Stingrays set meet records at Aqua Aces Swim Meet
Shafter Stingrays dominated the Aqua Aces event on July 21 with Geordy Wise setting a boys 6 and under 25 yard freestyle record and Stacia Reimer earning a new girls 13 14 age group 50 yard butterfly mark. The A meet restricted medals to the top six in each category amid strong competition.
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Shafter
Shafter Stingrays
Aqua Aces
Geordy Wise
Stacia Reimer
Ist
Tara Meeler
Jill Mettler
Chris Acosta
Jan Fuller
Maude Johnston
Dawn Popeney
Leah Meeler
Shannon Stewart
Alanna
MacNeil
Faith Barrera
Andrea Harrison
Peggy Mizener
Kayleen 1
Sth
Ivan Denney
La Rasa Del Sol Car Club Places Third at Show
The La Rasa Del Sol Car Club of Shafter earned third place in the annual show held July 22 at Ketn Sit car park. A girl’s competition saw Shafter take second, and the club received a trophy for its first entry. The group sponsors scholarship activities at Shafter High School through annual fundraisers.
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la Raza del Sol Car Club
Carnales Unidos
Shafter
George Ramirez
LeRoy Sedillo
David
la Rasa del Sol Car Club
la Raza
Dela Sol Car Club
Shafter High School
THIRTY YEARS AGO SHAFTER ZONE RAID AND CROP NEWS
The piece recalls a 1949 raid by immigration officers rounding up over 30 illegal Mexican laborers in Kern County. It notes anticipated earliest 1949 cotton harvest around September 16 and plans to annex Edwards Tract to Shafter, including the South Shafter Labor Camp. It also covers historical notes from 1959 1969 and 1974 about local business openings education changes and community reunions.
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Kern County
U.S
Shafter
Edwards Tract
South Shafter
Reiker
Girls team ce wins second, earns Sportsmanship award
The Finance and Thrift girls softball team finished second and received the Sportsmanship award. They celebrated with a swim party and barbecue at Mr. J Eddings home. Attendees included Michelle, Cindi, Shane Floyd, Janice, Laurie and Gary Butcher, Pat, Lisa and Cindy Alexander, Susan Carrasco, Sherry Lauterdale, Maude Johnston, Michelle Maynard, Lillian and Kristen Larsen, Brenda and Russell Alexander. Absent were Jill Ryan, Becky Garza, Jody Trautmann, Anna MacDonald and Tracy Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance and Thrift
J. Eddings
Michelle
Cindi
Shane Floyd
Janice
Laurie
Gary Butcher
Pat
Lisa
Cindy’ Alexander
Susan Carrasco
Sherry Lauderdale
Maude Johnston
Michelle Maynard
Lillian
Kristen Larsen
Brenda
Russell Alexander
Jill Ryan
Becky Garza
Jody Trautmann
Anna MacDonald
Tracy Knox
Barnes 82, Graveside Rites Held at Shafter Park
Graveside services were held Friday, August 3, at 10 a.m. at Shafter Memorial Park for William Milton Barnes 82 who died August 3 in his home. He was a member of Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church. Survivors include his widow Alvina, four sons Carl Palmdale Arthur Sebastopol Bill Bakersfield Leslie Ventura, six daughters Velma Reynolds Ojai Shirley Sawyer Oregon Mary Wilson Bakersfield Stella Straight Arkansas Ellen Knox Bakersfield Helen Knox Rose Crowe Bakersfield, four sisters Pearl Winters Washington Ruby Woodsworth, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Agee Funeral Home in charge.
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Shafter Memorial Park
William
Milton
Barnes
Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church
Alvina
Carl
Palmdale
Arthur
Sebastopol
Bill
Bakersfield
Leslie
Ventura
Velma Reynolds
Ojai
Shirley Sawyer
Oregon
Mary Wilson
Stella Straight
Arkansas
Ellen Knox
Helen Knox
Rose Crowe
Pearl Winters
Washington
Ruby Woodsworth
Agee Funeral Home
Instructional aides sought in Kern County program
August 9 is the deadline to apply for instructional aides in classes for the physically handicapped operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools in Mettler. Applicants need a high school education or equivalent plus six months or more of experience with children. auditions test August 10 at 2 p.m. and interviews August 16 at the Kern County Educational Center in Bakersfield.
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Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
Mettler
Kern County Educational Center
Sundale Avenue
Bakersfield
Erma Bombeck Neighborhood War On Neighbors
A humorous essay argues society’s next conflict is not between nations but between neighbors. It recounts Mrs Homes of York who faced incessant home renovations and, after many appeals, threw a brick through a wall to regain sleep. The piece lists various neighbor annoyances and ends noting the judge freed Mrs Homes.
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York
Maximize Personal Discomfort and Car Pool Rules
A satirical piece traces the idea of energy saving by lowering thermostat levels and forming car pools. It recalls Thelma Flagstop who started shared rides in 1933 and notes the rise of car pooling, including strict humor about rules and the goal of reducing personal comfort. The author parodies government rhetoric and urges practical yet tongue in cheek preparation.
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Thelma Flagstop
Indiana
United States
Chicago
Sunbar Brand 400 Barley Tops Western Trials
Northrup King releases Sunbar Brand 400 Barley, a mid mature variety promising high yields. Field trials in California report 7700 pounds per acre in Shafter and 7300 pounds per acre in Hanford, with strong straw strength and good shatter resistance praised by barley director Dr. Robert Matchett.
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Northrup King
California
Shafter
Hanford
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Robbie Hutchinson
Nona Nickelsen
Sheila Wells
Ltd
Mizener
Biloff
Reimer
Conn Organ Studio
Ming Ave
Reed Publications
Arvin
Buttonwillow
Lamont
Eastlerdo Hiway
Sunrise
Jonas
Toby
Olldale & Lamont
TONE
Sigs and
Lady Evo
eSith Simat
Troy Hardwick
Joseph Silva
Wasco
Main Drain
Lerdo Highway
Hardwick
Silva
M.B. Heinrich
Ernest Adamson
Heinrich
Jacob H. Becker
Ilies
Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall
Otto Becker
William Barnes
Thomas Fink
Sam Hensley
Free Will Baptist
Mr. Fink
Hugo
Oklahoma
L.A. Camp
Arvilla Chester
Clarice Long
Colorado
Feanmareyore
SON Land CO
Erma Bombeck Neighborhood
Nk’s Cereal Research
Woodland
Robert Matchett
SON Shine
KWSO
Christian
Han
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