Music will include performances by the band orchestra and glee club.
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Richland School
Fred Hasty
Hasty
Richland
Aend
Glee Ub
Lerdo Voters Elect New Board Trustees
Lerdo School District selects O N Pearson to oust incumbent Tom Sawyer. In Rio Bravo, James R Anderson and Paul Wilson win, defeating Merle Swan. Incumbents Albert Lane and Pete Bergen did not seek re election.
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Shafter
Lerdo
O. N. Pearson
Tom Sawyer
Rio Bravo
James R. Anderson
Paul Wilson
Merle Swan
Albert Lane
Pete Bergen
Indonesian Cadets to Complete Training at S M Field
Indonesian cadet program at Shafter Minter Field will end soon with 20 remaining air cadets returning home after 18 months in aviation. Director James Hennessy of Transocean Air Lines said the final group of 20, part of a class of 60, would depart, with plans to fly to Indonesia via Europe and Washington D C on a C 47.
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Shafter-Minter Field
James Hennessy
Transocean Air Lines
Washington, D. C
Indonesia
Europe
Hennessy
County Economy Measure Trims City Allocation
Kern county reduces funding for the Shafter Recreation Commission from proposed 4000 to 50 in an economy move. 1951 county support was 3000 with additional funds from Rio Bravo and Richland Schools, City of Shafter, and Community Chest. Summer program begins June 9 with 18 teams signed in four leagues including softball, playgrounds, crafts, swimming, North Camp, and folk dancing.
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Kern County
Shafter Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Board of Supervisors
Rio Bravo School
Richland School
City of Shafter
Community Chest
Farrell
Bebergen Lions
Kiwanis
Shatin
Hardware
Cub
Maple and Shafter Athletic Chu
Stringham’s
Al's
Brown and Bryant
North Camp
Kelly
Somers
Reuben’s Garage
Rio Bravo
Buttonwillow
American Legion
Wasco
Shafter
Power Club
Agriform
Harold’s Jewelers
Cindermen Bring Honors To Shafter
Shafter high cindermen earned honors at the CIF Valley Track Meet in Visalia. Kyle Hill placed second in the 180 yard low hurdles and the A team scored six points. Franklin Bergman was fourth in the 880. The B team finished third with 17 points led by Smith in the 70 yard high hurdles and Hinsley, Broom, Beach, and Quiroz contributing in hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, and the 440 relay. The C team earned two points with a fourth in the broad jump.
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Shafter H School
Cindermen
Kyle Hill
Visalia
Hill
Franklin Bergman
Smith
Broom
Hinsley
Beach
Quiroz
Chamber backs Taft on Hill 36 highway project
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution supporting Taft Chamber of Commerce efforts to win work on Hill 36, a treacherous route into the west side community, with Assemblyman H. W. Rel signing the project.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Taft C of C
Hill 36
H. W
Pat
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Melvin Krug
First Baptist Church
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Fountain of Life
Waldo Wiebe
Heaven Land
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J. Austin McNaught
Church of the Nazarene
Mendelssohn
Wharter Presse
Federal Lie
Terra Vista
S M Field
Chamber
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