Gift of shirt and tie marks Maple principal’s birthday
The Maple school faculty gave a shirt and tie for principal Ralph Gribble’s birthday. Mrs. Gribble hosted guests including their son Richard Gribble and family. Recent visitors were his sister and her husband Mr and Mrs J J Jeffrey of Long Beach. Raymond Grumbles, son of Mr and Mrs B L Grumbles, visited Shafter and Bakersfield, serving aboard the USS Yorktown and set to deploy to Japan on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gribble
Maple
Raymond Grumbles
B. L. Grumbles
Shafter
Bakersfield
Yorktown
Japan
Blue and Gold Directory Highlights Local Business Listings
A long list of local names and firms appears, including SHAF TER RADIATOR KOOP MOBILE SERVICE SHAFTER FLOOR COVERING WOODARD MOTOR and BANK OF AMERICA. The compilation features numerous stores, service providers, and individuals arranged in a dense roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ogle
Marlene Enns
Shafter
Jerry Ward
Koop Mobile
Jimmie Smith
Clay Norman
Gaylord Fox
Bill Hamilton
Pat Ballard
Woodard Motor Co
Wayne Bradshaw
Harvey Grede
Ray Jara
Irvin
FIRE
Bob Grainger
Wiley Kelley
Sharon Nusz
Shamrock Cleaners
Luis Flores
Darlene Barnes
McMahan Furniture
Rex Tudor
Jerene Bradshaw
F. A. Handel
Charles Patrick
Bank OF America
Oral Balzer
Carole Carthal
C. M. Pearce
Gerald Bender
Thompson Bros
Curtis Hiler
K. Rubber Welders
Odell Ward
Miles Beauty
Eddie Jewell Watts
Becker Insurance
Marjorie Engel
Pauline Anderson
Neufelds Auto Parts
George Love
A. B. C. Baby Shop
Phyllis Stoller
Shafter Merc
Jewell Craig
Barbara Prickett
Kings DE Store
Jerry Wayne Thompson
Delores Patrick
Johnson-Neuman
Lawrence Becker
Shirley Coodey
RASCO
Carl Mansfield
Carol Giesbrecht
Virginia Fields
Coronet
Audrey Dunn
Francis Higbee
Sprouse-Reitz
Helen Shields
Carolyn Wilson
Shafter Drug
Ross Johnson
Virginia Bender
Abe
Gary Wilson
Float Entries Highlight Local Parade Preparations
The Delano 20-30 Club will enter a float in Comic Class with Dick and his Unicycle while the Shafter Blue Bird group plans bicycles or a decorated wagon. Ester Bristol of Bakersfield enters Mounted Individual Riders and the Shafter American Legion to provide a color guard. Majorette Bakersfield Landerettes teach at Jefferson Park and have won top honors in Delano and Bakersfield. Corinne Lambert and Dee Humphrey ride matched sorrels, date back to 1949 and have five first places in six parades. Officials expect the parade to be the best and largest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
Blue Bird Group
Ester Bristol
Bakersfield
Shofter
American Legion
Bakersfield Landerettes
Jefferson Park
Exete
Corinne Lambert
Dee Humphrey
Karen Bartel Captures 2nd in KC Wide Talent Contest
Karen Bartel earned second place in a KC wide talent contest held at Harvey auditorium for her accordion solo Under the Double Eagle. Maple 4-H Club members performed Hansel and Gretel excerpts with Dianne Loepp Gretel Lela Kelley Hansel Karen Wiens and others. Barbara Walker of Rosedale 4-H won first with a marimba solo and Clau dine Moreland a baton twirler placed fourth. Henry Heinrichs of Greeley led the event as master of ceremonies.
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Ater
Harvey Auditorium
Karen
Maple School
Sandman
Dianne Loepp
Gretel
Lela Kelley
Hansel
Beverly Ehrhorn
Karen Wiens
Karen Nickel
Sandmen
Martha Mitchel
Evelyn Penner
Evelyn Schellenberg
Ruby Kelley
Erlene Enns
Henrietta Loewen
Rhoda Reimer
Carolyn
Siemens
Ruth Wittenberg
The
Angels
Janice Balzer
Davis
Barbara Walker
Rosedale
Claudine Moreland
Wasco
Henry Heinrichs
Greeley
Dalke Tract Builds New Oak Street Homes in Shafter
Dalke Brothers of Shafter start a housing program on Oak Street near the High School with two $11 000 three bedroom houses under construction. Future plans include $9 000 three bedroom homes and $16 500 larger models with refrigerated cooling and many modern features on 60 foot lots. Larger 120 foot lots nearby offer prime sites as construction continues. Television reception is noted as excellent and payments are advertised as low. Aymer Real Estate handles sales.
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Dalke Brothers of
Shafter
Dalke Tract
Oak Street
Lans
Misietentivos
Betty Grundy Linen Shower Celebrates Bride Elect
Betty Grundy was honored at a linen shower hosted by Mrs. Lottie Liles at Mrs. John Grumbles home in West Leree. Guests included Mrs. G. H. Grundy and many local women. bingo winners and decor featured roses and summer snowballs. Betty and Jim Brown plan to wed at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grundy
G. H. Grundy
Jim Brown
Lottie Liles
John Grumbles
West Leree
Leroy Allen
Charles Firkins
Russell Hamman
J.B. Witcher
Betty
Jim
Miss Grundy
First Baptist Church
Lorene Hill
Victoria Cornelius
Thelma Kilgore
Russell St. Mars
Dave Channeson
Mrs. David Marsh Honored At Stork Shower
A stork shower for Mrs. David Marsh was hosted at the home of Mrs. Elliott Garrison with cohostesses Mrs. Tom Oury Mrs. Wilson Stone Mrs. Burley Dooley and Mrs. Grant Jensen. Guests enjoyed pink and white decor a Maypole centerpiece and themed treats while prizes went to several guests.
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David Marsh
Elliott Garrison
Crogs Street
Dan Bledsoe
Lowell Todd
Don Murfin
Henry Moroski
Edward Schacht
Gaye Pare
Sid Ottman
Robert Richard
Grant Jensen
Hal Williams
Kern County Seed Potato Association Field Day May 6
Annual Field Day of the Kern County Seed Potato Association will be held May 6 at 5 30 P M at the U S Experimental Station in Shafter. Afterward a dinner at the Cawelo Motel starts at 7 00 P M. Members and commercial potato growers will discuss future association activities and seed potato issues.
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Kern County
Seed Potato Association
U.S
Shafter
Cawelo
Plumbers Convention Attended by Austin Wik Couple
Mr and Mrs Austin Wik attended a plumbers convention in Long Beach early this week. Dr H W Voth is in Palm Springs for the California Medical Association regional conference. Voth says Palm Springs is fine but hotter than Shafter. Saturday guests at 166 Beth Eden were Mr and Mrs Ralph McElroy of Fresno, K M J T V Fresno.
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Austin Wikoff
Long Beach
H. W. Voth
Palm Springs
California Medical Association
Voth
Shafter
Don Rodewald
Beth Eden
Ralph McElroy
Fresno
Mr. McElroy
K.M.J. T.V
Little and T. V. Shafter’s Early Mechanical Legacy
The article recalls T. V. and Little, famed fix-it men in Shafter. It recounts Little’s rise from blacksmith shop founder to a trusted pump and repair expert who could install equipment without manuals. It notes Five Points landmark origin, early partnerships, and the era’s credit-driven farming economy shaping the town’s growth.
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T. V
Cranston ‘Press
Shafter Press
Progress
Charley Shomate
Shafter
Kern County
Shafter Avenue
Central Avenue
Lerdo
Five Points
Little
Bakersfield
Gerrans
H. D. West
UC Davis Student Kenneth Handel Home For Spring Vacation
Kenneth Handel son of Mr and Mrs W C Handel of Faber returns home from the University of California at Davis for spring vacation.
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University of California At Davis
Kenneth Handel
W. C. Handel
Faber
Senior Class Carnival Set For April 30 At Shafter High
Plans are complete for the Senior Carnival Friday April 30 at Shafter High School. Twenty one booths will offer events including a baseball throw dunking pit spinning wheel fish throw and more. Carnival Queen contest seeks entrants with Garry Weyand as general chairman and Burley Dooley as faculty adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Garry Weyand
Dan Contreras
Dean Heaton
Hugh Mouser
Robert Mettler
Lucille Wiebe
Phyllis Stoller
Burley Dooley
Baby Shower Honors Mrs. Juanita Thompson At Boggs Home
Mrs. W. L. Boggs hosted a baby shower Thursday afternoon at her Shafter Avenue home for Mrs. Juanita Thompson. Prizes awarded to Mesdames LaVern Marchman Opal Carr and Peggy Neal. Refreshments of jello cake and punch served to a large group of guests listed in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Boggs
Shafter Avenue
Juanita Thompson
Glee Club Gathers 52 Girls at Richland School
Fifty two seventh graders from Richland School’s Glee Club performed singing at the Rotary Club gathering in Cawelo on Tuesday afternoon at 1 45 PM.
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Rotary Club
Cawelo
Richland School
SHAFTER HARDWARE NAME CERTIFICATE FILED IN 1954
The undersigned certify conducting a hardware, paint, feed and seed business at 429 James Street Shafter Kern California under the fictitious trade name SHAFTER HARDWARE. Theodore R. Kearby and Alice Kearby listed as owners, dated March 29 1954 before Notary Clara D. Raynes.
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James Street
Shafter
County of
Kern
State of California
Shafter Hardware
Alice Kearby
Kern Street
Theodore R. Kearby
A.pd
Clara D. Raynes
T-4-L Keratolytic Fungicide Ad At McClure Drug Store
An ad promotes T-4-L keratolytic fungicide for athlete's foot. It claims the product sloughs off tainted skin to expose and kill fungi on contact and offers a 46 cent refund if not pleased within one hour. New at McClure Drug Store.
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McClure Drug Store
Maple School District invites bids for one station wagon
The Maple School District in Shafter California invites sealed bids for a four door eight seat Special Station Wagon with 122 inch wheelbase and Syncro-mesh transmission or equivalent. Bids due April 29 1954 at 8:00 PM opened at Maple School. The district may reject any or all bids and is sole judge of value. Paul P Wirr Clerk of the Board. April 15 22 29 1954.
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Board of Trustees
Maple
Maple School
Shafter
California
Maple Elementary
Notice of Trustee Sale in Kern County California
Legal notice for a trustee sale on May 21, 1954 at 10:00 AM at Kern County Tithe Company Bakersfield. Trust deed dated April 10 1952 securing debt to Rlla Rozeman on Lot 4 Section 9 Township 28 South Range 25 East M D B M Kern County California.
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Kern County
Chester Avenue
Bakersfield
California
Kern County Title Company
Rlla Rozeman
United States
Hale
Opic
Kern
State of California
Towit
Ranke 25
M.D.B.M
County of
Kern County Landa Company
Property parcels and plat references in Kern County trust deed
The document details parcels in Kern County including Lot 5 and Lot 4 in Section 9 Township 28 South Range 25 East M D B M and related plots C and D as delineated on Licensed Surveyor maps filed January 4, 1928 and February 11, 1913. It notes a trust deed securing obligations, with unpaid principal and interest totaling $5,626.40, dated April 34, 1954 and recorded by Kern County Recorder officials.
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M.D.B.M
Wern
State of California
Kern County Land Company
M.tzbom
T.e County Recorder
County Recorder
Said County
Rome
M.d.elh
County of Kern
Salew
California
State of
Callia
Pace
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U. S
Rachel
No. Calif
Thos. J. Mellon, Chm
Snow Gates
Snow Irrigation Supply
24Th St
Los Angeles
Calif
E. E. Wiens
AS Janzen
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunse
Sam Wilcoxon
Buel Mouser
B.T.U
Jack Maxberry
M.U
Mirs
Sam Wilcoton
Karen Bartel
K. C
Oak St
Stork Shower
Ape
Lan
Jess R. Dorsey
Senate
Mrs. Thompson
Legal Advertisement
Parco U.S
Central Ave
the King Lumber CO
Paul PD. Wirrr
Pated
Kern Cot
DPD
J. Bradbury
Central Valley Television
Packard Belt
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